1998 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 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 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

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 1998 season in track and fieldWorld Record 1:18:04 April 7, 1994 Beijing, PR China

1998 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:18:40 Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998 2 1:18:48 Adler, Russia 20/02/1998 3 1:18:48 Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998 4 1:19:19 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 5 1:19:28 Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998 6 1:19:36 Turku, Finland 24/05/1998 7 1:19:41 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 8 1:19:42 La Coruña, Spain 16/05/1998 9 1:19:43 Hildesheim, Germany 13/09/1998 10 1:19:44 Rio Maior, Portugal 28/03/1998 11 1:19:45 La Coruña, Spain 16/05/1998 12 1:19:46 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 13 1:19:46 Turku, Finland 24/05/1998 14 1:19:48 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 15 1:19:50 Takahata, Japan 01/11/1998 16 1:19:52 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 17 1:19:57 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 18 1:20:04 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 19 1:20:12 Adler, Russia 20/02/1998 20 1:20:13 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 21 1:20:25 Bangkok, Thailand 13/12/1998 22 1:20:31 Adler, Russia 20/02/1998 23 1:20:31 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 24 1:20:42 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 25 1:20:50 Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998

Men's 50 km

Records Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field World Record 3:37:41 August 5, 1989 Leningrad, Soviet Union

1998 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:41:14 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 2 3:42:57 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 3 3:43:15 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 4 3:43:17 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 5 3:43:18 Ogre, Latvia 06/06/1998 6 3:43:51 Budapest, Hungary 21/08/1998 7 3:44:17 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 8 3:44:29 Budapest, Hungary 21/08/1998 9 3:45:15 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 10 3:45:29 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 11 3:45:55 Ourense, Spain 22/02/1998 12 3:46:25 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 13 3:46:31 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 14 3:47:24 Budapest, Hungary 21/08/1998 15 3:47:28 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 16 3:47:34 Melbourne, Australia 13/12/1998 17 3:47:41 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 18 3:47:44 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 19 3:47:48 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 20 3:47:51 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 21 3:48:24 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 22 3:48:27 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 23 3:48:49 Budapest, Hungary 21/08/1998 24 3:49:38 Wajima, Japan 12/04/1998 25 3:49:40 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998

Women's 10 km

Records Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field World Record 41:04.00 April 20, 1996 Sochi, Russia

1998 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 42:01.00 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 2 42:25.00 Adler, Russia 20/02/1998 3 42:26.00 Hildesheim, Germany 12/09/1998 4 42:31.00 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 5 42:40.00 Hildesheim, Germany 12/09/1998 6 42:43.00 Gdansk, Poland 29/08/1998 7 42:44.00 Hildesheim, Germany 12/09/1998 8 42:45.00 Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998 9 42:46.00 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 10 42:49.00 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 11 42:52.00 Adelaide, Australia 26/01/1998 12 42:54.00 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 13 42:55.00 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 14 42:57.00 Bucharest, Romania 20/06/1998 15 42:59.00 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 16 43:02.00 Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998 17 43:08.00 Gdansk, Poland 29/08/1998 19 43:11.00 Bucharest, Romania 20/06/1998 20 43:15.00 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/05/1998 21 43:21.00 Abano Terme, Italy 20/09/1998 22 43:22.00 Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998 23 43:23.00 Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998 24 43:24.00 Gdansk, Poland 29/08/1998 25 43:25.00 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/05/1998

Women's 20 km

Records Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field World Record 1:27:30 May 1, 1995 Beijing, PR China

1998 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:29:53 Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998 2 1:31:03 Cacia, Portugal 08/02/1998 3 1:31:46 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 4 1:32:16 Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998 5 1:32:25 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 6 1:32:49 Mukachevo, Ukraine 24/10/1998 7 1:32:55 Copenhagen, Denmark 26/09/1998 8 1:33:01 Ogre, Latvia 06/06/1998 9 1:33:12 Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998 10 1:33:14 Melbourne, Australia 13/12/1998 11 1:33:26 Budapest, Hungary 07/02/1998 12 1:33:34 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998 13 1:33:35 Takahata, Japan 01/11/1998 14 1:33:46 Ivrea, Italy 15/03/1998 15 1:34:09 Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998 16 1:34:11 Ourense, Spain 22/02/1998 17 1:34:13 Takahata, Japan 01/11/1998 18 1:34:17 Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998 19 1:34:32 Ivrea, Italy 15/03/1998 20 1:34:35 Melbourne, Australia 16/08/1998 21 1:34:46 Albany, United States 03/05/1998 22 1:34:50 Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998

References marciaitaliana IAAF