- Men's 50 kilometres walk world record progression
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The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's 50 km Walk, as recognised by the IAAF.
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World Record Progression
TIME NAME ATHLETE DATE PLACE 4:40:15 
Hermann Müller (GER)1921-09-07 Munich, Germany 4:36:22 Karl Hähnel (GER)1924-09-24 Berlin, Germany 4:34:03 Paul Sievert (GER)1924-10-05 Munich, Germany 4:30:22 
Romano Vecchietti (ITA)1928-09-16 Rome, Italy 4:26:41 
Edgar Bruun (NOR)1936-06-28 Oslo, Norway 4:24:47 
Viggo Invorsen (DEN)1941-08-17 Odense, Denmark 4:23:40 
Josef Doležal (TCH)1946-08-04 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 4:23:14 Josef Doležal (TCH)1952-08-24 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 4:20:30 
Vladimir Ukhov (URS)1952-08-29 Leningrad, Soviet Union 4:16:06 Josef Doležal (TCH)1954-09-12 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 4:07:29 Anatoliy Yegorov (URS)1955-11-17 Tbilisi, Soviet Union 4:05:13 Grigoriy Klimov (URS)1956-08-10 Moscow, Soviet Union 4:03:53 Anatoliy Vedyakov (URS)1959-08-13 Moscow, Soviet Union 4:03:02 Abdon Pamich (ITA)1960-10-16 Ponte San Pietro, Italy 4:01:39 Grigoriy Klimov (URS)1961-08-17 Leningrad, Soviet Union 4:00:50 Mikhail Lavrov (URS)1961-09-05 Kazan, Soviet Union 3:55:36 Gennadiy Agapov (URS)1965-10-17 Alma Ata, Soviet Union 3:52:45 
Bernd Kannenberg (GDR)1972-05-27 Bremen, West Germany 3:45:52 
Raúl González (MEX)1978-04-23 Mixhuca, Mexico 3:41:20 Raúl González (MEX)1978-06-11 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia 3:40:46 
Josep Marín (ESP)1983-03-13 Valencia, Spain 3:38:31 Ronald Weigel (GDR)1984-07-20 Berlin, Germany 3:38:17 Ronald Weigel (GDR)1986-05-25 Potsdam, Germany 3:37:41 Andrey Perlov (URS)1989-08-05 Leningrad, Soviet Union 3:37:26 
Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)2000-05-21 Moscow, Russia 3:36:39 
Robert Korzeniowski (POL)2002-08-08 Munich, Germany 3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)2003-08-27 Paris, France 3:35:47 
Nathan Deakes (AUS)2006-12-02 Geelong, Australia 3:34:14 Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)2008-05-11 Cheboksary, Russia Note
The 3:35:29 by Russia's Denis Nizhegorodov set in Cheboksary on June 13, 2004 was not ratified by the IAAF as a World Record because no EPO test was being carried out afterwards.
See also
References
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