100 kilometres race walk

Racewalking event February 2013 100-kilometer walk 2005 World Championships in Athletics2.jpg 260 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.Belson, Ken. "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That" The New York Times (August 10, 2012) Racewalking event thumb|260px|100 km specialist Alighiero Guglielmi, carried in triumph after his third consecutive victory in the 100 km of 1948. The 100-kilometer 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. History Against the wishes of the Israeli track and field authorities, because the Munich Massacre had just taken place, Israel Shaul Ladany competed and won the gold medal in the World 100 km walking title at the 1972 World Championships in Switzerland, in a time of 9:31:00.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/shaul-ladany-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/shaul-ladany-1.html dead April 18, 2020 Shaul Ladany Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-reference.com February 24, 2013http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Shaul-Ladany.htm Shaul Ladany Jewishsports.net February 24, 2013 October 3, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181003194003/http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Shaul-Ladany.htm dead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9NElAAAAIBAJ&pg=778,147943&dq=shaul+ladany&hl=en https://archive.today/20130411015246/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9NElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lfMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=778,147943&dq=shaul+ladany&hl=en dead April 11, 2013 Al Levine World will Forget Munich – not Everyone is Jewish The Miami News March 1, 1973 February 24, 2013 U.S. record The United States record is 9:36:33, set by Dan Pierce in Houston, Texas, on December 2, 1987.http://www.usatf.org/statistics/records/view.asp?division=american&location=road&age=open&sport=RW Statistics – Records USATF January 17, 2012 February 28, 2013http://www.racewalk.com/Results/MensRecords.asp Men's Records Racewalk.com February 28, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130217075217/http://www.racewalk.com/Results/MensRecords.asp February 17, 2013 References Category:Race walking distances Category:100 (number)