50 miles race walk

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
Shaul Ladany (center)

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

The men's world best for the 50-mile race walk is held by Ladany, through his race of 7:23:50[lower-alpha 1] in 1972 in New Jersey, shattering the world mark that had stood since 1935.[7][8][9][10]

Notes
  1. questionable, 7:44:47.2 by other sources

References
  1. Belson, Ken. "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That" The New York Times (August 10, 2012)
  2. Eric Paylor (July 14, 2004). "Win No 4 a walk-over". Evening Gazette. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  3. Eric Paylor (June 18, 2003). "Teen walks into British top ten". Evening Gazette. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  4. "FIREFIGHTERS TO STEP OUT ON CHALLENGE". Isle of Man Today. March 1, 2007. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  5. McAllister, Andy (September 13, 2007). "John crosses Payn barrier". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  6. "Israeli Olympian Decries Walkout at Olympic Games". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 6, 1973. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  7. Renee Ghert-Zand (January 31, 2012). "The Healthiness of a Long-Distance Walker". The Jewish Week. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  8. Green, David B. (January 14, 2009). "Questions & Answers / A conversation with Shaul P. Ladany". Haaretz. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  9. "Shaul Ladany". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  10. Seymour S. Smith (August 19, 1974). "Ladany training to win Olympics in a walk". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 24, 2013.


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