Men’s 50000m Race Walking World Record Progression

This page presents the historical progression of the men’s 50000 meters Race Walking World Record, including performance, athlete, date and competition details.

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50000m Race Walking World Record Progression – Data Table

Performance	Athlete	Country	Date	Location	Competition
4:34:03.0	Paul Sievert	GER	5/10/1924	M?nchen	Race Walking Meeting
4:32:52.0	John Lunggren	SWE	29/7/1951	Gislaved	Race Walking Meeting
4:31:21.6	Antal R?ka	HUN	1/6/1952	Budapest	Race Walking Meeting
4:29:58.0	John Lunggren	SWE	8/8/1953	Fristad	Race Walking Meeting
4:27:28.4	Ladislav Moc	TCH	13/10/1955	Znojmo	Race Walking Meeting
4:26:05.2	Milan Skřont	TCH	30/4/1956	Krnov	Race Walking Meeting
4:21:07.0	Ladislav Moc	TCH	21/6/1956	Praha	Race Walking Meeting
4:16:08.6	Sergey Lobastov	URS	23/8/1958	Moskva	Race Walking Meeting
4:14:02.4	Abdon Pamich	ITA	19/11/1961	Roma	Race Walking Meeting
4:10:51.8	Höhne Christoph	GDR	16/5/1965	Potsdam	Race Walking Meeting
4:08:05.0	Höhne Christoph	GDR	18/10/1969	Berlin (Ost)	Race Walking Meeting
4:04:19.8	Peter Seltzer	GDR	3/10/1971	Naumburg	Race Walking Meeting
4:03:42.6	Veniamin Soldatenko	URS	5/10/1972	Moskva	Race Walking Meeting
4:00:27.2	Gerhard Weidner	FRG	8/4/1973	Hamburg	Race Walking Meeting
3:56:51.4	Bernd Kannenberg	FRG	16/11/1975	Nerviano	Race Walking Meeting
3:52:23.5	González Raúl	MEX	19/5/1978	Førde	Race Walking Meeting
3:41:38.4	González Raúl	MEX	25/5/1979	Bergen-Fana	Race Walking Meeting
3:41:28.2	René Piller	FRA	7/5/1994	Bergen-Fana	Race Walking Meeting
3:40:57.9	Thierry Toutain	FRA	29/6/1996	Héricourt	Race Walking Meeting
3:35:27.2	Yohann Diniz	FRA	12/3/2011	Reims	Race Walking Meeting

References

World Athletics – World Records Progression
World Athletics – Athletes Data Base
Müller Stefan, Progression of world records (2025-10-07)