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May 04, 2023

Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully assess that this is maintained throughout the race. Typically held on either roads or running tracks, common distances range from 3,000 metres (1.9 mi) up to 100 kilometres (62.1 mi).

Race walking
Race walkers at the U.S. World Cup Trials in 1987
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There are two race walking distances contested at the Summer Olympics: the 20 kilometres race walk (men and women) and 50 kilometres race walk (men only).[1] Both are held as road events. The biennial World Athletics Championships also featured these two events, in addition to a 50 km walk for women, until 2019. The 50km race walk was replaced by the 35 kilometres race walk as standard championship discipline in 2022. The IAAF World Race Walking Cup, first held in 1961, is a stand-alone global competition for the discipline and it has 10 kilometres race walks for junior athletes, in addition to the Olympic-standard events. The IAAF World Indoor Championships featured 5000 m and 3000 m race walk variations, but these were discontinued after 1993. Top level athletics championships and games typically feature 20 km racewalking events.

The sport emerged from a British culture of long-distance competitive walking known as pedestrianism, which began to develop the ruleset that is the basis of the modern discipline around the mid-19th century. Since the mid-20th century onwards, Russian and Chinese athletes have been among the most successful on the global stage, with Europe and parts of Latin America producing most of the remaining top level walkers. However, it has been particularly affected by doping, with many Russian world and Olympic champions testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs.[2][3]

Compared to other forms of foot racing, stride length is reduced; to achieve competitive speeds racewalkers must attain cadence rates comparable to those achieved by world-class 800-1,500 metre runners.[4]

Rules

 
Men's 20-km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. The walker at the right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground, but according to the current rules, an infraction is only committed when the loss of contact is visible to the human eye.[5]

There are only two rules that govern race walking.[6][7] The first dictates that the athlete's back toe cannot leave the ground until the heel of the front foot has touched. Violation of this rule is known as loss of contact. The second rule requires that the supporting leg must straighten from the point of contact with the ground and remain straightened until the body passes directly over it. These rules are judged by the unaided human eye. Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride, which can be caught on film, but such a short flight phase is said to be undetectable to the human eye.[5]

Athletes stay low to the ground by keeping their arms pumping low, close to their hips. If one sees a racewalker's shoulders rising, it may be a sign that the athlete is losing contact with the ground. What appears to be an exaggerated swivel to the hip is, in fact, a full rotation of the pelvis. Athletes aim to move the pelvis forward and to minimize sideways motion in order to achieve maximum forward propulsion. Speed is achieved by stepping quickly with the aim of rapid turnover. This minimizes the risk of the feet leaving the ground. Strides are short and quick, with pushoff coming forward from the ball of the foot, again to minimize the risk of losing contact with the ground. World-class race walkers (male and female) can average under four and five minutes per kilometre in a 20-km race walk.[8]

Distances

 
Shaul Ladany (centre), in 1969

Races have been walked at distances as short as 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and as long as 100 km (62.1 mi). The men's world record for the 50-mile race walk is held by Israeli Shaul Ladany, whose time of 7:23:50 in 1972 beat the world record that had stood since 1935.[9] The modern Olympic events are the 20 km (12.4 mi) race walk (men and women) and 50 km (31 mi) race walk (men only). One example of a longer race walking competition is the annual Paris-Colmar which is 450 to 500 km. Indoor races are 3000 m and 5000 m.

Judges

 
A racewalker "flying" (entirely out of contact with the ground, a rule violation)

There are judges on the course to monitor form. Three judges submitting "red cards" for violations results in disqualification of the competitor. There is a scoreboard placed on the course so competitors can see their violation status. If the third violation is received, the chief judge removes the competitor from the course by showing a red paddle. For monitoring reasons, races are held on a looped course or on a track so judges get to see competitors several times during a race. A judge could also "caution" a competitor that he or she is in danger of losing form by showing a paddle that indicates either losing contact or bent knees. No judge may submit more than one card for each walker and the chief judge may not submit any cards; it is his or her job only to disqualify the offending walker. Disqualifications are routine at the elite level, such as the famous case of Jane Saville, disqualified within sight of a gold medal in front of her home crowd in the 2000 Summer Olympics, or Yet Lyu, disqualified 20 metres before the finish line at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.

Beginning

 
The start of the 3500 m walk final, 1908 Olympics

Race walking developed as one of the original track and field events of the first meeting of the English Amateur Athletics Association in 1880. The first race walking codes came from an attempt to regulate rules for popular 19th-century long-distance competitive walking events, called pedestrianism. Pedestrianism had developed, like footraces and horse racing, as a popular working class British and American pastime, and a venue for wagering. Walkers organised the first English amateur walking championship in 1866, which was won by John Chambers, and judged by the "fair heel and toe" rule. This rather vague code was the basis for the rules codified at the first Championships Meeting in 1880 of the Amateur Athletics Association in England, the birth of modern athletics. With football (soccer), cricket, and other sports codified in the 19th century, the transition from professional pedestrianism to amateur race walking was, while relatively late, part of a process of regularisation occurring in most modern sports at this time.

The Walk was included at the 1876 to 1879 National Association of Amateur Athletes of America Championships.[10]

Olympics

Main article: Race walking at the Olympics

Race walking is an Olympic athletics (track and field) event with distances of 20 kilometres for both men and women and 50 kilometres for men only.

Race walking first appeared in the modern Olympics in 1904 in the form of a half-mile (804.672m) walk in the all-round competition, the precursor to the 10-event decathlon. In 1908, stand-alone 1,500m and 3,000m race walks were added, and, excluding 1924, there has been at least one race walk (for men) in every Olympics since.

Women's race walking became an Olympic event in 1992, following years of active lobbying by female internationals.

A World Cup in race walking is held biennially, and race walk events appear in the World Athletics Championships, the Commonwealth Games and the Pan American Games, among others.

World Race Walking Challenge

Since 2003, the IAAF has organised the IAAF Race Walking Challenge, an annual worldwide competition series in which elite athletes accumulate points for the right to compete in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final and to share over US$200,000 of prize money. The series of televised events takes place in several countries each year including Mexico, Spain, Russia and China.[11]

Age Groups

USA Track & Field offers racewalking at the Youth, Open, All-Comers, and Masters levels.[12]

High School: Racewalking is sometimes included in high school indoor and outdoor track meets, the rules often more relaxed. The distances walked tend to be relatively short, with the 1500 m being the most commonly held event. Racing also occurs at 3 km, 5 km and 10 km, with records kept and annual rankings published.[13]

As an individual pursuit

While participating in races essentially defines race walking, it can be practised by individuals for their own benefit, much like joggers not taking part in racing. One former jogger has written about injuries sustained while running, recommending race walking, which is much easier on the joints, instead. Requiring to have one foot in contact with the ground at all times reduces the impacts on ankles, knees and hips which lead to running injuries.[14]

Top performers

Men

20 km

See also: World record progression 20km walk men
Mark Athlete Nationality Venue Date Ref
1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki   Japan Nomi, Ishikawa March 15, 2015
1:16:43 1 Sergey Morozov   Russia Saransk June 8, 2008
1:17:02 Yohann Diniz   France Arles, France March 8, 2015
1:17:16 Vladimir Kanaykin   Russia Saransk September 28, 2007
1:17:21 Jefferson Pérez   Ecuador Paris August 23, 2003
1:17:22 Paquillo Fernández   Spain Turku April 28, 2002
1:17:23 Vladimir Stankin   Russia Adler February 8, 2004
1:17:25 Bernardo Segura   Mexico Bergen May 7, 1994
1:17:30 Alex Schwazer   Italy Lugano March 18, 2012
1:17:33 Nathan Deakes   Australia Cixi City April 23, 2005
1:17:36 Zhen Wang   China Taicang March 30, 2012
1:17:38 Valeriy Borchin   Russia Adler February 28, 2009

1. not ratified by IAAF because it didn't fulfil the criteria of having the required three international judges present.

50 km

See also: World record progression 50km walk men
Mark Athlete Nationality Venue Date Ref
3:32:33 Yohann Diniz   France Zurich 15 August 2014 [15]
3:34:14 Denis Nizhegorodov   Russia Cheboksary 11 May 2008 [16]
3:34:38 Matej Tóth   Slovakia Dudince 21 March 2015 [17]
3:35:47 Nathan Deakes   Australia Geelong 2 December 2006
3:35:59 Sergey Kirdyapkin   Russia London 11 August 2012
3:36:03 Robert Korzeniowski   Poland Paris 27 August 2003
3:36:04 Alex Schwazer   Italy Rosignano Solvay 11 February 2007
3:36:06 Yu Chaohong   China Nanjing 22 October 2005
3:36:13 Zhao Chengliang   China Nanjing 22 October 2005
3:36:20 Han Yucheng   China Nanjing 27 February 2005

Women

20 km

See also: World record progression 20km walk women

As of June 2019

Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 1:23:39 1 Elena Lashmanova   Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary [18]
2 1:24:38 Liu Hong   China 6 June 2015 A Coruña [19]
3 1:24:47 Elmira Alembekova   Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [20]
4 1:24:50 1 Olimpiada Ivanova   Russia 4 March 2001 Adler
5 1:24:56 Olga Kaniskina   Russia 28 February 2009 Adler
6 1:25:03 Marina Pandakova   Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [20]
7 1:25:04 Svetlana Vasilyeva   Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi [20]
8 1:25:08 Vera Sokolova   Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
9 1:25:09 Anisya Kirdyapkina   Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi
10 1:25:12 Lü Xiuzhi   China 20 March 2015 Beijing

1. These times were achieved without the presence of international judges to officiate the competition or post-race doping tests, thus making them invalid for world record status. However, they are accepted as personal best marks for those athletes.

50 km

See also: Women's 50 kilometres walk world record progression

The women's 50 km walk is a new event, having been controversially added to the World Athletics Championships for the first time in 2017.[21]

As of May 2019:

Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 3:59:15 Liu Hong   China 9 March 2019 Huangshan [22]
2 4:03:51 Li Maocuo   China 9 March 2019 Huangshan [23]
3 4:04:36 Liang Rui   China 5 May 2018 Taicang [24]
4 4:04:50 Eleonora Giorgi   Italy 19 May 2019 Alytus [25]
5 4:05:46 Júlia Takács   Spain 19 May 2019 Alytus [25]
6 4:05:56 Inês Henriques   Portugal 13 August 2017 London [26]
7 4:07:30 Ma Faying   China 9 March 2019 Huangshan [23]
8 4:08:58 Yin Hang   China 13 August 2017 London [26]
9 4:09:33 Claire Tallent   Australia 5 May 2018 Taicang [24]
10 4:10:59 Monica Svensson   Sweden 21 October 2007 Scanzorosciate

In popular culture

Racewalking is sometimes derided as a contrived or "artificial" sport.[4] In 1992, noted sportscaster and longtime Olympic commentator Bob Costas compared it to "a contest to see who can whisper the loudest".[27]

In Malcolm in the Middle season 4 episode "Malcolm Holds His Tongue", Hal gets into the sport and exposes his local park rival as 'nothing but a common jogger' by proving that both of his feet leave the ground at once every fourth step.

In the 1966 film Walk, Don't Run, Jim Hutton plays a racewalker competing in the Tokyo Olympics. Cary Grant and Samantha Eggar co-star.

In the 2021 film Queenpins, actress Kristen Bell plays a 3-time gold medal Olympic racewalker and extreme couponer.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (May 3, 2018). "PREVIEW: WOMEN'S 50KM RACE WALK – IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS TAICANG 2018". IAAF Official Website. IAAF. from the original on August 30, 2018.
  2. ^ Wilder, Charley (June 16, 2015). "Where Racewalking Is King, the Antidoping Officials Are Busy". The New York Times. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Tétrault-Farber, Gabrielle (January 24, 2020). "Banned Russian race walking coach still working with athletes, official says". Reuters. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Eulich, Whitney (August 3, 2012). "Wait... That's an Olympic Event?". Christian Science Monitor. from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016. The sport requires the stride-rate of an 800 to 1500-meter runner, and a race walker's endurance is the equivalent of a world-class marathoner, says Mr. Peters. "Only you're going longer."
  5. ^ a b Belson, Ken (August 10, 2012). "One Step at a Time? It's More Complicated Than That". The New York Times. from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  6. ^ . May 9, 2008. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008.
  7. ^ . Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  8. ^ "100 Metres - men - senior - outdoor - 2016". Iaaf.org. from the original on December 31, 2007. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  9. ^ "Shaul Ladany". Jewishsports.net. from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  10. ^ National Association of Amateur Athletes of America, 1880. [1] Retrieved Nov 19, 2022
  11. ^ . Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  12. ^ USATF.[2] retrieved Nov 19, 2022
  13. ^ . January 2, 2009. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010. Retrieved 2016-08-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ Love, Martin (October 31, 2022). "A need for speed: if running is too risky, why not try race walking?". the Guardian.
  15. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (August 15, 2014). . NBC Sports. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  16. ^ . iaaf.org. May 10–11, 2008. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010.
  17. ^ Zuzana Trojakova (March 21, 2015). "Toth records third-fastest 50km race walk in history in Dudince". IAAF. from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  18. ^ "Russian Race Walking Championships 2018 Complete Results" (PDF). marciadalmondo.com. June 9, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  19. ^ "Liu breaks 20km race walk world record in La Coruna". IAAF. June 6, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  20. ^ a b c "Russian Race Walking Championships 2015 Results". ARAF. February 27, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  21. ^ "The IAAF Achieves Gender Parity At Worlds, But Only For Five Women". from the original on May 19, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  22. ^ Bob Ramsak (March 9, 2019). "FLASH - Liu breaks world 50km race walk record in Huangshan, cracking 4-hour barrier". IAAF. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  23. ^ a b Yang Yi (March 9, 2019). . xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
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  25. ^ a b "50km Race Walk Results" (PDF). EAA. May 19, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Race walking.
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  • Swiss Walking Federation, official website
  • Ohio Race Walker magazine 1965 to 2014
  • USATF
  • AW Magazine's list of current records
  • USATF American Records

May 04, 2023
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Race walking or racewalking is a long distance discipline within the sport of athletics Although a foot race it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times Race judges carefully assess that this is maintained throughout the race Typically held on either roads or running tracks common distances range from 3 000 metres 1 9 mi up to 100 kilometres 62 1 mi Race walkingRace walkers at the U S World Cup Trials in 1987PresenceCountry or regionWorldOlympicYesThere are two race walking distances contested at the Summer Olympics the 20 kilometres race walk men and women and 50 kilometres race walk men only 1 Both are held as road events The biennial World Athletics Championships also featured these two events in addition to a 50 km walk for women until 2019 The 50km race walk was replaced by the 35 kilometres race walk as standard championship discipline in 2022 The IAAF World Race Walking Cup first held in 1961 is a stand alone global competition for the discipline and it has 10 kilometres race walks for junior athletes in addition to the Olympic standard events The IAAF World Indoor Championships featured 5000 m and 3000 m race walk variations but these were discontinued after 1993 Top level athletics championships and games typically feature 20 km racewalking events The sport emerged from a British culture of long distance competitive walking known as pedestrianism which began to develop the ruleset that is the basis of the modern discipline around the mid 19th century Since the mid 20th century onwards Russian and Chinese athletes have been among the most successful on the global stage with Europe and parts of Latin America producing most of the remaining top level walkers However it has been particularly affected by doping with many Russian world and Olympic champions testing positive for banned performance enhancing drugs 2 3 Compared to other forms of foot racing stride length is reduced to achieve competitive speeds racewalkers must attain cadence rates comparable to those achieved by world class 800 1 500 metre runners 4 Contents 1 Rules 2 Distances 3 Judges 4 Beginning 5 Olympics 6 World Race Walking Challenge 7 Age Groups 8 As an individual pursuit 9 Top performers 9 1 Men 9 1 1 20 km 9 1 2 50 km 9 2 Women 9 2 1 20 km 9 2 2 50 km 10 In popular culture 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksRules Edit Men s 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki Finland The walker at the right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground but according to the current rules an infraction is only committed when the loss of contact is visible to the human eye 5 There are only two rules that govern race walking 6 7 The first dictates that the athlete s back toe cannot leave the ground until the heel of the front foot has touched Violation of this rule is known as loss of contact The second rule requires that the supporting leg must straighten from the point of contact with the ground and remain straightened until the body passes directly over it These rules are judged by the unaided human eye Athletes regularly lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride which can be caught on film but such a short flight phase is said to be undetectable to the human eye 5 Athletes stay low to the ground by keeping their arms pumping low close to their hips If one sees a racewalker s shoulders rising it may be a sign that the athlete is losing contact with the ground What appears to be an exaggerated swivel to the hip is in fact a full rotation of the pelvis Athletes aim to move the pelvis forward and to minimize sideways motion in order to achieve maximum forward propulsion Speed is achieved by stepping quickly with the aim of rapid turnover This minimizes the risk of the feet leaving the ground Strides are short and quick with pushoff coming forward from the ball of the foot again to minimize the risk of losing contact with the ground World class race walkers male and female can average under four and five minutes per kilometre in a 20 km race walk 8 Distances Edit Shaul Ladany centre in 1969 Races have been walked at distances as short as 3 kilometres 1 9 mi at the 1920 Summer Olympics and as long as 100 km 62 1 mi The men s world record for the 50 mile race walk is held by Israeli Shaul Ladany whose time of 7 23 50 in 1972 beat the world record that had stood since 1935 9 The modern Olympic events are the 20 km 12 4 mi race walk men and women and 50 km 31 mi race walk men only One example of a longer race walking competition is the annual Paris Colmar which is 450 to 500 km Indoor races are 3000 m and 5000 m Judges Edit A racewalker flying entirely out of contact with the ground a rule violation There are judges on the course to monitor form Three judges submitting red cards for violations results in disqualification of the competitor There is a scoreboard placed on the course so competitors can see their violation status If the third violation is received the chief judge removes the competitor from the course by showing a red paddle For monitoring reasons races are held on a looped course or on a track so judges get to see competitors several times during a race A judge could also caution a competitor that he or she is in danger of losing form by showing a paddle that indicates either losing contact or bent knees No judge may submit more than one card for each walker and the chief judge may not submit any cards it is his or her job only to disqualify the offending walker Disqualifications are routine at the elite level such as the famous case of Jane Saville disqualified within sight of a gold medal in front of her home crowd in the 2000 Summer Olympics or Yet Lyu disqualified 20 metres before the finish line at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics Beginning Edit The start of the 3500 m walk final 1908 Olympics Race walking developed as one of the original track and field events of the first meeting of the English Amateur Athletics Association in 1880 The first race walking codes came from an attempt to regulate rules for popular 19th century long distance competitive walking events called pedestrianism Pedestrianism had developed like footraces and horse racing as a popular working class British and American pastime and a venue for wagering Walkers organised the first English amateur walking championship in 1866 which was won by John Chambers and judged by the fair heel and toe rule This rather vague code was the basis for the rules codified at the first Championships Meeting in 1880 of the Amateur Athletics Association in England the birth of modern athletics With football soccer cricket and other sports codified in the 19th century the transition from professional pedestrianism to amateur race walking was while relatively late part of a process of regularisation occurring in most modern sports at this time The Walk was included at the 1876 to 1879 National Association of Amateur Athletes of America Championships 10 Olympics EditMain article Race walking at the Olympics Race walking is an Olympic athletics track and field event with distances of 20 kilometres for both men and women and 50 kilometres for men only Race walking first appeared in the modern Olympics in 1904 in the form of a half mile 804 672m walk in the all round competition the precursor to the 10 event decathlon In 1908 stand alone 1 500m and 3 000m race walks were added and excluding 1924 there has been at least one race walk for men in every Olympics since Women s race walking became an Olympic event in 1992 following years of active lobbying by female internationals A World Cup in race walking is held biennially and race walk events appear in the World Athletics Championships the Commonwealth Games and the Pan American Games among others World Race Walking Challenge EditSince 2003 the IAAF has organised the IAAF Race Walking Challenge an annual worldwide competition series in which elite athletes accumulate points for the right to compete in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final and to share over US 200 000 of prize money The series of televised events takes place in several countries each year including Mexico Spain Russia and China 11 Age Groups EditUSA Track amp Field offers racewalking at the Youth Open All Comers and Masters levels 12 High School Racewalking is sometimes included in high school indoor and outdoor track meets the rules often more relaxed The distances walked tend to be relatively short with the 1500 m being the most commonly held event Racing also occurs at 3 km 5 km and 10 km with records kept and annual rankings published 13 As an individual pursuit EditWhile participating in races essentially defines race walking it can be practised by individuals for their own benefit much like joggers not taking part in racing One former jogger has written about injuries sustained while running recommending race walking which is much easier on the joints instead Requiring to have one foot in contact with the ground at all times reduces the impacts on ankles knees and hips which lead to running injuries 14 Top performers EditMen Edit 20 km Edit See also World record progression 20km walk men Mark Athlete Nationality Venue Date Ref1 16 36 Yusuke Suzuki Japan Nomi Ishikawa March 15 20151 16 43 1 Sergey Morozov Russia Saransk June 8 20081 17 02 Yohann Diniz France Arles France March 8 20151 17 16 Vladimir Kanaykin Russia Saransk September 28 20071 17 21 Jefferson Perez Ecuador Paris August 23 20031 17 22 Paquillo Fernandez Spain Turku April 28 20021 17 23 Vladimir Stankin Russia Adler February 8 20041 17 25 Bernardo Segura Mexico Bergen May 7 19941 17 30 Alex Schwazer Italy Lugano March 18 20121 17 33 Nathan Deakes Australia Cixi City April 23 20051 17 36 Zhen Wang China Taicang March 30 20121 17 38 Valeriy Borchin Russia Adler February 28 20091 not ratified by IAAF because it didn t fulfil the criteria of having the required three international judges present 50 km Edit See also World record progression 50km walk men Mark Athlete Nationality Venue Date Ref3 32 33 Yohann Diniz France Zurich 15 August 2014 15 3 34 14 Denis Nizhegorodov Russia Cheboksary 11 May 2008 16 3 34 38 Matej Toth Slovakia Dudince 21 March 2015 17 3 35 47 Nathan Deakes Australia Geelong 2 December 20063 35 59 Sergey Kirdyapkin Russia London 11 August 20123 36 03 Robert Korzeniowski Poland Paris 27 August 20033 36 04 Alex Schwazer Italy Rosignano Solvay 11 February 20073 36 06 Yu Chaohong China Nanjing 22 October 20053 36 13 Zhao Chengliang China Nanjing 22 October 20053 36 20 Han Yucheng China Nanjing 27 February 2005Women Edit 20 km Edit See also World record progression 20km walk women As of June 2019 Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref1 1 23 39 1 Elena Lashmanova Russia 9 June 2018 Cheboksary 18 2 1 24 38 Liu Hong China 6 June 2015 A Coruna 19 3 1 24 47 Elmira Alembekova Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi 20 4 1 24 50 1 Olimpiada Ivanova Russia 4 March 2001 Adler5 1 24 56 Olga Kaniskina Russia 28 February 2009 Adler6 1 25 03 Marina Pandakova Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi 20 7 1 25 04 Svetlana Vasilyeva Russia 27 February 2015 Sochi 20 8 1 25 08 Vera Sokolova Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi9 1 25 09 Anisya Kirdyapkina Russia 26 February 2011 Sochi10 1 25 12 Lu Xiuzhi China 20 March 2015 Beijing1 These times were achieved without the presence of international judges to officiate the competition or post race doping tests thus making them invalid for world record status However they are accepted as personal best marks for those athletes 50 km Edit See also Women s 50 kilometres walk world record progression The women s 50 km walk is a new event having been controversially added to the World Athletics Championships for the first time in 2017 21 As of May 2019 Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref1 3 59 15 Liu Hong China 9 March 2019 Huangshan 22 2 4 03 51 Li Maocuo China 9 March 2019 Huangshan 23 3 4 04 36 Liang Rui China 5 May 2018 Taicang 24 4 4 04 50 Eleonora Giorgi Italy 19 May 2019 Alytus 25 5 4 05 46 Julia Takacs Spain 19 May 2019 Alytus 25 6 4 05 56 Ines Henriques Portugal 13 August 2017 London 26 7 4 07 30 Ma Faying China 9 March 2019 Huangshan 23 8 4 08 58 Yin Hang China 13 August 2017 London 26 9 4 09 33 Claire Tallent Australia 5 May 2018 Taicang 24 10 4 10 59 Monica Svensson Sweden 21 October 2007 ScanzorosciateIn popular culture EditRacewalking is sometimes derided as a contrived or artificial sport 4 In 1992 noted sportscaster and longtime Olympic commentator Bob Costas compared it to a contest to see who can whisper the loudest 27 In Malcolm in the Middle season 4 episode Malcolm Holds His Tongue Hal gets into the sport and exposes his local park rival as nothing but a common jogger by proving that both of his feet leave the ground at once every fourth step In the 1966 film Walk Don t Run Jim Hutton plays a racewalker competing in the Tokyo Olympics Cary Grant and Samantha Eggar co star In the 2021 film Queenpins actress Kristen Bell plays a 3 time gold medal Olympic racewalker and extreme couponer See also Edit Sport of athletics portalPower walkingReferences Edit Mulkeen Jon May 3 2018 PREVIEW WOMEN S 50KM RACE WALK IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS TAICANG 2018 IAAF Official Website IAAF Archived from the original on August 30 2018 Wilder Charley June 16 2015 Where Racewalking Is King the Antidoping Officials Are Busy The New York Times Retrieved August 20 2021 Tetrault Farber Gabrielle January 24 2020 Banned Russian race walking coach still working with athletes official says Reuters Retrieved August 20 2021 a b Eulich Whitney August 3 2012 Wait That s an Olympic Event Christian Science Monitor Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved August 25 2016 The sport requires the stride rate of an 800 to 1500 meter runner and a race walker s endurance is the equivalent of a world class marathoner says Mr Peters Only you re going longer a 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