The 35 kilometres race walk is a road racewalking event which became a standard championship discipline in 2022, with world records being recognised after 1 January 2023.
All-time top 25
Men Correct as of May 2025.
Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place 1 1 2:20:43 Massimo Stano 18 May 2025 Poděbrady 2 2 2:21:31 Vladimir Kanaykin 19 February 2006 Sochi 3 3 2:21:40 Evan Dunfee 22 March 2025 Dudince 4 4 2:21:47 Masatora Kawano 27 October 2024 Takahata 5 5 2:22:55 Xianghong He 4 March 2023 Huangshan 6 6 2:23:13 Tomohiro Noda 16 April 2023 Wajima Race Walk Course, Wajima 7 2:23:14 Stano #2 24 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 8 2:23:15 Kawano #2 24 July 2022 Eugene 7 9 2:23:21 Christopher Linke 18 May 2025 Poděbrady 8 10 2:23:44 Perseus Karlstrom 24 July 2022 Eugene 9 11 2:23:48 Miguel Ángel López 18 May 2025 Poděbrady 10 12 2:24:19 Sergey Kozhevnikov 13 February 2023 Avtodrom, Sochi 11 13 2:24:24 Satoshi Maruo 27 October 2024 Takahata 12 14 2:24:25 Sergey Bakulin 1 March 2009 Adler, Sochi 13 15 2:24:30 Álvaro Martín 24 August 2023 Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest 14 16 2:24:34 Brian Pintado 24 August 2023 Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest 17 2:24:37 Pintado #2 24 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 15 18 2:24:38 Hayato Katsuki 16 March 2025 Nomi 19 2:24:40 Linke #2 22 March 2025 Dudince 16 20 2:24:41 José Luis Doctor 22 March 2025 Dudince 21 2:24:45 He #2 24 July 2022 Eugene 22 2:24:53 Bakulin #2 19 February 2018 Sochi 17 23 2:24:56 Denis Nizhegorodov 1 March 2009 Adler, Sochi 24 2:25:02 Dunfee #2 24 July 2022 Eugene 18 25 2:25:08 Andres Olivas 16 March 2025 Nomi 19 2:25:14 Caio Bonfim 24 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 20 2:25:19 Andrey Ruzavin 1 March 2009 Adler, Sochi 21 2:25:21 Éider Arévalo 24 July 2022 Eugene 21 Rhydian Cowley 16 March 2025 Nomi 23 2:25:39 Julio César Salazar 22 March 2025 Dudince 24 2:25:45 Kazuki Takahashi 16 March 2025 Nomi 25 2:25:50 Subaru Ishida 16 March 2025 Nomi
Women Correct as of September 2025.
Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place 1 1 2:37:11 Klavdiya Afanasyeva 20 May 2023 Saransk 2 2 2:37:15 María Perez 21 May 2023 Poděbrady 3 3 2:37:44 Kimberly García 25 March 2023 Dudince 4 4 2:37:46 Margarita Nikiforova 27 August 2022 Yelena Yelesina Stadium, Chelyabinsk 5 2:38:24 Afanasyeva #2 18 February 2019 Sochi 6 2:38:40 Perez #2 24 August 2023 Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest 5 7 2:38:42 Hong Liu 16 April 2023 Wajima Race Walk Course, Wajima 8 2:38:49 Nikiforova #2 21 May 2022 Cheboksary 9 2:38:59 Perez #3 18 May 2025 Poděbrady 10 2:39:16 Perez #4 30 January 2022 Lepe Garcia Leon #2 22 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 6 12 2:39:35 Antonella Palmisano 18 May 2025 Poděbrady 7 13 2:39:51 Darya Golubchekova 5 September 2021 Voronovo 8 14 2:40:03 Katarzyna Zdziebło 22 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 15 2:40:06 Liu #2 25 March 2023 Dudince 16 2:40:27 Afanasyeva #3 13 February 2023 Avtodrom, Sochi 9 17 2:40:37 Shijie Qieyang 22 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 18 2:40:52 Garcia Leon #3 24 August 2023 Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest 10 19 2:40:59 Xueying Bai 4 March 2023 Huangshan 11 20 2:41:00 Li Ma 24 September 2022 Xi'an 21 2:41:28 Nikiforova #3 31 January 2022 Sochi 22 2:41:38 Perez #5 26 February 2023 Cieza 12 23 2:41:47 Nicole Colombi 18 May 2025 Poděbrady 13 24 2:41:54 Eleonora Giorgi 22 February 2025 Aksu 14 25 2:41:58 Antigoni Ntrismpioti 22 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 15 2:42:27 Raquel González 22 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 16 2:42:39 Maocuo Li 4 March 2023 Huangshan 17 2:42:40 Olivia Sandery 16 March 2025 Nomi 18 2:42:41 Hanna Shevchuk 18 May 2025 Poděbrady 19 2:42:44 Paula Milena Torres 13 September 2025 Tokyo 20 2:42:45 Laura Garcia-Caro 22 July 2022 Autzen Complex, Eugene, OR 21 2:42:52 Lamei Yin 4 March 2023 Huangshan 22 2:43:25 Quanming Wu 22 January 2022 Nanjing 23 2:43:59 Yelena Lashmanova 31 January 2022 Sochi 24 2:44:11 Kumiko Okada 16 April 2023 Wajima Race Walk Course, Wajima 25 2:44:17 Sandra Arenas 16 March 2025 Nomi
Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:44:17: María Pérez also walked 2:44:17 (2021). Margarita Nikiforova also walked 2:43:14 (2021), 2:44:00 (2019). Kimberly García also walked 2:43:19 (2022). Qieyang Shijie also walked 2:43:06 (2022). Antigoni Ntrismpioti also walked 2:43.22 (2023).
World Championships medalists Men
Women
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