Thierry Toutain

{{short description|French racewalker}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|1994 Helsinki]]|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km walk]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|1990 Split]]|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]]}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Thierry Toutain''' (born 14 February 1962 in [[Fourmies, Nord|Fourmies]]) is a retired [[France|French]] [[race walking|race walker]]. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the [[Athletics world record|world record]] over 50,000 metres track walking until 12 March 2011, when [[Yohann Diniz]] broke it with a time of 3:35:27.

==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{FRA}} |- |rowspan=2|1987 |[[1987 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[New York City]], [[United States]] |15th |50 km |3:55:58 |- |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Rome, Italy]] |14th |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk|50 km]] |3:56:34 |- |1988 |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Seoul, South Korea]] |align="center" | 18th |[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 km walk|20 km]] |1:22:55 |- |rowspan=2|1989 |[[1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[L'Hospitalet de Llobregat|L'Hospitalet]], [[Spain]] |10th |20 km |1:22:06 |- |[[Athletics at the 1989 Jeux de la Francophonie|Jeux de la Francophonie]] |[[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |20 km |1:35:08 |- |1990 |[[1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk|European Championships]] |[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Yugoslavia]] |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |20 km |[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk|1:23:22]] |- |rowspan=2|1991 |[[1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[San Jose, California]], [[United States]] |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |20 km |1:20:56 |- |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk|World Championships]] |[[Tokyo, Japan]] |9th |20 km |1:21:22 |- |1992 |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Barcelona, Spain]] | — |[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 km walk|20 km]] |DSQ |- |1993 |[[1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Monterrey, Mexico]] |18th |50 km |4:05:18 |- |1994 |[[1994 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] |[[Helsinki, Finland]] |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |50 km |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk|3:43:52]] |- |rowspan=2|1995 |[[1995 IAAF World Race Walking Cup|World Race Walking Cup]] |[[Beijing]], [[PR China]] |7th |20 km |1:21:06 |- |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] |[[Gothenburg, Sweden]] | — |[[1995 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk|50 km]] |DNF |- |rowspan=2|1996 |rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |rowspan=2|[[Atlanta]], [[United States|U.S.]] |align="center" | 10th |[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 km walk|20 km]] |1:21:56 |- | — |[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 km walk|50 km]] |DSQ |- |1998 |[[1998 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] |[[Budapest, Hungary]] | — |[[1998 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 km Walk|50 km]] |DNF |}

==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Thierry Toutain}} {{Footer WBYP Race Walk Men}}

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