The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event. The 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. 10 kilometers is .
History
It was introduced at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm for men, and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for women. It is no longer an Olympic event, having been changed to 20 km after 1952 for men and in 1999 for women, though it is still run in some international competitions.
World records
On May 28, 2000, Roman Rasskazov of Russia set a new 10-km race walk world record in Saransk in a time of 37:11. The all-time women's 10-km race-walk record is held by Yelena Nikolayeva of Russia, at 41:04.
All-time top 25 Men Correct as of February 2024.
RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlace137:11Roman Rasskazov28 May 2000Saransk237:33Erik Tysse27 August 2006Hildesheim337:44Wang Zhen18 September 2010Beijing437:50Andreas Erm27 May 2000Berlin537:52Francisco Javier Fernández8 June 2002Kraków637:57Robert Korzeniowski8 June 2002KrakówZhu Yafei18 September 2010Beijing838:00Giorgio Rubino18 September 2010BeijingWang Hao18 September 2010BeijingVasiliy Mizinov23 August 2020Voronovo1138:01Pyotr Trofimov13 September 2014Bui1238:03Eiki Takahashi16 April 2016Wajima1338:04.7Artur Meleshkevich9 June 2001Kraków1438:09.7Nathan Deakes9 June 2001Kraków1538:10Luis Fernando López18 September 2010Beijing1638:11Valeriy Borchin30 May 2009Kraków1738:13Kim Hyun-sub18 September 2010Beijing1838:16Koki Ikeda18 February 2024Kobe1938:17Andrey Rudnitskiy19 September 2009Saransk2038:19Ivano Brugnetti9 September 2007Fiumicino2138:21Ilya Markov27 August 2006Hildesheim2238:23Chen Ding18 September 2010Beijing2338:24Jefferson Pérez8 June 2002Kraków2438:26Masatora Kawano18 February 2024Kobe2538:26.4Daniel García17 May 1997Sønder Omme
Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:27: Francisco Javier Fernández also walked 38:01.4 (2001), 38:12 (2006), 38:25 (2007). Robert Korzeniowski also walked 38:03.2 (2001). Ilya Markov also walked 38:25 (2007).
Women Correct as of October 2020.
RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlace141:04Yelena Nikolayeva20 April 1996Sochi241:16Wang Yan8 May 1999EisenhüttenstadtKjersti Plätzer11 May 2002Os441:17Irina Stankina9 February 1997Adler541:24Olimpiada Ivanova9 February 1997Adler641:28Antonella Palmisano18 October 2020Modena741:29Larisa Khmelnitskaya4 June 1995Izhevsk841:29.7Kerry Saxby-Junna27 August 1988Canberra941:30Ileana Salvador10 July 1993Livorno1041:31Yelena Gruzinova20 April 1996Sochi1141:38Rossella Giordano25 May 1997Naumburg1241:42Olga Kaniskina30 May 2009Kraków1341:45Liu Hongyu8 May 1999Eisenhüttenstadt1441:46Annarita Sidoti12 June 1994Livorno1541:48Li Chunxiu8 September 1993Beijing1641:50Yelena Arshintseva11 February 1995Adler1741:51Beate Gummelt11 May 1996Eisenhüttenstadt1841:52Tatyana Mineyeva5 September 2009PenzaTatyana Korotkova19 September 2010Buy2041:53Tatyana Sibileva18 September 2010Beijing2141:56Elisabetta Perrone10 July 1993LivornoYelena Sayko11 February 1996Adler2341:57Gao Hongmiao8 September 1993Beijing2441:59Marina Pandakova9 May 2016Podolsk2542:01Tamara Kovalenko11 February 1995AdlerOlga Panfyorova16 May 1998Izhevsk
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 42:01: Olimpiada Ivanova also walked 41:30 (1995), 41:46 (1996) and 41:59 (1997). Yelena Nikolayeva also walked 41:41 (1997) and 41:49 (1996). Kjersti Plätzer also walked 41:41 (2009), 41:54 (1999) and 41:56 (2002). Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked 41:47 (1996). Larisa Khmelnitskaya also walked 41:49 (1996) and 41:56 (1997). Irina Stankina also walked 41:52 (1997), 41:55 (1995) and 42:01 (1996). Yelena Gruzinova also walked 41:58 (1995).
Medalists Men's Olympic medalists
Women's Olympic medalists
Women's World Championships medalists
World leading times
Men YearTimeAthletePlace201638:03Wajima202038:00Voronovo202639:15Madrid
Women YearTimeAthletePlace201641:59Podolsk202642:52Melbourne
References
External links
IAAF list of 10-kilometres-race-walk records in XML