1988 in race walking

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.

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 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Axel Noack (GDR)	1:19:12	June 21, 1987	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)	1:19:08	July 30, 1988	Kiev, Soviet Union

1988 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:19:08	Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)	Kiev, Soviet Union	30 July 1988	WR
2	1:19:16	Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
3	1:19:39	Frants Kostyukevich (URS)
4	1:19:47	Viktor Mostovik (URS)
5	1:19:57	Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988
6	1:20:00	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988
7	1:20:06	Sergey Protsyshin (URS)
8	1:20:08	Valdas Kazlauskas (URS)
9	1:20:10	Igor Lyubomirov (URS)
10	1:20:14	Grigoriy Kornev (URS)
10	1:20:14	Maurizio Damilano (ITA)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988
12	1:20:17	Pavol Blažek (TCH)
13	1:20:19	Vyacheslav Smirnov (URS)
14	1:20:34	José Marín (ESP)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988
15	1:20:39	Axel Noack (GDR)
16	1:20:40	Aleksandr Pershin (URS)
16	1:20:40	Ralf Kowalsky (GDR)
18	1:20:43	Anatoliy Solomin (URS)
		Lyubomir Ivanov (BUL)	Sofia, Bulgaria	26 June 1988	NR
		Roman Mrázek (TCH)	Seoul, South Korea	23 September 1988

Men's 50 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	3:38:17	May 25, 1986	Potsdam, East Germany

1988 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	3:38:29	Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
2	3:38:56	Ronald Weigel (GDR)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
3	3:39:45	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
4	3:41:00	Aleksandr Potashov (URS)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
5	3:43:03	José Marín (ESP)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
6	3:44:07	Simon Baker (AUS)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988	AR
7	3:44:27	Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA)			NR
8	3:44:49	Bo Gustafsson (SWE)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988	NR
9	3:44:57	Reima Salonen (FIN)
10	3:46:30	Vitaliy Popovich (URS)
11	3:46:31	Dietmar Meisch (GDR)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
12	3:46:52	Pavol Szikora (TCH)
13	3:47:14	Giovanni Perricelli (ITA)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
14	3:47:30	Bernd Gummelt (GDR)
15	3:47:31	Pavol Blažek (TCH)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
16	3:48:08	Sandro Bellucci (ITA)
17	3:48:09	Jorge Llopart (ESP)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
18	3:48:15	François Lapointe (CAN)	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988
19	3:48:39	Nikolay Frolov (URS)
20	3:48:53	Valeriy Suntsov (URS)

Women's 5 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	20:34	September 24, 1987	Hildesheim, West Germany

1988 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	20:52	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	Adelaide, Australia	16 October 1988
2	21:10	Vera Ossipova (URS)			AR
3	21:21	Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
4	21:53	Sada Eidikyte (URS)
5	21:54	Svetlana Kaburkina (URS)
6	21:56	Alina Ivanova (URS)
7	22:02	Sari Essayah (FIN)
8	22:03	Mirva Hämäläinen (FIN)
9	22:05	Tatyana Titova (URS)
9	22:05	Yevgeniya Micheyeva (URS)
11	22:11	Mari Cruz Díaz (ESP)
12	22:13	Olga Kardopolzeva (URS)
13	22:14	Yelena Rodionova (URS)
14	22:15	Maria Reyes Sobrino (ESP)
15	22:18	Valentina Zybulskaya (URS)
16	22:20	Maria Popkova (URS)
17	22:21	Leonarda Yuchnevich (URS)
18	22:24	Raissa Sinyavina (URS)
19	22:30	Regina Loseva (URS)
20	22:32	Teresa Vaill (USA)
20	22:32	Sarah Standley (USA)

Women's 10 km

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Kerry Saxby (AUS)	42:52	May 4, 1987	Melbourne, Australia
Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field
World Record	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	41:30	August 27, 1988	Canberra, Australia

1988 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	41:30	Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS)	Canberra, Australia	27 August 1988	WR
2	43:26	Svetlana Kaburkina (URS)
3	43:29	Vera Makolova (URS)
4	43:37	Yelena Nikolayeva (URS)
5	43:43	Tamara Kovalenko (URS)
6	43:53	Natalya Spiridonova (URS)
7	44:13	Nadeshda Ryashkina (URS)
8	44:16	Natalya Serbinenko (URS)
9	44:20	Sada Eidikyte (URS)
10	44:21	Olga Veremenchuk (URS)
11	44:26	Sari Essayah (FIN)			NR
12	44:33	Beate Anders (GDR)			NR
13	44:54	Mirva Hämäläinen (FIN)
14	44:57	Ludmila Lyubomirova (URS)
15	44:58	Svetlana Polovinko (URS)
16	44:59	Victoria Oprea (ROM)			NR
17	45:00	Yelena Rodionova (URS)
18	45:01	Valentina Shmer (URS)
19	45:12	Vera Ossipova (URS)
20	45:17	Natalya Storochenko (URS)

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