1989 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1989 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor).

Abbreviations[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field
World Record  Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1:19:08 July 30, 1988 Soviet Union Kiev, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1989 season in track and field
World Record  Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1:18:54 February 19, 1989 Soviet Union Sochi, Soviet Union

1989 World Year Ranking[edit]

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 1:18:54  Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) Sochi, Soviet Union 19/02/1989 WR
2 1:19:29  Valdas Kazlauskas (URS)
3 1:20:08  Vladimir Andreyev (URS)
4 1:20:11  Grigoriy Kornev (URS)
5 1:20:16  Ernesto Canto (MEX)
6 1:20:21  Frants Kostyukevich (URS)
7 1:20:22  Yevgeniy Zaykin (URS)
8 1:20:28  Vyacheslav Cherepanov (URS)
9 1:20:34  Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
10 1:20:56  Roman Mrázek (TCH)
11 1:21:02  Viktor Mostovik (URS)
12 1:21:20  Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
13 1:21:27  Vladimir Druchik (URS)
14 1:21:29  Andrey Perlov (URS)
15 1:21:34  Oleg Troshin (URS)
16 1:21:36  Ronald Weigel (GDR)
17 1:21:37  Igor Plotnikov (URS)
18 1:21:42  Oleg Plastun (URS)
19 1:21:45  Walter Arena (ITA)
20 1:21:49  Sergey Prochishin (URS)

Men's 50 km[edit]

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field
World Record  Ronald Weigel (GDR) 3:38:17 May 25, 1986 East Germany Potsdam, East Germany
Broken records during the 1989 season in track and field
World Record  Andrey Perlov (URS) 3:37:41 August 5, 1989 Soviet Union Leningrad, Soviet Union

1989 World Year Ranking[edit]

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 3:37:41  Andrey Perlov (URS) Leningrad, Soviet Union 05/08/1989 WR
2 3:43:13  Simon Baker (AUS) L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain 28/05/1989 AR
3 3:43:57  Vitaliy Matsko (URS)
4 3:43:57  Vitaliy Popovich (URS) NR
5 3:44:12  Anatoliy Grigoryev (URS)
6 3:44:50  Stanislav Vechel (URS)
7 3:46:08  Vyacheslav Smirnov (URS)
8 3:46:14  Andrey Plotnikov (URS)
9 3:46:37  Martín Bermúdez (MEX)
10 3:47:34  Godfried De Jonckheere (BEL) Arras, France 10/09/1989 NR
11 3:48:02  Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
12 3:48:38  Valeriy Spitsyn (URS)
13 3:49:33  Valeriy Suntsov (URS)
14 3:50:25  German Skurygin (URS)
15 3:50:28  René Piller (FRA)
16 3:50:30  Sergey Titov (URS)
17 3:51:17  Bo Gustafsson (SWE)
18 3:51:46  Artur Shumak (URS)
19 3:52:06  Alain Lemercier (FRA)
20 3:52:14  Aleksey Volgin (URS)

Women's 10 km[edit]

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 1989 season in track and field
World Record  Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) 41:30 August 27, 1988 Australia Canberra, Australia

1989 World Year Ranking[edit]

Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 42:16  Alina Ivanova (URS) AR
2 42:47  Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)
3 43:04  Vera Makolova (URS)
4 43:08  Beate Anders (GDR) NR
5 43:14  Tamara Kovalenko (URS)
6 43:24  Ileana Salvador (ITA) NR
7 43:27  Graciela Mendoza (MEX) AR
8 43:38  Nadashda Ryashkina (URS)
9 43:43  Irina Strachova (URS)
10 43:45  Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
11 43:46  Natalya Serbinenko (URS)
12 44:06  Olga Krishtop (URS)
13 44:12  Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
14 44:23  Valentina Shmer (URS)
15 44:24  Chen Yueling (CHN)
16 44:26  Tamara Torshina (URS)
17 44:29  Yan Xiong (CHN)
18 44:34  Erica Alfridi (ITA)
19 44:36  Leonarda Yuchnevich (URS)
19 44:39  Tamara Sirovzeva (URS)
21 44:39  Yelena Panfilova (URS)


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