Race walking at the Olympics
Qieyang Shenjie (2012) | |
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Reigning champion | |
Men | 20 km Massimo Stano (ITA) 50 km Dawid Tomala (POL) |
Women | 20 km Antonella Palmisano (ITA) |
The first men's events came at the
The first women's event was introduced at the
The
The 1906 Intercalated Games, now not considered an official Olympic event, was the first venue for racewalking under the Olympic banner. Poor technique and judging significantly affected the 1500 m walk event, to the point where a rematch over 3000 m was added at short notice and judged by Constantine I of Greece.
Race walking has been particularly affected by doping, with many Russian world and Olympic champions testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs.[4][5]
Medal summary
Men's 20 km walk
Multiple medalists
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Volodymyr Holubnychy | Soviet Union (URS) | 1960–1972 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Jefferson Pérez | Ecuador (ECU) | 1996–2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Maurizio Damilano | Italy (ITA) | 1980–1988 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Peter Frenkel | East Germany (GDR) | 1972–1976 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Wang Zhen | China (CHN) | 2012–2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Hans-Georg Reimann | East Germany (GDR) | 1972–1976 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medals by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Mexico (MEX) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
13 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Women's 20 km walk
Multiple medalists
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Liu Hong | China (CHN) | 2012–2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Kjersti Plätzer | Norway (NOR) | 2000–2008 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Lü Xiuzhi | China (CHN) | 2012–2016 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Defunct distances
Men's 3000 m walk
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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details
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Ugo Frigerio (ITA) | George Parker (AUS )
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Richard Remer (USA) |
Men's 3500 m walk
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1908 London |
George Larner (GBR) | Ernest Webb (GBR) | Harry Kerr (ANZ) |
Men's 10 km
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1912 Stockholm |
George Goulding Canada |
Ernest Webb Great Britain |
Fernando Altimani Italy |
1920 Antwerp |
Ugo Frigerio Italy |
Joseph Pearman United States |
Charles Gunn Great Britain |
1924 Paris |
Ugo Frigerio Italy |
Gordon Goodwin Great Britain |
Cecil McMaster South Africa |
1928–1936 | not included in the Olympic program | ||
1948 London |
John Mikaelsson Sweden |
Ingemar Johansson Sweden |
Fritz Schwab Switzerland |
1952 Helsinki |
John Mikaelsson Sweden |
Fritz Schwab Switzerland |
Bruno Junk Soviet Union |
Men's 10 miles
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1908 London |
George Larner (GBR) | Ernest Webb (GBR) | Edward Spencer (GBR) |
Men's 50 km walk
Multiple medalists
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland (POL) | 1996–2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Jared Tallent | Australia (AUS) | 2008–2016 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | John Ljunggren | Sweden (SWE) | 1948–1960 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Abdon Pamich | Italy (ITA) | 1960–1964 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Hartwig Gauder | East Germany (GDR) | 1980–1988 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Ronald Weigel | East Germany (GDR) Germany (GER) |
1988–1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Denis Nizhegorodov | Russia (RUS) | 2004–2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | Larry Young | United States (USA) | 1968–1972 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medals by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Poland (POL) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
4 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
9 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
14 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
15 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
18 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
21 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women's 10 km
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1992 Barcelona |
Chen Yueling China |
Yelena Nikolayeva Unified Team |
Li Chunxiu China |
1996 Atlanta |
Yelena Nikolayeva Russia |
Elisabetta Perrone Italy |
Wang Yan China |
Intercalated Games
The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[6]
Two walking events were held on the track at the 1906 Games: a men's 1500 m walk and a men's 3000 m walk. The first final to be held was the shorter distance. American
The 3000 m walk was held two days later as a last minute addition to the athletics programme, which was approved and also adjudicated by Constantine I of Greece after the dissatisfaction with the initial race. The entire walking field, minus Bonhag and Linden, was rearranged for the competition. Britain's Robert Wilkinson and Austria's Eugen Spiegler were again disqualified in the final stages for running, leaving Hungary's György Sztantics as the winner by a large margin.[8]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1906 Athens
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References
- Participation and athlete data
- Athletics Men's 1,500 metres Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Athletics Men's 3,000 metres Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Athletics Men's 3,500 metres Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Athletics Men's 10 kilometres Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Athletics Men's 10 mile Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Athletics Men's 20 kilometres Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Athletics Men's 50 kilometres Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Athletics Women's 10 kilometres Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Athletics Women's 20 kilometres Walk Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
- Olympic record progressions
- Mallon, Bill (2012). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Specific
- ^ 50 Kilometres Race Walk. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
- ^ "New Olympic marathon race walk mixed relay for Paris 2024 revealed". www.insidethegames.biz. 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2012-08-11). Lashmanova sets 20km Race Walk World record in London!. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
- ^ Wilder, Charly (16 June 2015). "Where Racewalking is King, the Antidoping Officials Are Busy". The New York Times.
- ^ "Banned Russian race walking coach still working with athletes, official says". Reuters. 24 January 2020.
- ^ 1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- ^ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Walk. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
- ^ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 3,000 metres Walk. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
External links
- IAAF 20 kilometres walk homepage
- IAAF 50 kilometres walk homepage
- Official Olympics website
- Olympic athletics records from Track & Field News
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