5000 metres race walk

Athletics
5000 metres race walk
World records
MenItaly Francesco Fortunato 17:54.48 (2026).
WomenUkraine Lyudmyla Olyanovska 19:53.61 (2026)

The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athletics Championships, and is a World record event.

Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 5000 meters is 3.11 miles.[1]

There is also an imperial analogue of the event, the 5 miles race walk, which has been held at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[2]

World records

IAAF just ratified world records for men's indoor marks. On February 28, 2026, Francesco Fortunato of Italy set the 5,000 m race walk world indoor record in Ancona in a time of 17:54.48. The all-time men's best outdoor mark is held by Gabriel Bordier of France, at 18:02.38. The all-time women's best 5,000 m race-walk mark was set indoor and is held by Lyudmyla Olyanovska of Ukraine, at 19:53.61. The all-time women's best outdoor mark is held by Eleonora Giorgi of Italy, at 20:01.80.

All-time top 25 (outdoor)

  • + = en route to 10,000 m performance
  • h = hand timing

Men

  • Correct as of April 2026.[3]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 18:02.38 Gabriel Bordier  France 10 June 2025 Montreuil [4]
2 18:05.49 Hatem Ghoula  Tunisia 1 May 1997 Tunis
3 18:12.52 Declan Tingay  Australia 3 March 2023 Melbourne [5]
4 18:16.97 Ryo Hamanishi  Japan 18 May 2024 Kumagaya [6]
5 18:17.22 Robert Korzeniowski  Poland 3 July 1992 Reims
6 18:18.01 Yohann Diniz  France 27 June 2008 Villeneuve d'Ascq
7 18:20.14 Koki Ikeda  Japan 25 October 2020 Inzai [7]
8 18:22.02 Paul McGrath  Spain 25 May 2024 Barcelona [8]
9 18:24.97 Masatora Kawano  Japan 30 November 2025 Higashihiroshima [9]
10 18:26.70 Yuta Koga  Japan 25 October 2020 Inzai [10]
11 18:27.34 Francisco Javier Fernández  Spain 8 June 2007 Villeneuve d'Ascq
12 18:28.47 Rhydian Cowley  Australia 24 February 2024 Melbourne [11]
13 18:28.80 Roman Mrázek  Slovakia 14 June 1989 Bratislava
14 18:30.43 Maurizio Damilano  Italy 11 June 1992 Caserta
15 18:31.76 Frants Kostyukevich  Belarus 7 February 1993 Villeneuve d'Ascq
16 18:32.46 Erik Tysse  Norway 10 August 2007 Askim
17 18:32.56 Perseus Karlström  Sweden 8 March 2019 Melbourne [12]
18 18:33.16 João Vieira  Portugal 10 May 2000 Rio Maior
19 18:33.63 Kyle Swan  Australia 24 February 2024 Melbourne [13]
20 18:33.68 Evan Dunfee  Canada 2 June 2024 Coquitlam [14]
21 18:34.88 Toshikazu Yamanishi  Japan 19 September 2020 Kumagaya [15]
22 18:35.36 Eder Sánchez  Mexico 2 July 2014 Katowice
23 18:36.84 Jozef Pribilinec  Slovakia 2 July 1993 Villeneuve d'Ascq
24 18:37.22 Yusuke Suzuki  Japan 12 July 2015 Kitami
25 18:37.60 Eiki Takahashi  Japan 12 July 2015 Kitami

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:37.60:

  • Declan Tingay also walked 18:24.50 (2022).
  • Robert Korzeniowski also walked 18:35.87 (1993).
  • Yohann Diniz also walked 18:22.41 (2015), 18:33.32 (2013), 18:35.10 (2009), 18:35.10 (2010), 18:35.96 (2011).
  • Masatora Kawano also walked 18:28.26 (2020).
  • Erik Tysse also walked 18:37.17 (2009).

Women

  • Correct as of April 2026.[16]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 20:01.80 Eleonora Giorgi  Italy 18 May 2014 Misterbianco [17]
2 20:02.60 Gillian O'Sullivan  Ireland 14 July 2002 Dublin
3 20:03.04 Kerry Saxby-Junna  Australia 11 February 1996 Sydney
4 20:07.52 Beate Gummelt  Germany 23 June 1990 Rostock
5 20:11.45 Sabine Krantz  Germany 2 July 2005 Wattenscheid
6 20:12.41 Elisabetta Perrone  Italy 2 August 2003 Rieti
7 20:15.71 Lyudmyla Olyanovska  Ukraine 4 June 2014 Kyiv
8 20:17.35 Jemima Montag  Australia 26 February 2022 Melbourne [18]
9 20:18.87 Melanie Seeger  Germany 10 July 2004 Braunschweig
10 20:21.69 Annarita Sidoti  Italy 1 July 1995 Cesenatico
11 20:22.06 Olivia Sandery  Australia 7 March 2026 Adelaide [19]
12 20:25.2 h Ileana Salvador  Italy 5 April 1992 Barcelona
13 20:28.05 Tatyana Kalmykova  Russia 12 July 2007 Ostrava
14 20:28.17 María Pérez  Spain 30 April 2022 Andújar [20]
15 20:28.62 Sari Essayah  Finland 9 July 1994 Tuusula
16 20:29.63 Claudia Stef  Romania 19 June 1999 Istanbul
17 20:30.04 Júlia Takács  Spain 2 July 2014 Cáceres
18 20:31.4 h Irina Stankina  Russia 10 February 1996 Adler
19 20:34.76 Hong Liu  China 16 September 2012 Tianjin
20 20:35.38 Mary Luz Andía  Peru 16 August 2025 Lima [21]
21 20:36.2 h Irina Petrova  Russia 19 June 2005 Saransk
22 20:37.7 h Jin Bingjie  China 3 March 1990 Hefei
23 20:37.83 Kjersti Plätzer  Norway 7 July 2001 Drammen
24 20:38.0 h Chen Yueling  China 3 March 1990 Hefei
25 20:38.2 h Olga Kaniskina  Russia 19 June 2005 Saransk

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 20:38.2:

  • Gillian O'Sullivan also walked 20:13.13 (2003).
  • Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked 20:13.26 (1996), 20:17.19 (1990), 20:22.75 (1996), 20:30.0 (1993), 20:32.75 (1989), 20:33.21 (1995), 20:36.96 (1989), 20:38.14 (1993).
  • Sabine Krantz also walked 20:27.47 (2004).
  • Ileana Salvador also walked 20:27.59 (1989).
  • Eleonora Giorgi also walked 20:31.46 (2016).
  • Elisabetta Perrone also walked 20:33.42 (1995).
  • Sari Essayah also walked 20:34.76 (1994).
  • María Pérez also walked 20:36.31 (2023), 20:38.16 (2018).

All-time top 25 (indoor)

  • + = en route to 10,000 m performance
  • h = hand timing

Men

  • Correct as of April 2026.[22]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 17:54.48 Francesco Fortunato  Italy 28 February 2026 Ancona [23]
2 18:03.83 Sergey Shirobokov  Russia 10 March 2022 Yaroslavl
3 18:04.76 Vasiliy Mizinov  Russia 10 March 2022 Yaroslavl
4 18:07.08 Mikhail Shchennikov  Russia 14 February 1995 Moscow
5 18:08.86 Ivano Brugnetti  Italy 17 February 2007 Ancona
6 18:11.41 Ronald Weigel  Germany 13 February 1988 Wien
7 18:15.25 Grigoriy Kornev  Russia 7 February 1992 Moskva
8 18:15.54 Andrey Ruzavin  Russia 30 January 2014 Samara
9 18:16.76 Yohann Diniz  France 7 December 201 Reims
10 18:19.65 Gabriel Bordier  France 8 February 2025 Lyon [24]
11 18:19.97 Giovanni De Benedictis  Italy 28 February 1992 Genova
12 18:20.97 Tom Bosworth  Great Britain 23 February 2020 Glasgow [25]
13 18:21.76 Ruslan Dmytrenko  Ukraine 30 January 2014 Samara
14 18:22.25 Andreas Erm  Germany 25 February 2001 Dortmund
15 18:22.77 Gianluca Picchiottino  Italy 28 February 2026 Ancona [26]
16 18:23.38 Rishat Shafikov  Russia 1 March 1997 Samara
17 18:23.88 Frants Kostyukevich  Belarus 9 February 1991 Volgograd
18 18:24.13 Francisco Javier Fernández  Spain 17 February 2007 Belfast
19 18:27.15 Alessandro Gandellini  Italy 12 February 2000 Genova
20 18:27.80 Jozef Pribilinec  Slovakia 7 March 1987 Indianapolis
21 18:27.95 Stefan Johansson  Sweden 28 February 1992 Genova
22 18:28.90 Roman Mrázek  Slovakia 5 March 1989 Budapest
23 18:30.91 Aleksandr Yargunkin  Russia 7 January 2007 Yekaterinburg
24 18:31.63 Vladimir Andreyev  Russia 7 February 1992 Moscow
25 18:32.09 Robert Korzeniowski  Poland 21 February 1993 Spala

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:32.09:

  • Francesco Fortunato also walked 17:55.65 (2025), 18:25.15 (2024).
  • Mikhail Shchennikov also walked 18:15.91 (1989), 18:23.55 (1991), 18:27.10 (1989), 18:27.79 (1987).
  • Grigoriy Kornev also walked 18:23.10 (1992).
  • Ivano Brugnetti also walked 18:23.47 (2009).
  • Giovanni De Benedictis also walked 18:23.60 (1991).
  • Frants Kostyukevich also walked 18:25.40 (1992), 18:28.50 (1993), 18:30.87 (1992).
  • Gabriel Bordier also walked 18:25.52 (2024).
  • Andrey Ruzavin also walked 18:26.51 (2014).
  • Tom Bosworth also walked 18:28.70 (2018).
  • Yohann Diniz also walked 18:29.44 (2014).
  • Vasiliy Mizinov also walked 18:28.3 (2021), 18:28.5 (2019).

Women

  • Correct as of April 2026.[27]
Rank Result Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 19:53.61 Lyudmyla Olyanovska  Ukraine 27 February 2026 Kyiv [28]
2 20:10.3 h Vera Sokolova  Russia 30 December 2010 Saransk
3 20:15.6 h Yelena Lashmanova  Russia 30 December 2016 Saransk
4 20:23.2 h Yakaterina Ryzhova  Russia 30 December 2016 Saransk
5 20:37.73 Margarita Turova  Belarus 2 February 2001 Minsk
6 20:40.76 Olena Sobchuk  Ukraine 21 February 2025 Kyiv [29]
7 20:42.33 Yelena Gruzinova  Russia 1 March 1997 Samara
8 20:44.25 Anna Lukyanova  Russia 23 February 2010 Volgograd
9 20:48.0 h Sabine Krantz  Germany 19 December 2006 Halle
10 20:48.9 h Sofiya Brodatskaya  Russia 30 December 2016 Saransk
11 20:53.56 Kseniya Trifonova  Russia 23 February 2010 Volgograd
12 20:55.80 Anna Terlyukevich  Belarus 22 February 2020 Mogilyov
13 21:00.0 h Tamara Kovalenko  Russia 23 January 2010 Moskva
14 21:00.97 Ayşe Tekdal  Turkey 17 January 2021 Istanbul [30]
15 21:02.78 Olga Mikhaylova  Russia 23 February 2010 Volgograd
16 21:04.8 h Olimpiada Ivanova  Russia 23 January 2000 Moscow
17 21:05.56 Meryem Bekmez  Turkey 17 January 2021 Istanbul [31]
18 21:05.79 Inna Kashyna  Ukraine 11 January 2019 Kyiv
19 21:05.83 Daryia Paluektava  Belarus 22 February 2020 Mogilyov
20 21:06.0 h Natalya Shivireva  Russia 23 December 2006 Cheboksary
21 21:06.92 Viktoryia Rashchupkina  Belarus 22 February 2020 Mogilyov
22 21:11.04 Valentina Tsybulskaya  Belarus 26 February 1999 Minsk
23 21:11.9 h Tatyana Korotkova  Russia 6 January 2008 Chelyabinsk
24 21:12.00 Irina Yumanova  Russia 12 January 2013 Novocheboksarsk
25 21:14.8 h Irina Petrova  Russia 25 December 2005 Moscow

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 21:14.8:

  • Lyudmyla Olyanovska also walked 20:26.26 (2025), 20:40.40 (2025), 20:41.25 (2026), 20:50.56 (2024), 20:59.1 (2021), 21:04.90 (2013).
  • Margarita Turava also walked 20:37.77 (2005).
  • Yelena Lashmanova also walked 20:44.37 (2010).

International medallists

African Championships

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1988 Annaba
  Sabiha Mansouri (ALG)  Dalila Frihi (ALG)  Kheïra Sadat (ALG)
1989 Lagos
  Agnetha Chelimo (KEN)  Mercy Nyambura (KEN) Only two finishers
1990 Cairo
  Agnetha Chelimo (KEN)  Méryem Kouch (MAR)  Amani Mohamed Adel (EGY)
1992 Belle Vue Harel
  Dounia Kara (ALG)  Maryse Pyndiah (MRI)  Susan Bingham (RSA)
1993 Durban
  Dounia Kara (ALG)  Amsale Yakobe (ETH)  Felicita Falconer (RSA)
1996 Yaoundé
  Dounia Kara (ALG)  Nagwa Ibrahim Ali (EGY)  Monica Akoth (KEN)
1998 Dakar
  Nagwa Ibrahim Ali (EGY)  Dounia Kara (ALG)  Anne-Hortense Ebéna (CMR)

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