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[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]
1998 World Year Ranking[edit]
| Rank
|
Time
|
Athlete
|
Venue
|
Date
|
Note
|
| 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[edit]
Records[edit]
1998 World Year Ranking[edit]
| Rank
|
Time
|
Athlete
|
Venue
|
Date
|
Note
|
| 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[edit]
Records[edit]
1998 World Year Ranking[edit]
| Rank
|
Time
|
Athlete
|
Venue
|
Date
|
Note
|
| 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[edit]
Records[edit]
1998 World Year Ranking[edit]
| Rank
|
Time
|
Athlete
|
Venue
|
Date
|
Note
|
| 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[edit]
Andrey Perlov (URS)