This article is about the road race. It is not to be confused with 20,000 metres, the race run on a track.
"20 kilometres race" redirects here. For the racewalking event, see 20 kilometres race walk.
Athletics 20K run
World records
Men
Jacob Kiplimo 54:29 (2021)
Women
Letesenbet Gidey 59:35 (2021)
The 20K run (20 kilometres, or approximately 12.4 miles) is a long distance foot race. It is a rarely held race that is not recognized as an Olympic event. The event held IAAF world championship status in 2006 only, when the existing IAAF World Half Marathon Championships briefly hosted the shorter distance.[1]
The world best for men is held by Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea who ran a time of 56:01 at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[2] The women's world best is held by Florence Kiplagat of Kenya who ran a time of 1:01:54 at the 2015 Barcelona Half Marathon in Barcelona, Spain.[3] IAAF records require the 20 km distance to be run on a course without a significant drop in elevation between the start and finish points and where the birds-eye distance between the start of finish points is less than ten kilometres. The Association of Road Racing Statisticians has an additional criteria in that it requires records to be set in competitions of the given distance, thus it does not recognise Kiplagat's run due to it being recorded en route to a longer distance. The ARRS-recognised world record is 1:03:21 by Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands, who also recorded her time at the 2006 World Championships.[4]
^IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Copenhagen 2014 Facts & Figures Incorporating the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships (1992-2005/2008-2010-2012) IAAF World Road Running Championships 2006/2007. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
^Turner, Chris (2006-10-08). Tadesse's 'solo' last 10k secures emphatic victory – Men’s 20km, Debrecen 2006. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
^Minshull, Phil (2015-02-16). Florence Kiplagat flies to half marathon world record of 1:05:12 in Barcelona. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
The 20Krun (20 kilometres, or approximately 12.4 miles) is a long distance foot race. It is a rarely held race that is not recognized as an Olympic event...
Snider-McGrath (11 April 2021). "Japanese woman lowers W60 world record with 2:52:01 run in Tokyo". runningmagazine.ca. Retrieved 22 November 2021. "Jenny Hitchings...
The Polish Athletics Championships (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski seniorów w lekkoatletyce) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by...
form part of the Olympic athletics schedule. Some events, such as the mile run, remain very popular at competitions, despite having neither Olympic nor...
The Spanish Athletics Championships (Spanish: Campeonato de España de atletismo) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Royal...
v t e USA Championship winners in the men's 20Krun 1933: Lou Gregory 1934: Paul Mundy 1935: Ellison Brown 1936: Jean Berthelot 1937: Robert Rankin 1938:...
The Ukrainian Athletics Championships (Ukrainian: Чемпіонат України з легкої атлетики) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the...
World Road Running Championships in 2006 and reduced in distance to a 20Krun, but reverted to the half marathon distance the following year and to the...
The Finnish Athletics Championships (Finnish: Kalevan kisat) is an annual track and field competition which serves as the national championship for Finland...
Internationale 20K, Corrida de Houilles 10K 2015: Prague Grand Prix 10K, Ústí nad Labem Half Marathon, Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale 20K 2016: Yangzhou...
1:02:05.8 Taieb Tounsi France 9 July 1988 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France 20Krun (road) 1:05:03 Vladislav Yakubovskiy Russia 24 September 2006 Korolyov...
(men only) Relay races 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay A men's 20Krun was included in 1987 and 1989. A men's decathlon was held in 1990 and in...
Marathon Poznań Poland [[]] (25x17px) [[]] (25x17px) 14 October 2018 Silver 20Krun Les 20 Km de Paris Paris France [[]] (25x17px) [[]] (25x17px) 14 October...
Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run Glasgow United Kingdom [[]] (25x17px) [[]] (25x17px) 11 October 2015 Bronze 20Krun 20 Kilometres de Paris Paris France...
Kingdom John Kipsang Lotiang (KEN) Edith Chelimo (KEN) 29 October Silver 20Krun Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale Marseille France Jemal Mekonnen (ETH)...
mean kilometre (as in "a 10K run"). K is used to indicate thousands, especially when expressing amounts of money, e.g. $20K = twenty thousand dollars. In...
Gold 10 miles BUPA Great South Run Portsmouth United Kingdom [[]] (25x17px) [[]] (25x17px) 27 October 2013 Silver 20Krun Marseille Cassis 20km Marseille...
fourth time. In 2019, she repeated at the Lincoln Half, won the Dam to Dam 20Krun in Des Moines, and she won the Kansas City Parkway Half Marathon. In 2023...
Gold 10 miles BUPA Great South Run Portsmouth United Kingdom [[]] (25x17px) [[]] (25x17px) 26 October 2014 Silver 20Krun Marseille Cassis 20km Marseille...
won the Bredase Singelloop, was runner-up at the 20K de Paris and came third at the Great South Run 10-miler. He showed a talent for pacmaking that year:...
Global Information