Race walking at the Olympics Race walking at the Olympics Race walking events at the Summer Olympics have been contested over a variety of distances at the multi-sport event. There are three race walking events in the current Olympic athletics programme: a men's and a women's 20 kilometres walk, and a men's 50 kilometres walk. The races are held in a final-only format. The first men's events came at the 1908 London Olympics, which featured 3500 m and 10-mile distances. A 10-kilometre version was introduced at the 1912 Summer Olympics and it continued until 1952 (skipping three editions from 1928–1936). There was also a one-off
2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk The Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 17 July. 17 July 2011 / 10:00 Intermediate times:<br> 2 km: 10:21 Alexandra Gradinariu <br> 4 km: 19:48 Tatyana Mineyeva <br> 6 km: 28:55 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 8 km: 37:48 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 10 km: 46:42 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 12 km: 55:31 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 14 km: 1:04:30 Nina Okhotnikova <br> 16 km: 1:13:32 Tatyana Mineyeva <br> 18 km: 1:22:25 Tatyana Mineyeva According to an unofficial count,