This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1988 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea.
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 1988 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record |  Axel Noack (GDR) |
1:19:12 | June 21, 1987 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
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| Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record |  Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) |
1:19:08 | July 30, 1988 | Kiev, Soviet Union
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1988 World Year Ranking[edit]
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 1:19:08 | Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) |
Kiev, Soviet Union | 30 July 1988 | WR |
| 2 | 1:19:16 | Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) |
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| 3 | 1:19:39 | Frants Kostyukevich (URS) |
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| 4 | 1:19:47 | Viktor Mostovik (URS) |
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| 5 | 1:19:57 |  Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) |
Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | |
| 6 | 1:20:00 | Ronald Weigel (GDR) |
Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | |
| 7 | 1:20:06 | Sergey Protsyshin (URS) |
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| 8 | 1:20:08 | Valdas Kazlauskas (URS) |
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| 9 | 1:20:10 | Igor Lyubomirov (URS) |
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| 10 | 1:20:14 | Grigoriy Kornev (URS) |
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 Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |
Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | |||
| 12 | 1:20:17 | Pavol Blažek (TCH) |
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| 13 | 1:20:19 | Vyacheslav Smirnov (URS) |
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| 14 | 1:20:34 |  José Marín (ESP) |
Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | |
| 15 | 1:20:39 | Axel Noack (GDR) |
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| 16 | 1:20:40 | Aleksandr Pershin (URS) |
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| Ralf Kowalsky (GDR) |
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| 18 | 1:20:43 | Anatoliy Solomin (URS) |
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 Lyubomir Ivanov (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 26 June 1988 | NR | ||
| Roman Mrázek (TCH) |
Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 |
Men's 50 km[edit]
Records[edit]
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record | Ronald Weigel (GDR) |
3:38:17 | May 25, 1986 | Potsdam, East Germany
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1988 World Year Ranking[edit]
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 3:38:29 | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 2 | 3:38:56 | Ronald Weigel (GDR) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 3 | 3:39:45 | Hartwig Gauder (GDR) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 4 | 3:41:00 | Aleksandr Potashov (URS) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 5 | 3:43:03 | José Marín (ESP) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 6 | 3:44:07 |  Simon Baker (AUS) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | AR |
| 7 | 3:44:27 | Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA) |
NR | ||
| 8 | 3:44:49 |  Bo Gustafsson (SWE) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | NR |
| 9 | 3:44:57 |  Reima Salonen (FIN) |
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| 10 | 3:46:30 | Vitaliy Popovich (URS) |
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| 11 | 3:46:31 | Dietmar Meisch (GDR) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 12 | 3:46:52 | Pavol Szikora (TCH) |
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| 13 | 3:47:14 | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 14 | 3:47:30 | Bernd Gummelt (GDR) |
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| 15 | 3:47:31 | Pavol Blažek (TCH) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 16 | 3:48:08 | Sandro Bellucci (ITA) |
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| 17 | 3:48:09 | Jorge Llopart (ESP) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 18 | 3:48:15 |  François Lapointe (CAN) |
Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | |
| 19 | 3:48:39 | Nikolay Frolov (URS) |
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| 20 | 3:48:53 | Valeriy Suntsov (URS) |
Women's 5 km[edit]
Records[edit]
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record | Kerry Saxby (AUS) |
20:34 | September 24, 1987 |  Hildesheim, West Germany
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1988 World Year Ranking[edit]
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 20:52 | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) |
Adelaide, Australia | 16 October 1988 | |
| 2 | 21:10 | Vera Ossipova (URS) |
AR | ||
| 3 | 21:21 | Natalya Spiridonova (URS) |
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| 4 | 21:53 | Sada Eidikyte (URS) |
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| 5 | 21:54 | Svetlana Kaburkina (URS) |
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| 6 | 21:56 | Alina Ivanova (URS) |
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| 7 | 22:02 | Sari Essayah (FIN) |
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| 8 | 22:03 | Mirva Hämäläinen (FIN) |
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| 9 | 22:05 | Tatyana Titova (URS) |
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| Yevgeniya Micheyeva (URS) |
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| 11 | 22:11 | Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP) |
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| 12 | 22:13 | Olga Kardopolzeva (URS) |
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| 13 | 22:14 | Yelena Rodionova (URS) |
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| 14 | 22:15 | Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP) |
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| 15 | 22:18 | Valentina Zybulskaya (URS) |
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| 16 | 22:20 | Maria Popkova (URS) |
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| 17 | 22:21 | Leonarda Yuchnevich (URS) |
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| 18 | 22:24 | Raissa Sinyavina (URS) |
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| 19 | 22:30 | Regina Loseva (URS) |
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| 20 | 22:32 |  Teresa Vaill (USA) |
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| Sarah Standley (USA) |
Women's 10 km[edit]
Records[edit]
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record | Kerry Saxby (AUS) |
42:52 | May 4, 1987 | Melbourne, Australia
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| Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) |
41:30 | August 27, 1988 | Canberra, Australia
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1988 World Year Ranking[edit]
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 41:30 | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) |
Canberra, Australia | 27 August 1988 | WR |
| 2 | 43:26 | Svetlana Kaburkina (URS) |
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| 3 | 43:29 | Vera Makolova (URS) |
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| 4 | 43:37 | Yelena Nikolayeva (URS) |
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| 5 | 43:43 | Tamara Kovalenko (URS) |
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| 6 | 43:53 | Natalya Spiridonova (URS) |
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| 7 | 44:13 | Nadeshda Ryashkina (URS) |
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| 8 | 44:16 | Natalya Serbinenko (URS) |
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| 9 | 44:20 | Sada Eidikyte (URS) |
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| 10 | 44:21 | Olga Veremenchuk (URS) |
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| 11 | 44:26 | Sari Essayah (FIN) |
NR | ||
| 12 | 44:33 | Beate Anders (GDR) |
NR | ||
| 13 | 44:54 | Mirva Hämäläinen (FIN) |
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| 14 | 44:57 | Ludmila Lyubomirova (URS) |
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| 15 | 44:58 | Svetlana Polovinko (URS) |
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| 16 | 44:59 |  Victoria Oprea (ROM) |
NR | ||
| 17 | 45:00 | Yelena Rodionova (URS) |
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| 18 | 45:01 | Valentina Shmer (URS) |
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| 19 | 45:12 | Vera Ossipova (URS) |
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| 20 | 45:17 | Natalya Storochenko (URS) |
References[edit]