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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.
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. 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.
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 1,500m and 3,000m race walks were added, and, excluding 1924, there has been at least one race walk (for men) in every Olympics since.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics Record Athlete (Nation) Time Location Date World record Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 1:16.36 [5] Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015 Olympic record Chen Ding (CHN) 1:18.46: London, Great Britain 4 August 2012 World leading Koki Ikeda (JPN) 1:16.51 [6] Kobe, Japan 18 February 2024
For the 10,000 metres, combined events (men's decathlon and women's heptathlon) and racewalking, the qualification period ran from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024. [ 8 ] In the marathon races, any runner ranked higher than the sixty-fifth-place athlete on the filtered Quota Place "Road to Paris" list on 30 January 2024, was deemed eligible for ...
The marathon race walk mixed relay is a racewalking mixed relay event over the marathon distance that was first contested at the 2024 Summer Olympics on 7 August. [1] [2] World Athletics and the International Olympic Committee introduced the race in April 2023. The distance of the race is that of a marathon; 26.219 miles or 42.195 kilometres.
While Olympic racewalking involves specific postures and techniques, speedwalking (walking fast, basically) is a simple, less rules-based alternative.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics Record Athlete (Nation) Time Location Date World record Yang Jiayu (CHN) 1:23.49 [2] Huangshan, China 20 March 2021 Olympic record Qieyang Shijie (CHN) 1:25.16: London, Great Britain 11 August 2012 World leading Elvira Chepareva (RUS) 1:24.31 [3] Sochi, Russia 27 February 2024