Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 11 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill. The event was marred by the disqualification of all three Russian athletes due to doping violations. With 63 starters, there was a large pack at the start, Matej Tóth walking along the side barrier was the first to take the front. By first water stop former world champion Sergey Kirdyapkin and reigning world champion Sergey Bakulin moved to front, with 3 Australians
2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk event. 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk The Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 17 July. 17 July 2011 / 8:00 Intermediate times:<br> 2km: 8:53 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 4km: 17:25 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 6km: 26:02 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 8km: 34:25 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 10km: 42:54 Veli-Matti Partanen <br> 12km: 51:27 Máté Helebrandt <br> 14km: 59:57 Máté Helebrandt <br> 16km: 1:08:15 Petr Bogatyrev <br> 18km: 1:16:18 Petr Bogatyrev <br> According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 9 countries participated in