2006 in race walking
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This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 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 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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 2006 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:17:21 | August 23, 2003 |  Paris, France |
2006 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:18:17 |  Li Gaobo (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 2 | 1:18:18 |  Ilya Markov (RUS) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 3 | 1:18:31 |  Paquillo Fernández (ESP) | A Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |
| 4 | 1:18:35 | Han Yucheng (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 5 | 1:18:44 | Chu Yafei (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 6 | 1:18:45 | Dong Jimin (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 7 | 1:18:57 | Bai Xuejin (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 8 | 1:19:07 |  Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 9 | 1:19:08 | Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |
| 10 | 1:19:12 |  Andrei Talashka (BLR) | Nesvizh, Belarus | 15/04/2006 | |
| 11 | 1:19:27 | Viktor Burayev (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 12 | 1:19:32 | Igor Erokhin (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 13 | 1:19:36 |  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |
| 14 | 1:19:38 | Li Jianbo (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
 Erik Tysse (NOR) | Bergen, Norway | 09/06/2006 | |||
| 16 | 1:19:51 | Stepan Yudin (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 17 | 1:19:54 | Sergey Bakulin (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 18 | 1:20:00 | Valeriy Borchin (RUS) | Göteborg, Sweden | 08/08/2006 | |
| 19 | 1:20:05 | Wang Zhiping (CHN) | Xi'an, PR China | 21/10/2006 | |
| 20 | 1:20:09 |  João Vieira (POR) | Göteborg, Sweden | 08/08/2006 | |
| 21 | 1:20:11 | Siarhei Charnou (BLR) | Nesvizh, Belarus | 15/04/2006 | |
| 22 | 1:20:15 | Sun Chao (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 23 | 1:20:23 | Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 24 | 1:20:34 | Mikalai Seradovich (BLR) | Nesvizh, Belarus | 15/04/2006 | |
 Andriy Yurin (UKR) | Sumy, Ukraine | 02/06/2006 |
Men's 50 km
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 3:35:29 | June 13, 2004 | Cheboksary, Russia |
2006 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:35:47 | Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Geelong, Australia | 02/12/2006 | WR |
| 2 | 3:38:02 | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |
| 3 | 3:41:10 | Zhao Jianguo (CHN) | Wajima, Japan | 16/04/2006 | |
| 4 | 3:41:30 | Trond Nymark (NOR) | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |
| 5 | 3:41:39 | Yohann Diniz (FRA) | Göteborg, Sweden | 10/08/2006 | |
| 6 | 3:42:38 | Yuriy Andronov (RUS) | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |
| 7 | 3:42:48 | Jesús Angel García (ESP) | Göteborg, Sweden | 10/08/2006 | |
| 8 | 3:43:02 | Li Jianbo (CHN) | Wajima, Japan | 16/04/2006 | |
| 9 | 3:43:38 |  Yuki Yamazaki (JPN) | Wajima, Japan | 16/04/2006 | |
| 10 | 3:43:58 | Yu Chaohong (CHN) | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |
| 11 | 3:44:59 | Mikel Odriozola (ESP) | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |
| 12 | 3:45:47 |  Roman Magdziarczyk (POL) | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |
| 13 | 3:45:52 | Xing Shucai (CHN) | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |
| 14 | 3:45:57 | Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) | Saransk, Russia | 04/06/2006 | |
| 15 | 3:47:23 | Takayuki Tanii (JPN) | Wajima, Japan | 16/04/2006 | |
| 16 | 3:47:32 | Zhao Chengliang (CHN) | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |
| 17 | 3:48:08 |  Marco De Luca (ITA) | Göteborg, Sweden | 10/08/2006 | |
| 18 | 3:48:22 |  Horacio Nava (MEX) | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |
| 19 | 3:49:36 | Alatan Gadasu (CHN) | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |
| 20 | 3:50:24 | Grzegorz Sudoł (POL) | Dudince, Slovakia | 25/03/2006 | |
| 21 | 3:51:16 |  Peter Korčok (SVK) | Göteborg, Sweden | 10/08/2006 | |
| 22 | 3:51:32 | José Alejandro Cambil (ESP) | La Coruña, Spain | 14/05/2006 | |
| 23 | 3:52:06 | Si Tianfeng (CHN) | Xi'an, PR China | 23/10/2006 | |
| 24 | 3:53:19 | Duane Cousins (AUS) | Geelong, Australia | 02/12/2006 | |
| 25 | 3:54:05 | Sergey Yerokhin (RUS) | Saransk, Russia | 04/06/2006 |
Women's 20 km
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | 1:24:50 | March 4, 2001 | Adler, Russia |
2006 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:26:02 | Olga Kaniskina (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 2 | 1:26:11 | Ryta Turava (BLR) | Nesvizh, Belarus | 15/04/2006 | |
| 3 | 1:26:14 | Irina Petrova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 4 | 1:26:57 | Lyudmila Yefimkina (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 5 | 1:27:26 | Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |
| 6 | 1:28:20 | Tatyana Kozlova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 7 | 1:28:20 | He Dan (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 8 | 1:28:23 | Song Xiaoling (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 9 | 1:28:23 | Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) | København, Denmark | 07/10/2006 | |
| 10 | 1:28:26 | Liu Hong (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 11 | 1:28:37 | Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) | Göteborg, Sweden | 09/08/2006 | |
| 12 | 1:28:51 | Alena Zenkova-Nartova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 13 | 1:28:55 | Jiang Jing (CHN) | Xi'an, PR China | 22/10/2006 | |
| 14 | 1:28:58 | Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) | Istanbul, Turkey | 21/04/2006 | |
| 15 | 1:29:01 | Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 16 | 1:29:05 | Jane Saville (AUS) | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |
| 17 | 1:29:06 | Elena Ginko (BLR) | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |
| 18 | 1:29:08 | Jiang Qiuyan (CHN) | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 | |
| 19 | 1:29:15 |  Melanie Seeger (GER) | Rio Maior, Portugal | 01/04/2006 | |
| 20 | 1:29:27 |  Claudia Stef (ROM) | Göteborg, Sweden | 09/08/2006 | |
| 21 | 1:29:31 | Marina Smyslova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 22 | 1:29:46 | Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 23 | 1:29:49 | Lyudmila Arkhipova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 19/02/2006 | |
| 24 | 1:29:50 | Nie Jingjing (CHN) | Yangzhou, PR China | 22/04/2006 | |
| 25 | 1:29:54 | Sabine Krantz (GER) | La Coruña, Spain | 13/05/2006 |