Men · Race Walking · All-Time
20 km Race Walk
1:16:10
Best mark
World record
1:17:40
Top 25 cutoff
24 rows
1:17:24
Median
Of the 24 best-by-athlete marks
10
Countries
JPN 6 · RUS 5 · 8 others
Performance distribution
24 athletes from 1:16:10 to 1:17:40 · median 1:17:24
Top 25 cutoff through history
How fast an athlete needed to be to make the list each year
Season lists are not yet published for this event. This chart fills in as they are imported from a permitted source.
World all-time top 25
Best by athlete · updated 1 Sep 2026 · Wikipedia (English) revision of 13 Jun 2026 · methodology
24 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toshikazu Yamanishi WR | JPN | 1:16:10 | 16 Feb 2025 | Kobe | 29 |
| 2 | Yusuke Suzuki | JPN | 1:16:36 | 15 Mar 2015 | Nomi | 27 |
| 3 | Sergey Morozov | RUS | 1:16:43 | 8 Jun 2008 | Saransk | 20 |
| 4 | Koki Ikeda | JPN | 1:16:51 | 18 Feb 2024 | Kobe | 25 |
| 5 | Kaihua Wang | CHN | 1:16:54 | 20 Mar 2021 | Huangshan | 27 |
| 6 | Yohann Diniz | FRA | 1:17:02 | 8 Mar 2015 | Arles | 37 |
| 7 | Vladimir Kanaykin | RUS | 1:17:16 | 29 Sep 2007 | Saransk | 22 |
| 8 | Jefferson Pérez | ECU | 1:17:21 | 22 Aug 2003 | Saint-Denis | 29 |
| 9 | Francisco Javier Fernandez | ESP | 1:17:22 | 28 Apr 2002 | Turku | 25 |
| 10 | Vladimir Stankin | RUS | 1:17:23 | 28 Feb 2004 | Adler, Sochi | 30 |
| 11 | Masatora Kawano | JPN | 1:17:24 | 17 Mar 2019 | Nomi | 20 |
| 12 | Satoshi Maruo | JPN | 1:17:24 | 16 Feb 2025 | Kobe | 33 |
| 13 | Sergey Shirobokov | RUS | 1:17:25 | 9 Jun 2018 | Cheboksary | 19 |
| 14 | Eiki Takahashi | JPN | 1:17:26 | 18 Feb 2018 | Kobe | 25 |
| 14 | Massimo Stano | ITA | 1:17:26 | 3 Mar 2024 | Taicang | 32 |
| 14 | Jun Zhang | CHN | 1:17:26 | 3 Mar 2024 | Taicang | 25 |
| 17 | Álvaro Martín | ESP | 1:17:32 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 29 |
| 18 | Nathan Deakes | AUS | 1:17:33 | 23 Apr 2005 | Cixi City | 27 |
| 19 | Zhen Wang | CHN | 1:17:36 | 30 Mar 2012 | Taicang | 20 |
| 20 | Caio Bonfim | BRA | 1:17:37 | 16 Feb 2025 | Kobe | 33 |
| 21 | Valeriy Borchin | RUS | 1:17:38 | 28 Feb 2009 | Adler, Sochi | 22 |
| 23 | Zelin Cai | CHN | 1:17:39 | 20 Mar 2021 | Huangshan | 29 |
| 24 | Perseus Karlström | SWE | 1:17:39 | 19 Aug 2023 | Budapest | 33 |
| 25 | Ding Chen | CHN | 1:17:40 | 30 Mar 2012 | Taicang | 19 |