# Axel Noack > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Axel_Noack > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Axel_Noack.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Noack > Source revision: 1317454339 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German racewalker You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (September 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Axel Noack (Leichtathlet)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Axel Noack (Leichtathlet)}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. **Axel Noack** (born 23 September 1961 in [Görlitz](/source/G%C3%B6rlitz)) is a German former [race walker](/source/Racewalking). On 21 June 1987 in [Chemnitz](/source/Chemnitz) he achieved a new world best time in 20 km walk with 1'19:12 hours. ## International competitions Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing East Germany 1985 World Race Walking Cup St John's, Isle of Man 3rd 50 km 3:56:53 1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany — 20 km DSQ 1987 World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States 6th 20 km 1:21:53 World Championships Rome, Italy — 20 km DQ 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 8th 20 km 1:21:14 1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 3rd 5000 m 19:08.36 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia — 20 km DNF Representing Germany 1991 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, United States 9th 20 km 1:21:35 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 11th 20 km 1:21:35 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 20th 20 km 1:29:55 1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 4th 50 km 3:43:50 1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th 50 km 3:50:32 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 13th 50 km 3:55:51 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 12th 50 km 3:51:55 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 16th 50 km 3:59:29 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary — 50 km DQ 2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany — 50 km DNF ## References - [Axel Noack](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14193556) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics) Records Preceded by Carlos Mercenario Men's 20 km walk world record Holder 21 June 1987 – 30 July 1988 Succeeded by Mikhail Shchennikov 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) Authority control databases International VIAF GND People World Athletics This biographical article relating to East German athletics is a stub. 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