This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2000 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main events during this season took place at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
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 2000 season in track and fieldWorld Record 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt, GermanyEqualled records during the 2000 season in track and fieldWorld Record 1:17:46 May 19, 2000 Moscow, Russia
2000 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:17:46 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 WR 2 1:18:14 Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 3 1:18:16 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 4 1:18:22 Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000 5 1:18:23 Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 6 1:18:42 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 7 1:18:56 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 8 1:19:03 Sydney, Australia 22 09 2000 9 1:19:15 Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 10 1:19:18 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000
Men's 50 km
Records Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field World Record 3:37:41 August 5, 1989 Leningrad, Soviet UnionBroken records during the 2000 season in track and field World Record 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 Moscow, Russia
2000 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:36:39 Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 WR 2 3:39:21 Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 3 3:39:34 Dudince, Slovakia 25 03 2000 4 3:41:50 Ponte de Sôr, Portugal 05 03 2000 5 3:42:02 Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 6 3:42:51 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 18 06 2000 7 3:43:40 Sydney, Australia 29 09 2000 8 3:43:52 Poza Rica, Mexico 09 04 2000 9 3:44:30 Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 10 3:44:33 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 18 06 2000
Women's 20 km
Records Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and fieldWorld Record 1:27:30 May 1, 1995 Beijing, PR China 1:27:30 February 2, 1999 Adler, RussiaBroken records during the 2000 season in track and field World Record 1:25:18 May 19, 2000 Moscow, Russia
2000 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:25:18 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 WR 2 1:25:20 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 3 1:25:29 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 4 1:25:59 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 5 1:26:08 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 6 1:27:42 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 7 1:27:53 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 8 1:27:55 Rio Maior, Portugal 15 04 2000 9 1:28:06 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 10 1:28:06 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 11 1:28:19 Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000 12 1:28:24 Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 13 1:28:27 Rio Maior, Portugal 15 04 2000 14 1:28:33 Dalian, PR China 03 06 2000 15 1:28:38 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 16 1:28:52 Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000 17 1:28:56 Vallensbæk, Denmark 06 05 2000 18 1:28:56 Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 19 1:28:59 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 20 1:29:06 Adler, Russia 20 02 2000 21 1:29:23 Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 22 1:29:36 Naumburg, Germany 30 04 2000 23 1:29:39 Békéscsaba, Hungary 09 04 2000 24 1:29:39 Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 25 1:29:47 Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000
References IAAF Women's 20 km Year Ranking