20/07/2020   Important updates of the Statistics section






 

 

 

The Statistics section has been updated and enriched with the following publications
 
 
 
Men
 
- All the winners of the 89 editions of the Italian 50 km Championships and, as of 1968, the statistics include all the top eight ranked athletes.
 
- All the winners of the 73 editions of the 20 km Italian Championships and, as of 1968, the statistics include all the top eight ranked athletes.
 
- All the winners of the 92 editions of the Italian 10km road championship or 10.000m. track walk and, starting from 1979, the statistics include all the top eight ranked athletes.
 
- All the winners of the 50 editions of the Italian Indoor Championships and, starting from 1970, the statistics include all the top eight ranked athletes.
 
 
General considerations
 
In Italy in the last 10 years at least 8 athletes have not reached the finish line in several editions, a phenomenon particularly evident in the 50km even if to be honest in the year 2018 it also covered the 20km and in the year 2011 it also concerned the 10km.
 
As far as the 50km is concerned, it is particularly important following the combination of a 35km test race with the 50km usiing generally the 35km as a selection for subsequent international competitions.
 
In general, the low number of participating athletes was also one of the reasons why World Athletics decided to eliminate 50km in favor of 35km. This is a fairly generalized problem, particularly in Europe. In fact, excluding Japan and China and in part Spain and Russia in other countries, the number of athletes who have reached the finish line has always been less than 4/5 athletes in recent years.
 
 
 
 
Women
 
 
- All the winners of the 3 editions of the 50 km Italian Championships.
 
- All the winners of the 27 editions of the 20 km Italian Championships and, since 1992, the statistics include all the top eight ranked athletes.
 
- All the winners of the 24 editions of the 10 km Italian Championships on 10000m. track walk and, starting from 1984, the statistics include all the top eight athletes classified.
 
- All the winners of the 30 editions of the Italian Championships on 5.000m track walk and, starting from 1981, the statistics include all the top eight athletes classified.
 
- All the winners of the 39 editions of the Italian Indoor Championships and, since 1981, the statistics include all the top eight ranked athletes.
 
 
 
Below all the links from which to download the files. The same files can also be downloaded in the Statistics section.