2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 50 kilometres walk The following records were set at the competition: The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4:30:00. The final took place on 13 August at 07:46. The results were as follows: 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 50 kilometres walk The women's 50 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a 2 kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August. This was the first time women were offered this event in the world championships, finally equalizing all events for both genders. Only seven women toed the
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held throughout the city of Berlin on August 15, beginning and ending at the Brandenburg Gate. With the 2007 champion and 2008 Olympic silver medallist Jefferson Pérez having retired, the reigning Olympic champion Valeriy Borchin was regarded as strong favourite. He had recorded the world-leading time prior to the tournament and had been undefeated that season. The Olympic third and fourth-place finishers, Jared Tallent and Wang Hao, were regarded as the strongest challengers to Borchin. Italians