This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field
World Record   Bu Lingtang (CHN) 1:18:04 April 7, 1994   Beijing, PR China

1998 World Year Ranking

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Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 1:18:40   Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998
2 1:18:48   Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (BLR) Adler, Russia 20/02/1998
3 1:18:48   Rishat Shafikov (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998
4 1:19:19   Jefferson Pérez (ECU) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
5 1:19:28   Ruslan Alukayev (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998
6 1:19:36   Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Turku, Finland 24/05/1998
7 1:19:41   Daniel García (MEX) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
8 1:19:42   Julio René Martínez (GUA) La Coruña, Spain 16/05/1998
9 1:19:43   Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) Hildesheim, Germany 13/09/1998
10 1:19:44   Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) Rio Maior, Portugal 28/03/1998
11 1:19:45   Joel Sánchez (MEX) La Coruña, Spain 16/05/1998
12 1:19:46   Bernardo Segura (MEX) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
13 1:19:46   Ilya Markov (RUS) Turku, Finland 24/05/1998
14 1:19:48   Ivan Trotskiy (BLR) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
15 1:19:50   Daisuke Ikeshima (JPN) Takahata, Japan 01/11/1998
16 1:19:52   Alejandro López (MEX) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
17 1:19:57   Artur Meleshkevich (BLR) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
18 1:20:04   Andrey Makarov (BLR) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
19 1:20:12   Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) Adler, Russia 20/02/1998
20 1:20:13   Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
21 1:20:25   Yu Guohui (CHN) Bangkok, Thailand 13/12/1998
22 1:20:31   Viktor Ginko (BLR) Adler, Russia 20/02/1998
23 1:20:31   Paquillo Fernández (ESP) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
24 1:20:42   Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
25 1:20:50   Mikhail Orlov (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998

Men's 50 km

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Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field
World Record   Andrey Perlov (URS) 3:37:41 August 5, 1989   Leningrad, Soviet Union

1998 World Year Ranking

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Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 3:41:14   Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
2 3:42:57   Tomasz Lipiec (POL) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
3 3:43:15   Miguel Rodríguez (MEX) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
4 3:43:17   Jesús Ángel García (ESP) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
5 3:43:18   Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) Ogre, Latvia 06/06/1998
6 3:43:51   Robert Korzeniowski (POL) Budapest, Hungary 21/08/1998
7 3:44:17   Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
8 3:44:29   Valentin Kononen (FIN) Budapest, Hungary 21/08/1998
9 3:45:15   Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
10 3:45:29   Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
11 3:45:55   Santiago Pérez (ESP) Ourense, Spain 22/02/1998
12 3:46:25   Thierry Toutain (FRA) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
13 3:46:31   Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
14 3:47:24   Mikel Odriozola (ESP) Budapest, Hungary 21/08/1998
15 3:47:28   Basilio Labrador (ESP) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
16 3:47:34   Dion Russell (AUS) Melbourne, Australia 13/12/1998
17 3:47:41   René Piller (FRA) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
18 3:47:44   German Skurygin (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
19 3:47:48   Modris Liepinš (LAT) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
20 3:47:51   Pavel Nikolayev (RUS) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
21 3:48:24   Dmitriy Dolnikov (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
22 3:48:27   Viktor Ginko (BLR) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
23 3:48:49   Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) Budapest, Hungary 21/08/1998
24 3:49:38   Fumio Imamura (JPN) Wajima, Japan 12/04/1998
25 3:49:40   Štefan Malík (SVK) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998

Women's 10 km

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Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field
World Record   Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 41:04.00 April 20, 1996   Sochi, Russia

1998 World Year Ranking

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Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 42:01.00   Olga Panfyorova (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
2 42:25.00   Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) Adler, Russia 20/02/1998
3 42:26.00   Larisa Khmelnitskaya (BLR) Hildesheim, Germany 12/09/1998
4 42:31.00   Vera Nacharkina (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
5 42:40.00   Olga Kardopoltseva (BLR) Hildesheim, Germany 12/09/1998
6 42:43.00   Katarzyna Radtke (POL) Gdansk, Poland 29/08/1998
7 42:44.00   Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) Hildesheim, Germany 12/09/1998
8 42:45.00   Yelena Arshintseva (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 30/08/1998
9 42:46.00   Tamara Kovalenko (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
10 42:49.00   Annarita Sidoti (ITA) Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998
11 42:52.00   Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) Adelaide, Australia 26/01/1998
12 42:54.00   Erica Alfridi (ITA) Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998
13 42:55.00   Susana Feitor (POR) Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998
14 42:57.00   Norica Câmpean (ROM) Bucharest, Romania 20/06/1998
15 42:59.00   Mária Urbanik (HUN) Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998
16 43:02.00   María Vasco (ESP) Budapest, Hungary 20/08/1998
17 43:08.00   Natalya Misyulya (BLR) Gdansk, Poland 29/08/1998
19 43:11.00   Claudia Stef (ROM) Bucharest, Romania 20/06/1998
20 43:15.00   Graciela Mendoza (MEX) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/05/1998
21 43:21.00   Rossella Giordano (ITA) Abano Terme, Italy 20/09/1998
22 43:22.00   Tatyana Ragozina (UKR) Dudince, Slovakia 25/04/1998
23 43:23.00   Yelena Gruzinova (RUS) Izhevsk, Russia 16/05/1998
24 43:24.00   Lyudmila Dolgopolova (BLR) Gdansk, Poland 29/08/1998
25 43:25.00   Yuan Yufang (MAS) Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 09/05/1998

Women's 20 km

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Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field
World Record   Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1:27:30 May 1, 1995   Beijing, PR China

1998 World Year Ranking

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Rank Time Athlete Venue Date Note
1 1:29:53   Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998
2 1:31:03   Susana Feitor (POR) Cacia, Portugal 08/02/1998
3 1:31:46   Katarzyna Radtke (POL) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
4 1:32:16   Yelena Gruzinova (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998
5 1:32:25   Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
6 1:32:49   Valentina Savchuk (UKR) Mukachevo, Ukraine 24/10/1998
7 1:32:55   Kjersti Plätzer (NOR) Copenhagen, Denmark 26/09/1998
8 1:33:01   Anita Liepina (LAT) Ogre, Latvia 06/06/1998
9 1:33:12   Yuliya Voyevodina (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998
10 1:33:14   Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) Melbourne, Australia 13/12/1998
11 1:33:26   Mária Urbanik (HUN) Budapest, Hungary 07/02/1998
12 1:33:34   Maria del Rosario Sánchez (MEX) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998
13 1:33:35   Rie Mitsumori (JPN) Takahata, Japan 01/11/1998
14 1:33:46   Santa Compagnoni (ITA) Ivrea, Italy 15/03/1998
15 1:34:09   Margarita Nazarova (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998
16 1:34:11   María Vasco (ESP) Ourense, Spain 22/02/1998
17 1:34:13   Yuka Mitsumori (JPN) Takahata, Japan 01/11/1998
18 1:34:17   Elvira Ivanova (RUS) Cheboksary, Russia 29/08/1998
19 1:34:32   Elisabetta Perrone (ITA) Ivrea, Italy 15/03/1998
20 1:34:35   Wendy Muldoon (AUS) Melbourne, Australia 16/08/1998
21 1:34:46   Joanne Dow (USA) Albany, United States 03/05/1998
22 1:34:50   María Guadalupe Sánchez (MEX) Naumburg, Germany 23/05/1998

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