Men's 20 kilometres walk world record progression

Template:Short description The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately.

World record progression

	Ratified
	Not ratified
	Ratified but later rescinded
	Pending ratification

Time	Athlete	Date	Place
1:38:43	Template:Flagathlete	1911-10-04	Berlin, Germany
1:37:57	Template:Flagathlete	1913-07-13	Paris, France
1:34:15	Template:Flagathlete	1933-08-13	Český Brod, Czechoslovakia
1:33:25	Template:Flagathlete	1936-06-07	Fürstenwalde, Germany
1:32:12	Template:Flagathlete	1937-05-30	Malmö, Sweden
1:31:44	Template:Flagathlete	1946-06-10	Stockholm, Sweden
1:31:21	Template:Flagathlete	1955-06-05	Prague, Czechoslovakia
1:30:36	Template:Flagathlete	1955-09-23	Kiev, Soviet Union
1:30:00	Template:Flagathlete	1956-07-25	Prague, Czechoslovakia
1:28:39	Template:Flagathlete	1957-04-13	Kiev, Soviet Union
1:27:29	Template:Flagathlete	1959-07-07	Moscow, Soviet Union
1:27:04	Template:Flagathlete	1959-07-15	Moscow, Soviet Union
1:25:58	Template:Flagathlete	1959-09-06	Moscow, Soviet Union
1:25:22	Template:Flagathlete	1968-07-21	Leningrad, Soviet Union
1:25:19	Template:Flagathlete	1972-05-07	Berlin, Germany
1:24:50	Template:Flagathlete	1972-07-30	Munich, Germany
1:23:40	Template:Flagathlete	1976-05-30	Bydgoszcz, Poland
1:23:30	Template:Flagathlete	1978-07-19	Vilnius, Soviet Union
1:23:12	Template:Flagathlete	1978-08-30	Prague, Czechoslovakia
1:22:19	Template:Flagathlete	1979-05-13	Klaipėda, Soviet Union
1:22:16	Template:Flagathlete	1979-05-19	Valencia, Spain
1:21:04	Template:Flagathlete	1979-06-09	Vretstorp, Sweden
1:21:01	Template:Flagathlete	1979-06-09	Raisio, Finland
1:21:00	Template:Flagathlete	1980-03-30	Xalapa, Mexico
1:19:35	Template:Flagathlete	1980-04-27	Cherkasy, Soviet Union
1:19:30	Template:Flagathlete	1983-09-24	Bergen, Norway
1:19:24	Template:Flagathlete	1987-05-03	New York City, United States
1:19:12	Template:Flagathlete	1987-06-21	Karl-Marx-Stadt, GDR
1:19:08	Template:Flagathlete	1988-07-30	Kiev, Soviet Union
1:18:20	Template:Flagathlete	1990-05-26	Moscow, Soviet Union
1:18:13	Template:Flagathlete	1990-09-16	Hildesheim, West Germany
1:18:04	Template:Flagathlete	1994-04-07	Beijing, PR China
1:17:46	Template:Flagathlete	1999-05-08	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
1:17:22	Template:Flagathlete	2002-04-28	Turku, Finland
1:17:21	Template:Flagathlete	2003-08-23	Paris, France
1:17:16	Template:Flagathlete	2007-09-29	Saransk, Russia
1:17:02	Template:Flagathlete	2015-03-08	Arles, France
1:16:36	Template:Flagathlete	2015-03-15	Nomi, Japan
1:16:10	Template:Flagathlete	2025-02-16	Kobe, Japan

References

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