2001 in race walking

none This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 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 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds WR world recordAR area recordCR event recordNR national recordPB personal best Men's 20 km Records Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record Julio René Martínez GUA 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 GER Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany Roman Rasskazov RUS 1:17:46 May 19, 2000 RUS Moscow, Russia 2001 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:18:05 Dmitriy Yesipchuk RUS Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 2 1:18:06 Viktor Burayev RUS Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 3 1:18:14 Nathan Deakes AUS Dublin, Ireland 16/06/2001 4 1:18:20 Denis Nizhegorodov RUS Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 5 1:19:14 Vladimir Stankin RUS Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 6 1:19:32 Andreas Erm GER Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 7 1:19:36 Ilya Markov RUS Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 8 1:19:45 Yevgeniy Misyulya BLR Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 9 1:19:47 Paquillo Fernández ESP Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 10 1:19:53 Aigars Fadejevs LAT Calella, Spain 22/04/2001 12 1:20:14 Vladimir Andreyev RUS Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 13 1:20:21 Jiří Malysa CZE Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 14 1:20:31 Roman Rasskazov RUS Edmonton, Canada 04/08/2001 Robert Korzeniowski POL Rumia, Poland 07/10/2001 16 1:20:45 Aleksey Kronin RUS Cheboksary, Russia 16 06 2001 17 1:20:49 Alejandro López MEX Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 Li Zewen CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 19 1:20:58 Pei Chuang CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 20 1:21:04 Yu Chaohong CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 21 1:21:09 David Márquez ESP Edmonton, Canada 04/08/2001 22 1:21:11 Robert Heffernan IRL Royal Leamington, Great Britain 21/04/2001 23 1:21:15 He Xiaodong CHN Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 24 1:21:20 Satoshi Yanagisawa JPN Kobe, Japan 28/01/2001 Cristian Berdeja MEX Turku, Finland 03/06/2001 Men's 50 km Records Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record Valeriy Spitsyn RUS 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 RUS Moscow, Russia 2001 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:42:08 Robert Korzeniowski POL Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 2 3:43:07 Jesús Angel García ESP Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 3 3:43:43 Nathan Deakes AUS Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 4 3:44:28 Wang Yinhang CHN Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 5 3:44:32 Aleksey Voyevodin RUS Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 6 3:44:50 Germán Sánchez MEX Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 7 3:45:22 Mikel Odriozola ESP Mollet del Vallés, Spain 18/03/2001 8 3:45:46 Yu Guoping CHN Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 9 3:45:48 Nikolay Matyukhin RUS Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 10 3:46:12 Vladimir Potemin RUS Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 11 3:46:12 Edgar Hernández MEX Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 12 3:46:20 Aigars Fadejevs LAT Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 13 3:46:52 Santiago Pérez ESP Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 14 3:47:04 Yu Chaohong CHN Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 15 3:47:34 Yu Guohui CHN Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 16 3:48:05 Craig Barrett NZL New Plymouth, New Zealand 16/06/2001 17 3:48:06 Denis Langlois FRA Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 18 3:48:28 Valentí Massana ESP Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 19 3:48:41 Sándor Urbanik HUN Dudince, Slovakia 24/03/2001 20 3:48:51 Tomasz Lipiec POL Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 21 3:50:24 Ma Hongye CHN Guangzhou, PR China 23/11/2001 22 3:50:28 Viktor Ginko BLR Naumburg, Germany 08/04/2001 23 3:50:29 Mario Avellaneda ESP Mollet del Vallés, Spain 18/03/2001 24 3:50:32 Andrey Plotnikov RUS Cheboksary, Russia 17/06/2001 25 3:50:46 Curt Clausen USA Edmonton, Canada 11/08/2001 Women's 20 km Records Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field World Record Tatyana Gudkova RUS 1:25:18 May 19, 2000 RUS Adler, Russia 2001 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:24:50 Olimpiada Ivanova RUS Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 2 1:26:22 Wang Yan CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 3 1:26:23 Wang Liping CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 4 1:26:35 Liu Hongyu CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 5 1:26:50 Natalya Fedoskina RUS Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 6 1:27:09 Elisabetta Perrone ITA Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 7 1:27:29 Erica Alfridi ITA Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 8 1:27:33 Tatyana Sibileva RUS Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 9 1:27:55 Susana Feitor POR Rio Maior, Portugal 07/04/2001 10 1:28:11 Yelena Nikolayeva RUS Cheboksary, Russia 16/06/2001 11 1:28:45 Gao Hongmiao CHN Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 12 1:28:49 Valentina Tsybulskaya BLR Edmonton, Canada 09/08/2001 13 1:28:56 Valentyna Savchuk UKR Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 14 1:29:08 Olga Lukyanchuk UKR Adler, Russia 04/03/2001 15 1:29:25 Norica Câmpean ROM Dudince, Slovakia 19/05/2001 16 1:29:31 Jian Xingli CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 17 1:29:36 Maya Sazonova KAZ Almaty, Kazakhstan 31/03/2001 18 1:29:39 Gao Kelian CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 19 1:29:43 Li Hong CHN Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 20 1:29:44 Wang Qinqin CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 21 1:29:47 Pan Hailian CHN Guangzhou, PR China 19/11/2001 22 1:29:54 Elisa Rigaudo ITA Amsterdam, Netherlands 15/07/2001 23 1:29:55 Kjersti Plätzer NOR Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/06/2001 24 1:29:57 Gillian O'Sullivan IRL Douglas, Ireland 17/02/2001 25 1:30:00 Xu Aihui CHN Dandong, PR China 13/04/2001 References IAAF Women's 20 km Year Ranking 2001 Race Walking Year Ranking, 2001