title: Men's 50 kilometres walk world record progression
text: # Men's 50 kilometres walk world record progression
  
  The following table shows the World Record Progression in the Men's 50 km Walk, as recognised by the IAAF.
  
  ## World record progression
  
  | Time | 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 Ingvorsen (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 | Grigory Klimov (URS) | 1956-08-10 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
  | 4:03:53 | Anatoly Vedyakov (URS) | 1959-08-13 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
  | 4:03:02 | Abdon Pamich (ITA) | 1960-10-16 | Ponte San Pietro, Italy |
  | 4:01:39 | Grigory 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 (FRG) | 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, East Germany |
  | 3:38:17 | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | 1986-05-25 | Potsdam, East 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 |
  | 3:32:33 | Yohann Diniz (FRA) | 2014-08-15 | Zürich, Switzerland |
  
  ## 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 carried out afterwards.
  
  