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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.
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 ...
John Hamilton Nunn (born February 3, 1978) is an American race walker.He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place in the men's 20 km event.On January 22, 2012, he qualified to represent the U.S. in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50km racewalk. [2]
Racewalking events at the Summer Olympics have been contested over a variety of distances at the multi-sport event. 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.
Daniel was born on 29 July 1995 in Cuenca to Fausto Pintado and Eulalia Álvarez. He was a sporty child, playing football and distance running. He made the switch to race walking at 11 years old and went on to win the 2008 South American School Games.
The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athletics Championships, and is a World record event.
González won the 50 km race walk at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 1977, 1981 and 1983. He set the world record in the 50 km race walk twice in 1978 with times of 3:45:52 and 3:41:20. As of October 2011, it still was the North American record.
Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 50 kilometres is approximately 31 miles. The 50 kilometres race walk was dropped from the Olympic program after the 2020 Tokyo Games in 2021 and was replaced by a mixed team race, the marathon race walk mixed relay in ...