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100 kilometres race walk

Field	Value
event	100-kilometer walk
image	2005 World Championships in Athletics2.jpg
image_size	260
caption	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.
category	Racewalking event

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.

U.S. record

The United States record is 9:36:33, set by Dan Pierce in Houston, Texas, on December 2, 1987.

References

Belson, Ken. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/sports/olympics/olympic-racewalking-is-more-complicated-than-it-seems.html "One Step at a Time? It’s More Complicated Than That"] ''[[The New York Times]]'' (August 10, 2012)
"Shaul Ladany Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com.
"Shaul Ladany". Jewishsports.net.
Al Levine. (March 1, 1973). "World will Forget Munich – not Everyone is Jewish". The Miami News.
(January 17, 2012). "Statistics – Records". USATF.
"Men's Records". Racewalk.com.

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