The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's 50 km Walk, as recognised by the IAAF.
World record progression
Time |
Athlete |
Date |
Place
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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.
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World |
Sprinting |
- 50 metres
- 60 metres
- 100 metres
- 200 metres
- 400 metres
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Middle distance |
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Long distance |
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Hurdles |
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Relay |
- 4 × 100 metres
- 4 × 200 metres
- 4 × 400 metres
- 4 × 800 metres
- 4 × 1500 metres
- Distance medley relay
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Walking |
- 10 km
- 20,000 metres
- 20 km
- 50 km
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Jumping |
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Throwing |
- Shot put
- Discus
- Hammer
- Javelin
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Combined events |
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European |
- 100 metres
- 200 metres
- 400 metres
- 800 metres
- 1500 metres
- 5000 metres
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