Men's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 20 kilometres race walk, as recognised by the IAAF. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately.

World record progression

Ratified Not ratified Ratified but later rescinded Pending ratification

Time Athlete Date Place 1:38:43 1911-10-04 Berlin, Germany 1:37:57 1913-07-13 Paris, France 1:34:15 1933-08-13 Český Brod, Czechoslovakia 1:33:25 1936-06-07 Fürstenwalde, Germany 1:32:12 1937-05-30 Malmö, Sweden 1:31:44 1946-06-10 Stockholm, Sweden 1:31:21 1955-06-05 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1:30:36 1955-09-23 Kiev, Soviet Union 1:30:00 1956-07-25 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1:28:39 1957-04-13 Kiev, Soviet Union 1:27:29 1959-07-07 Moscow, Soviet Union 1:27:04 1959-07-15 Moscow, Soviet Union 1:25:58 1959-09-06 Moscow, Soviet Union 1:25:22 1968-07-21 Leningrad, Soviet Union 1:25:19 1972-05-07 Berlin, Germany 1:24:50 1972-07-30 Munich, Germany 1:23:40 1976-05-30 Bydgoszcz, Poland 1:23:30 1978-07-19 Vilnius, Soviet Union 1:23:12 1978-08-30 Prague, Czechoslovakia 1:22:19 1979-05-13 Klaipėda, Soviet Union 1:22:16 1979-05-19 Valencia, Spain 1:21:04 1979-06-09 Vretstorp, Sweden 1:21:01 1979-06-09 Raisio, Finland 1:21:00 1980-03-30 Xalapa, Mexico 1:19:35 1980-04-27 Cherkasy, Soviet Union 1:19:30 1983-09-24 Bergen, Norway 1:19:24 1987-05-03 New York City, United States 1:19:12 1987-06-21 Karl-Marx-Stadt, GDR 1:19:08 1988-07-30 Kiev, Soviet Union 1:18:20 1990-05-26 Moscow, Soviet Union 1:18:13 1990-09-16 Hildesheim, West Germany 1:18:04 1994-04-07 Beijing, PR China 1:17:46 1999-05-08 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 1:17:22 2002-04-28 Turku, Finland 1:17:21 2003-08-23 Paris, France 1:17:16 2007-09-29 Saransk, Russia 1:17:02 2015-03-08 Arles, France 1:16:36 2015-03-15 Nomi, Japan 1:16:10 2025-02-16 Kobe, Japan

See also Women's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

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