This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 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 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
| WR | world record | |
| AR | area record | |
| CR | event record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best |
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:18:17 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| 2 | 1:18:18 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| 3 | 1:18:31 | A Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | ||
| 4 | 1:18:35 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| 5 | 1:18:44 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| 6 | 1:18:45 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| 7 | 1:18:57 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| 8 | 1:19:07 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| 9 | 1:19:08 | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | ||
| 10 | 1:19:12 | Nesvizh, Belarus | 15/04/2006 | ||
| 11 | 1:19:27 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | ||
| 12 | 1:19:32 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | ||
| 13 | 1:19:36 | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | ||
| 14 | 1:19:38 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| Bergen, Norway | 09/06/2006 | ||||
| 16 | 1:19:51 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | ||
| 17 | 1:19:54 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | ||
| 18 | 1:20:00 | Göteborg, Sweden | 08/08/2006 | ||
| 19 | 1:20:05 | Xi'an, PR China | 21/10/2006 | ||
| 20 | 1:20:09 | Göteborg, Sweden | 08/08/2006 | ||
| 21 | 1:20:11 | Nesvizh, Belarus | 15/04/2006 | ||
| 22 | 1:20:15 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | ||
| 23 | 1:20:23 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | ||
| 24 | 1:20:34 | Nesvizh, Belarus | 15/04/2006 | ||
| Sumy, Ukraine | 02/06/2006 |
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:35:47 | Geelong, Australia | 02/12/2006 | |||
| 2 | 3:38:02 | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |||
| 3 | 3:41:10 | Wajima, Japan | 16/04/2006 | |||
| 4 | 3:41:30 | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |||
| 5 | 3:41:39 | Göteborg, Sweden | 10/08/2006 | |||
| 6 | 3:42:38 | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |||
| 7 | 3:42:48 | Göteborg, Sweden | 10/08/2006 | |||
| 8 | 3:43:02 | Wajima, Japan | 16/04/2006 | |||
| 9 | 3:43:38 | Wajima, Japan | 16/04/2006 | |||
| 10 | 3:43:58 | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |||
| 11 | 3:44:59 | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |||
| 12 | 3:45:47 | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |||
| 13 | 3:45:52 | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |||
| 14 | 3:45:57 | Saransk, Russia | 04/06/2006 | |||
| 15 | 3:47:23 | Wajima, Japan | 16/04/2006 | |||
| 16 | 3:47:32 | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |||
| 17 | 3:48:08 | Göteborg, Sweden | 10/08/2006 | |||
| 18 | 3:48:22 | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |||
| 19 | 3:49:36 | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |||
| 20 | 3:50:24 | Dudince, Slovakia | 25/03/2006 | |||
| 21 | 3:51:16 | Göteborg, Sweden | 10/08/2006 | |||
| 22 | 3:51:32 | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |||
| 23 | 3:52:06 | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |||
| 24 | 3:53:19 | Geelong, Australia | 02/12/2006 | |||
| 25 | 3:54:05 | Saransk, Russia | 04/06/2006 |
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:26:02 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 2 | 1:26:11 | Nesvizh, Belarus | 15/04/2006 | |||
| 3 | 1:26:14 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 4 | 1:26:57 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 5 | 1:27:26 | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |||
| 6 | 1:28:20 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 7 | 1:28:20 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |||
| 8 | 1:28:23 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |||
| 9 | 1:28:23 | København, Denmark | 07/10/2006 | |||
| 10 | 1:28:26 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |||
| 11 | 1:28:37 | Göteborg, Sweden | 09/08/2006 | |||
| 12 | 1:28:51 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 13 | 1:28:55 | Xi'an, PR China | 22/10/2006 | |||
| 14 | 1:28:58 | Istanbul, Turkey | 21/04/2006 | |||
| 15 | 1:29:01 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 16 | 1:29:05 | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |||
| 17 | 1:29:06 | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |||
| 18 | 1:29:08 | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |||
| 19 | 1:29:15 | Rio Maior, Portugal | 01/04/2006 | |||
| 20 | 1:29:27 | Göteborg, Sweden | 09/08/2006 | |||
| 21 | 1:29:31 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 22 | 1:29:46 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 23 | 1:29:49 | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |||
| 24 | 1:29:50 | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |||
| 25 | 1:29:54 | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 |