2001 in race walking

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

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* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

WR | world record

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AR | area record
CR | event record
NR | national record
PB | personal best

## Men's 20 km

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### Records

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Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field

World Record |  Julio René Martínez (GUA) | 1:17:46 | May 8, 1999 |  Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | 1:17:46 | May 19, 2000 |  Moscow, Russia

### 2001 World Year Ranking

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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1 | 1:18:05 |  Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001
2 | 1:18:06 |  Viktor Burayev (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
3 | 1:18:14 |  Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Dublin, Ireland | 16/06/2001 |
4 | 1:18:20 |  Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
5 | 1:19:14 |  Vladimir Stankin (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
6 | 1:19:32 |  Andreas Erm (GER) | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 09/06/2001 |
7 | 1:19:36 |  Ilya Markov (RUS) | Calella, Spain | 22/04/2001 |
8 | 1:19:45 |  Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
9 | 1:19:47 |  Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | Calella, Spain | 22/04/2001 |
10 | 1:19:53 |  Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | Calella, Spain | 22/04/2001 |
12 | 1:20:14 |  Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
13 | 1:20:21 |  Jiří Malysa (CZE) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
14 | 1:20:31 |  Roman Rasskazov (RUS) | Edmonton, Canada | 04/08/2001 |
Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | Rumia, Poland | 07/10/2001 |
16 | 1:20:45 |  Aleksey Kronin (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 16 06 2001
17 | 1:20:49 |  Alejandro López (MEX) | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 09/06/2001 |
Li Zewen (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
19 | 1:20:58 |  Pei Chuang (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
20 | 1:21:04 |  Yu Chaohong (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
21 | 1:21:09 |  David Márquez (ESP) | Edmonton, Canada | 04/08/2001 |
22 | 1:21:11 |  Robert Heffernan (IRL) | Royal Leamington, Great Britain | 21/04/2001 |
23 | 1:21:15 |  He Xiaodong (CHN) | Dandong, PR China | 13/04/2001 |
24 | 1:21:20 |  Satoshi Yanagisawa (JPN) | Kobe, Japan | 28/01/2001 |
Cristian Berdeja (MEX) | Turku, Finland | 03/06/2001 |

## Men's 50 km

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### Records

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Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field

World Record |  Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) | 3:37:26 | May 21, 2000 |  Moscow, Russia

### 2001 World Year Ranking

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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1 | 3:42:08 |  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
2 | 3:43:07 |  Jesús Angel García (ESP) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
3 | 3:43:43 |  Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Naumburg, Germany | 08/04/2001 |
4 | 3:44:28 |  Wang Yinhang (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
5 | 3:44:32 |  Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 17/06/2001 |
6 | 3:44:50 |  Germán Sánchez (MEX) | Cheboksary, Russia | 17/06/2001 |
7 | 3:45:22 |  Mikel Odriozola (ESP) | Mollet del Vallés, Spain | 18/03/2001 |
8 | 3:45:46 |  Yu Guoping (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
9 | 3:45:48 |  Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
10 | 3:46:12 |  Vladimir Potemin (RUS) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
11 | 3:46:12 |  Edgar Hernández (MEX) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
12 | 3:46:20 |  Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
13 | 3:46:52 |  Santiago Pérez (ESP) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
14 | 3:47:04 |  Yu Chaohong (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
15 | 3:47:34 |  Yu Guohui (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
16 | 3:48:05 |  Craig Barrett (NZL) | New Plymouth, New Zealand | 16/06/2001 |
17 | 3:48:06 |  Denis Langlois (FRA) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
18 | 3:48:28 |  Valentí Massana (ESP) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |
19 | 3:48:41 |  Sándor Urbanik (HUN) | Dudince, Slovakia | 24/03/2001 |
20 | 3:48:51 |  Tomasz Lipiec (POL) | Naumburg, Germany | 08/04/2001 |
21 | 3:50:24 |  Ma Hongye (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 23/11/2001 |
22 | 3:50:28 |  Viktor Ginko (BLR) | Naumburg, Germany | 08/04/2001 |
23 | 3:50:29 |  Mario Avellaneda (ESP) | Mollet del Vallés, Spain | 18/03/2001 |
24 | 3:50:32 |  Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 17/06/2001 |
25 | 3:50:46 |  Curt Clausen (USA) | Edmonton, Canada | 11/08/2001 |

## Women's 20 km

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### Records

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Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field

World Record |  Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) | 1:25:18 | May 19, 2000 |  Adler, Russia

### 2001 World Year Ranking

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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1 | 1:24:50 |  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
2 | 1:26:22 |  Wang Yan (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
3 | 1:26:23 |  Wang Liping (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
4 | 1:26:35 |  Liu Hongyu (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
5 | 1:26:50 |  Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
6 | 1:27:09 |  Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
7 | 1:27:29 |  Erica Alfridi (ITA) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
8 | 1:27:33 |  Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
9 | 1:27:55 |  Susana Feitor (POR) | Rio Maior, Portugal | 07/04/2001 |
10 | 1:28:11 |  Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 16/06/2001 |
11 | 1:28:45 |  Gao Hongmiao (CHN) | Dandong, PR China | 13/04/2001 |
12 | 1:28:49 |  Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) | Edmonton, Canada | 09/08/2001 |
13 | 1:28:56 |  Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
14 | 1:29:08 |  Olga Lukyanchuk (UKR) | Adler, Russia | 04/03/2001 |
15 | 1:29:25 |  Norica Câmpean (ROM) | Dudince, Slovakia | 19/05/2001 |
16 | 1:29:31 |  Jian Xingli (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
17 | 1:29:36 |  Maya Sazonova (KAZ) | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 31/03/2001 |
18 | 1:29:39 |  Gao Kelian (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
19 | 1:29:43 |  Li Hong (CHN) | Dandong, PR China | 13/04/2001 |
20 | 1:29:44 |  Wang Qinqin (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
21 | 1:29:47 |  Pan Hailian (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 19/11/2001 |
22 | 1:29:54 |  Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 15/07/2001 |
23 | 1:29:55 |  Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 09/06/2001 |
24 | 1:29:57 |  Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) | Douglas, Ireland | 17/02/2001 |
25 | 1:30:00 |  Xu Aihui (CHN) | Dandong, PR China | 13/04/2001 |

## References

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* IAAF
* Women's 20 km Year Ranking

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World Best Year Performance in men's race walking

20 km walk|

* 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX)
* 1981: Dave Smith (AUS)
* 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS)
* 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
* 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
* 1985: Dave Smith (AUS)
* 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN)
* 1987: Axel Noack (GDR)
* 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
* 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
* 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH)
* 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS)
* 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE)
* 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
* 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
* 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
* 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)
* 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
* 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
* 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA)
* 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
* 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS)
* 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
* 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
* 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS)
* 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN)
* 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS)
* 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS)
* 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS)
* 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN)
* 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS)
* 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
* 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
* 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN)
* 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
* 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS)
* 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
* 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA)

50 km walk|

* 1980: José Marín (ESP)
* 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR)
* 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1983: José Marín (ESP)
* 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
* 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
* 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
* 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP)
* 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN)
* 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA)
* 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS)
* 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)
* 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
* 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN)
* 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
* 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL)
* 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN)
* 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN)
* 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN)
* 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

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World Best Year Performance in women's race walking

10 km walk|

* 1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN)
* 1984: Olga Krishtop (URS)
* 1985: Yan Hong (CHN)
* 1986: Yelena Kuznetsova (URS)
* 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1989: Alina Ivanova (URS)
* 1990: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS)
* 1992: Ileana Salvador (ITA)
* 1993: Li Chunxiu (CHN)
* 1994: Gao Hongmiao (CHN)
* 1995: Larisa Ramazanova (RUS)
* 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
* 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS)
* 1998: Olga Panfyorova (RUS)

20 km walk|

* 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1989: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
* 1990: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
* 1991: Marina Smyslova (URS)
* 1992: Tamara Romanova (EUN)
* 1993: Ileana Salvador (ITA)
* 1994: Yelena Gruzinova (RUS)
* 1995: Liu Hongyu (CHN)
* 1996: Feng Haixia (CHN)
* 1997: Erica Alfridi (ITA)
* 1998: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS)
* 1999: Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS)
* 2000: Tatyana Gudkova (RUS)
* 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
* 2004: Song Hongjuan (CHN)
* 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2006: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
* 2011: Vera Sokolova (RUS)
* 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
* 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)
* 2016: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2017: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2018: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2019: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2020: Elvira Khasanova (RUS)
* 2021: Yang Jiayu (CHN)
* 2022: Elvira Khasanova (RUS)

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*[LAT]: Latvia
*[CZE]: Czech Republic
*[POL]: Poland
*[MEX]: Mexico
*[CHN]: China
*[IRL]: Ireland
*[JPN]: Japan
*[NZL]: New Zealand
*[FRA]: France
*[HUN]: Hungary
*[USA]: United States
*[ITA]: Italy
*[POR]: Portugal
*[UKR]: Ukraine
*[ROM]: Romania
*[KAZ]: Kazakhstan
*[NOR]: Norway
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