1998 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

WR	world record
AR	area record
CR	event record
NR	national record
PB	personal best

Men's 20 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field
World Record	Bu Lingtang (CHN)	1:18:04	April 7, 1994	Beijing, PR China

1998 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date
1	1:18:40	Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	30/08/1998
2	1:18:48	Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR)	Adler, Russia	20/02/1998
3	1:18:48	Rishat Shafikov (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	30/08/1998
4	1:19:19	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
5	1:19:28	Ruslan Alukayev (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	30/08/1998
6	1:19:36	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	Turku, Finland	24/05/1998
7	1:19:41	Daniel García (MEX)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
8	1:19:42	Julio René Martínez (GUA)	La Coruña, Spain	16/05/1998
9	1:19:43	Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)	Hildesheim, Germany	13/09/1998
10	1:19:44	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	Rio Maior, Portugal	28/03/1998
11	1:19:45	Joel Sánchez (MEX)	La Coruña, Spain	16/05/1998
12	1:19:46	Bernardo Segura (MEX)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
13	1:19:46	Ilya Markov (RUS)	Turku, Finland	24/05/1998
14	1:19:48	Ivan Trotskiy (BLR)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
15	1:19:50	Daisuke Ikeshima (JPN)	Takahata, Japan	01/11/1998
16	1:19:52	Alejandro López (MEX)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
17	1:19:57	Artur Meleshkevich (BLR)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
18	1:20:04	Andrey Makarov (BLR)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
19	1:20:12	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	Adler, Russia	20/02/1998
20	1:20:13	Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
21	1:20:25	Yu Guohui (CHN)	Bangkok, Thailand	13/12/1998
22	1:20:31	Viktor Ginko (BLR)	Adler, Russia	20/02/1998
23	1:20:31	Paquillo Fernández (ESP)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
24	1:20:42	Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
25	1:20:50	Mikhail Orlov (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	30/08/1998

Men's 50 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field
World Record	Andrey Perlov (URS)	3:37:41	August 5, 1989	Leningrad, Soviet Union

1998 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date
1	3:41:14	Andrey Plotnikov (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
2	3:42:57	Tomasz Lipiec (POL)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
3	3:43:15	Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
4	3:43:17	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
5	3:43:18	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	Ogre, Latvia	06/06/1998
6	3:43:51	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	Budapest, Hungary	21/08/1998
7	3:44:17	Giovanni Perricelli (ITA)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
8	3:44:29	Valentin Kononen (FIN)	Budapest, Hungary	21/08/1998
9	3:45:15	Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
10	3:45:29	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
11	3:45:55	Santiago Pérez (ESP)	Ourense, Spain	22/02/1998
12	3:46:25	Thierry Toutain (FRA)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
13	3:46:31	Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
14	3:47:24	Mikel Odriozola (ESP)	Budapest, Hungary	21/08/1998
15	3:47:28	Basilio Labrador (ESP)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
16	3:47:34	Dion Russell (AUS)	Melbourne, Australia	13/12/1998
17	3:47:41	René Piller (FRA)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
18	3:47:44	German Skurygin (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
19	3:47:48	Modris Liepinš (LAT)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
20	3:47:51	Pavel Nikolayev (RUS)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
21	3:48:24	Dmitriy Dolnikov (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
22	3:48:27	Viktor Ginko (BLR)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
23	3:48:49	Arturo Di Mezza (ITA)	Budapest, Hungary	21/08/1998
24	3:49:38	Fumio Imamura (JPN)	Wajima, Japan	12/04/1998
25	3:49:40	Štefan Malík (SVK)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998

Women's 10 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field
World Record	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	41:04.00	April 20, 1996	Sochi, Russia

1998 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date
1	42:01.00	Olga Panfyorova (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
2	42:25.00	Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS)	Adler, Russia	20/02/1998
3	42:26.00	Larisa Khmelnitskaya (BLR)	Hildesheim, Germany	12/09/1998
4	42:31.00	Vera Nacharkina (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
5	42:40.00	Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR)	Hildesheim, Germany	12/09/1998
6	42:43.00	Katarzyna Radtke (POL)	Gdansk, Poland	29/08/1998
7	42:44.00	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	Hildesheim, Germany	12/09/1998
8	42:45.00	Yelena Arshintseva (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	30/08/1998
9	42:46.00	Tamara Kovalenko (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
10	42:49.00	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	Budapest, Hungary	20/08/1998
11	42:52.00	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	Adelaide, Australia	26/01/1998
12	42:54.00	Erica Alfridi (ITA)	Budapest, Hungary	20/08/1998
13	42:55.00	Susana Feitor (POR)	Budapest, Hungary	20/08/1998
14	42:57.00	Norica Câmpean (ROM)	Bucharest, Romania	20/06/1998
15	42:59.00	Mária Urbanik (HUN)	Budapest, Hungary	20/08/1998
16	43:02.00	María Vasco (ESP)	Budapest, Hungary	20/08/1998
17	43:08.00	Natalya Misyulya (BLR)	Gdansk, Poland	29/08/1998
19	43:11.00	Claudia Stef (ROM)	Bucharest, Romania	20/06/1998
20	43:15.00	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	09/05/1998
21	43:21.00	Rossella Giordano (ITA)	Abano Terme, Italy	20/09/1998
22	43:22.00	Tatyana Ragozina (UKR)	Dudince, Slovakia	25/04/1998
23	43:23.00	Yelena Gruzinova (RUS)	Izhevsk, Russia	16/05/1998
24	43:24.00	Lyudmila Dolgopolova (BLR)	Gdansk, Poland	29/08/1998
25	43:25.00	Yuan Yufang (MAS)	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	09/05/1998

Women's 20 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field
World Record	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	1:27:30	May 1, 1995	Beijing, PR China

1998 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date
1	1:29:53	Tatyana Sibileva (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	29/08/1998
2	1:31:03	Susana Feitor (POR)	Cacia, Portugal	08/02/1998
3	1:31:46	Katarzyna Radtke (POL)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
4	1:32:16	Yelena Gruzinova (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	29/08/1998
5	1:32:25	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
6	1:32:49	Valentina Savchuk (UKR)	Mukachevo, Ukraine	24/10/1998
7	1:32:55	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	Copenhagen, Denmark	26/09/1998
8	1:33:01	Anita Liepina (LAT)	Ogre, Latvia	06/06/1998
9	1:33:12	Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	29/08/1998
10	1:33:14	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	Melbourne, Australia	13/12/1998
11	1:33:26	Mária Urbanik (HUN)	Budapest, Hungary	07/02/1998
12	1:33:34	Maria del Rosario Sánchez (MEX)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998
13	1:33:35	Rie Mitsumori (JPN)	Takahata, Japan	01/11/1998
14	1:33:46	Santa Compagnoni (ITA)	Ivrea, Italy	15/03/1998
15	1:34:09	Margarita Nazarova (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	29/08/1998
16	1:34:11	María Vasco (ESP)	Ourense, Spain	22/02/1998
17	1:34:13	Yuka Mitsumori (JPN)	Takahata, Japan	01/11/1998
18	1:34:17	Elvira Ivanova (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	29/08/1998
19	1:34:32	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	Ivrea, Italy	15/03/1998
20	1:34:35	Wendy Muldoon (AUS)	Melbourne, Australia	16/08/1998
21	1:34:46	Joanne Dow (USA)	Albany, United States	03/05/1998
22	1:34:50	María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX)	Naumburg, Germany	23/05/1998

References

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)

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: Yohan Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)

World Best Year Performance in Women's Race Walking

10 km walk	1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN) 1984: Olga Krishtop (URS) 1985: Yan Hong (CHN) 1986: Yelena Kuznetsova (URS) 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1989: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1990: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1992: Ileana Salvador (ITA) 1993: Li Chunxiu (CHN) 1994: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) 1995: Larisa Ramazanova (RUS) 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS) 1998: Olga Panfyorova (RUS)

20 km walk	1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1989: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) 1990: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) 1991: Marina Smyslova (URS) 1992: Tamara Romanova (EUN) 1993: Ileana Salvador (ITA) 1994: Yelena Gruzinova (RUS) 1995: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1996: Feng Haixia (CHN) 1997: Erica Alfridi (ITA) 1998: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) 1999: Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 2000: Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2004: Song Hongjuan (CHN) 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2006: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 2011: Vera Sokolova (RUS) 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)

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