Like every year at this time in the Statistics section were published graphs updated for trends of speed performances in road walking events. Starting this year, for the best readability of graphics, we limit the same to the last 20 years:

• 20 Km. Women - best (1997-2016)

• 20 Km. Women - average of the first 20 (from 1997 to 2016)

• 50 Km. Men - top (dal 1997 al 2016)

• 50 Km. Men – average of the first 20 (from 1997 to 2016)

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The most important fact about the year 2016, however, is related to the suspension of the ARAF (Federation of Russia) from international competitions.

The athletes of that Country have competed as though their possible nationwide. Two of them obtained good results in their 50km Summer Championships (in Cheboksary on June 25, 2016).

These two results, however, have changed very little the value of the average speed obtained by the first twenty athletes who passed from the value of 13,44 km/h to 13,42 km/h.