The 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships (Italian: Campionati del mondo a squadre di marcia 2016) was the 27th edition of the global team racewalking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

[5][6] Rome was the clear winner in the bidding process in January 2016, with nine votes compared to Guayaquil and Kyiv's four and two for Monterrey.

[7] It was the fourth time that the competition was held in Italy, with previous editions having visited the country in 1963, 1965 and 2002.

[4] Chinese athletes won both the junior races: Ma Zhenxia took the women's title and Zhang Jun the men's.

[11] On 11 August 2016, Schwarzer was stripped of his title and banned for 8 years, due to positive doping test.