1997 World Championships In Athletics – Men's 50 Kilometres Walk
These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1997 World Championships held on Thursday 7 August 1997 in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ..., Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes. Medalists Abbreviations *''All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds'' Intermediates Final ranking See also * 1994 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Helsinki) * 1996 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Atlanta) * 1998 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Budapest) References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 50 Kilometres Walk W Racewalking at the World Athletics Championships ...
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Race Walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully assess that this is maintained throughout the race. Typically held on either roads or running tracks, common distances range from up to 100 kilometres (62.1 mi). There are two racewalking distances contested at the Summer Olympics: the 20 kilometres race walk (men and women) and 50 kilometres race walk (men only). Both are held as road events. The biennial World Athletics Championships also featured these two events, in addition to a 50 km walk for women, until 2019. The 50km race walk was replaced by the 35 kilometres race walk as standard championship discipline in 2022. The IAAF World Race Walking Cup, first held in 1961, is a stand-alone global competition for the discipline and it has 10 kilometres race walks for junior ath ...
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