Curt Clausen (born October 9, 1967) is an American race walker. He placed 4th 50 km event in the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, but after 2 years was later awarded the 3rd place bronze medal, after the winner was stripped of his title for a doping violation.
As a prep, Clausen competed in distance running but also set the high school national record in the mile walk of 6:18.32. He attended Stevens Point Area Senior High School alongside Suzy Favor Hamilton, where he at times trained over 100 miles per week. Clausen committed to Duke University where he competed on the Duke Blue Devils track and field team despite racewalking not being an NCAA-sanctioned track and field event.
He was elected president of USATF in 2024.
Personal bests 20 km: 1:23:34 hrs – Eugene, United States, June 27, 1999 50 km: 3:48:04 hrs – Mézidon-Canon, France, May 2, 1999
Achievements Representing the 1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece28th10,000m47:00.40 min 1990 Pan American Race Walking Cup Xalapa, Mexico 8th 50 km 4:38:18 hrs 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 50th 20 km 1:31:30 hrs 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 34th 20 km 1:32:05 hrs1999 World Race Walking Cup Mézidon-Canon, France 11th 50 km 3:48:04 hrs PB Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 6th 20 km 1:23:39 hrs World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 50 km 3:50:55 hrs 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 22nd 50 km 3:58:39 hrs 2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 7th 50 km 3:50.46 hrs 2003 World Championships Paris, France — 50 km DSQ 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 32nd 50 km 4:11:31 hrs
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