1999 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in 1999 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 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain. Guatemala's Julio René Martínez broke the world record in the men's 20 km, clocking 1:17:46 on May 8, 1999, in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany.

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
WR world record
AR area record
CR event record
NR national record
PB personal best

Men's 20 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record  Bu Lingtang (CHN) 1:18:04 April 7, 1994 China Beijing, PR China
Broken records during the 1999 season in track and field
World Record  Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 Germany Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 1:17:46  Julio René Martínez (GUA) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999 WR
2 1:17:56  Alejandro López (MEX) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999
3 1:18:40  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Turku, Finland 22/05/1999
4 1:18:50  Ilya Markov (RUS) Turku, Finland 22/05/1999
5 1:19:00  Joel Sánchez (MEX) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999
6 1:19:05  Daniel García (MEX) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999
7 1:19:24  Andreas Erm (GER) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 08/05/1999
8 1:19:36  Roman Rasskazov (RUS) Saransk, Russia 12/06/1999
9 1:19:46  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) Calella, Spain 09/05/1999
10 1:19:55  Rishat Shafikov (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
11 1:19:57  Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
 Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 05/09/1999
13 1:20:01  Aleksey Kronin (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
14 1:20:12  Noé Hernández (MEX) Wajima, Japan 18/04/1999
15 1:20:15  Nathan Deakes (AUS) Adelaide, Australia 26/01/1999
 Daisuke Ikeshima (JPN) Kobe, Japan 31/01/1999
17 1:20:17  Bernardo Segura (MEX) Winnipeg, Canada 26/07/1999
18 1:20:21  Vladimir Stankin (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
 Yu Guohui (CHN) Mézidon-Canon, France 01/05/1999
20 1:20:31  Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) Hildesheim, Germany 12/09/1999
21 1:20:45  Ivan Trotskiy (BLR) Calella, Spain 09/05/1999
22 1:20:46  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) Winnipeg, Canada 26/07/1999
23 1:20:47  Valentin Kononen (FIN) Kyyjärvi, Finland 17/07/1999
24 1:20:49  Dion Russell (AUS) Melbourne, Australia 19/03/1999
25 1:20:54  Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) Calella, Spain 09/05/1999

Men's 50 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record  Andrey Perlov (URS) 3:37:41 August 5, 1989 Soviet Union Leningrad, Soviet Union

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 3:39:22  Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
2 3:40:08  Tomasz Lipiec (POL) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
3 3:40:13  Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
4 3:40:40  Jesús Angel García (ESP) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
5 3:40:54  German Skurygin (RUS) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
6 3:41:56  Yevgeniy Shmaliuk (RUS) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
7 3:43:15  Viktor Ginko (BLR) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
8 3:44:18  Oleg Ishutkin (RUS) Saransk, Russia 13/06/1999
9 3:45:29  Valentí Massana (ESP) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
10 3:46:36  Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
11 3:47:16  Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) Saransk, Russia 13/06/1999
12 3:47:54  Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) Sevilla, Spain 25/08/1999
13 3:48:01  Aleksandar Raković (YUG) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
14 3:48:04  Curt Clausen (USA) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
15 3:48:05  Denis Trautmann (GER) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
16 3:48:14  Craig Barrett (NZL) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
17 3:48:27  Santiago Pérez (ESP) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
18 3:48:30  Modris Liepiņš (LAT) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
19 3:48:42  Daniel Plaza (ESP) Torrevieja, Spain 21/03/1999
20 3:48:55  Basilio Labrador (ESP) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
21 3:48:56  Denis Langlois (FRA) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
22 3:49:07  Dmitriy Dolnikov (RUS) Saransk, Russia 13/06/1999
23 3:49:22  Robert Ihly (GER) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
24 3:49:51  Joel Sánchez (MEX) Naucalpan, Mexico 21/03/1999
25 3:49:53  Miguel Angel Rodríguez (MEX) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999

Women's 20 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record  Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1:27:30 May 1, 1995 China Beijing, PR China

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 1:27:30  Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999 WR
2 1:27:32  Liu Hongyu (CHN) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
3 1:27:35  Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
4 1:27:46  Norica Câmpean (ROM) Békéscsaba,Hungary 28/03/1999
5 1:28:01  Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
6 1:28:21  Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 04/09/1999
7 1:28:33  Tamara Kovalenko (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
8 1:28:35  Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) Os, Norway 25/09/1999
9 1:28:40  Natalya Misyulya (BLR) Brest-Litevsk, Belarus 04/06/1999
10 1:28:51  Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR) Brest-Litevsk, Belarus 04/06/1999
11 1:28:58  Larisa Ramazanova (BLR) Brest-Litevsk, Belarus 04/06/1999
12 1:29:00  Irina Stankina (RUS) Saransk, Russia 12/06/1999
13 1:29:09  Olga Polyakova (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
14 1:29:15  Wang Yan (CHN) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
15 1:29:20  Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) Brest-Litevsk, Belarus 04/06/1999
16 1:29:23  Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ) Almaty, Kazakhstan 27/03/1999
17 1:29:39  Claudia Iovan (ROM) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
18 1:30:03  Gao Hongmiao (CHN) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
1:30:03  Graciela Mendoza (MEX) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
20 1:30:07  Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
21 1:30:12  Lyudmila Yefimkina (RUS) Saransk, Russia 12/06/1999
22 1:30:13  Susana Feitor (POR) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
23 1:30:34  Olga Panfyorova (RUS) Adler, Russia 07/02/1999
24 1:30:35  Hong Li (CHN) Mézidon-Canon, France 02/05/1999
25 1:30:49  Elke Ennemoser (ITA) Prato, Italy 11/09/1999

See also

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