2006 in race walking

none This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 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 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. 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 2006 season in track and field World Record Jefferson Pérez ECU 1:17:21 August 23, 2003 FRA Paris, France 2006 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:18:17 Li Gaobo CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 2 1:18:18 Ilya Markov RUS Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 3 1:18:31 Paquillo Fernández ESP A Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 4 1:18:35 Han Yucheng CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 5 1:18:44 Chu Yafei CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 6 1:18:45 Dong Jimin CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 7 1:18:57 Bai Xuejin CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 8 1:19:07 Nathan Deakes AUS Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 9 1:19:08 Jefferson Pérez ECU La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 10 1:19:12 Andrei Talashka BLR Nesvizh, Belarus 15/04/2006 11 1:19:27 Viktor Burayev RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 12 1:19:32 Igor Erokhin RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 13 1:19:36 Hatem Ghoula TUN La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 14 1:19:38 Li Jianbo CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 Erik Tysse NOR Bergen, Norway 09/06/2006 16 1:19:51 Stepan Yudin RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 17 1:19:54 Sergey Bakulin RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 18 1:20:00 Valeriy Borchin RUS Göteborg, Sweden 08/08/2006 19 1:20:05 Wang Zhiping CHN Xi'an, PR China 21/10/2006 20 1:20:09 João Vieira POR Göteborg, Sweden 08/08/2006 21 1:20:11 Siarhei Charnou BLR Nesvizh, Belarus 15/04/2006 22 1:20:15 Sun Chao CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 23 1:20:23 Dmitriy Yesipchuk RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 24 1:20:34 Mikalai Seradovich BLR Nesvizh, Belarus 15/04/2006 Andriy Yurin UKR Sumy, Ukraine 02/06/2006 Men's 50 km Records Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field World Record Denis Nizhegorodov RUS 3:35:29 June 13, 2004 RUS Cheboksary, Russia 2006 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 3:35:47 Nathan Deakes AUS Geelong, Australia 02/12/2006 WR 2 3:38:02 Denis Nizhegorodov RUS La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 3 3:41:10 Zhao Jianguo CHN Wajima, Japan 16/04/2006 4 3:41:30 Trond Nymark NOR La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 5 3:41:39 Yohann Diniz FRA Göteborg, Sweden 10/08/2006 6 3:42:38 Yuriy Andronov RUS La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 7 3:42:48 Jesús Angel García ESP Göteborg, Sweden 10/08/2006 8 3:43:02 Li Jianbo CHN Wajima, Japan 16/04/2006 9 3:43:38 Yuki Yamazaki JPN Wajima, Japan 16/04/2006 10 3:43:58 Yu Chaohong CHN Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 11 3:44:59 Mikel Odriozola ESP La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 12 3:45:47 Roman Magdziarczyk POL La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 13 3:45:52 Xing Shucai CHN Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 14 3:45:57 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS Saransk, Russia 04/06/2006 15 3:47:23 Takayuki Tanii JPN Wajima, Japan 16/04/2006 16 3:47:32 Zhao Chengliang CHN Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 17 3:48:08 Marco De Luca ITA Göteborg, Sweden 10/08/2006 18 3:48:22 Horacio Nava MEX La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 19 3:49:36 Alatan Gadasu CHN Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 20 3:50:24 Grzegorz Sudoł POL Dudince, Slovakia 25/03/2006 21 3:51:16 Peter Korčok SVK Göteborg, Sweden 10/08/2006 22 3:51:32 José Alejandro Cambil ESP La Coruña, Spain 14/05/2006 23 3:52:06 Si Tianfeng CHN Xi'an, PR China 23/10/2006 24 3:53:19 Duane Cousins AUS Geelong, Australia 02/12/2006 25 3:54:05 Sergey Yerokhin RUS Saransk, Russia 04/06/2006 Women's 20 km Records Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field World Record Olimpiada Ivanova RUS 1:24:50 March 4, 2001 RUS Adler, Russia 2006 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 1 1:26:02 Olga Kaniskina RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 2 1:26:11 Ryta Turava BLR Nesvizh, Belarus 15/04/2006 3 1:26:14 Irina Petrova RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 4 1:26:57 Lyudmila Yefimkina RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 5 1:27:26 Olimpiada Ivanova RUS La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 6 1:28:20 Tatyana Kozlova RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 7 1:28:20 He Dan CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 8 1:28:23 Song Xiaoling CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 9 1:28:23 Kjersti Plätzer NOR København, Denmark 07/10/2006 10 1:28:26 Liu Hong CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 11 1:28:37 Elisa Rigaudo ITA Göteborg, Sweden 09/08/2006 12 1:28:51 Alena Zenkova-Nartova RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 13 1:28:55 Jiang Jing CHN Xi'an, PR China 22/10/2006 14 1:28:58 Tatyana Sibileva RUS Istanbul, Turkey 21/04/2006 15 1:29:01 Yuliya Voyevodina RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 16 1:29:05 Jane Saville AUS La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 17 1:29:06 Elena Ginko BLR La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 18 1:29:08 Jiang Qiuyan CHN La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 19 1:29:15 Melanie Seeger GER Rio Maior, Portugal 01/04/2006 20 1:29:27 Claudia Stef ROM Göteborg, Sweden 09/08/2006 21 1:29:31 Marina Smyslova RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 22 1:29:46 Tatyana Gudkova RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 23 1:29:49 Lyudmila Arkhipova RUS Adler, Russia 19/02/2006 24 1:29:50 Nie Jingjing CHN Yangzhou, PR China 22/04/2006 25 1:29:54 Sabine Krantz GER La Coruña, Spain 13/05/2006 References IAAF 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking, 2006