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{{Short description|Racewalking competitions occurring during the Olympic Games}}
{{Infobox Olympic athletics event
|event= Race walking
|image= Men's 20 km walk at 2004 Summer Olympics 2.JPEG
|imagesize = 260px
|caption= The 2004 Olympic men's 20&nbsp;km walk final
|gender= Men and women
|yearsheld= Men 20 km: [[Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometers walk|1956]] – [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometers walk|2020]] <br> Men 50 km: [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometers walk|1932]] – [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometers walk|2020]]<br> Women 20 km: [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometers walk|2000]] – [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometers walk|2020]]
|ORmen= '''20 km''' 1:18:46 [[Chen Ding]] (2012)<br>'''50 km''' 3:36:53 [[Jared Tallent]] (2012)
|ORwomen= '''20 km''' 1:25:02 [[Elena Lashmanova]] (2012)
|reigningman='''20 km''' {{flagIOCathlete|[[Massimo Stano]]|ITA}}<br>'''50 km''' {{flagIOCathlete|[[Dawid Tomala]]|POL}}
|reigningwoman='''20 km''' {{flagIOCathlete|[[Liu Hong (racewalker)|Liu Hong]]|CHN}}
}}
'''[[Race walking]] events at the [[Summer Olympics]]''' have been contested over a variety of distances at the [[multi-sport event]]. There are three race walking events in the current [[Olympic athletics programme]]: a men's and a women's [[20 kilometres walk]], and a men's [[50 kilometres walk]]. The races are held in a final-only format.

The first men's events came at the [[1908 London Olympics]], which featured 3500&nbsp;m and 10-mile distances. A 10-kilometre version was introduced at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] and it continued until [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]] (skipping three editions from 1928 to 1936). There was also a one-off 3000&nbsp;m walk at the [[1920 Antwerp Olympics]]. The men's 20&nbsp;km walk became the standard short distance for men in 1956 and has continued since then. The longer men's event over 50&nbsp;km was first held at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] and has been held continuously until the present day, except for a brief drop from the programme in 1976 – the [[IAAF]] held a [[1976 World Championships in Athletics|World Championship]] for the event in protest and it was restored.

The first women's event was introduced at the [[1992 Barcelona Olympics]], 84 years after the first men's race. Held over 10&nbsp;km for the first two editions, the women's event was extended to match the men's 20&nbsp;km distance from the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] onwards. Women have never commonly competed internationally over 50&nbsp;km, thus it has never been proposed as an Olympic event – as of 2012 it remains the only event on the Olympic athletics programme in which men compete, but women do not have an equivalent. The 50&nbsp;km is also the longest distance race for an Olympic athletics event.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/disciplines/race-walks/50-kilometres-race-walk 50 Kilometres Race Walk]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.</ref>

The [[List of Olympic records in athletics|Olympic records]] in racewalking were all broken at the [[2012 London Olympics]]. In the 20&nbsp;km walk [[Chen Ding]] holds the men's record of 1:18:46 hours, while [[Elena Lashmanova]] holds the women's mark of 1:25:02 hours. The men's 50&nbsp;km record is 3:36:53 hours, set by [[Jared Tallent]]. Lashmanova's time was a [[Women's 20 kilometres walk world record progression|world record]] – the first and so far only time a world record in racewalking has been set at an Olympic Games.<ref>Mulkeen, Jon (2012-08-11). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/lashmanova-sets-20km-race-walk-world-record-i Lashmanova sets 20km Race Walk World record in London!]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.</ref> [[Robert Korzeniowski]] is the most successful Olympic racewalker, having won the 50&nbsp;km three times as well as the 20&nbsp;km walk. Three other athletes have won four Olympic walk medals: [[Ugo Frigerio]] won three gold medals and a bronze in early competitions, [[Volodymyr Holubnychy]] won two 20&nbsp;km walk titles as well as a silver and a bronze, and [[Jared Tallent]] won a gold medal in the 50&nbsp;km along with two silver and a bronze.

The [[1906 Intercalated Games]], now not considered an official Olympic event, was the first venue for racewalking under the Olympic banner. Poor technique and judging significantly affected the 1500&nbsp;m walk event, to the point where a rematch over 3000&nbsp;m was added at short notice and judged by [[Constantine I of Greece]].

Race walking has been particularly affected by doping, with many Russian world and Olympic champions testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/olympics/where-racewalking-is-king-the-antidoping-officials-are-busy.html|title = Where Racewalking is King, the Antidoping Officials Are Busy|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 16 June 2015|last1 = Wilder|first1 = Charly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-doping-russia-idUSKBN1ZN1S8|title = Banned Russian race walking coach still working with athletes, official says|newspaper = Reuters|date = 24 January 2020}}</ref>

==Medal summary==

===Men's 20 km walk===
{{Olympic medalists in men's 20 kilometres walk}}

====Multiple medalists====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank
! Athlete
! Nation
! Olympics
!style="background-color:gold"|Gold
!style="background-color:silver"|Silver
!style="background-color:#cc9966"|Bronze
! Total
|-
| 1 ||align=left|{{sortname|Volodymyr|Holubnychy}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|URS}} || 1960–1972 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
| 2 ||align=left|{{sortname|Jefferson|Pérez}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ECU}} || 1996–2008 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
| 3 ||align=left|{{sortname|Maurizio|Damilano}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ITA}} || 1980–1988 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3
|-
| rowspan=2|4 ||align=left|{{sortname|Peter|Frenkel}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GDR}} || 1972–1976 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left|{{sortname|Wang|Zhen|Wang Zhen (racewalker)}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|CHN}} || 2012–2016 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
| 6 ||align=left|{{sortname|Hans-Georg|Reimann}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GDR}} || 1972–1976 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|}

====Medals by country====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank
! Nation
!style="background-color:gold"|Gold
!style="background-color:silver"|Silver
!style="background-color:#cc9966"|Bronze
! Total
|-
| 1 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|URS}} || 3 || 3 || 3 || 9
|-
| 2 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ITA}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 6
|-
| 3 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|MEX}} || 2 || 3 || 1 || 6
|-
| 4 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|CHN}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
| 5 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GDR}} || 1 || 2 || 3 || 6
|-
| 6 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|RUS}} || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
|-
| rowspan=2|7 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ECU}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ESP}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
|-
| 9 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GBR}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
| rowspan=2|10 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|TCH}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|POL}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| 12 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|AUS}} || 0 || 1 || 3 || 4
|-
| 13 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|JPN}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| rowspan=3|14 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|CAN}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|EUA}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GUA}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|}

===Women's 20 km walk===
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<br/>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wang Liping (racewalker)|Wang Liping]]|CHN|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kjersti Plätzer]]|NOR|2000 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[María Vasco]]|ESP|2000 Summer}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<br/>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Athanasia Tsoumeleka]]|GRE|2004 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Olimpiada Ivanova]]|RUS|2004 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jane Saville]]|AUS|2004 Summer}} 
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<br/>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Olga Kaniskina]]|RUS|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kjersti Tysse Plätzer]]|NOR|2008 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Elisa Rigaudo]]|ITA|2008 Summer}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<br/>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Elena Lashmanova]]|RUS|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Qieyang Shenjie]]|CHN|2012 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Liu Hong (racewalker)|Liu Hong]] |CHN|2012 Summer}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio]]<br/>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Liu Hong (racewalker)|Liu Hong]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[María Guadalupe González]]|MEX|2016 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lü Xiuzhi]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]<br/>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Antonella Palmisano]]|ITA|2020 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sandra Arenas]]|COL|2020 Summer}} 
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Liu Hong (racewalker)|Liu Hong]]|CHN|2020 Summer}}
|}

====Multiple medalists====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank
! Athlete
! Nation
! Olympics
!style="background-color:gold"|Gold
!style="background-color:silver"|Silver
!style="background-color:#cc9966"|Bronze
! Total
|-
| 1 ||align=left|{{sortname|Liu|Hong|Liu Hong (racewalker)}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|CHN}} || 2012–2016 || 1 || 0|| 2 || 3
|-
| 2 ||align=left|{{sortname|Kjersti|Plätzer}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|NOR}} || 2000–2008 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
|}

====Medals by country====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank
! Nation
!style="background-color:gold"|Gold
!style="background-color:silver"|Silver
!style="background-color:#cc9966"|Bronze
! Total
|-
| 1 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|CHN}} || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6
|-
| 2 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|RUS}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3
|-
| 3 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ITA}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GRE}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| 5 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|NOR}} || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| rowspan=2|6 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|MEX}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|COL}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| rowspan=2|8 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|AUS}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ESP}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|}

==Defunct distances ==

=== Men's 3000 m walk ===
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 kilometres walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ugo Frigerio]]|ITA|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[George Parker (athlete)|George Parker]]|AUS|1920 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Richard Remer]]|USA|1920 Summer}}
|}

=== Men's 3500 m walk ===
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3500 metres walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[George Larner]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ernest Webb]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Harry Kerr (racewalker)|Harry Kerr]]|ANZ|1908 Summer}}
|}

===Men's 10 km===
{{Olympic medalists in men's 10 kilometres walk}}

===Men's 10 miles===
{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]]<br>{{DetailsLink|Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 miles walk}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[George Larner]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ernest Webb]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Edward Spencer (athlete)|Edward Spencer]]|GBR|1908 Summer}}
|}

===Men's 50 km walk===
{{Olympic medalists in men's 50 kilometres walk}}

====Multiple medalists====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank
! Athlete
! Nation
! Olympics
!style="background-color:gold"|Gold
!style="background-color:silver"|Silver
!style="background-color:#cc9966"|Bronze
! Total
|-
| 1 ||align=left|{{sortname|Robert|Korzeniowski}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|POL}} || 1996–2004 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3
|-
| 2 ||align=left|{{sortname|Jared|Tallent}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|AUS}} || 2008–2016 || 1 || 2|| 0 || 3
|-
| 3 ||align=left|{{sortname|John|Ljunggren}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|SWE}} || 1948–1960 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
|-
| rowspan=2|4 ||align=left|{{sortname|Abdon|Pamich}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ITA}} || 1960–1964 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left|{{sortname|Hartwig|Gauder}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GDR}} || 1980–1988 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-
| rowspan=2|6 ||align=left|{{sortname|Ronald|Weigel}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GDR}}<br>{{FlagIOCteam|GER}} || 1988–1992 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left|{{sortname|Denis|Nizhegorodov}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|RUS}} || 2004–2008 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| 8 ||align=left|{{sortname|Larry|Young|Larry Young (racewalker)}} ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|USA}} || 1968–1972 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|}

====Medals by country====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank
! Nation
!style="background-color:gold"|Gold
!style="background-color:silver"|Silver
!style="background-color:#cc9966"|Bronze
! Total
|-
| 1 || align="left" |{{FlagIOCteam|POL}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4
|-
| 2 || align="left" |{{FlagIOCteam|GBR}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 5
|-
| 3 || align="left" |{{FlagIOCteam|ITA}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 6
|-
| 4 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GDR}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
| 5 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|SWE}} || 1 || 2 || 2 || 5
|-
| 6 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|URS}} || 1 || 2 || 1 || 4
|-
| 7 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|AUS}} || 1 || 2 || 0 || 3
|-
| 8 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|MEX}} || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
|-
| rowspan=4|9 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|NZL}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|SVK}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|EUN}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|FRG}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| 13 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|RUS}} || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
| 14 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|LAT}} || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| 15 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|SUI}} || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| rowspan=2|16 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|HUN}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|ESP}} || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| rowspan=2|18 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|CHN}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|TCH}} || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| 20 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|USA}} || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
| rowspan=3|21 ||align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|GER}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|IRL}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left|{{FlagIOCteam|JPN}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|}

===Women's 10 km===
{{Olympic medalists in women's 10 kilometres walk}}

==Intercalated Games==
The [[1906 Intercalated Games]] were held in [[Athens]] and at the time were officially recognised as part of the [[Olympic Games]] series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ 1906 Athina Summer Games]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.</ref>

Two walking events were held on the track at the 1906 Games: a men's 1500&nbsp;m walk and a men's 3000&nbsp;m walk. The first final to be held was the shorter distance. American [[George Bonhag]], an absolute walking novice who had competed in the 5-mile run, came away as the winner after Canada's [[Don Linden]], the eventual runner-up, had given basic technical advice to allow him to compete.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171256/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-1500-metres-walk.html Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Walk]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.</ref>

The 3000&nbsp;m walk was held two days later as a last minute addition to the athletics programme, which was approved and also adjudicated by [[Constantine I of Greece]] after the dissatisfaction with the initial race. The entire walking field, minus Bonhag and Linden, was rearranged for the competition. Britain's [[Robert Wilkinson (athlete)|Robert Wilkinson]] and Austria's [[Eugen Spiegler]] were again disqualified in the final stages for running, leaving Hungary's [[György Sztantics]] as the winner by a large margin.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172517/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ATH/mens-3000-metres-walk.html Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 3,000 metres Walk]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-21.</ref>

{| {{MedalistTable}}
|-
|{{OGMedalList|year=1906|place=Athens|sex=Men|event=1500 metres walk
|g=George Bonhag|gn=USA|s=Don Linden|sn=CAN|b=Konstantinos Spetsiotis|bn=GRE}}
|-
|{{OGMedalList|year=1906|place=Athens|sex=Men|event=3000 metres walk
|g=György Sztantics|gn=HUN|s=Hermann Müller (athlete)|sn=GER|b=Georgios Saridakis|bn=GRE}}
|}

==References==
;Participation and athlete data
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040716/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-1500-metres-walk.html Athletics Men's 1,500 metres Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040728/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-3000-metres-walk.html Athletics Men's 3,000 metres Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040739/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-3500-metres-walk.html Athletics Men's 3,500 metres Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040725/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-10-kilometres-walk.html Athletics Men's 10 kilometres Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040723/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-10-mile-walk.html Athletics Men's 10 mile Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040710/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html Athletics Men's 20 kilometres Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040713/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/mens-50-kilometres-walk.html Athletics Men's 50 kilometres Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040759/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/womens-10-kilometres-walk.html Athletics Women's 10 kilometres Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040758/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ATH/womens-20-kilometres-walk.html Athletics Women's 20 kilometres Walk Medalists]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-19.
;Olympic record progressions
*Mallon, Bill (2012). [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/2012_athletics_stats5.pdf TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS]. ''[[Track and Field News]]''. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
;Specific
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==External links==
*[http://www.iaaf.org/disciplines/race-walks/20-kilometres-race-walk IAAF 20 kilometres walk homepage]
*[http://www.iaaf.org/disciplines/race-walks/50-kilometres-race-walk IAAF 50 kilometres walk homepage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150705032224/http://www.olympic.org/ Official Olympics website]
*[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/formcharts/13-lists/1291-olympic-track-a-field-athletics-the-records Olympic athletics records] from ''Track & Field News''

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