35 kilometres race walk explained

The 35 kilometres race walk is a road racewalking event which became a standard championship discipline in 2022, with world records being recognised after 1 January 2023.^[1]

All-time top 25

Men

• Correct as of June 2024.^[2]

		Time (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	2:21:31			19 February 2006		^[3]
2	2	2:22:55			4 March 2023		^[4]
3	3	2:23:13			16 April 2023		^[5]
4	4	2:23:14	Massimo Stano		24 July 2022	Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR	^[6]
5	5	2:23:15	Masatora Kawano		24 July 2022		^[7]
6	6	2:23:44			24 July 2022		^[8]
7	7	2:24:19			13 February 2023
8	8	2:24:25			1 March 2009
9	9	2:24:30			24 August 2023		^[9]
10	10	2:24:34			24 August 2023		^[10]
	11	2:24:37	Pintado #2		24 July 2022
	12	2:24:45	He #2		24 July 2022
	13	2:24:53	Bakulin #2		19 February 2018
11	14	2:24:56			1 March 2009
12	15	2:25:02			24 July 2022		^[11]
	16	2:25:12	Kawano #2		24 August 2023
13	17	2:25:14			24 July 2022		^[12]
14	18	2:25:19			1 March 2009
15	19	2:25:21			24 July 2022		^[13]
	20	2:25:28	Dunfee #2		24 August 2023
	21	2:25:29	Noda #2		24 July 2022
	22	2:25:35	Martín #2		21 May 2023
16	22	2:25:35			24 August 2023		^[14]
17	24	2:25:49			16 April 2023		^[15]
	25	2:25:50	Noda #3		24 August 2023
18		2:25:57			28 October 2023		^[16]
19		2:25:58			18 February 2012
			24 July 2022		^[17]
21		2:26:10			4 March 2023		^[18]
22		2:26:16			24 January 2010
23		2:26:18			23 October 2022
24		2:26:25			9 June 2024		^[19]
25		2:26:29			1 March 2009

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:26:29:

• Vladimir Kanaykin also walked 2:25:59 (2008).
• Massimo Stano also walked 2:25:59 (2023).

Women

• Correct as of August 2023.^[20]

		Time (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
1	1	2:37:11			20 May 2023
2	2	2:37:15			21 May 2023		^[21]
3	3	2:37:44			25 March 2023		^[22]
4	4	2:37:46	Margarita Nikiforova		27 August 2022	Yelena Yelesina Stadium, Chelyabinsk
	5	2:38:24	Afanasyeva #2		18 February 2019
	6	2:38:40	Perez #2		24 August 2023
5	7	2:38:42			16 April 2023		^[23]
	8	2:38:49	Nikiforova #2		21 May 2022
	9	2:39:16	Perez #3		30 January 2022
	Garcia Leon #2		22 July 2022
6	11	2:39:51			5 September 2021
7	12	2:40:03			22 July 2022		^[24]
	13	2:40:06	Liu #2		25 March 2023
	14	2:40:27	Afanasyeva #3		13 February 2023
8	15	2:40:37			22 July 2022		^[25]
	16	2:40:52	Garcia Leon #3		24 August 2023
9	17	2:40:59			4 March 2023		^[26]
10	18	2:41:00			24 September 2022
	19	2:41:28	Nikiforova #3		31 January 2022
	20	2:41:38	Perez #4		26 February 2023
11	21	2:41:58			22 July 2022		^[27]
	22	2:25:35	Qieyang #2		4 March 2023
12	23	2:42:27			22 July 2022		^[28]
13	24	2:42:39			4 March 2023		^[29]
14	25	2:42:45			22 July 2022		^[30]
15		2:42:52			4 March 2023
16		2:43:25			22 January 2022		^[31]
17		2:43:43			26 January 2020		^[32]
18		2:43:59			31 January 2022		^[33]
19		2:44:11			16 April 2023		^[34]
20		2:44:25			16 April 2023		^[35]
21		2:44:40			24 August 2023		^[36]
22		2:45:00			19 February 2021
23		2:45:32			24 August 2023		^[37]
24		2:45:51			7 January 2018
25		2:46:18			24 August 2023

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:46:18:

• María Pérez also walked 2:44:17 (2021).
• Margarita Nikiforova also walked 2:43:14 (2021), 2:44:00 (2019).
• Kimberly García also walked 2:43:19 (2022).
• Qieyang Shijie also walked 2:43:06 (2022).
• Antigoni Ntrismpioti also walked 2:43.22 (2023).
• Maocuo Li also walked 2:44:28 (2022), 2:45:46 (2022) and 2:46:12 (2022).
• Darya Golubechkova also walked 2:44:29 (2022).
• Viviane Lyra also walked 2:45:02 (2022).
• Serena Sonoda also walked 2:45:09 (2022), 2:45:48 (2022).
• Eleonora Giorgi also walked 2:45:21 (2019).
• Raquel González also walked 2:45:42 (2022).
• Christina Montesinos also walked 2:45:58 (2023).
• Lamei Yin also walked 2:46.02 (2022).

World Championships medalists

Women

Notes and References

1. News: Perez and Lopez win 35km race walk titles in Lepe. World Athletics. 31 January 2022. 5 February 2022.
2. Web site: 35 Kilometres Race Walk Men. World Athletics. 16 January 2024.
3. News: Russian team for La Coruña is selected from outstanding 'Winter Champs'. Watt. Tim. 1 March 2006. World Athletics. 7 February 2022.
4. News: China's He Xianghong breaks men's 35km race walk Asian record. people.cn. 4 March 2023. 29 March 2023.
5. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 16 April 2023. 6 June 2023.
6. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 27 July 2022.
7. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 26 July 2022.
8. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 26 July 2022.
9. Web site: 35 km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 24 August 2023. 25 August 2023.
10. Web site: 35 km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 24 August 2023. 25 August 2023.
11. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 26 July 2022.
12. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 25 July 2022.
13. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 25 July 2022.
14. Web site: 35 km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 24 August 2023. 25 August 2023.
15. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 16 April 2023. 6 June 2023.
16. Web site: Lusatian International Race-Walking Meeting 2023 Results. World Athletics. 28 October 2023. 16 January 2024.
17. Web site: Men's 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 24 July 2022. 25 July 2022.
18. News: China's He Xianghong breaks men's 35km race walk Asian record. people.cn. 4 March 2023. 29 March 2023.
19. Web site: Lake Burley Griffin Carival 2024 Results. The Victorian Race Walking Club. 9 August 2024.
20. Web site: 35 Kilometres Race Walk Women. World Athletics. 26 August 2023. 26 Aug 2023.
21. News: Perez breaks 35km race walk world record in Podebrady. World Athletics. Paul Warburton. 21 May 2023. 23 May 2023.
22. Web site: 25 March 2023 . Garcia breaks 35km race walk world record in Dudince . 25 March 2023 . World Athletics.
23. Web site: Women's 35km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 16 April 2023. 6 June 2023.
24. Web site: 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 22 July 2022. 23 July 2022.
25. Web site: 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 22 July 2022. 23 July 2022.
26. News: China's He Xianghong breaks men's 35km race walk Asian record. people.cn. 4 March 2023. 29 March 2023.
27. Web site: 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 22 July 2022. 23 July 2022.
28. Web site: 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 22 July 2022. 23 July 2022.
29. News: China's He Xianghong breaks men's 35km race walk Asian record. people.cn. 4 March 2023. 29 March 2023.
30. Web site: 35km Race Walk Final Results. World Athletics. 22 July 2022. 23 July 2022.
31. News: Nanjing (CHN) - First selection to Muscat (Oman). marciadalmondo.com. 22 January 2022. 5 May 2022.
32. News: 26/01/2020 Grosseto (ITA) - Grande risultato di Eleonora Giorgi (35km: 2:43:43). marciadalmondo.com. it. 26 January 2020. 13 March 2022.
33. News: 31/01/2022 Adler, Sochi (RUS): Great mark of Vasily Mizinov in the 20km of the All Russian Winter Championships. marciadalmondo.com. 31 January 2022. 26 February 2022.
34. Web site: Women's 35km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 16 April 2023. 6 June 2023.
35. Web site: Women's 35km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 16 April 2023. 6 June 2023.
36. Web site: 35 km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 24 August 2023. 25 August 2023.
37. Web site: 35 km Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 24 August 2023. 25 August 2023.