Men's 50 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 50 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

World record progression Time Athlete Date Place 4:40:15 1921-09-07 Munich, Germany 4:36:22 1924-09-24 Berlin, Germany 4:34:03 1924-10-05 Munich, Germany 4:30:22 1928-09-16 Rome, Italy 4:26:41 1936-06-28 Oslo, Norway 4:24:47 1941-08-17 Odense, Denmark 4:23:40 1946-08-04 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 4:23:14 1952-08-24 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 4:20:30 1952-08-29 Leningrad, Soviet Union 4:16:06 1954-09-12 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 4:07:29 1955-11-17 Tbilisi, Soviet Union 4:05:13 1956-08-10 Moscow, Soviet Union 4:03:53 1959-08-13 Moscow, Soviet Union 4:03:02 1960-10-16 Ponte San Pietro, Italy 4:01:39 1961-08-17 Leningrad, Soviet Union 4:00:50 1961-09-05 Kazan, Soviet Union 3:55:36 1965-10-17 Alma Ata, Soviet Union 3:52:45 1972-05-27 Bremen, West Germany 3:45:52 1978-04-23 Mixhuca, Mexico 3:41:20 1978-06-11 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 3:40:46 1983-03-13 Valencia, Spain 3:38:31 1984-07-20 Berlin, East Germany 3:38:17 1986-05-25 Potsdam, East Germany 3:37:41 1989-08-05 Leningrad, Soviet Union 3:37:26 2000-05-21 Moscow, Russia 3:36:39 2002-08-08 Munich, Germany 3:36:03 2003-08-27 Paris, France 3:35:47 2006-12-02 Geelong, Australia 3:34:14 2008-05-11 Cheboksary, Russia 3:32:33 2014-08-15 Zürich, Switzerland

Note The 3:35:29 by Russia's Denis Nizhegorodov set in Cheboksary on June 13, 2004 was not ratified by the IAAF as a World Record because no EPO test was carried out afterwards.

See also Women's 50 kilometres walk world record progression

References

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