{{short description|none}} This page lists the '''World Best Year Performance''' in the year '''[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]''' in both the men's and the women's '''[[race walking]]''' distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the [[2001 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada.
==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 2001 season in track and field |- |rowspan=2| [[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Julio René Martínez]]|GUA}} || '''1:17:46''' || May 8, 1999|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eisenhüttenstadt]], [[Germany]] |- | {{flagathlete|[[Roman Rasskazov]]|RUS}} || '''1:17:46''' || May 19, 2000|| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow, Russia]] |}
===2001 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''1:18:05''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Dmitriy Yesipchuk]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 04/03/2001 |- | 2 || '''1:18:06''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Viktor Burayev]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 04/03/2001 || |- | 3 || '''1:18:14''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nathan Deakes]]|AUS}} || Dublin, Ireland || 16/06/2001 || |- | 4 || '''1:18:20''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Denis Nizhegorodov]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 04/03/2001 || |- | 5 || '''1:19:14''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Stankin]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 04/03/2001 || |- | 6 || '''1:19:32''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Erm]]|GER}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 09/06/2001 || |- | 7 || '''1:19:36''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Ilya Markov]]|RUS}} || Calella, Spain || 22/04/2001 || |- | 8 || '''1:19:45''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yevgeniy Misyulya]]|BLR}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 9 || '''1:19:47''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Paquillo Fernández]]|ESP}} || Calella, Spain || 22/04/2001 || |- | 10 || '''1:19:53''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aigars Fadejevs]]|LAT}} || Calella, Spain || 22/04/2001 || |- | 12 || '''1:20:14''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Andreyev (racewalker)|Vladimir Andreyev]]|RUS}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 13 || '''1:20:21''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jiří Malysa]]|CZE}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- |rowspan=2| 14 ||rowspan=2|'''1:20:31''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Roman Rasskazov]]|RUS}} || Edmonton, Canada || 04/08/2001 || |- |align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Korzeniowski]]|POL}} || Rumia, Poland || 07/10/2001 || |- | 16 || '''1:20:45''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aleksey Kronin]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 16 06 2001 |- |rowspan=2| 17 ||rowspan=2|'''1:20:49''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Alejandro López (racewalker)|Alejandro López]]|MEX}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 09/06/2001 || |- |align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Li Zewen]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 19 || '''1:20:58''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Pei Chuang]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 20 || '''1:21:04''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yu Chaohong]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 21 || '''1:21:09''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[David Márquez]]|ESP}} || Edmonton, Canada || 04/08/2001 || |- | 22 || '''1:21:11''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Heffernan]]|IRL}} || Royal Leamington, Great Britain || 21/04/2001 || |- | 23 || '''1:21:15''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[He Xiaodong]]|CHN}} || Dandong, PR China || 13/04/2001 || |- |rowspan=2| 24 ||rowspan=2| '''1:21:20''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Satoshi Yanagisawa]]|JPN}} || Kobe, Japan || 28/01/2001 || |- |align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Cristian Berdeja]]|MEX}} || Turku, Finland || 03/06/2001 || |}
==Men's 50 km==
===Records=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2001 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]] |}
===2001 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''3:42:08''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Korzeniowski]]|POL}} || Edmonton, Canada || 11/08/2001 || |- | 2 || '''3:43:07''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jesús Angel García]]|ESP}} || Edmonton, Canada || 11/08/2001 || |- | 3 || '''3:43:43''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nathan Deakes]]|AUS}} || Naumburg, Germany || 08/04/2001 || |- | 4 || '''3:44:28''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Wang Yinhang]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 23/11/2001 || |- | 5 || '''3:44:32''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aleksey Voyevodin]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 17/06/2001 || |- | 6 || '''3:44:50''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Germán Sánchez (racewalker)|Germán Sánchez]]|MEX}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 17/06/2001 || |- | 7 || '''3:45:22''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Mikel Odriozola]]|ESP}} || Mollet del Vallés, Spain || 18/03/2001 || |- | 8 || '''3:45:46''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yu Guoping]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 23/11/2001 || |- | 9 || '''3:45:48''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Matyukhin]]|RUS}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 10 || '''3:46:12''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Potemin]]|RUS}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 11 || '''3:46:12''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Édgar Hernández (racewalker)|Edgar Hernández]]|MEX}} || Edmonton, Canada || 11/08/2001 || |- | 12 || '''3:46:20''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aigars Fadejevs]]|LAT}} || Edmonton, Canada || 11/08/2001 || |- | 13 || '''3:46:52''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Santiago Pérez (racewalker)|Santiago Pérez]]|ESP}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 14 || '''3:47:04''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yu Chaohong]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 23/11/2001 || |- | 15 || '''3:47:34''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yu Guohui]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 23/11/2001 || |- | 16 || '''3:48:05''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Craig Barrett (racewalker)|Craig Barrett]]|NZL}} || New Plymouth, New Zealand || 16/06/2001 || |- | 17 || '''3:48:06''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Denis Langlois]]|FRA}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 18 || '''3:48:28''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Valentí Massana]]|ESP}} || Edmonton, Canada || 11/08/2001 || |- | 19 || '''3:48:41''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Sándor Urbanik]]|HUN}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 24/03/2001 || |- | 20 || '''3:48:51''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Tomasz Lipiec]]|POL}} || Naumburg, Germany || 08/04/2001 || |- | 21 || '''3:50:24''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Ma Hongye]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 23/11/2001 || |- | 22 || '''3:50:28''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Viktor Ginko]]|BLR}} || Naumburg, Germany || 08/04/2001 || |- | 23 || '''3:50:29''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Mario Avellaneda]]|ESP}} || Mollet del Vallés, Spain || 18/03/2001 || |- | 24 || '''3:50:32''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Andrey Plotnikov]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 17/06/2001 || |- | 25 || '''3:50:46''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Curt Clausen]]|USA}} || Edmonton, Canada || 11/08/2001 || |}
==Women's 20 km==
===Records=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2001 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}} [[Adlersky City District|Adler]], [[Russia]] |}
===2001 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''1:24:50''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Olimpiada Ivanova]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 04/03/2001 || |- | 2 || '''1:26:22''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Wang Yan (racewalker)|Wang Yan]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 3 || '''1:26:23''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Wang Liping (racewalker)|Wang Liping]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 4 || '''1:26:35''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Liu Hongyu]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 5 || '''1:26:50''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Natalya Fedoskina]]|RUS}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 6 || '''1:27:09''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Elisabetta Perrone]]|ITA}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 7 || '''1:27:29''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Erica Alfridi]]|ITA}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 8 || '''1:27:33''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Sibileva]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 04/03/2001 || |- | 9 || '''1:27:55''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Susana Feitor]]|POR}} || Rio Maior, Portugal || 07/04/2001 || |- | 10 || '''1:28:11''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yelena Nikolayeva (racewalker)|Yelena Nikolayeva]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 16/06/2001 || |- | 11 || '''1:28:45''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Gao Hongmiao]]|CHN}} || Dandong, PR China || 13/04/2001 || |- | 12 || '''1:28:49''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Valentina Tsybulskaya]]|BLR}} || Edmonton, Canada || 09/08/2001 || |- | 13 || '''1:28:56''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Valentyna Savchuk]]|UKR}} || Adler, Russia || 04/03/2001 || |- | 14 || '''1:29:08''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Lukyanchuk]]|UKR}} || Adler, Russia || 04/03/2001 || |- | 15 || '''1:29:25''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Norica Câmpean]]|ROM}} || Dudince, Slovakia || 19/05/2001 || |- | 16 || '''1:29:31''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jian Xingli]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 17 || '''1:29:36''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Maya Sazonova]]|KAZ}} || Almaty, Kazakhstan || 31/03/2001 || |- | 18 || '''1:29:39''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Gao Kelian]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 19 || '''1:29:43''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Li Hong (racewalker)|Li Hong]]|CHN}} || Dandong, PR China || 13/04/2001 || |- | 20 || '''1:29:44''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Wang Qinqin]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 21 || '''1:29:47''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Pan Hailian]]|CHN}} || Guangzhou, PR China || 19/11/2001 || |- | 22 || '''1:29:54''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Elisa Rigaudo]]|ITA}} || Amsterdam, Netherlands || 15/07/2001 || |- | 23 || '''1:29:55''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Kjersti Plätzer]]|NOR}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 09/06/2001 || |- | 24 || '''1:29:57''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Gillian O'Sullivan]]|IRL}} || Douglas, Ireland || 17/02/2001 || |- | 25 || '''1:30:00''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Xu Aihui]]|CHN}} || Dandong, PR China || 13/04/2001 || |}
==References== *[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2001/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=20KR/detail.html IAAF] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120802035650/http://www2.iaaf.org/Results/lists/2001/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|2001]] [[Category:2001 in the sport of athletics|Race Walking Year Ranking, 2001]]