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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 ...
The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 20 kilometres walk, as recognised by the IAAF. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately. Notice that the records for road walk and track walk are considered separately.
The "Vierdaagse" (Dutch for "Four day Event") is an annual walk that has taken place since 1909; it has been based at Nijmegen since 1916. Depending on age group and category, walkers have to walk 30, 40 or 50 kilometers each day for four days. [citation needed] Originally a military event with a few civilians, it now is a mainly civilian event ...
The longest standing modern Olympic athletics record is Bob Beamon's achievement in the men's long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [6] The jump, at 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in), also broke the existing world record by 55 cm (22 in), and stood as the world record for 23 years until Beamon's compatriot, Mike Powell , jumped farther in the 1991 World ...
Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates 23 August Competitors 61 from 33 nations Winning time 1:19:14 Medalists Miguel Ángel López Spain Wang Zhen China Benjamin Thorne Canada ← 2013 2017 → Events at the 2015 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men women 1500 m men women 5000 m men ...
The walk is an extension of the #BraveMenTalk campaign, in partnership with Barebarics barefoot shoes, which calls attention to male mental health globally and raises funds for charities.
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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.