5000 metres race walk
The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athletics Championships, and is a World record event.
Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 5000 meters is 3.11 miles.
World records
IAAF just ratified world records for men's indoor marks. On February 14, 1995, Mikhail Shchennikov of Russia set the 5,000 m race walk world indoor record in Moscow in a time of 18:07.08. The faster all-time men's best outdoor mark is held by Hatem Ghoula of Tunisia, at 18:05.49. The all-time women's best 5,000 m race-walk mark was set outdoor and is held by Eleonora Giorgi of Italy, at 20:01.80.All-time top 25 racewalkers outdoor
- + = to 10,000m performance
- ht = hand timing
Men
- Correct as of August 2019.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
| 1 | 18:05.49 | Hatem Ghoula | Tunisia | 1 May 1997 | Tunis | |
| 2 | 18:17.22 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland | 3 July 1992 | Reims | |
| 3 | 18:18.01 | Yohann Diniz | France | 27 June 2008 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | |
| 4 | 18:27.34 | Francisco Javier Fernández | Spain | 8 June 2007 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | |
| 5 | 18:28.80 | Roman Mrázek | Slovakia | 14 June 1989 | Bratislava | |
| 6 | 18:30.43 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy | 11 June 1992 | Caserta | |
| 7 | 18:32.46 | Erik Tysse | Norway | 10 August 2007 | Askim | |
| 8 | 18:32.56 | Perseus Karlström | Sweden | 8 March 2019 | Melbourne | |
| 9 | 18:33.16 | João Vieira | Portugal | 10 May 2000 | Rio Maior | |
| 10 | 18:35.36 | Eder Sánchez | Mexico | 2 July 2014 | Katowice | |
| 11 | 18:37.22 | Yusuke Suzuki | Japan | 12 July 2015 | Kitami | |
| 12 | 18:37.60 | Eiki Takahashi | Japan | 12 July 2015 | Kitami | |
| 13 | 18:37.84 | Daisuke Matsunaga | Japan | 4 July 2018 | Abashiri | |
| 14 | 18:38.45 | Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | 25 June 2009 | Milano | |
| 15 | 18:38.97 | Dane Bird-Smith | Australia | 5 March 2016 | Melbourne | |
| 16 | 18:39.28 | Ever Palma | Mexico | 2 July 2014 | Katowice | |
| 17 | 18:39.65 | Álvaro Martín | Spain | 25 July 2015 | Gijón | |
| 18 | 18:41.44 | Ilya Markov | Russia | 10 June 2000 | Spala | |
| 19 | 18:41.83 | Jared Tallent | Australia | 28 February 2009 | Sydney | |
| 20 | 18:42.0h | Jozef Pribilinec | Slovakia | 30 August 1985 | Banská Bystrica | |
| 21 | 18:42.23 | Callum Wilkinson | Great Britain | 24 August 2019 | Birmingham | |
| 22 | 18:42.50 | Giovanni De Benedictis | Italy | 8 July 1991 | Formia | |
| 23 | 18:42.66 | Ralf Kowalsky | Germany | 9 June 1984 | Berlin | |
| 24 | 18:43.17 | Veli-Matti Partanen | Finland | 13 June 2018 | Espoo | |
| 25 | 18:43.28 | Tom Bosworth | Great Britain | 2 July 2017 | Birmingham |
Women
- Correct as of 16 October 2018.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
| 1 | 20:01.80 | Eleonora Giorgi | Italy | 18 May 2014 | Misterbianco | |
| 2 | 20:02.60 | Gillian O'Sullivan | Ireland | 14 July 2002 | Dublin | |
| 3 | 20:03.04 | Kerry Saxby-Junna | Australia | 11 February 1996 | Sydney | |
| 4 | 20:07.52 | Beate Gummelt | Germany | 26 June 1990 | Rostock | |
| 6 | 20:11.45 | Sabine Krantz | Germany | 2 July 2005 | Wattenscheid | |
| 7 | 20:12.41 | Elisabetta Perrone | Italy | 2 August 2003 | Rieti | |
| 9 | 20:15.71 | Lyudmyla Olyanovska | Germany | 4 June 2014 | Kyiv | |
| 10 | 20:18.87 | Melanie Seeger | Germany | 10 July 2004 | Braunschweig | |
| 11 | 20:21.69 | Annarita Sidoti | Italy | 1 July 1995 | Cesenatico | |
| 12 | 20:27.59 | Ileana Salvador | Italy | 3 June 1989 | Trento | |
| 13 | 20:28.05 | Tatyana Kalmykova | Russia | 12 July 2007 | Ostrava | |
| 14 | 20:28.62 | Sari Essayah | Finland | 9 July 1994 | Tuusula | |
| 15 | 20:29.63 | Claudia Stef | Romania | 19 June 1999 | Istanbul | |
| 16 | 20:31.4 | Irina Stankina | Russia | 10 February 1996 | Adler | |
| 17 | 20:36.2 | Irina Petrova | Russia | 19 June 2005 | Saransk | |
| 18 | 20:37.7 | Jin Bingjie | China | 3 March 1990 | Hefei | |
| 19 | 20:37.83 | Kjersti Plätzer | Norway | 7 July 2001 | Drammen | |
| 20 | 20:38.0 | Chen Yueling | China | 3 March 1990 | Hefei | |
| 21 | 20:38.16 | María Pérez | Spain | 14 July 2018 | Granollers | |
| 22 | 20:38.2 | Olga Kaniskina | Russia | 19 June 2005 | Saransk | |
| 23 | 20:40.24 | Susana Feitor | Portugal | 9 May 2001 | Rio Maior | |
| 24 | 20:40.3 | Tatyana Korotkova | Russia | 19 June 2005 | Saransk | |
| 25 | 20:42.9 | Irayda Pudovkina | Russia | 19 June 2005 | Saransk |
All-time top 25 racewalkers indoor
- + = to 10,000m performance
- ht = hand timing
Men
- Correct as of February 2020.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
| 1 | 18:07.08 | Mikhail Shchennikov | Russia | 14 February 1995 | Moscow | |
| 2 | 18:08.86 | Ivano Brugnetti | Italy | 17 February 2007 | Ancona | |
| 3 | 18:11.41 | Ronald Weigel | Germany | 13 February 1988 | Wien | |
| 4 | 18:15.25 | Grigoriy Kornev | Russia | 7 February 1992 | Moskva | |
| 5 | 18:15.54 | Andrey Ruzavin | Russia | 30 January 2014 | Samara | |
| 6 | 18:16.76 | Yohann Diniz | France | 7 December 201 | Reims | |
| 7 | 18:19.97 | Giovanni De Benedictis | Italy | 28 February 1992 | Genova | |
| 8 | 18:20.97 | Tom Bosworth | Great Britain | 23 February 2020 | Glasgow | |
| 9 | 18:21.76 | Ruslan Dmytrenko | Ukraine | 30 January 2014 | Samara | |
| 10 | 18:22.25 | Andreas Erm | Germany | 25 February 2001 | Dortmund | |
| 11 | 18:23.18 | Rishat Shafikov | Russia | 1 March 1997 | Samara | |
| 12 | 18:23.88 | Frants Kostyukevich | Belarus | Volgograd | 9 February 1991 | |
| 13 | 18:24.13 | Francisco Javier Fernández | Spain | 17 February 2007 | Belfast | |
| 14 | 18:27.15 | Alessandro Gandellini | Italy | 12 February 2000 | Genova | |
| 15 | 18:27.80 | Jozef Pribilinec | Slovakia | 7 March 1987 | Indianapolis | |
| 16 | 18:27.95 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | 28 February 1992 | Genova | |
| 17 | 18:28.90 | Roman Mrázek | Slovakia | 5 March 1989 | Budapest | |
| 18 | 18:30.91 | Aleksandr Yargunkin | Russia | 7 January 2007 | Yekaterinburg | |
| 19 | 18:32.09 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland | 21 February 1993 | Spala | |
| 20 | 18:33.95 | Ivan Kuznetsov | Russia | 7 January 2007 | Yekaterinburg | |
| 21 | 18:34.77 | Sándor Urbanik | Hungary | 5 March 1989 | Budapest | |
| 22 | 18:36.71 | Vladimir Andreyev | Russia | 1 March 1997 | Samara | |
| 22 | 18:36.71 | Ilya Markov | Russia | 22 February 1999 | Spala | |
| 24 | 18:38.71 | Ernesto Canto | Mexico | 7 March 1987 | Indianapolis | |
| 25 | 18:40.45 | Andrey Makarov | Russia | 1 March 1997 | Samara |
Women
- Correct as of 16 October 2018.
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
| 1 | 20:15.6 | Yelena Lashmanova | Russia | 30 December 2016 | Saransk | |
| 2 | 20:23.2 | Yakaterina Ryzhova | Russia | 30 December 2016 | Saransk | |
| 3 | 20:37.77 | Margarita Turova | Belarus | 13 December 2005 | Minsk | |
| 4 | 20:42.33 | Yelena Gruzinova | Russia | 1 March 1997 | Samara | |
| 5 | 20:44.45 | Anna Lukyanova | Russia | 23 February 2010 | Volgograd | |
| 6 | 20:48.00 | Sabine Krantz | Germany | 19 December 2006 | Halle | |
| 7 | 20:48.9 | Sofiya Brodatskaya | Russia | 30 December 2016 | Saransk | |
| 8 | 20:50.6 | Olimpiada Ivanova | Russia | 21 January 1997 | Moskva | |
| 9 | 20:53.56 | Kseniya Trifonova | Russia | 23 February 2010 | Volgograd | |
| 10 | 21:00.0 | Tamara Kovalenko | Russia | 23 January 2010 | Moskva | |
| 11 | 21:02.78 | Olga Mikhaylova | Russia | 23 February 2010 | Volgograd | |
| 12 | 21:06.0 | Natalya Shiviryova | Russia | 23 December 2006 | Cheboksary | |
| 13 | 21:08.2 | Rimma Makarova | Russia | 21 January 1997 | Moskva | |
| 14 | 21:09.7 | Natalya Trofimova | Russia | 24 January 1995 | Moskva | |
| 15 | 21:11.04 | Valentina Tsybulskaya | Belarus | 26 February 1999 | Minsk | |
| 16 | 21:11.9 | Tatyana Korotkova | Russia | 6 January 2008 | Chelyabinsk | |
| 17 | 21:13.5 | Marina Smyslova | Russia | 29 January 2003 | Novosibirsk | |
| 18 | 21:17.7 | Yekaterina Koneva | Russia | 8 February 2009 | Shchelkovo | |
| 19 | 21:19.67 | Olga Panfyorova | Russia | 1 March 1997 | Samara | |
| 20 | 21:20.0 | Tatyana Gudkova | Russia | 30 December 2000 | Chelyabinsk | |
| 21 | 21:21.0 | Larisa Yemelyanova | Russia | 23 December 2006 | Cheboksary | |
| 22 | 21:21.04 | Yelena Ginko | Belarus | 18 January 2008 | Minsk | |
| 23 | 21:21.13 | Lyudmyla Olyanovska | Ukraine | 24 December 2014 | Sumy | |
| 24 | 21:23.44 | Brigita Virbalite-Dimsiene | Lithuania | 21 February 2009 | Kaunas | |
| 25 | 21:23.8 | Zinaida Sviridenko | Russia | 26 February 1992 | Moskva |