1988 in race walking explained
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
1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|
| 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 |
| Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 | | |
Men's 50 km
1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|
| 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 |
| 8 | 3:44:49 | | Seoul, South Korea | 30 September 1988 | NR |
| 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 | | | | | |
Women's 5 km
1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|
| 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 | | | | |
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Women's 10 km
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field |
|---|
| | 42:52 | May 4, 1987 | Melbourne, Australia |
| Broken records during the 1988 season in track and field |
|---|
| | 41:30 | August 27, 1988 | Canberra, Australia | |
1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|
| 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 |
| 12 | 44:33 | | | | NR |
| 13 | 44:54 | | | | |
| 14 | 44:57 | | | | |
| 15 | 44:58 | | | | |
| 16 | 44:59 | | | | NR |
| 17 | 45:00 | | | | |
| 18 | 45:01 | | | | |
| 19 | 45:12 | | | | |
| 20 | 45:17 | | | | | |
References
