Racewalking
Racewalking, or Walking race, is a long-distance athletic event. It is different from running: in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Stride length is reduced, so to achieve competitive speeds, race walkers must walk at speeds close to those that Olympic 400-meter runners use. They must walk at those speeds for hours at a time since the Olympic events are the 20 km race walk and 50 km race walk.[1]
Racewalking Media
Men's 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. The walker at the right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground, but according to the current rules, an infraction is only committed when the loss of contact is visible to the human eye.
Shaul Ladany (centre), in 1969
The start of the 3500 m walk final, 1908 Olympics
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Notes
Other websites
- Racewalk.com
- High School Race Walking
- Race Walking Record - News, photos and reports all about racewalking Archived 2018-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- World Masters Race Walking Rankings Archived 2018-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Race Walk UK Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Race Walk Australia
- D. Guebey walking pages
