50 kilometres race walk
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| Athletics 50 kilometre race walk | |
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 Men's racewalk. Walker at right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground, but an infraction is only committed when loss of contact is visible to the human eye.[1] | |
| Men's records | |
| World |
 Denis Nizhegorodov 3:34:14 (2008) |
Denis Nizhegorodov, world record holder
The 50 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. (50 kilometre is 31.0686 miles)
World records
The men's world record for the 50 km race walk is held by Denis Nizhegorodov, through his race of 3:34:14 in Cheboksary in 2008.
Olympic medalists
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World Championships medalists
References
- ↑ Belson, Ken. "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That" New York Times (August 10, 2012)
External links
- 50 kilometres race walk all time – men from IAAF
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