5000 metres race walk explained

Event:	5000 metres race walk
Wrmen:	Hatem Ghoula 18:05.49 (1997)
Wrwomen:	Eleonora Giorgi 20:01.80 (2014)

The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athletics Championships, and is a World record event.

Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 5000 meters is 3.11 miles.^[1]

World records

IAAF just ratified world records for men's indoor marks. On February 14, 1995, Mikhail Shchennikov of Russia set the 5,000 m race walk world indoor record in Moscow in a time of 18:07.08. The faster all-time men's best outdoor mark is held by Hatem Ghoula of Tunisia, at 18:05.49. The all-time women's best 5,000 m race-walk mark was set outdoor and is held by Eleonora Giorgi of Italy, at 20:01.80.

All-time top 25 (outdoor)

• + = en route to 10,000m performance
• h = hand timing

Men

• Correct as of May 2024.^[2]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	18:05.49	Hatem Ghoula		1 May 1997	Tunis
2	18:12.52	Declan Tingay		3 March 2023	Melbourne	^[3]
3	18:16.97	Ryo Hamanishi		18 May 2024	Kumagaya	^[4]
4	18:17.22	Robert Korzeniowski		3 July 1992	Reims
5	18:18.01	Yohann Diniz		27 June 2008	Villeneuve d'Ascq
6	18:20.14	Koki Ikeda		25 October 2020	Inzai	^[5]
7	18:26.70	Yuta Koga		25 October 2020	Inzai	^[6]
8	18:27.34	Francisco Javier Fernández		8 June 2007	Villeneuve d'Ascq
9	18:28.26	Masatora Kawano		25 October 2020	Inzai	^[7]
10	18:28.80	Roman Mrázek		14 June 1989	Bratislava
11	18:30.43	Maurizio Damilano		11 June 1992	Caserta
12	18:31.76	Frants Kostyukevich		7 February 1993	Villeneuve d'Ascq
13	18:32.46	Erik Tysse		10 August 2007	Askim
14	18:32.56	Perseus Karlström		8 March 2019	Melbourne	^[8]
15	18:33.16	João Vieira		10 May 2000	Rio Maior
16	18:34.88	Toshikazu Yamanishi		19 September 2020	Kumagaya	^[9]
17	18:35.36	Eder Sánchez		2 July 2014	Katowice
18	18:37.22	Yusuke Suzuki		12 July 2015	Kitami
19	18:37.60	Eiki Takahashi		12 July 2015	Kitami
20	18:37.84	Daisuke Matsunaga		4 July 2018	Abashiri
21	18:38.45	Ivano Brugnetti		25 June 2009	Milano
22	18:38.97	Dane Bird-Smith		5 March 2016	Melbourne
23	18:39.08	Evan Dunfee		18 June 2021	Burnaby	^[10]
24	18:39.10	Gabriel Bordier		22 May 2022	Segre
25	18:39.28	Ever Palma		2 July 2014	Katowice

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:39.28:

• Declan Tingay also walked 18:24.50 (2022).

Women

• Correct as of April 2022.^{[11] [12]}

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	20:01.80	Eleonora Giorgi		18 May 2014	Misterbianco	^[13]
2	20:02.60	Gillian O'Sullivan		14 July 2002	Dublin
3	20:03.04	Kerry Saxby-Junna		11 February 1996	Sydney
4	20:07.52	Beate Gummelt		26 June 1990	Rostock
6	20:11.45	Sabine Krantz		2 July 2005	Wattenscheid
7	20:12.41	Elisabetta Perrone		2 August 2003	Rieti
9	20:15.71	Lyudmyla Olyanovska		4 June 2014	Kyiv
10	20:17.35	Jemima Montag		26 February 2022	Melbourne	^[14]
11	20:18.87	Melanie Seeger		10 July 2004	Braunschweig
12	20:21.69	Annarita Sidoti		1 July 1995	Cesenatico
13	20:27.59	Ileana Salvador		3 June 1989	Trento
14	20:28.05	Tatyana Kalmykova		12 July 2007	Ostrava
15	20:28.17	María Pérez		30 April 2022	Andújar	^[15]
16	20:28.62	Sari Essayah		9 July 1994	Tuusula
17	20:29.63	Claudia Stef		19 June 1999	Istanbul
18	20:31.4	Irina Stankina		10 February 1996	Adler
19	20:36.2	Irina Petrova		19 June 2005	Saransk
20	20:37.7	Jin Bingjie		3 March 1990	Hefei
21	20:37.83	Kjersti Plätzer		7 July 2001	Drammen
22	20:38.0	Chen Yueling		3 March 1990	Hefei
23	20:38.2	Olga Kaniskina		19 June 2005	Saransk
24	20:40.24	Susana Feitor		9 May 2001	Rio Maior
25	20:40.3	Tatyana Korotkova		19 June 2005	Saransk

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 20:38.16:

• Gillian O'Sullivan also walked 20:13.13 (2003).
• Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked 20:13.29 (1996), 20:17.19 (1990), 20:22.75 (1996).
• Sabine Krantz also walked 20:27.47 (2004).
• María Pérez also walked 20:38.16 (2018).

All-time top 25 (indoor)

• + = en route to 10,000m performance
• h = hand timing

Men

• Correct as of February 2023.^[16]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	18:07.08	Mikhail Shchennikov		14 February 1995	Moscow
2	18:08.86	Ivano Brugnetti		17 February 2007	Ancona
3	18:11.41	Ronald Weigel		13 February 1988	Wien
4	18:15.25	Grigoriy Kornev		7 February 1992	Moskva
5	18:15.54	Andrey Ruzavin		30 January 2014	Samara
6	18:16.76	Yohann Diniz		7 December 201	Reims
7	18:19.97	Giovanni De Benedictis		28 February 1992	Genova
8	18:20.97	Tom Bosworth		23 February 2020	Glasgow	^[17]
9	18:21.76	Ruslan Dmytrenko		30 January 2014	Samara
10	18:22.25	Andreas Erm		25 February 2001	Dortmund
11	18:23.18	Rishat Shafikov		1 March 1997	Samara
12	18:23.88	Frants Kostyukevich		9 February 1991	Volgograd
13	18:24.13	Francisco Javier Fernández		17 February 2007	Belfast
14	18:27.15	Alessandro Gandellini		12 February 2000	Genova
15	18:27.80	Jozef Pribilinec		7 March 1987	Indianapolis
16	18:27.95	Stefan Johansson		28 February 1992	Genova
17	18:28.90	Roman Mrázek		5 March 1989	Budapest
18	18:30.91	Aleksandr Yargunkin		7 January 2007	Yekaterinburg
19	18:32.09	Robert Korzeniowski		21 February 1993	Spala
20	18:33.95	Ivan Kuznetsov		7 January 2007	Yekaterinburg
21	18:34.77	Sándor Urbanik		5 March 1989	Budapest
22	18:36.71	Vladimir Andreyev		1 March 1997	Samara
		Ilya Markov		22 February 1999	Spala
24	18:37.63	Francesco Fortunato		18 February 2023	Ancona	^[18]
25	18:38.71	Ernesto Canto		7 March 1987	Indianapolis

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:38.71:

• Mikhail Shchennikov also walked 18:15.91 (1989), 18:23.55 (1991).
• Grigoriy Kornev also walked 18:23.10 (1992).
• Ivano Brugnetti also walked 18:23.47 (2009).
• Giovanni De Benedictis also walked 18:23.60 (1991).
• Tom Bosworth also walked 18:28.70 (2018).

Women

• Correct as of January 2023.^{[19] [20]}

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	20:15.6	Yelena Lashmanova		30 December 2016	Saransk
2	20:23.2	Yakaterina Ryzhova		30 December 2016	Saransk
3	20:37.77	Margarita Turova		13 December 2005	Minsk
4	20:42.33	Yelena Gruzinova		1 March 1997	Samara
5	20:44.45	Anna Lukyanova		23 February 2010	Volgograd
6	20:48.00	Sabine Krantz		19 December 2006	Halle
7	20:48.9	Sofiya Brodatskaya		30 December 2016	Saransk
8	20:50.6	Olimpiada Ivanova		21 January 1997	Moskva
9	20:53.56	Kseniya Trifonova		23 February 2010	Volgograd
10	21:00.0	Tamara Kovalenko		23 January 2010	Moskva
11	21:00.97	Ayşe Tekdal		17 January 2021	Istanbul	^[21]
12	21:02.69	Lyudmyla Olyanovska		28 January 2023	Kyiv	^[22]
13	21:02.78	Olga Mikhaylova		23 February 2010	Volgograd
14	21:03.76	Olena Sobchuk		28 January 2023	Kyiv	^[23]
15	21:05.56	Meryem Bekmez		17 January 2021	Istanbul	^[24]
16	21:05.83	Daryia Paluektava		22 February 2020	Mogilyov
17	21:06.0	Natalya Shiviryova		23 December 2006	Cheboksary
18	21:06.92	Viktoryia Rashchupkina		22 February 2020	Mogilyov
19	21:08.2	Rimma Makarova		21 January 1997	Moskva
20	21:09.7	Natalya Trofimova		24 January 1995	Moskva
21	21:11.04	Valentina Tsybulskaya		26 February 1999	Minsk
22	21:11.9	Tatyana Korotkova		6 January 2008	Chelyabinsk
23	21:13.5	Marina Smyslova		29 January 2003	Novosibirsk
24	21:17.7	Yekaterina Koneva		8 February 2009	Shchelkovo
25	21:19.67	Olga Panfyorova		1 March 1997	Samara

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 21:19.67:

International medallists

African Championships

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kilometers to Miles Conversion Calculator and Table – Convert Kilometers (km) to Miles . 12 February 2017.
2. Web site: All-time men's best 5000m track race-walk (outdoor). tilastopaja.eu. 25 May 2023.
3. Web site: Heel & Toe Online – Victorian Open Championships Race Walking Results. marciadalmondo.com. 4. 7 March 2023. 25 May 2023.
4. Web site: 5000m Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 16 July 2024.
5. News: 27/10/2020 Inzai (JPN): Koki Ikeda achieves Asia's new best performance in 5,000m track walk (18:20.14). marciadalmondo.com. 25 October 2021. 18 May 2021.
6. News: 27/10/2020 Inzai (JPN): Koki Ikeda achieves Asia's new best performance in 5,000m track walk (18:20.14). marciadalmondo.com. 25 October 2021. 18 May 2021.
7. News: 27/10/2020 Inzai (JPN): Koki Ikeda achieves Asia's new best performance in 5,000m track walk (18:20.14). marciadalmondo.com. 25 October 2021. 18 May 2021.
8. News: 08/03/2019 Melbourne (AUS): Karlstrom obtains the new Swedish record on 5.000m track walk (18:32.56). marciadalmondo.com. 8 March 2019. 18 March 2019.
9. News: Kimeli clocks 10,000m world lead in Leiden, Warholm and Ingebrigtsen victorious in Bergen. World Athletics. 19 September 2020. 30 September 2020.
10. News: Canadian records fall at B.C., Toronto meets in final days of Tokyo qualifying. runningmagazine.ca. Ben Snider-McGrath. 20 June 2021. 2 December 2021.
11. Web site: All-time women's best 5000m track race-walk. alltime-athletics.com. 25 May 2023.
12. Web site: All-time women's best 5000m track race-walk (outdoor). tilastopaja.eu. 25 May 2023.
13. Web site: EME News May 18th. www.american-trackandfield.com. Alfons Juck. Keven Mangan. 18 May 2014. 12 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402183316/http://american-trackandfield.com/atf/index.php/news/track-and-field/item/1101-eme-news-may-18th-by-alfons-juck-note-by-kevin-mangan. 2 April 2015. dead.
14. Web site: Melbourne (AUS): excellent results by Jemima Montag and Declan Tingay. marciadalmondo.com. 26 February 2022. 20 August 2022.
15. Web site: María Pérez bateu o recorde de Espanha nos 5.000 metros marcha (20:28.17). omarchador.blogspot.com. es. 3 May 2023. 25 May 2023.
16. Web site: All-time men's best 5000m track race-walk (outdoor). tilastopaja.eu. 19 February 2018. 11 November 2018.
17. Web site: Tom Bosworth sets new British 5K walk record at the British Indoor Championships. Runner's World. Jane McGuire. 25 February 2020. 25 February 2020.
18. Web site: Atletica, Campionati Italiani Indoor: Roberta Bruni da record! Iapichino, Vallortigara e Arese vincono. Dal Molin c’è, Furlani sconfitto. oasport.it. Stefano Villa. it. 18 February 2023. 25 May 2023.
19. Web site: All-time women's best 5000m track race-walk. alltime-athletics.com. 16 October 2018. 12 November 2018.
20. Web site: All-time women's best 5000m track race-walk (indoor). tilastopaja.eu. 25 May 2023.
21. News: Ayşe Tekdal sezona rekorla başladı. TAF. tr. 17 January 2021. 4 April 2021.
22. Web site: 2023 Ukrainian Club Championships Results. statletik.eu. 25 May 2023.
23. Web site: 2023 Ukrainian Club Championships Results. statletik.eu. 25 May 2023.
24. Web site: 5000m Race Walk Results. World Athletics. 17 January 2021. 25 May 2023.