# 2001 in race walking

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This page lists the **World Best Year Performance** in the year **[2001](/source/2001_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). One of the main events during this season were the [2001 World Athletics Championships](/source/2001_World_Athletics_Championships) in [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), Alberta, Canada.

## 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 2001 season in track and field World Record Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 1:17:46 May 19, 2000 Moscow, Russia

### 2001 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note 1 1:18:05 Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 2 1:18:06 Viktor Burayev (RUS) Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 3 1:18:14 Nathan Deakes (AUS) Dublin, Ireland 16/06/2001 4 1:18:20 Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 5 1:19:14 Vladimir Stankin (RUS) Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 6 1:19:32 Andreas Erm (GER) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 7 1:19:36 Ilya Markov (RUS) Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 8 1:19:45 Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 9 1:19:47 Paquillo Fernández (ESP) Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 10 1:19:53 Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 12 1:20:14 Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 13 1:20:21 Jiří Malysa (CZE) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 14 1:20:31 Roman Rasskazov (RUS) Edmonton, Canada 04/08/2001 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Rumia, Poland 07/10/2001 16 1:20:45 Aleksey Kronin (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 16 06 2001 17 1:20:49 Alejandro López (MEX) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 Li Zewen (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 19 1:20:58 Pei Chuang (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 20 1:21:04 Yu Chaohong (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 21 1:21:09 David Márquez (ESP) Edmonton, Canada 04/08/2001 22 1:21:11 Robert Heffernan (IRL) Royal Leamington, Great Britain 21/04/2001 23 1:21:15 He Xiaodong (CHN) Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 24 1:21:20 Satoshi Yanagisawa (JPN) Kobe, Japan 28/01/2001 Cristian Berdeja (MEX) Turku, Finland 03/06/2001

## Men's 50 km

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 Moscow, Russia

### 2001 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note 1 3:42:08 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 2 3:43:07 Jesús Angel García (ESP) Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 3 3:43:43 Nathan Deakes (AUS) Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 4 3:44:28 Wang Yinhang (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 5 3:44:32 Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 6 3:44:50 Germán Sánchez (MEX) Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 7 3:45:22 Mikel Odriozola (ESP) Mollet del Vallés, Spain 18/03/2001 8 3:45:46 Yu Guoping (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 9 3:45:48 Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 10 3:46:12 Vladimir Potemin (RUS) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 11 3:46:12 Edgar Hernández (MEX) Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 12 3:46:20 Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 13 3:46:52 Santiago Pérez (ESP) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 14 3:47:04 Yu Chaohong (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 15 3:47:34 Yu Guohui (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 16 3:48:05 Craig Barrett (NZL) New Plymouth, New Zealand 16/06/2001 17 3:48:06 Denis Langlois (FRA) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 18 3:48:28 Valentí Massana (ESP) Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 19 3:48:41 Sándor Urbanik (HUN) Dudince, Slovakia 24/03/2001 20 3:48:51 Tomasz Lipiec (POL) Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 21 3:50:24 Ma Hongye (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 22 3:50:28 Viktor Ginko (BLR) Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 23 3:50:29 Mario Avellaneda (ESP) Mollet del Vallés, Spain 18/03/2001 24 3:50:32 Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 25 3:50:46 Curt Clausen (USA) Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001

## Women's 20 km

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 1:25:18 May 19, 2000 Adler, Russia

### 2001 World Year Ranking

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note 1 1:24:50 Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 2 1:26:22 Wang Yan (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 3 1:26:23 Wang Liping (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 4 1:26:35 Liu Hongyu (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 5 1:26:50 Natalya Fedoskina (RUS) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 6 1:27:09 Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 7 1:27:29 Erica Alfridi (ITA) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 8 1:27:33 Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 9 1:27:55 Susana Feitor (POR) Rio Maior, Portugal 07/04/2001 10 1:28:11 Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 16/06/2001 11 1:28:45 Gao Hongmiao (CHN) Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 12 1:28:49 Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) Edmonton, Canada 09/08/2001 13 1:28:56 Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 14 1:29:08 Olga Lukyanchuk (UKR) Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 15 1:29:25 Norica Câmpean (ROM) Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 16 1:29:31 Jian Xingli (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 17 1:29:36 Maya Sazonova (KAZ) Almaty, Kazakhstan 31/03/2001 18 1:29:39 Gao Kelian (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 19 1:29:43 Li Hong (CHN) Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 20 1:29:44 Wang Qinqin (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 21 1:29:47 Pan Hailian (CHN) Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 22 1:29:54 Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) Amsterdam, Netherlands 15/07/2001 23 1:29:55 Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 24 1:29:57 Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL) Douglas, Ireland 17/02/2001 25 1:30:00 Xu Aihui (CHN) Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001

## References

- [IAAF](http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2001/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=20KR/detail.html)

- [Women's 20 km Year Ranking](https://web.archive.org/web/20120802035650/http://www2.iaaf.org/Results/lists/2001/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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