1999 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in 1999 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 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain. Guatemala's Julio René Martínez broke the world record in the men's 20 km, clocking 1:17:46 on May 8, 1999, in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany.

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 1999 season in track and field
World Record	Bu Lingtang (CHN)	1:18:04	April 7, 1994	Beijing, PR China
Broken records during the 1999 season in track and field
World Record	Julio René Martínez (GUA)	1:17:46	May 8, 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:17:46	Julio René Martínez (GUA)	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	08/05/1999	WR
2	1:17:56	Alejandro López (MEX)	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	08/05/1999
3	1:18:40	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	Turku, Finland	22/05/1999
4	1:18:50	Ilya Markov (RUS)	Turku, Finland	22/05/1999
5	1:19:00	Joel Sánchez (MEX)	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	08/05/1999
6	1:19:05	Daniel García (MEX)	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	08/05/1999
7	1:19:24	Andreas Erm (GER)	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	08/05/1999
8	1:19:36	Roman Rasskazov (RUS)	Saransk, Russia	12/06/1999
9	1:19:46	Hatem Ghoula (TUN)	Calella, Spain	09/05/1999
10	1:19:55	Rishat Shafikov (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
11	1:19:57	Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
		Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	05/09/1999
13	1:20:01	Aleksey Kronin (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
14	1:20:12	Noé Hernández (MEX)	Wajima, Japan	18/04/1999
15	1:20:15	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	Adelaide, Australia	26/01/1999
		Daisuke Ikeshima (JPN)	Kobe, Japan	31/01/1999
17	1:20:17	Bernardo Segura (MEX)	Winnipeg, Canada	26/07/1999
18	1:20:21	Vladimir Stankin (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
		Yu Guohui (CHN)	Mézidon-Canon, France	01/05/1999
20	1:20:31	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	Hildesheim, Germany	12/09/1999
21	1:20:45	Ivan Trotskiy (BLR)	Calella, Spain	09/05/1999
22	1:20:46	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	Winnipeg, Canada	26/07/1999
23	1:20:47	Valentin Kononen (FIN)	Kyyjärvi, Finland	17/07/1999
24	1:20:49	Dion Russell (AUS)	Melbourne, Australia	19/03/1999
25	1:20:54	Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)	Calella, Spain	09/05/1999

Men's 50 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record	Andrey Perlov (URS)	3:37:41	August 5, 1989	Leningrad, Soviet Union

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	3:39:22	Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
2	3:40:08	Tomasz Lipiec (POL)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
3	3:40:13	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
4	3:40:40	Jesús Angel García (ESP)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
5	3:40:54	German Skurygin (RUS)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
6	3:41:56	Yevgeniy Shmaliuk (RUS)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
7	3:43:15	Viktor Ginko (BLR)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
8	3:44:18	Oleg Ishutkin (RUS)	Saransk, Russia	13/06/1999
9	3:45:29	Valentí Massana (ESP)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
10	3:46:36	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
11	3:47:16	Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)	Saransk, Russia	13/06/1999
12	3:47:54	Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)	Sevilla, Spain	25/08/1999
13	3:48:01	Aleksandar Raković (YUG)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
14	3:48:04	Curt Clausen (USA)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
15	3:48:05	Denis Trautmann (GER)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
16	3:48:14	Craig Barrett (NZL)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
17	3:48:27	Santiago Pérez (ESP)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
18	3:48:30	Modris Liepiņš (LAT)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
19	3:48:42	Daniel Plaza (ESP)	Torrevieja, Spain	21/03/1999
20	3:48:55	Basilio Labrador (ESP)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
21	3:48:56	Denis Langlois (FRA)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
22	3:49:07	Dmitriy Dolnikov (RUS)	Saransk, Russia	13/06/1999
23	3:49:22	Robert Ihly (GER)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
24	3:49:51	Joel Sánchez (MEX)	Naucalpan, Mexico	21/03/1999
25	3:49:53	Miguel Angel Rodríguez (MEX)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999

Women's 20 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	1:27:30	May 1, 1995	Beijing, PR China

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:27:30	Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999	WR
2	1:27:32	Liu Hongyu (CHN)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
3	1:27:35	Natalya Fedoskina (RUS)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
4	1:27:46	Norica Câmpean (ROM)	Békéscsaba,Hungary	28/03/1999
5	1:28:01	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
6	1:28:21	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	04/09/1999
7	1:28:33	Tamara Kovalenko (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
8	1:28:35	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	Os, Norway	25/09/1999
9	1:28:40	Natalya Misyulya (BLR)	Brest-Litevsk, Belarus	04/06/1999
10	1:28:51	Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR)	Brest-Litevsk, Belarus	04/06/1999
11	1:28:58	Larisa Ramazanova (BLR)	Brest-Litevsk, Belarus	04/06/1999
12	1:29:00	Irina Stankina (RUS)	Saransk, Russia	12/06/1999
13	1:29:09	Olga Polyakova (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
14	1:29:15	Wang Yan (CHN)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
15	1:29:20	Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR)	Brest-Litevsk, Belarus	04/06/1999
16	1:29:23	Svetlana Tolstaya (KAZ)	Almaty, Kazakhstan	27/03/1999
17	1:29:39	Claudia Iovan (ROM)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
18	1:30:03	Gao Hongmiao (CHN)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
	1:30:03	Graciela Mendoza (MEX)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
20	1:30:07	Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
21	1:30:12	Lyudmila Yefimkina (RUS)	Saransk, Russia	12/06/1999
22	1:30:13	Susana Feitor (POR)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
23	1:30:34	Olga Panfyorova (RUS)	Adler, Russia	07/02/1999
24	1:30:35	Hong Li (CHN)	Mézidon-Canon, France	02/05/1999
25	1:30:49	Elke Ennemoser (ITA)	Prato, Italy	11/09/1999

See also

• 1999 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

References

• marciaitaliana
• IAAF