Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held through the streets of Athens with the start and finish at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 27. The race had started in the virtually empty Olympic Stadium with fifty-four walkers lining up the field. The Chinese trio of Han Yucheng, Yu Chaohong, and Alatan Gadasu hurtled away from the pack to take the front as they left the stadium. In the early laps, Han made a tactical move to
2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk 1:24:00. The final took place on 13 August at 14:19. The results were as follows: 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a two kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August. As is typical, this race started off as a pack. By 5K, the pack still numbered 32, exactly half the starters, walking a leisurely (for them) 19:54. The second 5K was exactly the same, passed in 39:48 but the pack had worn