Stefan Johansson (racewalker)

Swedish racewalker (born 1967)

Jan Bengt Stefan Johansson (born April 11, 1967 in Falkenberg, Halland) is a retired male race walker from Sweden. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1992. Johansson set his personal best (3:53.34) in the men's 50 km walk event in 1988.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Sweden
1985	World Race Walking Cup	St John's, Isle of Man	30th	20 km	1:30:23
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	6th	10,000m	41:27.13
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	13th	20 km	1:28:03
1987	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	26th	20 km	1:24:48
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	23rd	20 km	1:27:27
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	25th	20 km	1:23:51
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	20th	50 km	3:53:34
1989	World Race Walking Cup	L'Hospitalet, Spain	13th	50 km	3:56:47
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	—	50 km	DNF
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	–	5000 m	DQ
	World Race Walking Cup	San Jose, United States	—	50 km	DNF
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	30th	20 km	1:29:47
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	3rd	5000 m	18:27.95
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	15th	20 km	1:28:37
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	11th	50 km	3:58:56
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	8th	5000 m	20:30.32
	World Race Walking Cup	Monterrey, Mexico	—	20 km	DNF
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	22nd	20 km	1:28:02
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	20 km	DNF
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	18th	50 km	4:00:18
1995	World Race Walking Cup	Beijing, PR China	42nd	20 km	1:16:14
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	18th	20 km	1:26:20

External links

Stefan Johansson at World Athletics
Stefan Johansson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

v t e World Best Year Performance in men's race walking
20 km walk	1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA)
50 km walk	1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN) 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN) 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

World Best Year Performance in men's race walking

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