The following table shows the

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Progression in the Men's 50 km Walk, as recognised by the IAAF.

World record progression

Note

The 3:35:29 by Russia's Denis Nizhegorodov set in

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on June 13, 2004 was not ratified by the IAAF as a World Record because no EPO test was carried out afterwards.

References

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{{Athletics record progressions Walk, 50 km men

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