This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2005 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 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
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 2005 season in track and field World Record 1:17:21 23 August 2003 Paris, France
2005 World Year ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:17:33 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 2 1:17:41 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 3 1:17:52 A Coruña, Spain 4 June 2005 4 1:17:53 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 5 1:18:06 Adler, Russia 12 March 2005 6 1:18:07 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 7 1:18:17 Adler, Russia 12 March 2005 8 1:18:22 Nanjing, PR China 19 October 2005 9 1:18:27 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 10 1:18:30 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 11 1:18:31 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 12 1:18:33 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 13 1:18:35 Helsinki, Finland 6 August 2005 14 1:18:39 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 15 1:18:45 Adler, Russia 12 March 2005 16 1:18:48 Adler, Russia 12 March 2005 17 1:18:51 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 18 1:19:02 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 19 1:19:08 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 20 1:19:19 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 21 1:19:21 Nanning, PR China 25 February 2005 1:19:21 Lima, Peru 7 May 2005 23 1:19:22 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 24 1:19:29 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 25 1:19:34 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005
Men's 50 km
Records Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field World Record 3:35:29 13 June 2004 Cheboksary, Russia
2005 World Year ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:36:06 Nanjing, PR China 22 October 2005 2 3:36:13 Nanjing, PR China 22 October 2005 3 3:36:20 Nanjing, PR China 27 February 2005 4 3:37:58 Nanjing, PR China 27 February 2005 5 3:39:17 Nanjing, PR China 27 February 2005 6 3:40:23 Nanjing, PR China 22 October 2005 7 3:40:40 Saransk, Russia 12 June 2005 8 3:41:03 Miskolc, Hungary 21 May 2005 9 3:41:30 Nanjing, PR China 22 October 2005 10 3:41:47 El Prat de Llobregat, Spain 27 February 2005 11 3:41:54 Helsinki, Finland 12 August 2005 12 3:42:34 Miskolc, Hungary 21 May 2005 13 3:42:55 Nanjing, PR China 22 October 2005 14 3:44:04 Helsinki, Finland 12 August 2005 15 3:44:20 Nanning, PR China 27 February 2005 16 3:45:05 Nanning, PR China 27 February 2005 17 3:45:13 Nanning, PR China 27 February 2005 18 3:45:17 Miskolc, Hungary 21 May 2005 19 3:45:23 Nanning, PR China 27 February 2005 20 3:46:44 Nanning, PR China 27 February 2005 21 3:47:02 Nanjing, PR China 22 October 2005 22 3:47:19 Nanning, PR China 27 February 2005 23 3:47:31 Miskolc, Hungary 21 May 2005 24 3:47:51 Melbourne, Australia 1 May 2005 25 3:48:15 El Prat de Llobregat, Spain 27 February 2005
Women's 10 km
Records Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field World Record 41:04 20 April 1996 Sochi, Russia
2005 World Year ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 42:27 Kraków, Poland 17 September 2005 2 42:53 Kraków, Poland 17 September 2005 3 43:17 Naumburg, Germany 11 June 2005 4 43:26 Lloret de Mar, Spain 10 April 2005 5 43:42 Kraków, Poland 17 September 2005 6 43:51 Lloret de Mar, Spain 10 April 2005 7 43:59 Lloret de Mar, Spain 10 April 2005 8 44:09 Miskolc, Hungary 21 May 2005 9 44:19 Alba Iulia, Romania 4 September 2005 10 44:29 Alba Iulia, Romania 4 September 2005 11 44:31 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005 12 44:36 Sochi, Russia 13 March 2005 13 44:41 Kraków, Poland 17 September 2005 14 44:49 Valmiera, Latvia 2 July 2005 15 44:52 Rio Maior, Portugal 2 April 2005 16 44:58 Chelyabinsk, Russia 6 September 2005 17 44:59 Lloret de Mar, Spain 10 April 2005 18 45:01 Saransk, Russia 11 June 2005 19 45:02 Alba Iulia, Romania 4 September 2005 20 45:07 Kobe, Japan 30 January 2005 21 45:17 Borský Mikuláš, Slovakia 11 June 2005 45:17 Chelyabinsk, Russia 6 September 2005 23 45:19 Almería, Spain 13 February 2005 45:19 Santa Eularia, Spain 19 March 2005 25 45:20 Chelyabinsk, Russia 6 September 2005
Women's 20 km
Records Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field World Record 1:24:50 4 March 2001 Adler, Russia
2005 World Year ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:25:41 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005 2 1:26:28 Adler, Russia 12 March 2005 3 1:27:05 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005 4 1:27:19 Nanning, PR China 25 February 2005 5 1:27:24 Nanning, PR China 25 February 2005 6 1:27:37 Nanjing, PR China 20 October 2005 7 1:27:56 Adler, Russia 12 March 2005 8 1:27:58 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 9 1:28:01 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 10 1:28:07 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 11 1:28:11 Adler, Russia 12 March 2005 12 1:28:22 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 13 1:28:26 Nanning, PR China 25 February 2005 14 1:28:35 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 15 1:28:44 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005 16 1:28:51 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005 17 1:28:51 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005 18 1:28:52 Adler, Russia 12 March 2005 19 1:29:02 Saransk, Russia 11 June 2005 20 1:29:05 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005 21 1:29:07 Dresden, Germany 24 April 2005 22 1:29:21 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005 23 1:29:25 Saransk, Russia 11 June 2005 24 1:29:26 Miskolc, Hungary 21 May 2005 25 1:29:33 Cixi, PR China 23 April 2005
References IAAF