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World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022

João VIEIRA

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    Portugal Portugal
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    20 FEB 1976     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14218673
Joao Vieira in the 50km race walk at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 (AFP / Getty Images)

Current World Ranking Positions

Discipline Place Score
Men's 50km Race Walking 2 1264
Men's Overall Ranking 339 1264

Highest Ever World Ranking Positions

Discipline Place Duration
Men's 20km Race Walking 39 for 1 week
Men's 50km Race Walking 2 for 47 weeks
Men's Overall Ranking 321 for 2 weeks
Highest ever World Rankings position is considered from 1/1/2019

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
5000 Metres 14:58.09 Viseu (POR) 09 JUN 2001 815
3000 Metres Race Walk 11:33.61 Estádio Municipal de Pombal, Pombal (POR) 11 JUL 2020 1105
5000 Metres Race Walk 18:33.16 Rio Maior (POR) 10 MAY 2000 1182
10,000 Metres Race Walk 39:44.91 Lisboa (POR) 30 JUL 2011 1141
10 Kilometres Race Walk 39:06 Beijing (CHN) 18 SEP 2010 1169
20,000 Metres Race Walk 1:24:00.4 Seixal (POR) 25 JUL 2009 1106
20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:20:09 Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg (SWE) 08 AUG 2006 NR 1188
30 Kilometres Race Walk 2:11:16 Cucujaes (POR) 29 JAN 2006 1126
35 Kilometres Race Walk 2:38:18 Porto de Mos (POR) 07 JAN 2018 1113
50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:45:17 Pontevedra (ESP) 04 MAR 2012 NR 1191

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
5000 Metres Race Walk 19:04.74 Espinho (POR) 17 FEB 2007 1137

Legend

* Not legal.

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
3000 Metres Race Walk 11:33.61 Estádio Municipal de Pombal, Pombal (POR) 11 JUL 2020 1105
10 Kilometres Race Walk 53:55 Leiria (POR) 05 JAN 2020 614
35 Kilometres Race Walk 2:42:06 Porto de Mos (POR) 26 JAN 2020 1076

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
5000 Metres Race Walk 19:38.98 Expocentro, Pombal (POR) 29 FEB 2020 1089

Outdoor

5000 Metres

Performance Place Date
2001 14:58.09 Viseu (POR) 09 JUN 2001

Outdoor

3000 Metres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2020 11:33.61 Estádio Municipal de Pombal, Pombal (POR) 11 JUL 2020
2009 11:56.30 Lisboa (POR) 10 JUN 2009

Outdoor

5000 Metres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2019 19:38.60 Leiria (POR) 27 JUL 2019
2018 19:44.96 Braga (POR) 21 JUL 2018
2017 19:54.67 Leiria (POR) 22 JUL 2017
2016 20:23.70 Setúbal (POR) 16 JUL 2016
2015 19:54.98 Vagos (POR) 13 JUN 2015
2014 21:12.51 Fátima (POR) 31 MAY 2014
2013 19:42.34 Lisboa (POR) 08 JUN 2013
2012 19:30.6h Lisboa (POR) 14 JAN 2012
2011 21:13.57 Lisboa (POR) 25 JUN 2011
2010 20:09.47 Abrantes (POR) 10 JUN 2010
2000 18:33.16 Rio Maior (POR) 10 MAY 2000

Outdoor

10,000 Metres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2019 40:29.72 Lisboa (POR) 20 JUL 2019
2018 41:54.2h Leiria (POR) 07 JUL 2018
2017 41:26.60 Vagos (POR) 10 JUN 2017
2016 41:24.07 Maia (POR) 25 JUN 2016
2015 41:20.75 Leiria (POR) 25 JUL 2015
2013 40:02.78 Leiria (POR) 27 JUL 2013
2012 41:40.73 Lisboa (POR) 07 JUL 2012
2011 39:44.91 Lisboa (POR) 30 JUL 2011
2010 40:19.93 Leiria (POR) 17 JUL 2010
1994 42:26.17 Estadio Universitario, Lisboa (POR) 21 JUL 1994

Outdoor

10 Kilometres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2020 53:55 Leiria (POR) 05 JAN 2020
2016 40:55 Murcia (ESP) 24 APR 2016
2011 39:10 La Coruña (ESP) 17 SEP 2011
2010 39:06 Beijing (CHN) 18 SEP 2010
2009 39:12 Kraków (POL) 30 MAY 2009
2006 40:06 Algarve (POR) 19 FEB 2006
2004 41:18 Kraków (POL) 12 JUN 2004
2003 39:40 Madrid (ESP) 01 JUN 2003

Outdoor

20,000 Metres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2009 1:24:00.4 Seixal (POR) 25 JUL 2009

Outdoor

20 Kilometres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2019 1:22:05 Rio Maior (POR) 06 APR 2019
2018 1:22:06 La Coruña (ESP) 02 JUN 2018
2017 1:22:42 Poděbrady (CZE) 21 MAY 2017
2016 1:22:34 La Coruña (ESP) 28 MAY 2016
2015 1:21:51 La Coruña (ESP) 06 JUN 2015
2014 1:23:20 Rio Maior (POR) 05 APR 2014
2013 1:21:08 Rio Maior (POR) 06 APR 2013
2012 1:20:41 Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) 04 AUG 2012
2011 1:22:44 Rio Maior (POR) 09 APR 2011
2010 1:20:49 Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) 27 JUL 2010
2009 1:21:43 Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) 15 AUG 2009
2008 1:21:13 Cheboksary (RUS) 10 MAY 2008
2007 1:20:42 Leamington (GBR) 20 MAY 2007
2006 1:20:09 Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg (SWE) 08 AUG 2006
2005 1:21:56 La Coruña (ESP) 04 JUN 2005
2004 1:20:48 La Coruña (ESP) 05 JUN 2004
2003 1:20:30 La Coruña (ESP) 07 JUN 2003
2002 1:24:13 Torino (ITA) 12 OCT 2002
1999 1:24:25 Mézidon-Canon (FRA) 01 MAY 1999
1997 1:20:59 Poděbrady (CZE) 19 APR 1997

Outdoor

30 Kilometres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2007 2:14:55 Cucujaes (POR) 04 FEB 2007
2006 2:11:16 Cucujaes (POR) 29 JAN 2006
2005 2:13:27 Beja (POR) 29 JAN 2005

Outdoor

35 Kilometres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2020 2:42:06 Porto de Mos (POR) 26 JAN 2020
2018 2:38:18 Porto de Mos (POR) 07 JAN 2018
2017 2:38:40 Porto de Mos (POR) 15 JAN 2017

Outdoor

50 Kilometres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2019 3:46:38 Alytus (LTU) 19 MAY 2019
2017 3:45:28 Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) 13 AUG 2017
2016 3:49:05 Dudince (SVK) 19 MAR 2016
2012 3:45:17 Pontevedra (ESP) 04 MAR 2012
2004 3:52:00 Beja (POR) 21 FEB 2004

Indoor

5000 Metres Race Walk

Performance Place Date
2019/20 19:38.98 Expocentro, Pombal (POR) 29 FEB 2020
2018/19 19:47.38 Pombal (POR) 09 FEB 2019
2017/18 19:30.20 Pombal (POR) 17 FEB 2018
2016/17 19:32.08 Pombal (POR) 18 FEB 2017
2015/16 19:58.10 Pombal (POR) 06 FEB 2016
2013/14 19:21.07 Pombal (POR) 15 FEB 2014
2012/13 19:29.06 Pombal (POR) 16 FEB 2013
2011/12 19:08.84 Pombal (POR) 28 JAN 2012
2010/11 19:38.69 Pombal (POR) 12 FEB 2011
2008/09 19:23.43 Pombal (POR) 28 FEB 2009
2006/07 19:04.74 Espinho (POR) 17 FEB 2007

Honours - World Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 4:04:59 Corniche, Doha (QAT) 28 SEP 2019
3. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:22:05 Luzhniki, Moskva (RUS) 11 AUG 2013

Honours - World Race Walking Cup

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
8. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:20:33 La Coruña (ESP) 13 MAY 2006
11. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:24:13 Torino (ITA) 12 OCT 2002

Honours - European Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:20:49 Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) 27 JUL 2010
3. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:20:09 Ullevi Stadium, Göteborg (SWE) 08 AUG 2006

Honours - IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
3. 10 Kilometres Race Walk 39:10 La Coruña (ESP) 17 SEP 2011

Honours - National Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 3000 Metres Race Walk 11:45.85 Estadio Universitario, Lisboa (POR) 08 AUG 2020
1. 35 Kilometres Race Walk 2:42:06 Porto de Mos (POR) 26 JAN 2020
1. 10,000 Metres Race Walk 40:29.72 Lisboa (POR) 20 JUL 2019
1. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:26:56 Santarém (POR) 09 MAR 2019
1. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:51:46 Porto de Mos (POR) 13 JAN 2019
1. 10,000 Metres Race Walk 41:54.2h Leiria (POR) 07 JUL 2018
1. 10,000 Metres Race Walk 41:26.60 Vagos (POR) 10 JUN 2017
1. 10,000 Metres Race Walk 41:24.07 Maia (POR) 25 JUN 2016
1. 10,000 Metres Race Walk 41:20.75 Leiria (POR) 25 JUL 2015
1. 10,000 Metres Race Walk 40:02.78 Leiria (POR) 27 JUL 2013
1. 10,000 Metres Race Walk 41:40.73 Lisboa (POR) 07 JUL 2012
1. 10,000 Metres Race Walk 39:44.91 Lisboa (POR) 30 JUL 2011
1. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:27:19 Batalha (POR) 19 FEB 2011
1. 20,000 Metres Race Walk 1:24:00.4 Seixal (POR) 25 JUL 2009
1. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:25:05 Porto (POR) 21 FEB 2009
1. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:27:05 Lisboa (POR) 28 JUL 2007
1. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:24:47 Seia (POR) 22 JUL 2006
1. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:23:47 Lisboa (POR) 23 JUL 2005
1. 20 Kilometres Race Walk 1:26:31 Lisboa (POR) 31 JUL 2004
1. 50 Kilometres Race Walk 3:52:00 Beja (POR) 21 FEB 2004
1. 35 Kilometres Race Walk 2:38:40 Porto de Mos (POR) 15 JAN 2017

Honours - National Indoor Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. 5000 Metres Race Walk 19:47.38 Pombal (POR) 09 FEB 2019
1. 5000 Metres Race Walk 19:33.41 Pombal (POR) 10 FEB 2018
1. 5000 Metres Race Walk 19:54.29 Pombal (POR) 11 FEB 2017
1. 5000 Metres Race Walk 19:21.07 Pombal (POR) 15 FEB 2014
1. 5000 Metres Race Walk 19:29.06 Pombal (POR) 16 FEB 2013
1. 5000 Metres Race Walk 19:53.51 Pombal (POR) 26 FEB 2011
1. 5000 Metres Race Walk 19:23.43 Pombal (POR) 28 FEB 2009
1. 5000 Metres Race Walk 19:04.74 Espinho (POR) 17 FEB 2007
Results in:

3000 Metres Race Walk

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
11 JUL 2020 Provas Preparação, Estádio Municipal de Pombal, Pombal PORPOR F F 1. 11:33.61
08 AUG 2020 Portuguese Ch., Estadio Universitario, Lisboa PORPOR B F 1. 11:45.85
15 AUG 2020 Campeonatos Nacionais de Clubes, Lisboa PORPOR F F 1. 12:43.50

5000 Metres Race Walk Indoor

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
22 FEB 2020 Portuguese Ind. Club Ch., Altice Forum, Braga PORPOR F F 1. 20:40.53
29 FEB 2020 Portuguese Ind. Ch., Expocentro, Pombal PORPOR D F 1. 19:38.98

10 Kilometres Race Walk

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
05 JAN 2020 5. Challenge de Leiria, Leiria PORPOR F F 10. 53:55

35 Kilometres Race Walk

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
26 JAN 2020 Portuguese 50km Race walking Ch., Porto de Mos PORPOR D F 1. 2:42:06

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