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
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