The 10,000 metres race walk is a

racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles.

History

This distance is not commonly raced at senior competitions but part of junior and youth championships. Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 10 km road distance.

World best

On November 14, 2020,

Eiki Takahashi is a male Japanese racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Ch ...

of Japan set a new 10,000 m race walk world best in Inzai in a time of 37:25.21. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by

Nadezhda Ryashkina Nadezhda Ryashkina (russian: Надежда Ряшкина; born January 22, 1967 in Sokol, Vologda Oblast) is a retired female race walker from Russia. She set the world record in the women's 10 km race walk event on July 25, 1990, clocking ...

of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23.

All-time top 25 (outdoor)

*h = hand timing

Men

*Correct as of February 2023.

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 38:23.50: *

Paquillo Fernández Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez (born 6 March 1977 in Guadix, Province of Granada, Andalusia), better known as Paquillo Fernández, is a retired Spanish race walker. He specialized in the 20 km race walk. On 27 July 2008 he set a new ...

also walked 38:07.65 (2007). *

Daisuke Matsunaga is a Japanese male racewalking athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk. He holds a personal best of 1:18:53 hours. He represented his nation at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the 2014 World Junior champion. He made his first impac ...

also walked 38:16.76 (2016). *

also walked 38:01.49 (2015), 38:18.51 (2014), 38:21.88 (2016). * David Smith also walked 38:20.9 (1985). *

Ivano Brugnetti Ivano Brugnetti (born 1 September 1976 in Milan) is an Italian former race walker. Biography Brugnetti won five medals, at individual level, in international athletics competitions. He participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics (2000 ...

also walked 38:23.5 (2004).

Women

*Correct as of August 2022.

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 42:30.13: * Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked hand-timed 42:22.6 (1993), 42:23.9 (1992), 42:25.2 (1990), automatic-timed 42:26.29 (1993), and hand-timed 42:27.5 (1995). * Beate Gummelt also walked hand-timed 42:29.4 (1990), 38:21.88 (2016). * Gao Hongmiao also walked 42:30.13 (1995).

All-time top 25 (indoor)

Men

*Correct as of 2 September 2018.

Women

* Yelena Ginko also walked 44:07.43 (2006)

Medalists

European Athletics Championships

Notes

References

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