10,000 metres race walk
Racewalking distance event
The 10,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles.[ 1]
History
This distance is not commonly raced at senior competitions but part of junior and youth championships. Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 10 km road distance.
World best
On November 14, 2020, Eiki Takahashi of Japan set a new 10,000 m race walk world best in Inzai in a time of 37:25.21. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by Nadezhda Ryashkina of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23.
All-time top 25 (outdoor)
Men
Correct as of June 2024.[ 2]
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:23.50:
Women
Correct as of August 2022.[ 12]
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 42:30.13:
Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked hand-timed 42:22.6 (1993), 42:23.9 (1992), 42:25.2 (1990), automatic-timed 42:26.29 (1993), and hand-timed 42:27.5 (1995).
Beate Gummelt also walked hand-timed 42:29.4 (1990), 38:21.88 (2016).
Gao Hongmiao also walked 42:30.13 (1995).
All-time top 25 (indoor)
Men
Correct as of 2 September 2018.[ 17]
Women
Medalists
European Athletics Championships
Notes
^ different sources listed time both as indoor and outdoor mark, probably outdoor
^ a b c not ratified by IAAF
References
^ "Kilometers to Miles Conversion Calculator and Table – Convert Kilometers (km) to Miles" . Retrieved October 11, 2016 .
^ "All-time men's best 10000m track walk" . alltime-athletics.com. September 2, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
^ a b c d "Takahashi smashes world best for 10,000m race walk" . World Athletics. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020 .
^ "08/07/2018 Kitami (JPN): Re-written the world season list of 10.000m track walk men" . marciadalmondo.com . July 8, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
^ Len Johnson (February 2, 2023). "Tingay breaks Oceanian 10,000m race walk record in Canberra" . World Athletics. Retrieved February 5, 2023 .
^ "10000m Race Walk Results" . World Athletics . February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023 .
^ "Flash-News des Tages" (in German). DLV . July 24, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016 .[permanent dead link ]
^ "At the Russian Championships, they broke the 22-year-old record in walking 10 km" . newswep.com . August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022 .
^ "10000m Race Walk Result" (PDF) . June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024 .
^ "Marcia, Wang 38:23.73 al Frigerio" (in Italian). FIDAL . February 9, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2017 .
^ "Dunfee shatters Canadian record, Montag opens her Olympic campaign in style at Supernova" . Athletics Australia . January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024 .
^ "All-time women's best 10000m track race-walk" . alltime-athletics.com. September 19, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
^ Filippo Francesco Idone (April 23, 2017). "Atletica, 10.000 metri su pista: Antonella Palmisano realizza il record italiano" . sportfair.it (in Italian). Retrieved April 30, 2017 .
^ Eduardo Biscayart (August 27, 2018). "Arenas threatens world record at Ibero-American Championships" . IAAF. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .
^ a b "Raquel González, campeona de 10.000 marcha con nuevo récord de España" (in Spanish). efe.com. July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2016 .
^ "10000m Race Walk Results" (PDF) . Microplus Informatica . August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022 .
^ "All-time men's best 10000m track walk" . alltime-athletics.com. September 2, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
^ probably outdoor performance
^ "Mogilev (Belarus), 16-18.2.2018 -National Championships-" . trackinsun.blogspot.de . February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
^ "Zagreb (CRO): Bruno Erent and Ivana Renic win the Croatian Track Championships" . marciadalmondo.com . April 19, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021 .