1988 Race Walking Year Ranking
Encyclopedia
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1988
in both the men's and the women's race walking
distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main event during this season were the Olympic Games
in Seoul, South Korea.
1988 in athletics (track and field)
-International Events:* African Championships* Balkan Games* European Indoor Championships* Olympic Games* World Cross Country Championships* World Junior Championships-Men:...
in both the men's and the women's race walking
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...
distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). The main event during this season were the Olympic Games
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
in Seoul, South Korea.
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
WR world record AR area record CR event record NR national record PB personal best
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
1:19:12 | June 21, 1987 |  German Democratic Republic Karl-Marx-StadtChemnitz Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle... , East Germany |
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| Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
1:19:08 | July 30, 1988 |  Soviet Union KievKiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... |
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1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 1:19:08 | Kiev, Soviet Union | 30 July 1988 | WR | |
| 2 | 1:19:16 | ||||
| 3 | 1:19:39 | ||||
| 4 | 1:19:47 | ||||
| 5 | 1:19:57 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | ||
| 6 | 1:20:00 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | ||
| 7 | 1:20:06 | ||||
| 8 | 1:20:08 | ||||
| 9 | 1:20:10 | ||||
| 10 | 1:20:14 | ||||
| Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | ||||
| 12 | 1:20:17 | ||||
| 13 | 1:20:19 | ||||
| 14 | 1:20:34 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | ||
| 15 | 1:20:39 | ||||
| 16 | 1:20:40 | ||||
| 18 | 1:20:43 | ||||
| Sofia, Bulgaria | 26 June 1988 | NR Bulgarian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Bulgaria maintained by the Bulgarian Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not recognised by federation-External links:* * * * *... |
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| Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
3:38:17 | May 25, 1986 | German Democratic Republic Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre.... , East Germany |
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1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 3:38:29 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 2 | 3:38:56 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 3 | 3:39:45 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 4 | 3:41:00 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 5 | 3:43:03 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 6 | 3:44:07 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | AR | |
| 7 | 3:44:27 | NR Italian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Italy maintained by its national athletics federation: Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceht = hand timing... |
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| 8 | 3:44:49 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | NR Swedish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Sweden maintained by its national athletics federation: Svenska Friidrottsförbundet .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:OT = oversized track# = not recognised by federation-External links:* *... |
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| 9 | 3:44:57 | ||||
| 10 | 3:46:30 | ||||
| 11 | 3:46:31 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 12 | 3:46:52 | ||||
| 13 | 3:47:14 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 14 | 3:47:30 | ||||
| 15 | 3:47:31 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 16 | 3:48:08 | ||||
| 17 | 3:48:09 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 18 | 3:48:15 | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | ||
| 19 | 3:48:39 | ||||
| 20 | 3:48:53 |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
20:34 | September 24, 1987 |  West Germany HildesheimHildesheim Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
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1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 20:52 | Adelaide, Australia | 16 October 1988 | ||
| 2 | 21:10 | AR | |||
| 3 | 21:21 | ||||
| 4 | 21:53 | ||||
| 5 | 21:54 | ||||
| 6 | 21:56 | ||||
| 7 | 22:02 | ||||
| 8 | 22:03 | ||||
| 9 | 22:05 | ||||
| 11 | 22:11 | ||||
| 12 | 22:13 | ||||
| 13 | 22:14 | ||||
| 14 | 22:15 | ||||
| 15 | 22:18 | ||||
| 16 | 22:20 | ||||
| 17 | 22:21 | ||||
| 18 | 22:24 | ||||
| 19 | 22:30 | ||||
| 20 | 22:32 | ||||
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
42:52 | May 4, 1987 |  Australia Melbourne, Australia |
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| Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking.... |
41:30 | August 27, 1988 | Australia Canberra, Australia |
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1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 41:30 | Canberra, Australia | 27 August 1988 | WR | |
| 2 | 43:26 | ||||
| 3 | 43:29 | ||||
| 4 | 43:37 | ||||
| 5 | 43:43 | ||||
| 6 | 43:53 | ||||
| 7 | 44:13 | ||||
| 8 | 44:16 | ||||
| 9 | 44:20 | ||||
| 10 | 44:21 | ||||
| 11 | 44:26 | NR Finnish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Finland maintained by Finland's national athletics federation: Suomen Urheiluliitto .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognised by federation... |
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| 12 | 44:33 | NR German records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Germany maintained by its national athletics federation, Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband .... |
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| 13 | 44:54 | ||||
| 14 | 44:57 | ||||
| 15 | 44:58 | ||||
| 16 | 44:59 | NR Romanian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Romania maintained by its national athletics federation: Federatia Romana de Atletism .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratifiedht = hand timing... |
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| 17 | 45:00 | ||||
| 18 | 45:01 | ||||
| 19 | 45:12 | ||||
| 20 | 45:17 |