| Athletics 20 kilometre race walk | |
|---|---|
 The men's 20 km race walk at the2005 World Championships in Athletics | |
| World records | |
| Men |  Toshikazu Yamanishi 1:16:10 (2025) |
| Women |  Yang Jiayu 1:23:49 (2021) |
| Olympic records | |
| Men | Chen Ding 1:18:46 (2012) |
| Women | Qieyang Shenjie 1:25:16 (2012) |
The20 kilometre race walk is anOlympicathletics event that is competed by both men and women. Theracewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.
The men'sworld record for the 20 km race walk is held byYusuke Suzuki, who walked 1:16:36 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town ofNomi, Japan. Suzuki's newWorld Record came exactly one week afterYohann Diniz's mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 inArles at the 2015 French championships. The women's world record of 1:23:49 was set byYang Jiayu of China in 2021. RussianElena Lashmanova, has served a previous ban for doping, currently holds a quicker time of 1:23:39 which is also the European record, but it has never been ratified as a world record.
| Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 2520km walk times and the top 25athletes: |
| - denotes top performance forathletes in the top 2520km walk times |
| - denotes lesser performances, still in the top 2520km walk times, by repeat athletes |
| - denotes top performance (only) for other top 25athletes who fall outside the top 25 20km walk times |
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time (s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1:16:10 | Toshikazu Yamanishi | Japan | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | [3] |
| 2 | 2 | 1:16:36 | Yusuke Suzuki | Japan | 15 March 2015 | Nomi | |
| 3 | 3 | 1:16:43 | Sergey Morozov |  Russia | 8 June 2008 | Saransk | |
| 4 | 4 | 1:16:51 | Koki Ikeda | Japan | 18 February 2024 | Kobe | [4] |
| 5 | 5 | 1:16:54 | Kaihua Wang | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [5] |
| 6 | 6 | 1:17:02 | Yohann Diniz |  France | 8 March 2015 | Arles | |
| 7 | 1:17:15 | Yamanishi #2 | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | [6] | ||
| 7 | 8 | 1:17:16 | Vladimir Kanaykin | Russia | 29 September 2007 | Saransk | |
| 9 | 1:17:20 | Yamanishi #3 | 21 February 2021 | Kobe | |||
| 8 | 10 | 1:17:21 | Jefferson Pérez |  Ecuador | 22 August 2003 | Stade de France, Paris-St-Denis | |
| 9 | 11 | 1:17:22 | Francisco Javier Fernandez |  Spain | 28 April 2002 | Turku | |
| 10 | 12 | 1:17:23 | Vladimir Stankin | Russia | 28 February 2004 | Adler, Sochi | |
| 13 | 1:17:24 | Diniz #2 | 15 March 2015 | Lugano | |||
| 11 | 13 | 1:17:24 | Masatora Kawano | Japan | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | [7] |
| 12 | 13 | 1:17:24 | Satoshi Maruo | Japan | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | [8] |
| 13 | 16 | 1:17:25 | Sergey Shirobokov | Russia | 9 June 2018 | Cheboksary | [9] |
| 15 | 1:17:25 | Ikeda#2 | Japan | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | [10] | |
| 14 | 18 | 1:17:26 | Eiki Takahashi | Japan | 18 February 2018 | Kobe | |
| Massimo Stano |  Italy | 3 March 2024 | Taicang | [11] | |||
| Jun Zhang | China | 3 March 2024 | Taicang | [12] | |||
| 17 | 21 | 1:17:32 | Álvaro Martín | Spain | 19 August 2023 | Budapest | [13] |
| 18 | 22 | 1:17:33 | Nathan Deakes |  Australia | 23 April 2005 | Cixi City | |
| 23 | 1:17:36 | Kanaykin #2 | 17 June 2007 | Cheboksary | |||
| 19 | 24 | 1:17:36 | Zhen Wang | China | 30 March 2012 | Taicang | |
| 24 | 1:17:36 | Yamanishi #4 | 18 February 2018 | Kobe | |||
| 20 | 1:17:37 | Caio Bonfim |  Brazil | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | [14] | |
| 21 | 1:17:38 | Valeriy Borchin | Russia | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 22 | 1:17:38 | Kento Yoshikawa | Japan | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | [15] | |
| 23 | 1:17:39 | Zelin Cai | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | [16] | |
| 24 | 1:17:39 | Perseus Karlström |  Sweden | 19 August 2023 | Budapest | [17] | |
| 25 | 1:17:40 | Ding Chen | China | 30 March 2012 | Taicang |
| Ath.# | Perf.# | Time (s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1:23:39 | Yelena Lashmanova | Russia | 9 June 2018 | Cheboksary | |
| 2 | 2 | 1:23:49 | Yang Jiayu | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | |
| 3 | 3 | 1:24:27 | Hong Liu | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | |
| 4 | 1:24:31 | Lashmanova #2 | 18 February 2019 | Sochi | |||
| 5 | 1:24:38 | Liu #2 | 6 June 2015 | La Coruna | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1:24:45 | Shijie Qieyang | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | |
| 5 | 7 | 1:24:47 | Elmira Alembekova | Russia | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | |
| 6 | 8 | 1:24:50 | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | 4 March 2001 | Adler, Sochi | |
| 7 | 9 | 1:24:56 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |
| 10 | 1:24:58 | Lashmanova #3 | 25 June 2016 | Cheboksary | |||
| 8 | 11 | 1:25:03 | Marina Novikova | Russia | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | |
| 9 | 12 | 1:25:04 | Svetlana Vasilyeva | Russia | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | |
| 10 | 13 | 1:25:08 | Vera Sokolova | Russia | 26 February 2011 | Sochi | |
| 14 | 1:25:11 | Kaniskina #2 | 23 February 2008 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 11 | 14 | 1:25:11 | Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina | Russia | 20 February 2010 | Sochi | |
| 12 | 16 | 1:25:12 | Xiuzhi Lyu | China | 20 March 2015 | Beijing | |
| 17 | 1:25:16 | Qieyang #2 | 11 August 2012 | Olympic Stadium, London | |||
| 13 | 18 | 1:25:18 | Tatyana Gudkova | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | |
| 18 | 1:25:18 | Lashmanova #4 | 18 February 2017 | Sochi | |||
| 14 | 20 | 1:25:20 | Olga Polyakova | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | |
| 15 | 21 | 1:25:22 | Yekaterina Medvedeva | Russia | 18 February 2017 | Sochi | |
| 22 | 1:25:26 | Sokolova #2 | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| Kornikova-Kirdyapkina #2 | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |||||
| 24 | 1:25:27 | Alembekova #2 | 18 February 2012 | Sochi | |||
| 16 | 25 | 1:25:29 | Irina Stankina | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | |
| Glenda Morejón | Ecuador | 8 June 2019 | La Coruna | ||||
| 18 | 1:25:30 | María Pérez | Spain | 26 March 2023 | Córdoba | ||
| 19 | 1:25:32 | Yelena Shumkina | Russia | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 20 | 1:25:46 | Tatyana Shemyakina | Russia | 23 February 2008 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 21 | 1:25:52 | Larisa Yemelyanova | Russia | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| Tatyana Sibileva | Russia | 20 February 2010 | Sochi | ||||
| 23 | 1:25:59 | Tamara Kovalenko | Russia | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | ||
| Liujing Yang | China | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | ||||
| 25 | 1:26:06 | Alegna González |  Mexico | 20 September 2025 | Tokyo | [20] |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:26:06:
The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:06) annulled due to doping offence:
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:25:09 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | 11 August 2012 | London | |
| 1:25:59 | Liu Hong | China | 7 May 2016 | Rome | [21] |
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