1990 in race walking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1990 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 1990 season in track and field
World record	Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)	1:18:54	February 19, 1989	Sochi, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1990 season in track and field
World record	Andrey Perlov (URS)	1:18:20	May 26, 1990	Moscow, Soviet Union
World record	Pavol Blažek (TCH)	1:18:13	September 16, 1990	Hildesheim, West Germany

1990 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:18:13	Pavol Blažek (TCH)	Hildesheim, West Germany	16 September 1990	WR
2	1:18:20	Andrey Perlov (URS)	Moscow, Soviet Union	16 September 1990	NR
3	1:18:37	Aleksandr Pershin (URS)	Moscow, Soviet Union	26 May 1990
4	1:18:51	Frants Kostyukevich (URS)	Moscow, Soviet Union	26 May 1990
5	1:18:56	Grigoriy Kornev (URS)
6	1:19:07	Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
7	1:19:21	Vladimir Andreyev (URS)
8	1:19:32	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)			NR
9	1:19:33	Nicholas A'Hern (AUS)	Melbourne, Australia	15 December 1990
10	1:19:39	Aleksey Pershin (URS)	Moscow, Soviet Union	26 May 1990
11	1:19:50	Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
12	1:19:58	Oleg Troshin (URS)
13	1:20:07	Michail Orlov (URS)
14	1:20:15	Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
15	1:20:21	Roman Mrázek (TCH)
16	1:20:28	Robert Ihly (FRG)
17	1:20:37	Igor Kollár (TCH)
18	1:20:43	Andrew Jachno (AUS)
19	1:20:45	Igor Plotnikov (URS)
20	1:20:50	Anatoliy Grigoryev (URS)

Men's 50 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field
World record	Andrey Perlov (URS)	3:37:41	August 5, 1989	Leningrad, Soviet Union

1990 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Note
1	3:40:02	Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
2	3:40:07	Andrey Plotnikov (URS)
3	3:42:00	Stanislav Veshel (URS)
4	3:44:45	Aleksey Volgin (URS)
5	3:44:50	Ronald Weigel (GDR)
6	3:46:43	Bernd Gummelt (GDR)
7	3:46:51	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
8	3:47:08	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
9	3:47:12	Vityliy Popovich (URS)
10	3:48:27	Modris Liepiņš (URS)
11	3:50:05	Jorge Llopart (ESP)
12	3:50:10	Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
13	3:50:26	Zhai Wanbo (CHN)	NR
14	3:51:04	German Skurygin (URS)
15	3:51:06	László Sator (HUN)	NR
16	3:51:30	Martín Bermúdez (MEX)
17	3:51:37	Chris Maddocks (GBR)	NR
18	3:51:44	Jaroslav Makovec (TCH)
19	3:51:47	Grzegorz Ledzion (POL)
20	3:51:48	Andrey Perlov (URS)

Women's 5 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field
World record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	20:34	September 24, 1987	Hildesheim, West Germany

1990 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Note
1	21:22	Pier Carola Pagani (ITA)
2	21:25	Mária Urbanik (HUN)	NR
3	21:37	Sari Essayah (FIN)	NR
4	21:38	Victoria Oprea (ROM)	NR
5	21:40	Vera Mokolova (URS)
6	21:49	Monica Gunnarsson (SWE)
7	21:50	Elisabeth Sworowski (GBR)	NR
8	21:50	Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP)
9	21:53	María Colín (MEX)	NR
10	21:56	Andrea Brückmann (FRG)
11	21:57	Yelena Panfilova (URS)
12	21:59	Franziska Martínez (MEX)
13	22:15	Olga Sánchez (ESP)
14	22:17	Dana Vavřačová (TCH)	NR

Women's 10 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field
World record	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	41:30	August 27, 1988	Canberra, Australia

1990 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Note
1	41:58	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)
2	42:30	Beate Anders (GDR)
3	42:46	Tamara Kovalenko (URS)
4	43:08	Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
5	43:11	Olga Krishtop (URS)
6	43:13	Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
7	43:40	Tamara Surovzeva (URS)
8	43:47	Sari Essayah (FIN)	NR
9	43:52	Irina Tolstik (URS)
10	44:00	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)
11	44:02	Lidiya Fessenko (URS)
12	44:04	Yelena Sayko (URS)
13	44:13	Tatyana Ragosina (URS)
14	44:16	Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP)	NR
15	44:34	Marina Smyslova (URS)
16	44:37	Alina Ivanova (URS)
17	44:38	Ileana Salvador (ITA)
18	44:38	Nina Alyushenko (URS)
19	44:39	Natalya Misyuliya (URS)
20	44:47	Chen Yueling (CHN)

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