1998 in race walking

none 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 recordAR area recordCR event recordNR national recordPB personal best Men's 20 km Records Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and fieldWorld Record Bu Lingtang CHN 1:18:04 April 7, 1994 CHN Beijing, PR China 1998 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 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 URS Leningrad, Soviet Union 1998 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 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 RUS Sochi, Russia 1998 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 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 CHN Beijing, PR China 1998 World Year Ranking RankTimeAthleteVenueDateNote 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 marciaitaliana IAAF 1998 Race Walking Year Ranking, 1998