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1733:
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1498:Ken Matthews
1413:2022–present
1382:Yohann Diniz
1363:Yohann Diniz
1344:Yohann Diniz
1191:
1153:
1135:Abdon Pamich
1116:Abdon Pamich
1059:Pino Dordoni
1002:Jānis Daliņš
914:Dawid Tomala
637:
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592:Don Thompson
546:Pino Dordoni
420:
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251:East Germany
234:
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166:1965 Pescara
45:East Germany
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1989:1941 births
1858:2006–2008:
1849:2002–2004:
1813:1991–1993:
1806:Simon Baker
1777:1981–1983:
1732:1965–1970:
1649:2006–2008:
1640:2002–2004:
1541:1977–1979:
1523:1970–1973:
1496:1961–1963:
569:Norman Read
477:Tommy Green
383:(in German)
368:(in German)
331:photography
325:Post-career
306:He won the
267:Mexico City
228:50 km walk
223:1973 Lugano
209:50 km walk
190:50 km walk
171:50 km walk
123:50 km walk
96:1969 Athens
1983:Categories
1869:Matej Tóth
1696:Koki Ikeda
1570:José Marín
973:35 km walk
969:50 km walk
891:Matej Tóth
401:(archived)
389:References
346:Junge Welt
247:racewalker
144:50 km walk
102:50 km walk
74:50 km walk
1687:Wang Zhen
1669:Wang Zhen
1483:champions
980:1934–2018
350:Sportecho
341:in 1978.
319:Max Weber
315:SV Dynamo
117:1974 Rome
28:athletics
1660:Wang Hao
1615:Li Zewen
372:Borsdorf
274:Cold War
239:Borsdorf
377:at the
365:profile
362:Machern
245:) is a
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1514:1967:
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1327:(POL)
1308:(POL)
1289:(RUS)
1270:(URS)
1251:(GDR)
1232:(FIN)
1213:(ESP)
1194:(GDR)
1175:(URS)
1156:(GDR)
1137:(ITA)
1118:(ITA)
1099:(URS)
1080:(URS)
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1042:(SWE)
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257:Career
243:Saxony
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26:Men's
1907:(JPN)
1898:(AUS)
1889:(RUS)
1880:(RUS)
1871:(SVK)
1862:(RUS)
1853:(RUS)
1844:(KAZ)
1835:(ESP)
1826:(CHN)
1817:(MEX)
1808:(AUS)
1799:(GDR)
1790:(GDR)
1781:(MEX)
1772:(MEX)
1763:(MEX)
1754:(URS)
1745:(FRG)
1736:(GDR)
1727:(HUN)
1718:(ITA)
1698:(JPN)
1689:(CHN)
1680:(UKR)
1671:(CHN)
1662:(CHN)
1653:(ESP)
1644:(ECU)
1635:(MEX)
1626:(ECU)
1617:(CHN)
1608:(MEX)
1599:(URS)
1590:(URS)
1581:(MEX)
1572:(ESP)
1563:(TCH)
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1536:(GDR)
1527:(GDR)
1518:(URS)
1509:(GDR)
1500:(GBR)
1437:(ESP)
1403:(UKR)
971:and
339:Spain
1940:stub
1424:2022
1390:2018
1371:2014
1352:2010
1333:2006
1314:2002
1295:1998
1276:1994
1257:1990
1238:1986
1219:1982
1200:1978
1181:1974
1162:1971
1143:1969
1124:1966
1105:1962
1086:1958
1067:1954
1048:1950
1029:1946
1010:1938
991:1934
904:2020
881:2016
858:2012
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812:2004
789:2000
766:1996
743:1992
720:1988
697:1984
674:1980
651:1972
628:1968
605:1964
582:1960
559:1956
536:1952
513:1948
490:1936
467:1932
375:1941
356:Note
348:and
335:Reus
301:1971
297:1974
295:and
293:1969
920:POL
897:SVK
874:AUS
851:ITA
828:POL
805:POL
782:POL
759:EUN
736:URS
713:MEX
690:GDR
667:FRG
644:GDR
621:ITA
598:GBR
575:NZL
552:ITA
529:SWE
506:GBR
483:GBR
414:at
397:at
291:in
280:in
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