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The following table shows the
World Record Progression in the Men's
50 km Walk , as recognised by the
IAAF .
[1]
World record progression
Time
Athlete
Date
Place
4:40:15
Hermann Müller (
GER )
1921-09-07
Munich, Germany
4:36:22
Karl Hähnel (
GER )
1924-09-24
Berlin, Germany
4:34:03
Paul Sievert (
GER )
1924-10-05
Munich, Germany
4:30:22
Romano Vecchietti (
ITA )
1928-09-16
Rome, Italy
4:26:41
Edgar Bruun (
NOR )
1936-06-28
Oslo, Norway
4:24:47
Viggo Ingvorsen (
DEN )
1941-08-17
Odense, Denmark
4:23:40
Josef Doležal (
TCH )
1946-08-04
Poděbrady ,
Czechoslovakia
4:23:14
Josef Doležal (
TCH )
1952-08-24
Poděbrady ,
Czechoslovakia
4:20:30
Vladimir Ukhov (
URS )
1952-08-29
Leningrad ,
Soviet Union
4:16:06
Josef Doležal (
TCH )
1954-09-12
Poděbrady ,
Czechoslovakia
4:07:29
Anatoliy Yegorov (
URS )
1955-11-17
Tbilisi ,
Soviet Union
4:05:13
Grigory Klimov (
URS )
1956-08-10
Moscow ,
Soviet Union
4:03:53
Anatoly Vedyakov (
URS )
1959-08-13
Moscow ,
Soviet Union
4:03:02
Abdon Pamich (
ITA )
1960-10-16
Ponte San Pietro ,
Italy
4:01:39
Grigory Klimov (
URS )
1961-08-17
Leningrad ,
Soviet Union
4:00:50
Mikhail Lavrov (
URS )
1961-09-05
Kazan ,
Soviet Union
3:55:36
Gennadiy Agapov (
URS )
1965-10-17
Alma Ata ,
Soviet Union
3:52:45
Bernd Kannenberg (
FRG )
1972-05-27
Bremen ,
West Germany
3:45:52
Raúl González (
MEX )
1978-04-23
Mixhuca ,
Mexico
3:41:20
Raúl González (
MEX )
1978-06-11
Poděbrady ,
Czechoslovakia
3:40:46
Josep Marín (
ESP )
1983-03-13
Valencia, Spain
3:38:31
Ronald Weigel (
GDR )
1984-07-20
Berlin, East Germany
3:38:17
Ronald Weigel (
GDR )
1986-05-25
Potsdam ,
East Germany
3:37:41
Andrey Perlov (
URS )
1989-08-05
Leningrad ,
Soviet Union
3:37:26
Valeriy Spitsyn (
RUS )
2000-05-21
Moscow, Russia
3:36:39
Robert Korzeniowski (
POL )
2002-08-08
Munich, Germany
3:36:03
Robert Korzeniowski (
POL )
2003-08-27
Paris, France
3:35:47
Nathan Deakes (
AUS )
2006-12-02
Geelong, Australia
3:34:14
Denis Nizhegorodov (
RUS )
2008-05-11
Cheboksary ,
Russia
3:32:33
Yohann Diniz (
FRA )
2014-08-15
Zürich ,
Switzerland
Note
The 3:35:29 by Russia's
Denis Nizhegorodov set in
Cheboksary on June 13, 2004 was not ratified by the
IAAF as a World Record because no
EPO test was carried out afterwards.
References
World
Sprinting
50 metres
60 metres
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
Middle distance Long distance Hurdles Relay
4 × 100 metres
4 × 200 metres
4 × 400 metres
4 × 800 metres
4 × 1500 metres
Distance medley relay
Walking
10 km
20,000 metres (track)
20 km (road)
35 km
50 km
Jumping Throwing
Shot put
Discus
Hammer
Javelin
Combined events
European
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres