Poděbrady Walking

The first Poděbrady Walking was held in 1894, hosted by the Královské Vinohrady Pedestrian Club and borne out of pedestrianism two years before the first Modern Olympic Games.^[2] It was held over the 50 kilometres race walk distance, from Karlín to Poděbrady. After the first two editions, the race was organized by Pepa Černý starting in 1929.^[3] With the exception of four years during World War II, the race has been held on an annual basis since then.

The race began to attract international participation in 1947.^[2] The first women's race was added in 1990, originally over the 10 kilometres race walk distance while the men still walked 50 km. In 1991, the course was changed to 50 times around a 1 km road lap in Spa Park to be compliant with new IAAF world record regulations and due to car traffic on the old course's roads.^[4] It would not be until 2001 that the women's race distance was increased to 20 km, and from 2003 to the present both men's and women's races were held over the 20 km distance. The course has played host to several international championships, beginning with the 1997 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and more recently the 2017 European Race Walking Cup, 2021 European Race Walking Team Championships, and 2023 European Race Walking Team Championships.^[4]

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Poděbrady Walking senior race winners

Ed.	Date	Men				Women				R
		20 km walk / HM walk		50 km walk / 35 km walk		10 km walk / 20 km walk / HM walk		35 km walk
1st	1894	—N/a		František Malý (TCH)	5h50m	—N/a		—N/a
2nd	4 Aug 1901	—N/a		František Malý (TCH)	6h35m	—N/a		—N/a		[5]
3rd	25 Aug 1929	—N/a		Emanuel Kubát (TCH)	5:17:01	—N/a		—N/a		[6][7]
4th	24 Aug 1930	—N/a		Jaroslav Štork-Žofka (TCH)	4:58:49	—N/a		—N/a		[8]
5th	30 Aug 1931	—N/a		Josef Šlehofer (TCH)	4:56:55	—N/a		—N/a		[9]
6th	1932	—N/a		Jaroslav Štork-Žofka (TCH)	4:49:22	—N/a		—N/a
7th	30 Jul 1933	—N/a		Josef Šlehofer (TCH)	4:54:08	—N/a		—N/a		[10]
8th	29 Jul 1934	—N/a		Jaroslav Štork-Žofka (TCH)	4:47:38	—N/a		—N/a		[11]
9th	28 Jul 1935	—N/a		Frantisek Princ (TCH)	5:03:35	—N/a		—N/a		[12]
10th	23 Aug 1936	—N/a		Jaroslav Štork-Žofka (TCH)	4:40:20	—N/a		—N/a		[13]
11th	1937	—N/a		Frantisek Princ (TCH)	4:51:59	—N/a		—N/a		[14]
12th	1938	—N/a		Jaroslav Štork-Žofka (TCH)	4:58:44	—N/a		—N/a		[15]
13th	1939	—N/a		Frantisek Princ (TCH)	5:02:26	—N/a		—N/a		[16]
14th	11 Aug 1940	—N/a		Vaclav Růžička (TCH)	4:55:52	—N/a		—N/a		[17]
15th	5 Aug 1945	—N/a		Otakar Buhl (TCH)	4:56:03	—N/a		—N/a		[18]
16th	4 Aug 1946	—N/a		Josef Doležal (TCH)	4:23:40	—N/a		—N/a		[19]
17th	3 Aug 1947	—N/a		Edgar Bruun (NOR)	4:34:57	—N/a		—N/a		[20]
18th	1948	—N/a		Otakar Buhl (TCH)	4:36:35	—N/a		—N/a
19th	7 Aug 1949	—N/a		Josef Doležal (TCH)	4:31:47	—N/a		—N/a		[21]
20th	6 Aug 1950	—N/a		Josef Doležal (TCH)	4:28:25	—N/a		—N/a		[22]
21st	12 Aug 1951	—N/a		Josef Doležal (TCH)	4:38:37	—N/a		—N/a		[23]
22nd	24 Aug 1952	—N/a		Josef Doležal (TCH)	4:23:13	—N/a		—N/a		[24]
23rd	30 Aug 1953	—N/a		Josef Doležal (TCH)	4:36:50	—N/a		—N/a		[25]
24th	12 Sep 1954	—N/a		Josef Doležal (TCH)	4:16:05	—N/a		—N/a		[26]
25th	1955	—N/a		Josef Doležal (TCH)	4:23:05	—N/a		—N/a		[27]
26th	1956	—N/a		Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:12:54	—N/a		—N/a		[28]
27th	6 Oct 1957	—N/a		Sergey Lobastov (URS)	4:10:08.2	—N/a		—N/a		[29]
28th	12 Oct 1958	—N/a		Svätopluk Sýkora (TCH)	4:24:59.4	—N/a		—N/a		[30]
29th	16 Aug 1959	—N/a		Tom Misson (GBR)	4:15:15	—N/a		—N/a		[31]
30th	19 Jun 1960	—N/a		Anatolyi Vedyakov (URS)	4:20:25	—N/a		—N/a		[32]
31st	13 Aug 1961	—N/a		Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:10:07	—N/a		—N/a		[33]
32nd	2 Sep 1962	—N/a		Ladislav Moc (TCH)	4:27:54	—N/a		—N/a		[34]
33rd	4 Aug 1963	—N/a		Gunther Rieger (GDR)	4:36:15	—N/a		—N/a		[35]
34th	2 Aug 1964	—N/a		Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:14:50	—N/a		—N/a		[36]
35th	8 Aug 1965	—N/a		Burkhard Leuschke (GDR)	4:14:20	—N/a		—N/a		[37]
36th	31 Jul 1966	—N/a		Kurt Sakowski (GDR)	4:15:53	—N/a		—N/a		[38]
37th	6 Aug 1967	—N/a		Christoph Höhne (GDR)	4:02:03	—N/a		—N/a		[39]
38th	4 Aug 1968	—N/a		Burkhard Leuschke (GDR)	4:06:51	—N/a		—N/a		[40]
39th	3 Aug 1969	—N/a		Alexander Bílek (TCH)	4:20:00	—N/a		—N/a		[41]
40th	2 Aug 1970	—N/a		Christoph Höhne (GDR)	4:06:10	—N/a		—N/a		[42]
41st	18 Jul 1971	—N/a		Joachim Schlechtweg (GDR)	4:15:05	—N/a		—N/a		[43]
42nd	16 Jul 1972	—N/a		Mathias Kroel (GDR)	4:19:11	—N/a		—N/a		[44]
43rd	15 Jul 1973	—N/a		Peter Selzer (GDR)	4:12:05	—N/a		—N/a		[45]
44th	14 Jul 1974	—N/a		Milan Bartoš (TCH)	4:14:20	—N/a		—N/a		[46]
45th	13 Jul 1975	—N/a		Mathias Kroel (GDR)	4:16:12	—N/a		—N/a		[47]
46th	18 Jul 1976	—N/a		Mathias Kroel (GDR)	4:16:12	—N/a		—N/a		[48]
47th	10 Jul 1977	—N/a		Ralf Knütter (GDR)	4:06:25	—N/a		—N/a		[49]
48th	11 Jun 1978	—N/a		Raúl González (MEX)	3:41:19	—N/a		—N/a		[50]
49th	16 Jun 1979	—N/a		Horst Joachim Matern (GDR)	3:56:07	—N/a		—N/a		[51]
50th	1 Jun 1980	—N/a		Jorge Llopart (ESP)	3:48:59	—N/a		—N/a		[52]
51st	13 Jun 1981	—N/a		Valeryi Suntsov (URS)	3:57:16	—N/a		—N/a		[53]
52nd	12 Jun 1982	—N/a		Ernesto Canto (MEX)	3:51:10	—N/a		—N/a		[54]
53rd	8 May 1983	—N/a		Raúl González (MEX)	3:51:37	—N/a		—N/a		[55]
54th	3 Jun 1984	—N/a		Jozef Hudák (TCH)	4:00:51	—N/a		—N/a		[56]
55th	11 May 1985	—N/a		Pavol Szikora (TCH)	3:54:58	—N/a		—N/a		[57]
56th	1 Jun 1986	—N/a		Nikolay Frolov (URS)	3:48:00	—N/a		—N/a		[58]
57th	11 Oct 1987	—N/a		Erling Andersen (NOR)	3:56:22	—N/a		—N/a		[59]
58th	5 Jun 1988	—N/a		Pavol Szikora (TCH)	3:46:52	—N/a		—N/a		[60]
59th	3 Sep 1989	—N/a		Hubert Sonnek (TCH)	3:59:58	—N/a		—N/a		[61]
60th	16 Jun 1990	—N/a		Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	3:47:08	Yelena Saiko (LIT)	46:41	—N/a		[62]
61st	16 Jun 1990	—N/a		Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	3:47:08	Yelena Saiko (LIT)	46:41	—N/a		[63]
62nd	28 Sep 1991	—N/a		Aleksey Volgin (URS)	3:51:16	Yelena Saiko (URS)	44:49	—N/a		[64][65]
63rd	1992	—N/a		Daniel García (MEX)	3:59:16	Zuzana Zemková (TCH)	48:10	—N/a
64th	1993	—N/a		Carlos Mercenario (MEX)	3:52:55	Eva Machuca (MEX)	46:39	—N/a		[66]
65th	23 Apr 1994	—N/a		Viktor Ginko (BLR)	3:52:55	Susana Feitor (POR)	44:16	—N/a		[67]
66th	1995	—N/a		Hubert Sonnek (CZE)	3:55:57	Ivanova (RUS)	43:29	—N/a
67th	1996	—N/a		Gordej (BLR)	4:07:56	Olga Kardopolceva (BLR)	43:52	—N/a
68th	19-20 Apr 1997	Jefferson Pérez (ECU)	1:18:24	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	3:39:54	Irina Stankina (RUS)	41:52	—N/a
69th	29 Mar 1998	—N/a		Zoltán Czukor (HUN)	3:59:20	Lyudmila Dolgopoljova (BLR)	44:40	—N/a		[68]
70th	1999	—N/a		Miloš Holuša (CZE)	3:58:28	Ludmila Rychnovská (CZE)	49:45	—N/a
71st	2000	—N/a		Roman Madgyarczyk (POL)	3:51:44	Katarzyna Radtke (POL)	47:11	—N/a
72nd	1 Apr 2001	—N/a		Stefan Malik (SVK)	3:55:44	Joanne Baj (POL)	1:36:36	—N/a		[69]
73rd	25 May 2002	—N/a		Grzegorz Sudol (POL)	3:50:37	Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL)	1:36:27	—N/a		[70]
74th	5 Apr 2003	Matej Tóth (SVK)	1:23:17	—N/a		Zuzana Blažeková (SVK)	1:37:47	—N/a		[70]
75th	27 Mar 2004	Bengt Bengtsson (SWE)	1:24:05	—N/a		Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL)	1:32:40	—N/a		[70]
76th	9 Apr 2005	Yohann Diniz (FRA)	1:20:20	—N/a		Barbora Dibelková (CZE)	1:33:16	—N/a		[70]
77th	8 Apr 2006	Colin Griffin (IRL)	1:24:18	—N/a		Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL)	1:32:56	—N/a		[70]
78th	14 Apr 2007	Luís Manuel Corchete (ESP)	1:23:56	—N/a		Beatriz Pascual (ESP)	1:32:57	—N/a		[70]
79th	12 Apr 2008	Matej Tóth (SVK)	1:22:35	—N/a		Sylwia Korzeniowska (POL)	1:31:16	—N/a		[70]
80th	25 Apr 2009	Matej Tóth (SVK)	1:20:53	—N/a		Zuzana Schindlerová (CZE)	1:35:04	—N/a		[70]
81st	10 Apr 2010	Giorgio Rubino (ITA)	1:22:22	—N/a		Sibilla Di Vincenzo (ITA)	1:32:10	—N/a		[70]
82nd	9 Apr 2011	Matteo Giupponi (ITA)	1:22:36	—N/a		Eva María Iglesias (ESP)	1:34:28	—N/a		[70]
83rd	21 Apr 2012	Matej Tóth (SVK)	1:21:54	—N/a		Sibilla Di Vincenzo (ITA)	1:34:16	—N/a		[70]
84th	13 Apr 2013	Éider Arévalo (COL)	1:19:45 AU23R	—N/a		Monica Equihua (MEX)	1:31:55	—N/a		[70]
85th	12 Apr 2014	Matej Tóth (SVK)	1:20:00	—N/a		Anežka Drahotová (CZE)	1:29:43	—N/a		[70]
86th	11 Apr 2015	Christopher Linke (GER)	1:20:37	—N/a		Brigita Virbalyté (LTU)	1:31:10	—N/a		[70]
87th	9 Apr 2016	Perseus Karlström (SWE)	1:19:11	—N/a		Alejandra Ortega (MEX)	1:29:35	—N/a		[70][71]
88th	8 Apr 2017	Christopher Linke (GER)	1:18:59	—N/a		Sandra Galvis (COL)	1:30:00	—N/a		[70]
89th	21 May 2017	Christopher Linke (GER)	1:19:28	Ivan Banzeruk (UKR)	3:48:15	Antonella Palmisano (ITA)	1:27:57	—N/a		[70]
90th	7 Apr 2018	Christopher Linke (GER)	1:21:52	—N/a		Eleonora Anna Giorgi (ITA)	1:28:49	—N/a		[70]
91st	6 Apr 2019	Vasiliy Mizinov (RUS)	1:20:14	—N/a		Eleonora Anna Giorgi (ITA)	1:27:46	—N/a		[70]
92nd	10 Oct 2020	Perseus Karlström (SWE)	1:19:43	—N/a		Antonella Palmisano (ITA)	1:28:40	—N/a		[70]
93rd	16 May 2021	Perseus Karlström (SWE)	1:18:54	Marc Tur (ESP)	3:47:40	Antonella Palmisano (ITA)	1:27:42	Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE)	2:49:55	[70]
94th	2 Apr 2022	Caio Bonfim (BRA)	1:18:54	—N/a		Valeria Ortuño (MEX)	1:29:25	—N/a		[70]
95th	21 May 2023	Francesco Fortunato (ITA)	1:18:59	Alvaro Martin (ESP)	3:25:35	Antigoni Drisbioti (GRE)	1:29:17	Maria Perez (ESP)	2:37:15	[70]
96th	6 Apr 2024	Perseus Karlström (SWE)	1:18:22	—N/a		Kimberly García (PER)	1:27:08	—N/a		[72]
97th	18 May 2025	Paul McGrath (ESP)	1:18:05	Massimo Stano (ITA)	3:20:43WR	Lyudmila Olyanovska (UKR)	1:27:56	Maria Perez (ESP)	2:38:59	[73]
98th	8 May 2026	Francesco Fortunato (ITA)	1:23:00	—N/a		Kimberly García (PER)	1:31:44	—N/a		[74]

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