5000 metres race walk

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.

Athletics 5000 metres race walk
World records
Men	Francesco Fortunato 17:55.65 (2025).
Women	Eleonora Giorgi 20:01.80 (2014)

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 22, 2025, Francesco Fortunato of Italy set the 5,000 m race walk world indoor record in Ancona in a time of 17:55.65. The all-time men's best outdoor mark is held by Hatem Ghoula of Tunisia, at 18:05.49. The all-time women's best 5,000 m race-walk mark was set outdoor and is held by Eleonora Giorgi of Italy, at 20:01.80.

All-time top 25 (outdoor)

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

Men

• Correct as of May 2024.^[3]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	18:05.49	Hatem Ghoula	Tunisia	1 May 1997	Tunis
2	18:12.52	Declan Tingay	Australia	3 March 2023	Melbourne	[4]
3	18:16.97	Ryo Hamanishi	Japan	18 May 2024	Kumagaya	[5]
4	18:17.22	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	3 July 1992	Reims
5	18:18.01	Yohann Diniz	France	27 June 2008	Villeneuve d'Ascq
6	18:20.14	Koki Ikeda	Japan	25 October 2020	Inzai	[6]
7	18:26.70	Yuta Koga	Japan	25 October 2020	Inzai	[7]
8	18:27.34	Francisco Javier Fernández	Spain	8 June 2007	Villeneuve d'Ascq
9	18:28.26	Masatora Kawano	Japan	25 October 2020	Inzai	[8]
10	18:28.80	Roman Mrázek	Slovakia	14 June 1989	Bratislava
11	18:30.43	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	11 June 1992	Caserta
12	18:31.76	Frants Kostyukevich	Belarus	7 February 1993	Villeneuve d'Ascq
13	18:32.46	Erik Tysse	Norway	10 August 2007	Askim
14	18:32.56	Perseus Karlström	Sweden	8 March 2019	Melbourne	[9]
15	18:33.16	João Vieira	Portugal	10 May 2000	Rio Maior
16	18:34.88	Toshikazu Yamanishi	Japan	19 September 2020	Kumagaya	[10]
17	18:35.36	Eder Sánchez	Mexico	2 July 2014	Katowice
18	18:37.22	Yusuke Suzuki	Japan	12 July 2015	Kitami
19	18:37.60	Eiki Takahashi	Japan	12 July 2015	Kitami
20	18:37.84	Daisuke Matsunaga	Japan	4 July 2018	Abashiri
21	18:38.45	Ivano Brugnetti	Italy	25 June 2009	Milano
22	18:38.97	Dane Bird-Smith	Australia	5 March 2016	Melbourne
23	18:39.08	Evan Dunfee	Canada	18 June 2021	Burnaby	[11]
24	18:39.10	Gabriel Bordier	France	22 May 2022	Segre
25	18:39.28	Ever Palma	Mexico	2 July 2014	Katowice

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:39.28:

• Declan Tingay also walked 18:24.50 (2022).

Women

• Correct as of April 2022.^[12][13]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	20:01.80	Eleonora Giorgi	Italy	18 May 2014	Misterbianco	[14]
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	26 June 1990	Rostock
6	20:11.45	Sabine Krantz	Germany	2 July 2005	Wattenscheid
7	20:12.41	Elisabetta Perrone	Italy	2 August 2003	Rieti
9	20:15.71	Lyudmyla Olyanovska	Germany	4 June 2014	Kyiv
10	20:17.35	Jemima Montag	Australia	26 February 2022	Melbourne	[15]
11	20:18.87	Melanie Seeger	Germany	10 July 2004	Braunschweig
12	20:21.69	Annarita Sidoti	Italy	1 July 1995	Cesenatico
13	20:27.59	Ileana Salvador	Italy	3 June 1989	Trento
14	20:28.05	Tatyana Kalmykova	Russia	12 July 2007	Ostrava
15	20:28.17	María Pérez	Spain	30 April 2022	Andújar	[16]
16	20:28.62	Sari Essayah	Finland	9 July 1994	Tuusula
17	20:29.63	Claudia Stef	Romania	19 June 1999	Istanbul
18	20:31.4	Irina Stankina	Russia	10 February 1996	Adler
19	20:36.2	Irina Petrova	Russia	19 June 2005	Saransk
20	20:37.7	Jin Bingjie	China	3 March 1990	Hefei
21	20:37.83	Kjersti Plätzer	Norway	7 July 2001	Drammen
22	20:38.0	Chen Yueling	China	3 March 1990	Hefei
23	20:38.2	Olga Kaniskina	Russia	19 June 2005	Saransk
24	20:40.24	Susana Feitor	Portugal	9 May 2001	Rio Maior
25	20:40.3	Tatyana Korotkova	Russia	19 June 2005	Saransk

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 20:38.16:

• Gillian O'Sullivan also walked 20:13.13 (2003).
• Kerry Saxby-Junna also walked 20:13.29 (1996), 20:17.19 (1990), 20:22.75 (1996).
• Sabine Krantz also walked 20:27.47 (2004).
• María Pérez also walked 20:38.16 (2018).

All-time top 25 (indoor)

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

Men

• Correct as of February 2025.^[17]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	17:55.65	Francesco Fortunato	Italy	22 February 2025	Ancona	[18]
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	[19]
11	18:19.97	Giovanni De Benedictis	Italy	28 February 1992	Genova
12	18:20.97	Tom Bosworth	Great Britain	23 February 2020	Glasgow	[20]
13	18:21.76	Ruslan Dmytrenko	Ukraine	30 January 2014	Samara
14	18:22.25	Andreas Erm	Germany	25 February 2001	Dortmund
15	18:23.38	Rishat Shafikov	Russia	1 March 1997	Samara
16	18:23.88	Frants Kostyukevich	Belarus	9 February 1991	Volgograd
17	18:24.13	Francisco Javier Fernández	Spain	17 February 2007	Belfast
18	18:27.15	Alessandro Gandellini	Italy	12 February 2000	Genova
19	18:27.80	Jozef Pribilinec	Slovakia	7 March 1987	Indianapolis
20	18:27.95	Stefan Johansson	Sweden	28 February 1992	Genova
21	18:28.90	Roman Mrázek	Slovakia	5 March 1989	Budapest
22	18:30.91	Aleksandr Yargunkin	Russia	7 January 2007	Yekaterinburg
23	18:31.63	Vladimir Andreyev	Russia	7 February 1992	Moscow
24	18:32.09	Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	21 February 1993	Spala
25	18:32.32	Mikhail Orlov	Russia	2 February 1992	Moscow

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 18:32.32:

• Mikhail Shchennikov also walked 18:15.91 (1989), 18:23.55 (1991).
• 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).
• Tom Bosworth also walked 18:28.70 (2018).

Women

• Correct as of January 2023.^[21][22]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	20:15.6 h	Yelena Lashmanova	Russia	30 December 2016	Saransk
2	20:23.2 h	Yakaterina Ryzhova	Russia	30 December 2016	Saransk
3	20:37.77	Margarita Turova	Belarus	13 December 2005	Minsk
4	20:42.33	Yelena Gruzinova	Russia	1 March 1997	Samara
5	20:44.45	Anna Lukyanova	Russia	23 February 2010	Volgograd
6	20:48.00	Sabine Krantz	Germany	19 December 2006	Halle
7	20:48.9 h	Sofiya Brodatskaya	Russia	30 December 2016	Saransk
8	20:50.6 h	Olimpiada Ivanova	Russia	21 January 1997	Moskva
9	20:53.56	Kseniya Trifonova	Russia	23 February 2010	Volgograd
10	21:00.0 h	Tamara Kovalenko	Russia	23 January 2010	Moskva
11	21:00.97	Ayşe Tekdal	Turkey	17 January 2021	Istanbul	[23]
12	21:02.69	Lyudmyla Olyanovska	Ukraine	28 January 2023	Kyiv	[24]
13	21:02.78	Olga Mikhaylova	Russia	23 February 2010	Volgograd
14	21:03.76	Olena Sobchuk	Ukraine	28 January 2023	Kyiv	[25]
15	21:05.56	Meryem Bekmez	Turkey	17 January 2021	Istanbul	[26]
16	21:05.83	Daryia Paluektava	Belarus	22 February 2020	Mogilyov
17	21:06.0 h	Natalya Shiviryova	Russia	23 December 2006	Cheboksary
18	21:06.92	Viktoryia Rashchupkina	Belarus	22 February 2020	Mogilyov
19	21:08.2 h	Rimma Makarova	Russia	21 January 1997	Moskva
20	21:09.7 h	Natalya Trofimova	Russia	24 January 1995	Moskva
21	21:11.04	Valentina Tsybulskaya	Belarus	26 February 1999	Minsk
22	21:11.9 h	Tatyana Korotkova	Russia	6 January 2008	Chelyabinsk
23	21:13.5 h	Marina Smyslova	Russia	29 January 2003	Novosibirsk
24	21:17.7 h	Yekaterina Koneva	Russia	8 February 2009	Shchelkovo
25	21:19.67	Olga Panfyorova	Russia	1 March 1997	Samara

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 21:19.67:

International medallists

African Championships

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