2006 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds WR world recordAR area recordCR event recordNR national recordPB personal best

Men's 20 km

Records Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field World Record 1:17:21 August 23, 2003 Paris, France

2006 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:18:17 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 2 1:18:18 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 3 1:18:31 A Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 4 1:18:35 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 5 1:18:44 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 6 1:18:45 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 7 1:18:57 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 8 1:19:07 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 9 1:19:08 La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 10 1:19:12 Nesvizh, Belarus 15/04/2006 11 1:19:27 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 12 1:19:32 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 13 1:19:36 La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 14 1:19:38 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 Bergen, Norway 09/06/2006 16 1:19:51 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 17 1:19:54 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 18 1:20:00 Göteborg, Sweden 08/08/2006 19 1:20:05 Xi'an, PR China 21/10/2006 20 1:20:09 Göteborg, Sweden 08/08/2006 21 1:20:11 Nesvizh, Belarus 15/04/2006 22 1:20:15 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 23 1:20:23 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 24 1:20:34 Nesvizh, Belarus 15/04/2006 Sumy, Ukraine 02/06/2006

Men's 50 km

Records Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field World Record 3:35:29 June 13, 2004 Cheboksary, Russia

2006 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:35:47 Geelong, Australia 02/12/2006 WR 2 3:38:02 La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 3 3:41:10 Wajima, Japan 16/04/2006 4 3:41:30 La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 5 3:41:39 Göteborg, Sweden 10/08/2006 6 3:42:38 La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 7 3:42:48 Göteborg, Sweden 10/08/2006 8 3:43:02 Wajima, Japan 16/04/2006 9 3:43:38 Wajima, Japan 16/04/2006 10 3:43:58 Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 11 3:44:59 La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 12 3:45:47 La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 13 3:45:52 Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 14 3:45:57 Saransk, Russia 04/06/2006 15 3:47:23 Wajima, Japan 16/04/2006 16 3:47:32 Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 17 3:48:08 Göteborg, Sweden 10/08/2006 18 3:48:22 La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 19 3:49:36 Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 20 3:50:24 Dudince, Slovakia 25/03/2006 21 3:51:16 Göteborg, Sweden 10/08/2006 22 3:51:32 La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 23 3:52:06 Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 24 3:53:19 Geelong, Australia 02/12/2006 25 3:54:05 Saransk, Russia 04/06/2006

Women's 20 km

Records Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field World Record 1:24:50 March 4, 2001 Adler, Russia

2006 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:26:02 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 2 1:26:11 Nesvizh, Belarus 15/04/2006 3 1:26:14 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 4 1:26:57 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 5 1:27:26 La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 6 1:28:20 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 7 1:28:20 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 8 1:28:23 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 9 1:28:23 København, Denmark 07/10/2006 10 1:28:26 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 11 1:28:37 Göteborg, Sweden 09/08/2006 12 1:28:51 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 13 1:28:55 Xi'an, PR China 22/10/2006 14 1:28:58 Istanbul, Turkey 21/04/2006 15 1:29:01 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 16 1:29:05 La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 17 1:29:06 La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 18 1:29:08 La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 19 1:29:15 Rio Maior, Portugal 01/04/2006 20 1:29:27 Göteborg, Sweden 09/08/2006 21 1:29:31 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 22 1:29:46 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 23 1:29:49 Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 24 1:29:50 Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 25 1:29:54 La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006

References IAAF