{{short description|none}} This page lists the '''World Best Year Performance''' in the year '''[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]''' in both the men's and the women's '''[[race walking]]''' distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main events during this season took place at the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in [[Sydney, Australia]].
==Abbreviations== *''All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- |'''WR''' || world record |- |'''AR''' || area record |- |'''CR''' || event record |- |'''NR''' || national record |- |'''PB''' || personal best |}
==Men's 20 km==
===Records=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field |- |[[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Julio René Martínez]]|GUA}} || '''1:17:46''' || May 8, 1999|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eisenhüttenstadt]], [[Germany]] |- !colspan="5"|Equalled records during the 2000 season in track and field |- |[[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Roman Rasskazov]]|RUS}} || '''1:17:46''' || May 19, 2000|| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow, Russia]] |}
===2000 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''1:17:46''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Roman Rasskazov]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000|| [[List of world records in athletics|WR]] |- | 2 || '''1:18:14''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Mikhail Khmelnitskiy]]|BLR}} || Soligorsk, Belarus || 13 05 2000|| |- | 3 || '''1:18:16''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Andreyev (racewalker)|Vladimir Andreyev]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000|| |- | 4 || '''1:18:22''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Korzeniowski]]|POL}} || Hildesheim, Germany || 09 07 2000|| |- | 5 || '''1:18:23''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Andrey Makarov (racewalker)|Andrey Makarov]]|BLR}} || Soligorsk, Belarus || 13 05 2000|| |- | 6 || '''1:18:42''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Erm]]|GER}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 17 06 2000|| |- | 7 || '''1:18:56''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Paquillo Fernández]]|ESP}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 17 06 2000|| |- | 8 || '''1:19:03''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Noé Hernández (racewalker)|Noé Hernández]]|MEX}} || Sydney, Australia || 22 09 2000|| |- | 9 || '''1:19:15''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Artur Meleshkevich]]|BLR}} ||Soligorsk, Belarus || 13 05 2000|| |- | 10 || '''1:19:18''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jiří Malysa]]|CZE}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 17 06 2000|| |}
==Men's 50 km==
===Records=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field |- | [[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Andrey Perlov]]|URS}} || '''3:37:41''' || August 5, 1989 || {{flagicon|URS}} [[Leningrad]], [[Soviet Union]] |- !colspan="5"|Broken records during the 2000 season in track and field |- | [[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Spitsyn]]|RUS}} || '''3:37:26''' || May 21, 2000 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow, Russia]] |}
===2000 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''3:36:39''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Spitsyn]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia ||21 05 2000 || [[List of world records in athletics|WR]] |- | 2 || '''3:39:21''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Potemin]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia ||21 05 2000 || |- | 3 || '''3:39:34''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Valentin Kononen]]|FIN}} || Dudince, Slovakia ||25 03 2000 || |- | 4 || '''3:41:50''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Korzeniowski]]|POL}} || Ponte de Sôr, Portugal || 05 03 2000|| |- | 5 || '''3:42:02''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Matyukhin]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia ||21 05 2000 || |- | 6 || '''3:42:51''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jesús Ángel García]]|ESP}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 18 06 2000|| |- | 7 || '''3:43:40''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aigars Fadejevs]]|LAT}} || Sydney, Australia || 29 09 2000|| |- | 8 || '''3:43:52''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Miguel Rodríguez (athlete)|Miguel Rodríguez]]|MEX}} || Poza Rica, Mexico|| 09 04 2000|| |- | 9 || '''3:44:30''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Andrey Plotnikov]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia ||21 05 2000 || |- | 10 || '''3:44:33''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yevgeniy Shmalyuk]]|RUS}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 18 06 2000|| |}
==Women's 20 km==
===Records=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field |- |rowspan=2|[[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Liu Hongyu]]|CHN}} || '''1:27:30''' || May 1, 1995 || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Beijing]], [[PR China]] |- | {{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Ryashkina]]|RUS}} || '''1:27:30''' || February 2, 1999 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Adlersky City District|Adler]], [[Russia]] |- !colspan="5"|Broken records during the 2000 season in track and field |- | [[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Gudkova]]|RUS}} || '''1:25:18''' || May 19, 2000 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow, Russia]] |}
===2000 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''1:25:18''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Gudkova]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000 || [[List of world records in athletics|WR]] |- | 2 || '''1:25:20''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Polyakova (athlete)|Olga Polyakova]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000 || |- | 3 || '''1:25:29''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Irina Stankina]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000 || |- | 4 || '''1:25:59''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Tamara Kovalenko]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000 || |- | 5 || '''1:26:08''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Olimpiada Ivanova]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000 || |- | 6 || '''1:27:42''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Elisabetta Perrone]]|ITA}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 17 06 2000 || |- | 7 || '''1:27:53''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Kjersti Plätzer]]|NOR}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 17 06 2000 || |- | 8 || '''1:27:55''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Liu Hongyu]]|CHN}} || Rio Maior, Portugal || 15 04 2000 || |- | 9 || '''1:28:06''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Ryashkina]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000 || |- | 10 || '''1:28:06''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Erica Alfridi]]|ITA}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 17 06 2000 || |- | 11 || '''1:28:19''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Susana Feitor]]|POR}} || Hildesheim, Germany || 09 07 2000 || |- | 12 || '''1:28:24''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Natalya Misyulya]]|BLR}} || Soligorsk, Belarus || 13 05 2000 || |- | 13 || '''1:28:27''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Wang Yan (racewalker)|Wang Yan]]|CHN}} || Rio Maior, Portugal || 15 04 2000 || |- | 14 || '''1:28:33''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Wang Liping (racewalker)|Wang Liping]]|CHN}} || Dalian, PR China || 03 06 2000 || |- | 15 || '''1:28:38''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Annarita Sidoti]]|ITA}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 17 06 2000 || |- | 16 || '''1:28:52''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Natalya Fedoskina]]|RUS}} || Hildesheim, Germany || 09 07 2000 || |- | 17 || '''1:28:56''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jane Saville]]|AUS}} || Vallensbæk, Denmark || 06 05 2000 || |- | 18 || '''1:28:56''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Larisa Ramazanova]]|BLR}} || Soligorsk, Belarus || 13 05 2000 || |- | 19 || '''1:28:59''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Norica Câmpean]]|ROM}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 17 06 2000 || |- | 20 || '''1:29:06''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Valentina Savchuk]]|UKR}} || Adler, Russia || 20 02 2000 || |- | 21 || '''1:29:23''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Dolgopolova]]|BLR}} || Soligorsk, Belarus || 13 05 2000 || |- | 22 || '''1:29:36''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Kerry Saxby-Junna]]|AUS}} || Naumburg, Germany || 30 04 2000 || |- | 23 || '''1:29:39''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Claudia Stef]]|ROM}} || Békéscsaba, Hungary || 09 04 2000 || |- | 24 || '''1:29:39''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Voyevodina]]|RUS}} || Moscow, Russia || 19 05 2000 || |- | 25 || '''1:29:47''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Rossella Giordano]]|ITA}} || Hildesheim, Germany || 09 07 2000 || |}
==References== *[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2000/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=20KR/detail.html IAAF] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081201193847/http://www2.iaaf.org/Results/lists/2000/outdoor/G/w/20KR.html Women's 20 km Year Ranking] {{Footer WBYP Race Walk Men}} {{Footer WBYP Race Walk Women}} [[Category:Race walking by year|2000]] [[Category:2000 in the sport of athletics|Race Walking Year Ranking, 2000]]