World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1947–1969 (no rankings done) 1970 1 ..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 2 .. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 3 ... Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) 4 ............. Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) 5 .........Gennadiy Agapov (Soviet Union) 6 ....... Gerhard Sperling (East Germany) 7 ......................Noel Freeman (Australia) 8 .................Wilf Wesch (West Germany) 9 ........... Boris Yakovlyev (Soviet Union) 10 .......................... Dave Romansky (US) 1971 1 ............. Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) 2 ....... Gerhard Sperling (East Germany) 3 ......................Paul Nihill (Great Britain) 4 ..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 5 .. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 6 ............... Phil Embleton (Great Britain) 7 .......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 8 ........... Boris Yakovlyev (Soviet Union) 9 . Siegfried Zschiegner (East Germany) 10 ......Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 1972 1 ..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 2 ... Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) 3 .. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 4 ....... Gerhard Sperling (East Germany) 5 ......................Paul Nihill (Great Britain) 6 ............. Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) 7 ....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 8 .............................Jan Ornoch (Poland) 9 .......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 10 .................................Larry Young (US) Jefferson Pérez really spread out his 4 titles: ’96, ’03, ’05 & ’07 © KAZU EGUCHI/PHOTO RUN © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1973 1977 1 .. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 1 .......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 2 ...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 2 ....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 3 ....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 3 ...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 4 .......................................Ron Laird (US) 4 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 5 ............. Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) 5 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 6 .......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 6 .......................Gérard Lelièvre (France) 7 ..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 7 .... Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 8 . Siegfried Zschiegner (East Germany) 8 ..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 9 ...................... Stefan Tzukev (Bulgaria) 9 ............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 10 ..................Armando Zambaldo (Italy) 10 ..................Armando Zambaldo (Italy) 1974 1978 1 ... Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) 1 .......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 2 ....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 2 ............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 3 ...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 3 ....... Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) 4 ....................Roger Mills (Great Britain) 4 ..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 5 . Siegfried Zschiegner (East Germany) 5 ........... Boris Yakovlyev (Soviet Union) 6 .......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 6 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 7 ....................Armando Zambaldo (Italy) 7 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 8 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 8 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 9 ..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 9 ...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 10 ...........................Jan Ornoch (Poland) 10 ........ Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 1975 1979 1 .......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 1 .......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 2 ...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 2 ....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 3 ....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 3 ........... Boris Yakovlyev (Soviet Union) 4 ....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 4 ....Nikolay Vinnichenko (Soviet Union) 5 ..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 5 ..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 6 ................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 6 ....... Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) 7 .............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 7 ...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 8 .. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 8 ........................... Felix Gómez (Mexico) 9 .............................Jan Ornoch (Poland) 9 ........................ Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 10 ............... Brian Adams (Great Britain) 10 ..........Roland Wieser (East Germany) 1976 1980 1 .......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 1 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 2 ..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 2 .......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 3 .. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 3 ....... Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) 4 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 4 ............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 5 ...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 5 .... Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 6 ....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 6 ........................ Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 7 ....................Armando Zambaldo (Italy) 7 ....Nikolay Vinnichenko (Soviet Union) 8 ... Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) 8 ............. Werner Heyer (East Germany) 9 ...........................Angel Flores (Mexico) 9 ..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 10 .....................Gérard Lelièvre (France) 10 ..................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1981 1985 1 ........................ Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 1 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 2 ............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 2 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 3 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 3 ............ Viktor Mostovik (Soviet Union) 4 ..................Alessandro Pezzatini (Italy) 4 ............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 5 .... Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 5 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 6 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 6 ...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 7 ..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 7 ................Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) 8 ....... Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) 8 ........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 9 ............ Ralf Kowalsky (East Germany) 9 ....... Sergey Protsyshin (Soviet Union) 10 ......Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 10 ..... Anatoliy Gorshkov (Soviet Union) 1982 1986 1 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 1 ........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 2 ........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 2 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 3 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 3 .......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 4 ............Pavol Blažek (Czechoslovakia) 4 ............................ Miguel Prieto (Spain) 5 .... Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 5 ............ Viktor Mostovik (Soviet Union) 6 .......................Gérard Lelièvre (France) 6 ............................... Walter Arena (Italy) 7 ........................ Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 7 ............Pavol Blažek (Czechoslovakia) 8 ..................Alessandro Pezzatini (Italy) 8 ........... Aleksey Pershin (Soviet Union) 9 ...............................Carlo Mattioli (Italy) 9 ................Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) 10 ...................... Raúl González (Mexico) 10 .................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 1983 1987 1 ........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 1 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 2 ........................ Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 2 ........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 3 .... Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 3 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 4 ..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 4 ............ Viktor Mostovik (Soviet Union) 5 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 5 ................. Carlos Mercenario (Mexico) 6 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 6 ........................ Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 7 .......................Gérard Lelièvre (France) 7 ................. Axel Noack (East Germany) 8 .....................Marcellino Colín (Mexico) 8 .........Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) 9 ............Pavol Blažek (Czechoslovakia) 9 ...............Querubín Moreno (Colombia) 10 ..............Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) 10 ..... Anatoliy Gorshkov (Soviet Union) 1984 1988 1 ........................ Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 1 ........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 2 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 2 ............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 3 ........................ Raúl González (Mexico) 3 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 4 ......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 4 ................................ José Marin (Spain) 5 ............ Ralf Kowalsky (East Germany) 5 .........Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) 6 ....... Sergey Protsyshin (Soviet Union) 6 ....Mikhail Shchennikov (Soviet Union) 7 ........... Nikolay Polozov (Soviet Union) 7 ................. Carlos Mercenario (Mexico) 8 ..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 8 ................. Axel Noack (East Germany) 9 .................... Erling Andersen (Norway) 9 ..............Giovanni de Benedictis (Italy) 10 .................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 10 ..............Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) © Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1989 1993 1 ....Frants Kostyukevich (Soviet Union) 1 ....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 2 ....Mikhail Shchennikov (Soviet Union) 2 ..............Giovanni de Benedictis (Italy) 3 ....... Yevgeniy Misyulya (Soviet Union) 3 ..............................Daniel Plaza (Spain) 4 .........Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) 4 ..........................Daniel García (Mexico) 5 ............ Viktor Mostovik (Soviet Union) 5 ...........................Alberto