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Introduced into the Olympics in 1956, The World Championships in 1983, The European Championships 1946 and The Commonwealth Games in 1966. In the European Championships between 1946-1954 was run over 10 km. In the Commonwealth Games between 1966-1974 was run over 20 miles (32.187 km) and between 1978-1994 was run over 30 km.
The record times for the championships are listed below along with the World record progression
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| Robert Korzeniowski | 1.18.59 |  | 22-9-2000 | Sydney |
| Jefferson Perez | 1.17.21 |  | 23-8-2003 | Paris |
| Francisco Fernandez | 1.18.37 |  | 6-8-2002 | Munich |
| Nick A`Hern | 1.24.59 |  | 17-9-1998 | Kuala Lumpur |
