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

• 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

Records

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

1989 World Year Ranking

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

Records

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

1989 World Year Ranking

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

Records

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

1989 World Year Ranking

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)

See also

• 1989 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

References

• maik-richter
• alltime-athletics