A 10000m track walk was held sporadically at the Olympics until 1924. After that it became a road race but the distance was changed to 20km and 50km after 1952. The 10km road walk returned briefly for the 1992 and 1996 Olympics as events for women, before giving way to the 20km distance.
The event was introduced at the World Masters Champs in 1977 but has only been fully established for women from 2007. The World Masters Champs is the only championship at which masters contest the 20km walk.
| Wellington | NZ National | World | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M35 | 1:24:37 Quentin Rew (2021) | 1:24:37 Quentin Rew (2021) | 1:17:02 Johann Diniz FRA (2015) |
| M40 | 2:02:47 Robert Bennett | no record | 1:21:36 Willi Sawall AUS (1982) |
| M45 | 2:00:41 M Lane | 1:28:32 Gary Little (1991) | 1:25:03 Willi Sawall AUS (1988) |
| M50 | no record | 1:26:32 Gary Little (1992) | 1:26:32 Gary Little NZL (1992) |
| M55 | 1:49:56 Peter Baillie (2007) | 1:36:10 Gary Little (1997) | 1:33:38 Granziano Morotti ITA (2006) |
| M60 | 2:07:47 Peter Tearle | 1:51:94 Mike Parker (2016) | 1:35:39 Andrew Jamieson AUS (2008) |
| M65 | no record | 2:00:41 Eric Kemsley (2016) | 1:40:14 Andrew Jamieson AUS (2012) |
| M70 | no record | no record | 1:52:36 Andrew Jamieson AUS (2016) |
| M75 | no record | no record | 1:55:19 James Grimwade GBR (1987) |
| M80 | no record | no record | 2:04:49 James Grimwade GBR (1992) |
| M85 | no record | no record | 2:24:00 James Grimwade GBR (1998) |
| M90 | no record | no record | 2:34:01 Gus Theobald AUS (1987) |
| M95 | no record | no record | 2:48:19 Philip Rabinowitz RSA (1999) |
| Wellington | NZ National | World | |
|---|---|---|---|
| W35 | no record | 1:35:59 Gabrielle Gorst (2003) | 1:25:41 Olimpiada Ivanova RUS (2005) |
| W40 | no record | 1:38:47 Gabrielle Gorst (2004) | 1:33:04 Maria G Mendoza MEX (2005) |
| W45 | no record | 1:52:00 C Smith (2015) | 1:34:15 Lynette Ventris AUS (2001) |
| W50 | 2:16:25 Robyn McArthur (2011) | 1:54:19 C Smith (2017) | 1:39:51 Lynette Ventris AUS (2011) |
| W55 | 2:09:54 Terri Grimmett (2013) | 2:06:01 Sue Hoskin (2010) | 1:40:42 Lynette Ventris AUS (2012 |
| W60 | no record | 2:10:17 Sue Hoskin (2015) | 1:55:34 Sandra Brown GBR (2009) |
| W65 | 2:18:44 Jacqueline Wilson (2013) | 2:18:46 Jacqueline Wilson (2013) | 1:57:39 Brenda Riley AUS (2006) |
| W70 | 2:17:02 Jacqueline Wilson (2016) | 2:17:02 Jacqueline Wilson (2016) | 2:07:57 Elsa Meyer RSA (2016) |
| W75 | 2:25:37 Jacqueline Wilson (2022) | 2:25:37 Jacqueline Wilson (2022) | 2:25:37 Jacqueline Wilson NZL (2022) |
| W80 | no record | no record | 2:42:27 Denise Leclerc FRA (2013) |