Racewalking

Walking is an Olympic, slightly athletic discipline in which, as opposed to running may occur, not visible to the human eye loss of ground contact. Furthermore, it has the striding (front ) leg on the floor to the upright ( vertical ) position stretched when placed - that is, the knee is not bent - be (Rule 230 of the IWR - International Competition Rules ). This leads to the so- distinctive hip movement for walkers.

Warnings, red cards and disqualifications

If compliance with these provisions " ground contact " and " knee extension " at risk, the Gehrichter can do the athletes once with a so-called " warning" by a yellow trowel with identification of the relevant breach notify ( wavy line = loss of ground contact, angle = lack of stretching).

In addition, the Gehrichter can issue a red card. The red card is the athlete not displayed by the individual Gehrichter, but informed the Chief Judge as "Application for disqualification ." For the information of athletes ( and spectators ), the respective number and the reason for the red cards on a board displayed. For international events handheld computers must be used for communication with the Chief Judge and the Disqualifikationsantrag panel. After three red cards by various Gehrichter the walker is determined by the Chairman (or his assistant ) informed of the disqualification. Showing the disqualification is a red trowel, to which the walker immediately terminate the competition and must leave the race course. At competitions on the road of walkers also must decrease its starting numbers. At international competitions, the Chief Judge shall have the right to disqualify any skiers on the last 100 meters before the finish line regardless of the number of present Red Cards (quasi arbitrarily ). This he can only do this if the walking style of the athlete obviously against the rules, for example, if the walker is running or jogging and no more. The walker must terminate in such a case the competition, he is then placed immediately after the target of his disqualification in knowledge. Founded by the three red cards, which are necessary for disqualification, therefore, must be present at least three Gehrichter. In Germany ( events up to German Championships ) no two Gehrichter belong to the same club, that is, all incumbent Gehrichter must come from different clubs. In area or World Championships or events that are organized by region or world federation, no two Gehrichter same nation belong.

Stretch

Competitions are held on the street with the men over 20 km and 50 km, with women over 20 km. Gone is usually set to 1 to 2.5 km long round or turning point routes. In addition, train competitions over different distances from 10 km are common.

History

1682 a race walking competition was held in London, which consisted of a five-hour duration walking.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the going was a popular spectator sport in the UK. One of the most famous pedestrian was Captain Robert Barclay Allardice, known as the " Celebrated Pedestrian " (English: The Celebrated Pedestrian ) of Stonehaven. His biggest record he set between 1 June and 12 July 1809, when he managed to cover one mile in 1,000 consecutive hours. In this event, about 10,000 spectators were present. The American Ada Anderson could this record even improve it by he managed to resign in 1000 consecutive hours within 15 Minutes 1 mile walk. Even if the pedestrian sport has declined in importance in the 20th century, so there is still going to continue as an Olympic sport. There is also a traditional sporting event in England or the Land's End to John o 'Groats walk.

50 - km walk in 1932 and 20 - km walk in 1956 olympics. 1992 Woman Walking was recorded.