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Detailed explanation-1: -The 50 km is also the longest distance race for an Olympic athletics event.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 50km race walk is the longest race event at the Olympic Games in terms of distance. Nearly 8km longer than the marathon, it is contested only by men, while there will be men’s and women’s events both for the 20km race walk. Race walking is much harder and complicated than running.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yes, race walking is an Olympic sport. Here’s how it works. As at every Olympic Games since Los Angeles in 1932, the men’s 50km race walk has taken the prize as the longest race at the competition. In terms of miles, the men’s race walk covers a distance of 31, some five miles longer than the marathon.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 10, 000 metres at the Summer Olympics is the longest track running event held at the multi-sport event. The men’s 10, 000 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912. The women’s event was added to the programme over seventy years later, at the 1988 Olympics.