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

  • 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 2001 season in track and field
World Record  Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 Germany Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
 Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 1:17:46 May 19, 2000 Russia Moscow, Russia

2001 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field
World Record  Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 Russia Moscow, Russia

2001 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field
World Record  Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 1:25:18 May 19, 2000 Russia Adler, Russia

2001 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
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