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The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 11 August [1] on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill. [2] The event was marred by the disqualification of all three Russian athletes due to doping violations.
The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place on 4 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill in central London. [1] [2] Robert Heffernan and Grzegorz Sudol took the early lead, soon joined by Yusuke Suzuki. Like a bicycle race, the unheralded Suzuki steadily broke away from the peloton.
The athletics competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held during the last 10 days of the Games, on 3–12 August. Track and field events took place at the Olympic Stadium in east London. The road events, however, started and finished on The Mall in central London. [3]
After the finish, Kaniskina was barely able to walk, while a fresh Lashmanova celebrated her victory. [3] [failed verification] Later, both the original top two athletes, Lashmanova and Kaniskina, and the original fifth place holder, who was also Russian, were disqualified for doping violations, and their
The 50 km is also the longest distance race for an Olympic athletics event. [1] In April 2023, a new Marathon Race Walking Mixed Relay event was announced for the 2024 Games, replacing the men's 50 km event. [2] The Olympic records in racewalking were all broken at the 2012 London Olympics.
European Race Walking Cup: Olhão, Portugal: 17th 50 km 4:10:02: 2012 World Race Walking Cup: Saransk, Russia: 12th 20 km 1:21:57: Olympic Games: London, United Kingdom: 47th 20 km 1:26:50: 2013 European Race Walking Cup: Dudince, Slovakia: 14th 20 km 1:24:05: 2nd Team - 20 km 30 pts Universiade: Kazan, Russia 8th 20 km walk 1:24:43: 2nd 20 km ...
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.
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.