1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk the results all athletes behind him advancing one place. Skurygin died of a heart attack 9 years later at age 45. <br> <br> 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The Men's 50 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain was held on Wednesday August 25, 1999, with the start at 07:45h local time The first person to cross the finish line was Russian German Skurygin. Unlike the other DQ's listed for form violations (loss of contact or bent knee), his was announced two years later. He was disqualified for a doping violation, one
Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk The men's 10 kilometres walk event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920 and on Wednesday, August 18, 1920. Twenty-three race walkers from 13 nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics. The semifinals were held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920. Semifinal 1 This heat was one lap short, so the distance of this race was only 9600 metres. Semifinal 2 The final