This page lists the World Best Year Performance in 1999 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain. Guatemala's Julio René Martínez broke the world record in the men's 20 km, clocking 1:17:46 on May 8, 1999, in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany.
| WR | world record | |
| AR | area record | |
| CR | event record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best |
| Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:18:04 | April 7, 1994 | ||||
| Broken records during the 1999 season in track and field | |||||
| 1:17:46 | May 8, 1999 | ||||
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:17:46 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 08/05/1999 | |||
| 2 | 1:17:56 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 08/05/1999 | |||
| 3 | 1:18:40 | Turku, Finland | 22/05/1999 | |||
| 4 | 1:18:50 | Turku, Finland | 22/05/1999 | |||
| 5 | 1:19:00 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 08/05/1999 | |||
| 6 | 1:19:05 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 08/05/1999 | |||
| 7 | 1:19:24 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 08/05/1999 | |||
| 8 | 1:19:36 | Saransk, Russia | 12/06/1999 | |||
| 9 | 1:19:46 | Calella, Spain | 09/05/1999 | |||
| 10 | 1:19:55 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| 11 | 1:19:57 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| Cheboksary, Russia | 05/09/1999 | |||||
| 13 | 1:20:01 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| 14 | 1:20:12 | Wajima, Japan | 18/04/1999 | |||
| 15 | 1:20:15 | Adelaide, Australia | 26/01/1999 | |||
| Kobe, Japan | 31/01/1999 | |||||
| 17 | 1:20:17 | Winnipeg, Canada | 26/07/1999 | |||
| 18 | 1:20:21 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| Mézidon-Canon, France | 01/05/1999 | |||||
| 20 | 1:20:31 | Hildesheim, Germany | 12/09/1999 | |||
| 21 | 1:20:45 | Calella, Spain | 09/05/1999 | |||
| 22 | 1:20:46 | Winnipeg, Canada | 26/07/1999 | |||
| 23 | 1:20:47 | Kyyjärvi, Finland | 17/07/1999 | |||
| 24 | 1:20:49 | Melbourne, Australia | 19/03/1999 | |||
| 25 | 1:20:54 | Calella, Spain | 09/05/1999 |
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:39:22 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 2 | 3:40:08 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 3 | 3:40:13 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 4 | 3:40:40 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 5 | 3:40:54 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 6 | 3:41:56 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 7 | 3:43:15 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 8 | 3:44:18 | Saransk, Russia | 13/06/1999 | |||
| 9 | 3:45:29 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 10 | 3:46:36 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 11 | 3:47:16 | Saransk, Russia | 13/06/1999 | |||
| 12 | 3:47:54 | Sevilla, Spain | 25/08/1999 | |||
| 13 | 3:48:01 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 14 | 3:48:04 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 15 | 3:48:05 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 16 | 3:48:14 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 17 | 3:48:27 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 18 | 3:48:30 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 19 | 3:48:42 | Torrevieja, Spain | 21/03/1999 | |||
| 20 | 3:48:55 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 21 | 3:48:56 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 22 | 3:49:07 | Saransk, Russia | 13/06/1999 | |||
| 23 | 3:49:22 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 24 | 3:49:51 | Naucalpan, Mexico | 21/03/1999 | |||
| 25 | 3:49:53 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 |
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:27:30 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | WR | ||
| 2 | 1:27:32 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 3 | 1:27:35 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 4 | 1:27:46 | Békéscsaba,Hungary | 28/03/1999 | |||
| 5 | 1:28:01 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| 6 | 1:28:21 | Cheboksary, Russia | 04/09/1999 | |||
| 7 | 1:28:33 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| 8 | 1:28:35 | Os, Norway | 25/09/1999 | |||
| 9 | 1:28:40 | Brest-Litevsk, Belarus | 04/06/1999 | |||
| 10 | 1:28:51 | Brest-Litevsk, Belarus | 04/06/1999 | |||
| 11 | 1:28:58 | Brest-Litevsk, Belarus | 04/06/1999 | |||
| 12 | 1:29:00 | Saransk, Russia | 12/06/1999 | |||
| 13 | 1:29:09 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| 14 | 1:29:15 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 15 | 1:29:20 | Brest-Litevsk, Belarus | 04/06/1999 | |||
| 16 | 1:29:23 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 27/03/1999 | |||
| 17 | 1:29:39 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 18 | 1:30:03 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 1:30:03 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | ||||
| 20 | 1:30:07 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| 21 | 1:30:12 | Saransk, Russia | 12/06/1999 | |||
| 22 | 1:30:13 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 23 | 1:30:34 | Adler, Russia | 07/02/1999 | |||
| 24 | 1:30:35 | Mézidon-Canon, France | 02/05/1999 | |||
| 25 | 1:30:49 | Prato, Italy | 11/09/1999 |