50 miles race walk

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]
Men's records
World	Shaul Ladany 7:23:50 (1972)

The 50-mile race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race.

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 records

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

References

1. Belson, Ken. "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That" 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. 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.