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Women's 50 kilometres walk world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 50 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

Unlike the men's 50K walk, the women's 50K walk is a new event, having been added to the IAAF World Athletics Championships for the first time in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/5068532-the-iaaf-achieves-gender-parity-at-worlds-but-only-for-five-women|title=The IAAF Achieves Gender Parity At Worlds, But Only For Five Women}}

World record progression

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!Time

!Athlete

!Date

!Place

!Ref

align=center| 4:08:26

|{{flagathlete|Inês Henriques|POR}}

|15 January 2017

|Porto de Mós

|{{cite news|title=Henriques sets inaugural women’s 50km race walk world record|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/ines-henriques-50km-race-walk-world-record|publisher=IAAF|author=António Manuel Fernandes|date=16 January 2017|access-date=16 Jan 2017}}

align=center| 4:05:56

|{{flagathlete|Inês Henriques|POR}}

|13 August 2017

|London

|{{cite web|title=50km Race Walk Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-50KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-168968632|publisher=IAAF|date=13 August 2017|access-date=13 August 2017}}

align=center| 4:04:36

|{{flagathlete|Liang Rui|CHN}}

|5 May 2018

|Taicang

|{{cite web|title=50km Racewalk Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6264/AT-50KR-W-f--1--.RS5.pdf?v=162504007|work=IAAF|date=5 May 2018|access-date=7 May 2018}}

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|align=center| 3:59:15

|{{flagathlete|Liu Hong|CHN}}

|9 March 2019

|Huangshan

|{{cite news|title=FLASH - Liu breaks world 50km race walk record in Huangshan, cracking 4-hour barrier|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/liu-hong-breaks-world-50km-race-walk-record|publisher=IAAF|author=Bob Ramsak|date=9 March 2019|access-date=9 March 2019}}

See also

References

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