Race walking is an event contested in all levels of the sport of track & field, from youth athletics up to and including the Olympic Games. Race walking combines the endurance of the long distance ...

Race walking has been around since the late 19th ... (now the decathlon), and as a standalone sport in the 1908 London Games. Since then, its rules have been codified and now fall into two main ...

In the late 19th-century, in fact, race walking was a serious sport in the ... events that were added to the 1932 and 1956 Olympic Games, respectively, 19th-century “pedestrianism” saw racers ...

Yes, there are three race walking events at the Paris Olympics ... The men's and women's 20km walks will each return for the Paris Games. The race walk courses will take place on the same course as ...

Switching from distance running to race walking, Laskua became a 3 time Olympian ... Henry competed in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games. Masters Race Walker of the Year Award Each year, one male ...