Birth of Race Walk and Olympic Athletic Race Walk

Olympic Race walking developed as one of the original track and field events of the first meeting of the English Amateur Athletics Association in 1880. The first Olympic Race walking codes came from an attempt to regularize rules for popular 19th century long distance competitive walking events, called Pedestrianism.

Pedestrianism had developed, like footraces and horse racing, as a popular working class British and American pastime, and a venue for wagering. Walkers organized the first English amateur walking championship in 1866, which was won by John Chambers, and judged by the "fair heel and toe" rule. This rather vague code was the basis for the rules codified at the first Championships Meeting in 1880 of the Amateur Athletics Association in England, the birth of modern Athletics. With Football (soccer), Cricket and other sports codified in the 19th century, the transition from professional Pedestrianism to amateur Olympic Race walking was, while relatively late, part of a process of regularization occurring in most modern sports at this time.

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Rules of Olympic Athletics Race Walk

There are two rules that govern race walking. The first dictates that the athlete's back toe cannot leave the ground until the heel of the front foot has touched. Violation of this rule is known as loss of contact. The second rule requires that the supporting leg must straighten from the point of contact with the ground and remain straightened until the body passes directly over it. These rules are judged by the human eye, which creates controversy at today's high speeds. Athletes may sometimes lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride which can be caught on high-speed film, but such a short flight phase is undetectable to the human eye.

Athletes stay low to the ground by keeping their arms pumping low, close to their hips. If one sees a race walker's shoulders rising, it may be a sign that the athlete is losing contact with the ground. What appears to be an exaggerated swivel to the hip is, in fact, a full rotation of the pelvis. Athletes aim to move the pelvis forward, and to minimize sideways motion in order to achieve maximum forward propulsion. 

Speed is achieved by stepping quickly with the aim of rapid turnover. This minimizes the risk of the feet leaving the ground. Strides are short and quick, with push off coming forward from the ball of the foot, again to minimize the risk of losing contact with the ground. World class race walkers (male and female) can average fewer than seven and eight minutes per mile race walk.

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Athletics Race Walk Introduction

Race walking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Stride length is reduced, so to achieve competitive speeds, race walkers must attain cadence rates comparable to those achieved by Olympic400 meter runners and they must do so for hours at a time since the Olympic events are the 20 kilometer race walk and 50 kilometer race walk.

There are two rules that govern race walking. The first dictates that the athlete's back toe cannot leave the ground until the heel of the front foot has touched. Violation of this rule is known as loss of contact. The second rule requires that the supporting leg must straighten from the point of contact with the ground and remain straightened until the body passes directly over it. These rules are judged by the human eye, which creates controversy at today's high speeds. Athletes may sometimes lose contact for a few milliseconds per stride which can be caught on high-speed film, but such a short flight phase is undetectable to the human eye.

Race walking is an Olympic athletics event with distances of 20 kilometers for both men and women and 50 kilometers for men only. 

Race walking first appeared in the modern Olympics in 1904 as a half-mile walk in the 'all-rounder,' the precursor to the 10 event decathlon. In 1908, stand alone 1,500m and 3,000m race walks were added, and excluding 1924 there has been at least one race walk in every Olympics since. The women's race walk became an Olympic event only in 1992, following years of active lobbying by female internationals. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you Athletics Race Walk Tickets on affordable rates. You can buy any of Olympic Tickets including Athletics Race Walk Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange in easy and secure way.