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
2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk is a road course, the official times are only accurate to one second so both athlete's times round to the same time. Olyanovska continued to hold on, finishing just 28 seconds back for bronze. The rest of the field finished more than 1:15 behind her. It was the first gold medal for the home team at these championships. Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: The race was started at 08:30. 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing