Race Walking Landmarks
20 km Track
(Men)
First official world record: 1:39:22.0
Niels Petersen DEN 1918
First under 1:30: 1:28:45.2 Leonid Spirin URS
1956
First under 1:20: 1:18:40.0 Ernesto Canto MEX
1984
First under 1:18: 1:17:25.6 Bernardo Segura
MEX 1994
Most durable world record: 1:32:28.4 John
Mikaelsson SWE 1942 (11 years)
50 km Track (Men)
First official world record: 4:34:03.0 Paul SIEVERT
GER 1924
First under 4:30: 4:29:58.0 John LJUNGGREN
SWE 1953
First under 4:00: 3:56:51.4 Bernd KANNENBERG
FRG 1975
Current world record (track): 3:40:57.9 Thierry TOUTAIN FRA
Hericourt 29 Sep 1996
Current world best (road): 3:37:41 Andrey PERLOV
URS 1989
10 km Track (Women)
First official world record: 47:58.2 Ann JANSSON
SWE 1981
First under 45 min: 44:32.5 Yelena KUZNETSOVA
URS 1986
First under 43 min: 42:39.2 Ileana SALVADOR
ITA 1989
First under 42 min: 41:56.23 Nadezhda RYASHKINA URS 1990
Current world record (track): 41:56.23 Nadezhda
RYASHKINA URS Seattle 24 Jul 90
Current world best (road): 41:29 Larisa RAMAZANOVA
RUS 1995
SUPERLATIVES
20 km (Men)
Most Olympic titles: 2 Ugo Frigerio ITA (10,000m)
1920/24, John Mikaelsson SWE (10,000m) 1948/52
& Volodomir Golubnichiy URS 1960/68
Most World titles: 2 Maurizio Damilano ITA
1987/91
Youngest Olympic/World champion: Michele Didoni
ITA 1995 (21)
Oldest: Damilano 1991 (34)
50 km (Men)
Most Olympic titles: 1 by 13 men; gold/silver by
John Ljunggren SWE 1948/60
Most World titles: 1 by 6 men; gold/silver by
Ronald Weigel GDR 1983/87 & Valentin Kononen
FIN 1995/93
Youngest Olympic/World champion: Jesus Garcia ESP
1993 (23)
Oldest: Tommy Green GBR 1932 (38)
10 km (Women)
Most Olympic titles: 1 Chen Yueling CHN 1992
(inaugural event)
Most World titles: 1 by 4 women; gold/bronze by
Sari Essayah FIN 1993/91
Youngest Olympic/World champion: Irina Stankina
RUS (18)
Oldest: Irina Strakhova URS 1987 (28)
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