50 miles race walk
Racewalking event
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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.
| Athletics 50-mile walk | |
|---|---|
Men's racewalk. Walker at right appears to be illegal in that both feet are off the ground, but an infraction is only committed when loss of contact is visible to the human eye.[1] | |
| World records | |
| Men |  Shaul Ladany 7:23:50 (1972) |
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.[2][3][4][5]
U.S. records
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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.[6]
World bests
Notes
- questionable, 7:44:47.2 by other sources
