AthleticsAthletics world record
20,000 m walk (track), men
Record
1 h 17 min 25.60 s
- Holder
- Bernardo Segura
- Date
- Place
- Bergen
- Standing since
- 1994 (32 years)
What to remember
Bergen, Norway, May 7, 1994: Mexico's Bernardo Segura race-walked 20,000 m on the track in 1 h 17 min 25.60 s, the world record.
His average reached 15.499 km/h (9.630 mph) without ever leaving the ground: race walking requires athletes to keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg straight until the raised leg passes it. On the track the distance comes to 12.4274 miles.
Born in San Mateo Atenco, Segura is a race walking specialist, and he set this time on the track rather than on a road circuit.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in athletics” (revision used 1378411308). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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