AthleticsAthletics world record
Half marathon walk (road), women
Record
1 h 30 min 06.00 s
- Holder
- María Pérez
- Date
- Place
- Birmingham
- Standing since
- 2026
What to remember
21.0975 km, the exact half marathon distance, but walked: on August 15, 2026, at the European Championships in Birmingham, María Pérez covered it in 1 h 30 min 06.00 s, an average of 14.049 km/h. The half marathon walk was chosen to replace the 20 km walk at the 2028 Olympic Games.
The Spaniard from Orce had already left her mark on road walking. On May 21, 2023 she set the 35 km world record in 2 h 37 min 15 s. European 20 km champion in Berlin in 2018, she won both the 20 km and the 35 km at the World Championships in Budapest in 2023, then again in Tokyo in 2025, and took Olympic gold in the mixed relay in Paris in 2024.
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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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