Dudinská Päťdesiatka

The Dudinská Päťdesiatka or Dudinská 50 (Fifty kilometres of Dudince) is an annual racewalking competition held in March on the streets of Dudince, Slovakia. The primary focus of the competition is a men's 50 kilometres race walk, from which the event takes its name. There are also two 20 kilometres race walks, one for men and one for women, as well as a variety of shorter races for younger athletes.[1]

Dudinská Päťdesiatka
Datelate March
LocationDudince,  Slovakia
Event typeRacewalking
Distance50km, 20km
Established1982
Course recordsMen's: 3:34:38 (2015)
Slovakia Matej Tóth
Women's: 1:26:46 (2015)
Italy Eleonora Giorgi
Official siteSlovak Athletic Association

It holds permit meeting status from the European Athletic Association and is part of the annual IAAF World Race Walking Challenge circuit. The races attract high level international competition, including from China.[2] The race has played host to the European Race Walking Cup on three occasions (1998, 2001 and 2013) – more than any other city.[3] On top of these international events, the Dudince 50 km race has hosted the Slovakian national championships on numerous occasions and was also the venue for the Hungarian and Ukrainian national championships in 2000.[4] The competition enjoys strong support from the city and the president of the organising committee is the Mayor of Dudince, PaedDr. Dušan Strieborný.[5]

The race has been the site of several records, including a French record of 3:38:45 hours by Yohann Diniz in 2009, a Slovakian record of 3:34:38 hours by Matej Tóth in 2015,[6][7] and an Irish record of 3:51:32 hours in 2008 by Colin Griffin.[8]

Past winners

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Key:   Course record   Women's 10 km walk

Men's 50km and women's 20km walk

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Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1982   Pavol Szikora (TCH) 4:02:42 Not held
2nd 1983   Jozef Hudák (TCH) 4:13:36
3rd 1984   Pavol Jati (TCH) 4:09:11
4th 1985   Pavol Jati (TCH) 3:57:38
5th 1986   Ivo Piták (TCH) 3:51:43   Mária Rósza (HUN) 50:40:9
6th 1987   Pavol Szikora (TCH) 3:42:20   Zuzana Holveková (TCH) 50:29:0
7th 1988   Ján Záhončík (TCH) 3:58:20   Viera Toporeková (TCH) 50:53:5
8th 1989   Hubert Sonnek (TCH) 3:55:16   Jana Zárubová (TCH) 48:28:0
9th 1990   Zoltán Czukor (HUN) 3:55:16   Jana Bičianová (TCH) 49:40:0
10th 1991   Valentin Kononen (FIN) 3:48:54   Tatyana Ragozina (UKR) 45:18:0
11th 1992   Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:46:42   Madelein Svensson (SWE) 43:27:0
12th 1993   Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 4:05:20   Maya Sazonova (KAZ) 46:10:0
13th 1994   Pavol Blažek (SVK) 3:52:45   Mária Rósza (HUN) 44:29:0
14th 1995   Štefan Malík (SVK) 3:48:53   Anna Brnová (SVK) 48:29:0
15th 1996   Vitaliy Popovich (UKR) 3:48:20   Marta Zukowska (POL) 45:11:0
16th 1997   Štefan Malík (SVK) 3:50:20   Valentina Tsybulskaya (BLR) 45:08:0
17th 1998   Tomasz Lipiec (POL) 3:42:57   Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 43:06:0
18th 1999   Aleksandar Raković (YUG) 3:55:24   Lyudmila Yegorova (UKR) 1:41:22
19th 2000[9]   Valentin Kononen (FIN) 3:39:34   Vira Zozulya (UKR) 1:33:45
20th 2001   Sándor Urbanik (HUN) 3:48:41   Usezola Gruber (HUN) 1:48:32
21st 2002   Peter Korčok (SVK) 3:52:49   Vira Zozulya (UKR) 1:39:41
22nd 2003   Luis Fernando García (GUA) 3:57:50   Zuzana Malíková (SVK) 1:38:06
23rd 2004[1]   Peter Korčok (SVK) 3:51:09   Zuzana Malíková (SVK) 1:33:02
24th 2005[10]   Han Yucheng (CHN) 3:40:30   Song Hongjuan (CHN) 1:28:37
25th 2006[11]   Grzegorz Sudoł (POL) 3:50:24   Zuzana Malíková (SVK) 1:33:48
26th 2007   Colin Griffin (IRL) 3:51:32   Zuzana Malíková (SVK) 1:32:19
27th 2008   Grzegorz Sudoł (POL) 3:45:47   Zuzana Malíková (SVK) 1:35:29
28th 2009   Yohann Diniz (FRA) 3:38:45   Lyudmila Shelest (UKR) 1:34:17
29th 2010[12]   Rafał Augustyn (POL) 3:49:54   Zuzana Schindlerová (CZE) 1:34:20
30th 2011[13]   Matej Tóth (SVK) 3:39:46   Olive Loughnane (IRL) 1:32:40
31st 2012[14]   Alex Schwazer (ITA) 3:40:58   Paulina Buziak (POL) 1:33:00
32nd 2013[15]   Erick Barrondo (GUA) 3:41:09   Agnieszka Szwarnóg (POL) 1:31:33
33rd 2014[16]   Rafał Augustyn (POL) 3:45:32   Ainhoa Pinedo (ESP) 1:34:56
34th 2015[7]   Matej Tóth (SVK) 3:34:38   Eleonora Giorgi (ITA) 1:26:46
35th 2016   Rafał Augustyn (POL) 3:43:22   Eleonora Giorgi (ITA) 1:28:05
36th 2017   Håvard Haukenes (NOR) 3:43:40   Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė (LIT) 1:33:23
37th 2018   Matej Tóth (SVK) 3:42:46   Sandra Arenas (COL) 1:28:48
38th 2019   Håvard Haukenes (NOR) 3:42:50   Sandra Galvis (COL) 1:30:33
39th 2021   Bernardo Barrondo (GUA) 3:47:01   Valeria Ortuño (MEX) 1:29:11

Men's and women's 35km walk

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Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
40th 2022   Massimo Stano (ITA) 2:29:09   Qieyang Shijie (CHN) 2:43:06

Men's & women's 20km walk

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Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
2004[17]   Matej Tóth (SVK) 1:23:18
2005   Zhu Hongjun (CHN) 1:18:37
2006   Kim Hyun-sub (KOR) 1:22:06
2007   Rafał Augustyn (POL) 1:23:07
2008   Matej Tóth (SVK) 1:22:14
2009   Jakub Jelonek (POL) 1:22:58
2010   Matej Tóth (SVK) 1:22:25
2011   Andriy Kovenko (UKR) 1:21:44
2012   Matej Tóth (SVK) 1:20:42
2013   Matej Tóth (SVK) 1:22:17
2014   Matej Tóth (SVK) 1:19:48
2015   Lebogang Shange (RSA) 1:22:44
2016   Tom Bosworth (GBR) 1:20:41
2017   Genadij Kozlovskij (LIT) 1:24:48
2018   Éider Arévalo (COL) 1:22:13
2019   Arturas Mastianica (LIT) 1:26:07
2021   Andrés Olivas (MEX) 1:19:54
2022   José Alejandro Barrondo (GUA) 1:20:56   Sofía Ramos (MEX) 1:34:04
2023   Éider Arévalo (COL) 1:19:23   Alegna González (MEX) 1:28:09
2024   César Rodríguez (PER) 1:19:41   Evelyn Inga (PER) 1:27:42

References

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  1. ^ a b Dudince Race Walking - national 20km record. IAAF (28 March 2004). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ^ Juck, Alfons (25 March 2005). Chinese walkers to compete in Slovakia. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. ^ Paris, Gothenburg and Dublin selected to host European events. IAAF (14 October 2007). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
    - Russia's anthem rings out all day in Dudince - IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF (19 May 2013). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
    - Juck, Alfons (19 May 2001). A Russian day in Dudince. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  4. ^ Juck, Alfons (22 March 2000). Championships of three countries in Dudince. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  5. ^ 35th Dudinska 50. Dudince Racewalking. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. ^ Juck, Alfons (29 March 2009). Diniz clocks 3:38:45 French national 50 km Race Walk record in Dudince. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  7. ^ a b Zuzana Trojakova (21 March 2015). "Toth records third-fastest 50km race walk in history in Dudince". IAAF. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  8. ^ Juck, Alfons (24 March 2007). Irish 50km Race Walk record in Dudince. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  9. ^ Juck, Alfons (27 March 2000). Kononen sets world best mark 2000. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 March 2014.
    - Juck, Alfons (4 April 2000). European and Central European results. IAAF. Retrieved on 23 March 2014.
  10. ^ Juck, Alfons (28 March 2005). Dudince, a Chinese festival in all but name. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  11. ^ Juck, Alfons (27 March 2006). Polish win in Dudince. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  12. ^ Juck, Alfons (28 March 2010). Augustyn sub 3:50 for 50km in Dudince. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  13. ^ Juck, Alfons (27 March 2011). Toth sets 50km road world lead 3:39:46. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  14. ^ Juck, Alfons (2012-03-25). Schwazer clocks 50Km world leader in Dudince Archived 11 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  15. ^ Dudinská päťdesiatka. Tilastopaja. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  16. ^ Augustyn and Toth triumph again in Dudince. IAAF (22 March 2014). Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  17. ^ 2004 Men's 20 km walk. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
List of winners