Race walking at the Olympics Race walking at the Olympics Race walking events at the Summer Olympics have been contested over a variety of distances at the multi-sport event. There are three race walking events in the current Olympic athletics programme: a men's and a women's 20 kilometres walk, and a men's 50 kilometres walk. The races are held in a final-only format. The first men's events came at the 1908 London Olympics, which featured 3500 m and 10-mile distances. A 10-kilometre version was introduced at the 1912 Summer Olympics and it continued until 1952 (skipping three editions from 1928–1936). There was also a one-off
2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk in the event. 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk The Men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tampere, Finland, on 10 July. 10 July 2013 Intermediate times:<br> 2 km: 8:26 Hagen Pohle <br> 4 km: 16:44 Hagen Pohle <br> 6 km: 25:02 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 8 km: 33:17 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 10 km: 41:34 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 12 km: 49:52 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 14 km: 58:00 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 16 km: 1:05:58 Pyotr Bogatyrev <br> 18 km: 1:13:52 Pyotr Bogatyrev According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from