1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The Men's 50 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain was held on Wednesday August 25, 1999, with the start at 07:45h local time The first person to cross the finish line was Russian German Skurygin. Unlike the other DQ's listed for form violations (loss of contact or bent knee), his was announced two years later. He was disqualified for a doping violation, one of the first for a string of doping violations by athletes in the charge of his coach Viktor Chegin. Skurygin was removed from
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk Li Chunxiu. Well ahead, Ivanova bounded across the finish line in first, but her final sprint only earned her a disqualification. Ileana Salvador sprinted past Li at the line, also earning a disqualification, giving Chen the gold medal and China the gold/bronze combination. Chen also took the Olympic record in the first time Olympic event. Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 kilometres walk The Women's 10 km Walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held on August 3, 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 44 competitors, with six athletes who were disqualified. Inside