2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season) 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometre walk at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 21, 2009 on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The event started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate. Prior to the competition, previous winners did not appear to be medal prospects: the defending world champion Nathan Deakes missed the competition due to injury, and the reigning Olympic champion Alex Schwazer had failed to finish his sole 50 km
Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk the 1912 Summer Olympics. Both semi-finals were held on Monday, July 8, 1912. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912. Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres walk The men's 10 kilometres walk was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of racewalking, which had debuted at the previous games with the 10 mile and 3500 metre walks. The 10 kilometre was the only racewalking event in 1912. The competition was held on Monday, July