20 kilometres race walk
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.
World records
The men's list of [world records in athletics|world record] for the 20 km race walk is held by Yusuke Suzuki, who walked 1:16:36 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town of Nomi, Japan. Suzuki's new World Record came exactly one week after Yohann Diniz's mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 in Arles at the 2015 French championships. The women's world record of 1:23:49 was set by Yang Jiayu of China in 2021. Russian Elena Lashmanova, has served a previous ban for doping, currently holds a quicker time of 1:23:39 which is also the European record, but it has never been ratified as a world record.All-time top 25
Men
- Correct as of February 2025.
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1:16:10 | Toshikazu Yamanishi | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1:16:36 | Yusuke Suzuki | 15 March 2015 | Nomi | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1:16:43 | Sergey Morozov | 8 June 2008 | Saransk | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1:16:51 | Koki Ikeda | 18 February 2024 | Kobe | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1:16:54 | Kaihua Wang | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | ||
| 6 | 6 | 1:17:02 | Yohann Diniz | 8 March 2015 | Arles | ||
| 7 | 1:17:15 | Yamanishi #2 | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | |||
| 7 | 8 | 1:17:16 | Vladimir Kanaykin | 29 September 2007 | Saransk | ||
| 9 | 1:17:20 | Yamanishi #3 | 21 February 2021 | Kobe | |||
| 8 | 10 | 1:17:21 | Jefferson Pérez | 22 August 2003 | Stade de France, Paris-St-Denis | ||
| 9 | 11 | 1:17:22 | Francisco Javier Fernandez | 28 April 2002 | Turku | ||
| 10 | 12 | 1:17:23 | Vladimir Stankin | 28 February 2004 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 13 | 1:17:24 | Diniz #2 | 15 March 2015 | Lugano | |||
| 11 | 13 | 1:17:24 | Masatora Kawano | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | ||
| 12 | 13 | 1:17:24 | Satoshi Maruo | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | ||
| 13 | 16 | 1:17:25 | Sergey Shirobokov | 9 June 2018 | Cheboksary | ||
| 15 | 1:17:25 | Ikeda#2 | 17 March 2019 | Nomi | |||
| 14 | 18 | 1:17:26 | Eiki Takahashi | 18 February 2018 | Kobe | ||
| 14 | 18 | 1:17:26 | Massimo Stano | 3 March 2024 | Taicang | ||
| 14 | 18 | 1:17:26 | Jun Zhang | 3 March 2024 | Taicang | ||
| 17 | 21 | 1:17:32 | Álvaro Martín | 19 August 2023 | Budapest | ||
| 18 | 22 | 1:17:33 | Nathan Deakes | 23 April 2005 | Cixi City | ||
| 23 | 1:17:36 | Kanaykin #2 | 17 June 2007 | Cheboksary | |||
| 19 | 24 | 1:17:36 | Zhen Wang | 30 March 2012 | Taicang | ||
| 24 | 1:17:36 | Yamanishi #4 | 18 February 2018 | Kobe | |||
| 20 | 1:17:37 | Caio Bonfim | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | |||
| 21 | 1:17:38 | Valeriy Borchin | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 22 | 1:17:38 | Kento Yoshikawa | 16 February 2025 | Kobe | |||
| 23 | 1:17:39 | Zelin Cai | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | |||
| 24 | 1:17:39 | Perseus Karlström | 19 August 2023 | Budapest | |||
| 25 | 1:17:40 | Ding Chen | 30 March 2012 | Taicang |
Women
- Correct as of September 2025.
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1:23:39 | Yelena Lashmanova | 9 June 2018 | Cheboksary | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1:23:49 | Yang Jiayu | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1:24:27 | Hong Liu | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | ||
| 4 | 1:24:31 | Lashmanova #2 | 18 February 2019 | Sochi | |||
| 5 | 1:24:38 | Liu #2 | 6 June 2015 | La Coruna | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1:24:45 | Shijie Qieyang | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | ||
| 5 | 7 | 1:24:47 | Elmira Alembekova | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | ||
| 6 | 8 | 1:24:50 | Olimpiada Ivanova | 4 March 2001 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 7 | 9 | 1:24:56 | Olga Kaniskina | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | ||
| 10 | 1:24:58 | Lashmanova #3 | 25 June 2016 | Cheboksary | |||
| 8 | 11 | 1:25:03 | Marina Novikova | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | ||
| 9 | 12 | 1:25:04 | Svetlana Vasilyeva | 27 February 2015 | Sochi | ||
| 10 | 13 | 1:25:08 | Vera Sokolova | 26 February 2011 | Sochi | ||
| 14 | 1:25:11 | Kaniskina #2 | 23 February 2008 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 11 | 14 | 1:25:11 | Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina | 20 February 2010 | Sochi | ||
| 12 | 16 | 1:25:12 | Xiuzhi Lyu | 20 March 2015 | Beijing | ||
| 17 | 1:25:16 | Qieyang #2 | 11 August 2012 | Olympic Stadium, London | |||
| 13 | 18 | 1:25:18 | Tatyana Gudkova | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | ||
| 18 | 1:25:18 | Lashmanova #4 | 18 February 2017 | Sochi | |||
| 14 | 20 | 1:25:20 | Olga Polyakova | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | ||
| 15 | 21 | 1:25:22 | Yekaterina Medvedeva | 18 February 2017 | Sochi | ||
| 22 | 1:25:26 | Sokolova #2 | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 22 | 1:25:26 | Kornikova-Kirdyapkina #2 | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 24 | 1:25:27 | Alembekova #2 | 18 February 2012 | Sochi | |||
| 16 | 25 | 1:25:29 | Irina Stankina | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | ||
| 16 | 25 | 1:25:29 | Glenda Morejón | 8 June 2019 | La Coruna | ||
| 18 | 1:25:30 | María Pérez | 26 March 2023 | Córdoba | |||
| 19 | 1:25:32 | Yelena Shumkina | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 20 | 1:25:46 | Tatyana Shemyakina | 23 February 2008 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 21 | 1:25:52 | Larisa Yemelyanova | 28 February 2009 | Adler, Sochi | |||
| 21 | 1:25:52 | Tatyana Sibileva | 20 February 2010 | Sochi | |||
| 23 | 1:25:59 | Tamara Kovalenko | 19 May 2000 | Moskva | |||
| 23 | 1:25:59 | Liujing Yang | 20 March 2021 | Huangshan | |||
| 25 | 1:26:06 | Alegna González | 20 September 2025 | Tokyo |