50km race walking is a sport compete for time to walk 50km.

Video, the men's 50km race walking is a state of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Regulations commentary seen in 5 minutes

Race walking

  • In race walking, you will need either foot is in contact with the ground at all times.
  • The front legs must extend the knee until it is perpendicular to the ground from arriving on the ground.
  • Eyes do the judging referee declares the disqualification and attention to the offender.

The competition area

  • Distance of the course, the error must be less than or equal to 50m and, in more than 50km.

Start

  • Gun after the starting signal will be; "(prepared set) Set".
  • (Aka Flying) will not be allowed in each race only once a false start.

Finish

  • Will finish when the body of the player reaches the finish line.
  • Record is the time taken to pass through the goal line from the starting signal will be the official record.

The road to gold medal

  • Without dividing the semi-finals-qualifying round, such as, do only one round of the finals.

World Record / Japanese record

50km race walking

 RecordNameDate
Worldmen3:34:14"Dennis Nijegorodofu (Russia)2008/05/11
Japanmen3:40:12"Yamazaki Yong-hi2009/04/12