10,000 metres race walk

Athletics 10,000 metres walk
Men's records
World	Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 37:53.09 (2008)
Women's records
World	Nadezhda Ryashkina (URS) 41:56.23 (1990)

The 10,000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 10,000 meters is 6.21 miles.^[1]

History

This distance is not commonly raced at senior competitions but part of junior and youth championships. Top level senior athletics racewalking events typically feature 10 km road distance.

World records

On July 27, 2008, Paquillo Fernández of Spain set a new 10,000 m race walk world record in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in a time of 37:53.09. The all-time women's 10,000 m race-walk record is held by Nadezhda Ryashkina of Soviet Union, at 41:56.23.

All-time top 25 fastest outdoor

Men

• Correct as of October 2016.^[2]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	37:53.09	Paquillo Fernández	Spain	27 July 2008	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
2	37:58.6	Ivano Brugnetti	Italy	23 July 2005	Sesto San Giovanni
3	38:01.49	Eiki Takahashi	Japan	13 December 2015	Isahaya
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5	38:06.28	Miguel Ángel López	Spain	24 July 2016	Gijón	[3]
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10	38:16.76	Daisuke Matsunaga	Japan	21 May 2016	Yokohama
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20	38:40.25	Christopher Linke	Germany	11 June 2016	Bühlertal
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25	38:47.54	Roman Mrazek	Slovakia	12 June 1987	Bratislava

Women

• Correct as of October 2016.^[4]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	41:56.23	Nadezhda Ryashkina	Soviet Union	24 July 1990	Seattle
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5	42:14.12	Raquel González	Spain	23 July 2016	Gijón	[5]
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11	42:35.69	Beatriz Pascual	Spain	23 July 2016	Gijón	[6]
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Notes

• Gao Hongmiao walked hand timed 41:37.9 (1994) in Beijing but was unrecognised by IAAF.
• Lyudmyla Olyanovska walked hand timed 41:52.5 (2014) in Mukachevo but was unrecognised by IAAF.

All-time top 25 fastest indoor

Men

• Correct as of October 2016.^[7]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	38:23.73	Wang Zhen	China	8 February 2015	Genoa
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Women

• Correct as of October 2016.

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	43:54.63	Yelena Ginko	Belarus	22 February 2008	Mogilev
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