50 miles race walk explained

Event:50-mile walk
Wrmen: Shaul Ladany 7:23:50 (1972)

The 50-mile race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race. See Kennedy march for the 50-mile walk started a fitness challenge.

Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it. 50 miles is 80.47 kilometers.[1] [2] [3] [4]

U.S. records

In 1966, Israeli Shaul Ladany broke United States record in the 50-mile walk, which had stood since 1878 and was at the time the oldest U.S. track record.[5]

World bests

The men's world best for the 50-mile race walk is held by Ladany, through his race of 7:23:50 in 1972 in New Jersey, shattering the world mark that had stood since 1935.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Win No 4 a walk-over. Eric Paylor . Evening Gazette . July 14, 2004 . February 25, 2013.
  2. News: Teen walks into British top ten . Eric Paylor . Evening Gazette . June 18, 2003 . February 25, 2013.
  3. News: FIREFIGHTERS TO STEP OUT ON CHALLENGE . Isle of Man Today . March 1, 2007 . February 25, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216105617/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/firefighters-to-step-out-on-challenge-1-1761131 . December 16, 2013 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. News: McAllister . Andy . John crosses Payn barrier . Lancashire Telegraph . September 13, 2007 . February 25, 2013.
  5. News: Israeli Olympian Decries Walkout at Olympic Games . Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 6, 1973. February 24, 2013.
  6. News: Renee Ghert-Zand . The Healthiness of a Long-Distance Walker . The Jewish Week . January 31, 2012 . February 25, 2013 . October 21, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021002007/http://www.thejewishweek.com/special_sections/healthcare/healthiness_long_distance_walker . dead .
  7. News: Green . David B. . Questions & Answers / A conversation with Shaul P. Ladany . Haaretz . January 14, 2009 . February 24, 2013.
  8. Web site: Shaul Ladany . Jewishsports.net . February 24, 2013.
  9. News: Ladany training to win Olympics in a walk . https://archive.today/20130411160716/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1744790962.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+19,+1974&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Ladany+training+to+win+Olympics+in+a+walk&pqatl=google . dead . April 11, 2013 . Seymour S. Smith . The Baltimore Sun . August 19, 1974 . February 24, 2013 .

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