The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men’s 50 km Walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

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World Record Progression

TIME
NAME 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 Invorsen (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
 Grigoriy Klimov (URS)
1956-08-10
Moscow, Soviet Union

4:03:53
 Anatoliy Vedyakov (URS)
1959-08-13
Moscow, Soviet Union

4:03:02
 Abdon Pamich (ITA)
1960-10-16
Ponte San Pietro, Italy

4:01:39
 Grigoriy 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 (GDR)
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, Germany

3:38:17
 Ronald Weigel (GDR)
1986-05-25
Potsdam, 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

3:34:13
 Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
2008-05-11
Cheboksary, Russia

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 being carried out afterwards.

See also

  • World record progression 20km walk men

References

  • Athletix
  • IOC-site

Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_record_progression_50km_walk_men”
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