# Thierry Toutain

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French racewalker

Thierry Toutain Medal record Men's athletics Representing France European Championships 1994 Helsinki 50 km walk 1990 Split 20 km walk

**Thierry Toutain** (born 14 February 1962 in [Fourmies](/source/Fourmies%2C_Nord)) is a retired [French](/source/France) [race walker](/source/Race_walking). With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the [world record](/source/Athletics_world_record) over 50,000 metres track walking until 12 March 2011, when [Yohann Diniz](/source/Yohann_Diniz) broke it with a time of 3:35:27.

## Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing France 1987 World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States 15th 50 km 3:55:58 World Championships Rome, Italy 14th 50 km 3:56:34 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 18th 20 km 1:22:55 1989 World Race Walking Cup L'Hospitalet, Spain 10th 20 km 1:22:06 Jeux de la Francophonie Casablanca, Morocco 3rd 20 km 1:35:08 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 3rd 20 km 1:23:22 1991 World Race Walking Cup San Jose, California, United States 3rd 20 km 1:20:56 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th 20 km 1:21:22 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain — 20 km DSQ 1993 World Race Walking Cup Monterrey, Mexico 18th 50 km 4:05:18 1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 50 km 3:43:52 1995 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, PR China 7th 20 km 1:21:06 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden — 50 km DNF 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, U.S. 10th 20 km 1:21:56 — 50 km DSQ 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary — 50 km DNF

## External links

- [Thierry Toutain](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14187889) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

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)

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