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50 kilometer Walk for men at Olympics
50 kilometer Walk for Men at Olympics: The race walking event is also known as the "speed walking". It is different from the running event in many aspects. The athletes gain great speed by using their hip and hand muscles during the event. The walkers remain much closer to the ground than the running event. The muscle and body movement during the race walks vary from the running events. Race walking needs extreme endurance power on the part of the athletes. During the race, judges are appointed for monitoring the movements of the athletes. The 50 kilometer walk for men is a sport event included in the Olympics schedule.
50 kilometer Walk for Men in Summer Olympics: The 50 kilometer walk for men was introduced to the Olympics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games. After the 1932 Olympics, men's 50 kilometer walk event has been held in every Summer Games.
Rules for 50 kilometer Walk for Men at Olympics: The International Association of Athletics Federations or IAAF has set many rules for the track and field events. The rules set for the 50 kilometer walk for men are -
Medal Winners in the 50 kilometer Walk for Men at Olympics: Some of the athletes who won medals in the 50 kilometer walk event are Shucai Xing, Andreas Erm, Andrey Perlov, Valeriy Spitsyn, German Skurygin, Yucheng Han, Chengliang Zhao, Yu Caohong, Robert Korzeniowski, Denis Nizhegorodov, Vyacheslav Ivanenko, Raul Gonzalez, Hartwig Gauder, Bernd Kannenberg, Christoph Hohne, Abdon Pamich, Don Thompson, Norman Read, Giuseppe Dordoni, John Ljunggren, Harold Whitlock and Thomas Green.
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