2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 14 August. From the start on home soil, Russians Mikhail Ryzhov and Ivan Noskov took the lead, with Jared Tallent in tow. By 15K the three had broken away to a 12-second lead. Tallent began to fall back to lead a large chasing pack as the two men continued to set the pace. By the half way mark Grzegorz Sudol and Robert Heffernan, who had spotted the leaders
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk records were set during the competition. The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 20 kilometres race walk, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 1:33:30 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 1:38:00 or faster could be entered. Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk The women's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part