| Event: | 20 kilometre race walk |
| Image Upright: | 1.1 |
| Wrmen: |  Yusuke Suzuki 1:16:36 (2015) |
| Ormen: |  Chen Ding 1:18.46 (2012) |
| Wrwomen: | Yang Jiayu 1:23:49 (2021) |
| Orwomen: | Qieyang Shenjie 1:25:16 (2012) |
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking 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.
See also: Men's 20 kilometres walk world record progression and Women's 20 kilometres walk world record progression. The men's world record for the 20 km race walk is held by Yusuke Suzuki, who walked 1:16:36 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town of Nomi, Japan. Suzuki's new World Record came exactly one week after Yohann Diniz's mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 in Arles at the 2015 French championships. The women's world record of 1:23:49 was set by Yang Jiayu of China in 2021. Russian Elena 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.
| Time (s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1:16:36 | 15 March 2015 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 1:16:43 | 8 June 2008 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 1:16:51 | 18 February 2024 | [3] | |||
| 4 | 4 | 1:16:54 | 20 March 2021 | [4] | |||
| 5 | 5 | 1:17:02 | Yohann Diniz | 8 March 2015 | Arles | ||
| 6 | 6 | 1:17:15 | 17 March 2019 | [5] | |||
| 7 | 7 | 1:17:16 | 29 September 2007 | ||||
| 8 | 1:17:20 | Yamanishi #2 | 21 February 2021 | ||||
| 8 | 9 | 1:17:21 | 22 August 2003 | ||||
| 9 | 10 | 1:17:22 | 28 April 2002 | ||||
| 10 | 11 | 1:17:23 | 28 February 2004 | ||||
| 12 | 1:17:24 | Diniz #2 | 15 March 2015 | ||||
| 11 | 12 | 1:17:24 | 17 March 2019 | [6] | |||
| 12 | 14 | 1:17:25 | 9 June 2018 | [7] | |||
| 14 | 1:17:25 | Ikeda#2 | 17 March 2019 | [8] | |||
| 13 | 16 | 1:17:26 | 18 February 2018 | ||||
| 3 March 2024 | [9] | ||||||
| 3 March 2024 | [10] | ||||||
| 16 | 19 | 1:17:32 | 19 August 2023 | [11] | |||
| 17 | 20 | 1:17:33 | 23 April 2005 | ||||
| 21 | 1:17:36 | Kanaykin #2 | 17 June 2007 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | 1:17:36 | 30 March 2012 | ||||
| 21 | 1:17:36 | Yamanishi #3 | 18 February 2018 | ||||
| 19 | 24 | 1:17:38 | 28 February 2009 | ||||
| 24 | 1:17:38 | Zhang #2 | 8 April 2023 | ||||
| 20 | 1:17:39 | 20 March 2021 | [12] | ||||
| 21 | 1:17:39 | 19 August 2023 | [13] | ||||
| 22 | 1:17:40 | 30 March 2012 | |||||
| 23 | 1:17:41 | 23 April 2005 | |||||
| 24 | 1:17:42 | 18 February 2024 | [14] | ||||
| 25 | 1:17:44 | 3 March 2024 | [15] |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:17:44:
| Time (s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1:23:39 | 9 June 2018 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 1:23:49 | 20 March 2021 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 1:24:27 | 20 March 2021 | |||||
| 4 | 1:24:31 | Lashmanova #2 | 18 February 2019 | Sochi | ||||
| 5 | 1:24:38 | Liu #2 | 6 June 2015 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 1:24:45 | 20 March 2021 | |||||
| 5 | 7 | 1:24:47 | 27 February 2015 | |||||
| 6 | 8 | 1:24:50 | 4 March 2001 | |||||
| 7 | 9 | 1:24:56 | 28 February 2009 | |||||
| 10 | 1:24:58 | Lashmanova #3 | 25 June 2016 | |||||
| 8 | 11 | 1:25:03 | 27 February 2015 | |||||
| 9 | 12 | 1:25:04 | 27 February 2015 | |||||
| 10 | 13 | 1:25:08 | 26 February 2011 | |||||
| 14 | 1:25:11 | Kaniskina #2 | 23 February 2008 | |||||
| 11 | 14 | 1:25:11 | 20 February 2010 | |||||
| 12 | 16 | 1:25:12 | 20 March 2015 | |||||
| 17 | 1:25:16 | Qieyang #2 | 11 August 2012 | |||||
| 13 | 18 | 1:25:18 | 19 May 2000 | |||||
| 18 | 1:25:18 | Lashmanova #4 | 18 February 2017 | |||||
| 14 | 20 | 1:25:20 | 19 May 2000 | |||||
| 15 | 21 | 1:25:22 | 18 February 2017 | |||||
| 22 | 1:25:26 | Sokolova #2 | 28 February 2009 | |||||
| Kornikova-Kirdyapkina #2 | 28 February 2009 | |||||||
| 24 | 1:25:27 | Alembekova #2 | 18 February 2012 | |||||
| 16 | 25 | 1:25:29 | 19 May 2000 | |||||
| 8 June 2019 | ||||||||
| 18 | 1:25:30 | 26 March 2023 | ||||||
| 19 | 1:25:32 | 28 February 2009 | ||||||
| 20 | 1:25:46 | 23 February 2008 | ||||||
| 21 | 1:25:52 | 28 February 2009 | ||||||
| 20 February 2010 | ||||||||
| 23 | 1:25:59 | 19 May 2000 | ||||||
| 20 March 2021 | ||||||||
| 25 | 1:26:11 | 15 April 2006 |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 1:26:11:
The following athletes have had their performances (inside 1:26:11) annulled due to doping offence:
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:25:09 | Olga Kaniskina | 11 August 2012 | London | |||
| 1:25:59 | Liu Hong | 7 May 2016 | Rome | [18] |
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1:17:46 | Moscow | ||
| 2001 | 1:18:06 | Adler | ||
| 2002 | 1:17:22 | Turku | ||
| 2003 | 1:17:21 | Paris | ||
| 2004 | 1:17:23 | Adler | ||
| 2005 | 1:17:33 | Cixi City | ||
| 2006 | 1:18:17 | Yangzhou | ||
| 2007 | 1:17:16 | Saransk | ||
| 2008 | 1:16:43 | Saransk | ||
| 2009 | 1:17:38 | Adler | ||
| 2010 | 1:18:24 | Lugano | ||
| 2011 | 1:18:30 | Taicang | ||
| 2012 | 1:17:30 | Lugano | ||
| 2013 | 1:18:34 | Nomi | ||
| 2014 | 1:18:37 | Kobe | ||
| 2015 | 1:16:36 | Nomi | ||
| 2016 | 1:18:26 | Kobe | ||
| 2017 | 1:17:54 | Huangshan | ||
| 2018 | 1:17:25 | Cheboksary | ||
| 2019 | 1:17:15 | Nomi | ||
| 2020 | 1:17:36 | Kobe |
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1:25:18 | Moscow | ||
| 2001 | 1:24:50 | Adler | ||
| 2002 | 1:26:42 | Munich | ||
| 2003 | 1:26:22 | Cheboksary | ||
| 2004 | 1:26:46 | Guangzhou | ||
| 2005 | 1:25:41 | Helsinki | ||
| 2006 | 1:26:02 | Adler | ||
| 2007 | 1:26:47 | Saransk | ||
| 2008 | 1:25:11 | Adler | ||
| 2009 | 1:24:56 | Adler | ||
| 2010 | 1:25:35 | Sochi | ||
| 2011 | 1:25:08 | Sochi | ||
| 2012 | 1:25:02 | London | ||
| 2013 | 1:25:49 | Sochi | ||
| 2014 | 1:26:31 | Taicang | ||
| 2015 | 1:24:38 | A Coruña | ||
| 2016 | 1:24:58 | Cheboksary | ||
| 2017 | 1:25:22 | Sochi | ||
| 2018 | 1:23:39 | Cheboksary | ||
| 2019 | 1:25:29 | A Coruña | ||
| 2020 | 1:26:43 | Sochi |