Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics for accepting payments in excess of his expenses for an exhibition tour (i.e. for "professionalism"). The athletics events took place at Los Angeles Olympic Stadium, now the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Of the 29 events competed new Olympic records were set in all but three: men's long jump, high jump and hammer throw. World records were set in 10 events. Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 kilometres race walk appeared in the men's
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk the first Olympic medal for Guatemala. , the existing World and Olympic records stood as follows. The following new Olympic record was set during this event: The following National records were set during this competition. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place on 4 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill in central London. Robert Heffernan and Grzegorz Sudol took the early lead, soon joined by Yusuke Suzuki. Like a bicycle race, the unheralded Suzuki steadily broke away