10,000 metres race walk explained

Event:10,000 metres walk
Wrmen: 37:25.21 (2020)
Wrwomen: 41:56.23 (1990)

The 10,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles.[1]

History

This distance is not commonly raced at senior competitions but part of junior and youth championships. Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 10 km road distance.

World best

On November 14, 2020, Eiki Takahashi of Japan set a new 10,000 m race walk world best in Inzai in a time of 37:25.21. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by Nadezhda Ryashkina of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23.

All-time top 25 (outdoor)

Men

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
137:25.21Eiki Takahashi14 November 2020Inzai[3]
237:25.90Koki Ikeda14 November 2020Inzai
337:35.00Yuta Koga14 November 2020Inzai
437:53.09Paquillo Fernández27 July 2008Santa Cruz de Tenerife
537:57.02Perseus Karlström26 June 2022Dublin
637:58.08 Daisuke Matsunaga7 July 2018 Kitami[4]
737:58.6 Ivano Brugnetti23 July 2005Sesto San Giovanni
838:02.60Jozef Pribilinec30 August 1985Banská Bystrica
938:03.78Declan Tingay2 February 2023Canberra[5] [6]
1038:06.28Miguel Ángel López24 July 2016Gijón[7]
1138:06.6 David Smith25 September 1986Sydney
1238:08.13Yohann Diniz12 July 2014Reims
1338:10.23Yusuke Suzuki16 July 2015Abashiri
1438:12.13Ronald Weigel11 May 1986Potsdam
1538:14.24Vasiliy Mizinov2 August 2022Chelyabinsk[8]
1638:16.08Sergey Kozhevnikov16 June 2024Kazan[9]
1738:18.0 Valdas Kazlauskas18 September 1983Moscow
1838:20.0 Moacir Zimmermann7 June 2008Blumenau
1938:23.73Wang Zhen8 February 2015Genova[10]
2038:23.95Ryo Hamanishi14 November 2020Inzai
2138:24.0 Bernardo Segura7 May 1994Bergen
2238:24.31Hatem Ghoula30 May 1998Tunis
2338:25.42Evan Dunfee28 January 2024Canberra[11]
2438:26.4 Daniel García17 May 1997Sdr Omme
2538:26.53Robert Korzeniowski31 May 2002Riga

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:23.50:

Women

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
141:37.9 Gao Hongmiao7 April 1994Beijing
241:42.5 Lyudmyla Olyanovska1 November 2014Mukachevo
341:45:84 Elvira Khasanova3 August 2019Cheboksary
441:56.23Nadezhda Ryashkina24 July 1990Seattle
541:57.22Kerry Saxby-Junna24 July 1990Seattle
641:57.29Antonella Palmisano23 April 2017Orvieto[13]
742:02.99Sandra Arenas25 August 2018Trujillo[14]
842:11.5 Beate Gummelt5 May 1992Fana
942:13.7 Madelein Svensson5 May 1992Fana
1042:14.12Raquel González23 July 2016Gijón[15]
1142:19.2 Gu Yan7 April 1994Beijing
1242:23.37Julia Takács27 July 2014Alcobendas
1342:23.7 Ileana Salvador8 May 1993Fana
1442:30.31Olimpiada Ivanova26 July 1994Sankt Petersburg
1542:34.30Jemima Montag6 August 2022Birmingham[16]
1642:35.69Beatriz Pascual23 July 2016Gijón
1742:37.0 Sari Essayah8 May 1993Fana
1842:38.24Liu Hongyu24 October 1995Nanjing
1942:40.37Feng Haixia24 October 1995Nanjing
2042:43.23Yelena Sayko26 July 1994Sankt Peterburg
2142:45.0 Elisabetta Perrone30 May 1999Catania
2242:46.7 Cui Yingzi15 March 1992Jinan
Chen Yueling15 March 1992Jinan
2442:47.25Anezka Drahotová23 July 2014Eugene
2542:47.4 Katarzyna Radtke8 May 1993Fana

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 42:30.13:

All-time top 25 (indoor)

Men

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
138:23.73 [18] Wang Zhen8 February 2015Genoa
238:31.4 (ht)Werner Heyer12 January 1980Berlin
338:35.5 (ht)Ronald Weigel12 January 1980Berlin
438:46.0 (ht)Reima Salonen9 March 1988Turku
538:54.4 (ht)Frants Kostyukevich3 February 1996Minsk
639:06.06Igor Glavan24 December 2014Sumy
739:10.6 (ht)Mikhail Khmelnitskiy4 February 1995Minsk
839:13.15Hartwig Gauder26 February 1988Senftenberg
939:14.0 (ht)Pyotr Pochenchuk6 February 1983Moskva
1039:15.91Cai Zelin8 February 2015Genova
1139:20.52Nazar Kovalenko20 February 2010Sumy
1239:20.8Viktor Semyonov17 February 1980Moskva
1339:21.0 (ht)Vladimir Andreyev21 January 1997Moskva
1439:21.6 (ht)Nikolay Matveyev2 March 1981Minsk
1539:22.0 (ht)Aleksey Voyevodin28 December 2001Penza
1639:26.79Ivan Trotskiy22 February 2008Mogilyov
1739:26.90Ruslan Dmytrenko16 February 2012Sumy
1839:27.5 (ht)Artur Meleshkevich3 February 1996Minsk
1939:30.5 (ht)Mikhail Orlov24 January 1995Moskva
2039:32.0 (ht)Igor Plotnikov4 March 1988Minsk
Aleksey Kronin21 January 1997Moskva
2239:34.0 (ht)Roland Wieser11 January 1984Potsdam
2339:34.6 (ht)Aivars Rumbenieks17 February 1980Moskva
2439:38.6 (ht)Valdas Kazlauskas17 February 1980Moskva
2539:39.0 (ht)Ralf Kowalsky11 January 1984Potsdam

Women

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
143:54.63Yelena Ginko22 February 2008Mogilev
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744:38.8 (ht)Olimpiada Ivanova21 January 2001Moscow
844:39.55Viktoriya Rashchupkina16 February 2018Mogilev[19]
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2549:36.3Ivana Renić18 April 2021Zagreb[20]

Medalists

European Athletics Championships

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kilometers to Miles Conversion Calculator and Table – Convert Kilometers (km) to Miles . 11 October 2016.
  2. Web site: All-time men's best 10000m track walk. alltime-athletics.com. 2 September 2018 . 11 November 2018.
  3. News: Takahashi smashes world best for 10,000m race walk. World Athletics. 19 November 2020. 26 November 2020.
  4. Web site: 08/07/2018 Kitami (JPN): Re-written the world season list of 10.000m track walk men. marciadalmondo.com. 8 July 2018. 13 November 2018.
  5. News: Tingay breaks Oceanian 10,000m race walk record in Canberra. World Athletics. Len Johnson. 2 February 2023. 5 February 2023.
  6. Web site: 10000m Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 2 February 2023. 5 February 2023.
  7. News: Flash-News des Tages. DLV. de. 24 July 2016. 14 October 2016.
  8. News: At the Russian Championships, they broke the 22-year-old record in walking 10 km. newswep.com. 2 August 2022. 16 August 2022.
  9. Web site: 10000m Race Walk Result. 16 June 2024. 24 June 2024.
  10. News: Marcia, Wang 38:23.73 al Frigerio. FIDAL. it. 9 February 2015. 31 March 2017.
  11. Web site: Dunfee shatters Canadian record, Montag opens her Olympic campaign in style at Supernova. Athletics Australia. 28 January 2024. 30 January 2024.
  12. Web site: All-time women's best 10000m track race-walk. alltime-athletics.com. 19 September 2018. 11 November 2018.
  13. News: Atletica, 10.000 metri su pista: Antonella Palmisano realizza il record italiano. sportfair.it. Filippo Francesco Idone. it. 23 April 2017. 30 April 2017.
  14. News: Arenas threatens world record at Ibero-American Championships. IAAF. Eduardo Biscayart. 27 August 2018. 27 August 2018.
  15. News: Raquel González, campeona de 10.000 marcha con nuevo récord de España. efe.com. es. 23 July 2016. 25 July 2016.
  16. Web site: 10000m Race Walk Results. Microplus Informatica. 6 August 2022. 21 August 2022.
  17. Web site: All-time men's best 10000m track walk. alltime-athletics.com. 2 September 2018 . 11 November 2018.
  18. probably outdoor performance
  19. Web site: Mogilev (Belarus), 16-18.2.2018 -National Championships-. trackinsun.blogspot.de. 18 February 2018. 22 February 2018.
  20. News: Zagreb (CRO): Bruno Erent and Ivana Renic win the Croatian Track Championships. marciadalmondo.com. 19 April 2021. 21 November 2021.

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