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There were three race walking events in the 2020 Summer Olympics: a men's and a women's 20 kilometres race walk, and a men's 50 kilometres race walk. The races were held in a final-only format. The first men's events came at the 1908 London Olympics, which featured 3500 m and 10-mile distances.
For the men's 20 kilometres race walk event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by walking the entry standard of 1:20.10 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [8]
The men's world record for the 20 km race walk is held by Yusuke Suzuki, who walked 1:16:36 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in his home town of Nomi, Japan.Suzuki's new World Record came exactly one week after Yohann Diniz's mark who walked a then record time of 1:17:02 in Arles at the 2015 French championships.
Nick Christie and Robyn Stevens won the men's and women's 20K race walk at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday morning in Springfield.
The competition featured an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history. The marathon race walk mixed relay through a marathon course was contested for the first time at these Games, replacing the men's 50 kilometres race walk in the quest for gender equality. [2]
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 5 August 2021 in Sapporo. [1] Approximately 60 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the number qualifying through time (no universality places were used in 2016). [2]
Oder-Neisse Race Walk Grand Prix Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 21:16 Jin Bingjie: 5 May 1990 Enhörna, Sweden [41] 21:26 Li Jingxue: 5 May 1990 Enhörna, Sweden [41] 10,000 m walk (track) 41:37.9 h: Gao Hongmiao: 7 April 1994 Chinese Race Walking Championships Beijing, China 10 km walk (road) 41:16 Wang Yan: 8 May 1999 Oder-Neisse Race Walk Grand Prix
The 50 kilometre race walk [2] was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. 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.