This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 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 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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 2001 season in track and field World Record 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 1:17:46 May 19, 2000 Moscow, Russia

2001 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:18:05 Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 2 1:18:06 Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 3 1:18:14 Dublin, Ireland 16/06/2001 4 1:18:20 Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 5 1:19:14 Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 6 1:19:32 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 7 1:19:36 Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 8 1:19:45 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 9 1:19:47 Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 10 1:19:53 Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 12 1:20:14 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 13 1:20:21 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 14 1:20:31 Edmonton, Canada 04/08/2001 Rumia, Poland 07/10/2001 16 1:20:45 Cheboksary, Russia 16 06 2001 17 1:20:49 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 19 1:20:58 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 20 1:21:04 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 21 1:21:09 Edmonton, Canada 04/08/2001 22 1:21:11 Royal Leamington, Great Britain 21/04/2001 23 1:21:15 Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 24 1:21:20 Kobe, Japan 28/01/2001 Turku, Finland 03/06/2001

Men's 50 km

Records Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 Moscow, Russia

2001 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:42:08 Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 2 3:43:07 Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 3 3:43:43 Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 4 3:44:28 Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 5 3:44:32 Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 6 3:44:50 Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 7 3:45:22 Mollet del Vallés, Spain 18/03/2001 8 3:45:46 Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 9 3:45:48 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 10 3:46:12 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 11 3:46:12 Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 12 3:46:20 Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 13 3:46:52 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 14 3:47:04 Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 15 3:47:34 Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 16 3:48:05 New Plymouth, New Zealand 16/06/2001 17 3:48:06 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 18 3:48:28 Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 19 3:48:41 Dudince, Slovakia 24/03/2001 20 3:48:51 Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 21 3:50:24 Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 22 3:50:28 Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 23 3:50:29 Mollet del Vallés, Spain 18/03/2001 24 3:50:32 Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 25 3:50:46 Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001

Women's 20 km

Records Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record 1:25:18 May 19, 2000 Adler, Russia

2001 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:24:50 Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 2 1:26:22 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 3 1:26:23 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 4 1:26:35 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 5 1:26:50 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 6 1:27:09 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 7 1:27:29 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 8 1:27:33 Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 9 1:27:55 Rio Maior, Portugal 07/04/2001 10 1:28:11 Cheboksary, Russia 16/06/2001 11 1:28:45 Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 12 1:28:49 Edmonton, Canada 09/08/2001 13 1:28:56 Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 14 1:29:08 Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 15 1:29:25 Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 16 1:29:31 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 17 1:29:36 Almaty, Kazakhstan 31/03/2001 18 1:29:39 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 19 1:29:43 Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 20 1:29:44 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 21 1:29:47 Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 22 1:29:54 Amsterdam, Netherlands 15/07/2001 23 1:29:55 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 24 1:29:57 Douglas, Ireland 17/02/2001 25 1:30:00 Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001

References IAAF Women's 20 km Year Ranking