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
The Long Walk Mythology Entertainment production company. Fotrally is an annual walking event that has been held in Sweden since 2009. Inspired by the novel, it was featured in a 2015 documentary on Sveriges Television. Contestants must remain within a length of road defined by officials who move at 5 kilometers per hour. They may obtain pre-arranged support (food, medicine, etc.) every six hours, and are given a maximum of 24 minutes per day to use a rolling toilet. The race is finished when only one contestant remains. The Long Walk The Long Walk is a novel by American writer Stephen King, published