Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held through the streets of Athens with the start and finish at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 27. The race had started in the virtually empty Olympic Stadium with fifty-four walkers lining up the field. The Chinese trio of Han Yucheng, Yu Chaohong, and Alatan Gadasu hurtled away from the pack to take the front as they left the stadium. In the early laps, Han made a tactical move to
2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk The women's 20 kilometres walk was held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August. Defending champion, Olympic champion and defending champion Liu Hong was absent. Still the race started faster than the Olympics. A pack of 20 formed on the front. That pack was whittled down to 10 by the half way point. That group reduced to five by 12K after Kimberly García (Peru) fell off the pace; two Chinese, Yang Jiayu and Lü Xiuzhi; María Guadalupe González