# 2000 in race walking

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This page lists the **World Best Year Performance** in the year **[2000](/source/2000_in_athletics_(track_and_field))** in both the men's and the women's **[race walking](/source/Race_walking)** distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main events during this season took place at the [Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics) in [Sydney, Australia](/source/Sydney%2C_Australia).

## Abbreviations

- *All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds*

WR world record AR area record CR event record NR national record PB personal best

## Men's 20 km

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field World Record Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany Equalled records during the 2000 season in track and field World Record Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 1:17:46 May 19, 2000 Moscow, Russia

### 2000 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note 1 1:17:46 Roman Rasskazov (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 WR 2 1:18:14 Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 3 1:18:16 Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 4 1:18:22 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000 5 1:18:23 Andrey Makarov (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 6 1:18:42 Andreas Erm (GER) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 7 1:18:56 Paquillo Fernández (ESP) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 8 1:19:03 Noé Hernández (MEX) Sydney, Australia 22 09 2000 9 1:19:15 Artur Meleshkevich (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 10 1:19:18 Jiří Malysa (CZE) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000

## Men's 50 km

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field World Record Andrey Perlov (URS) 3:37:41 August 5, 1989 Leningrad, Soviet Union Broken records during the 2000 season in track and field World Record Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 Moscow, Russia

### 2000 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note 1 3:36:39 Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 WR 2 3:39:21 Vladimir Potemin (RUS) Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 3 3:39:34 Valentin Kononen (FIN) Dudince, Slovakia 25 03 2000 4 3:41:50 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Ponte de Sôr, Portugal 05 03 2000 5 3:42:02 Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 6 3:42:51 Jesús Ángel García (ESP) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 18 06 2000 7 3:43:40 Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) Sydney, Australia 29 09 2000 8 3:43:52 Miguel Rodríguez (MEX) Poza Rica, Mexico 09 04 2000 9 3:44:30 Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) Moscow, Russia 21 05 2000 10 3:44:33 Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 18 06 2000

## Women's 20 km

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field World Record Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1:27:30 May 1, 1995 Beijing, PR China Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 1:27:30 February 2, 1999 Adler, Russia Broken records during the 2000 season in track and field World Record Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 1:25:18 May 19, 2000 Moscow, Russia

### 2000 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note 1 1:25:18 Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 WR 2 1:25:20 Olga Polyakova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 3 1:25:29 Irina Stankina (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 4 1:25:59 Tamara Kovalenko (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 5 1:26:08 Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 6 1:27:42 Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 7 1:27:53 Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 8 1:27:55 Liu Hongyu (CHN) Rio Maior, Portugal 15 04 2000 9 1:28:06 Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 10 1:28:06 Erica Alfridi (ITA) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 11 1:28:19 Susana Feitor (POR) Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000 12 1:28:24 Natalya Misyulya (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 13 1:28:27 Wang Yan (CHN) Rio Maior, Portugal 15 04 2000 14 1:28:33 Wang Liping (CHN) Dalian, PR China 03 06 2000 15 1:28:38 Annarita Sidoti (ITA) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 16 1:28:52 Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000 17 1:28:56 Jane Saville (AUS) Vallensbæk, Denmark 06 05 2000 18 1:28:56 Larisa Ramazanova (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 19 1:28:59 Norica Câmpean (ROM) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 17 06 2000 20 1:29:06 Valentina Savchuk (UKR) Adler, Russia 20 02 2000 21 1:29:23 Lyudmila Dolgopolova (BLR) Soligorsk, Belarus 13 05 2000 22 1:29:36 Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) Naumburg, Germany 30 04 2000 23 1:29:39 Claudia Stef (ROM) Békéscsaba, Hungary 09 04 2000 24 1:29:39 Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS) Moscow, Russia 19 05 2000 25 1:29:47 Rossella Giordano (ITA) Hildesheim, Germany 09 07 2000

## References

- [IAAF](http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2000/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=20KR/detail.html)

- [Women's 20 km Year Ranking](https://web.archive.org/web/20081201193847/http://www2.iaaf.org/Results/lists/2000/outdoor/G/w/20KR.html)

v t e World Best Year Performance in men's race walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN) 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN) 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

v t e World Best Year Performance in women's race walking 10 km walk 1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN) 1984: Olga Krishtop (URS) 1985: Yan Hong (CHN) 1986: Yelena Kuznetsova (URS) 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1989: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1990: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1992: Ileana Salvador (ITA) 1993: Li Chunxiu (CHN) 1994: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) 1995: Larisa Ramazanova (RUS) 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS) 1998: Olga Panfyorova (RUS) 20 km walk 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1989: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) 1990: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) 1991: Marina Smyslova (URS) 1992: Tamara Romanova (EUN) 1993: Ileana Salvador (ITA) 1994: Yelena Gruzinova (RUS) 1995: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1996: Feng Haixia (CHN) 1997: Erica Alfridi (ITA) 1998: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) 1999: Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 2000: Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2004: Song Hongjuan (CHN) 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2006: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 2011: Vera Sokolova (RUS) 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 2015: Liu Hong (CHN) 2016: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2017: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2018: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2019: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2020: Elvira Khasanova (RUS) 2021: Yang Jiayu (CHN) 2022: Elvira Khasanova (RUS)

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