Country

Language

Translation

Afrikaans

Snelstap
from Lionel Lawson of South Africa

Australian

Ray Swalkin
Sort of like Dave McGovern's e-mail address: "RayZwocker" From Ron Bone

Catalonian

Marcha
The native tongue in Barcelona. From Allen James

Chinese

Jing Zou
Meaning "competition walk". From Jeff Cassin

Czech

Chodza
Might be some funky Czech accents on those letters, but I am not sure. — Jeff Cassin

Danish

Kapgang
Like Norwegian, except one p instead of 2. — Jeff Cassin

Dutch

Snelwandelen
from Xavier Neys

Estonian

Kiirkaimine or Voistluskaimine
Literally "speed walking" or less commonly Voistluskaimine = "competitive walking"from Mickey Kalm

English

Racewalking
Race walking is known by may forms in english. All a combination, or alone of race and walk. Racewalking, Racewalk, Walk. The Olympics lists the events as simply "Walk". Many people that I pass in training say. "Hey, look at the speed walker.". Rarely "Hey, look at the race walker". Hey, I'm a walker. Just an extremely fast walker.

French

Marche Olympique, Marche Athlétique
from Jean-Francois Aumais and Xavier Neys

German

Gehen or Snell Gehen
"Gehen." In none of the languages that I am aware of do they use the word "race." It is called "sports walking," "athletic walking," or, just plain "running." From Bill Penner and Stella Cashman

Hebrew

Halicha m'hira
Fast walk. From Per Hollander

Hungarian

Gyaloglàs
So I was at a race this weekend, and I bugged the Poles and Hungarians until they provided translations. From Jeff Cassin

Italian

Marcia
from Dirk Wagner

Korean

Kuk e kyung gi
Pronounced the way it is written. from Jim Mann

Norwegian

Gang Kappgang
The short form is the "normal" form used by walkers themselves and in result lists, press (on those rare occasions where the walk event is mentioned) etc. The second, longer, form stresses the competitive competition or "kapp" meaning it's racing... from Bengt Bengtsson

Canadian

Racewalking, Ah! — pronounced eh!

Polish

Chód — So I was at a race this weekend, and I bugged the Poles and Hungarians until they provided translations. from Jeff Cassin

Russian

Sportivnaia Khodba — In Russian, it is "sportivnaia khodba" (sports walking). In none of the languages that I am aware of do they use the word "race." It is called "sports walking," "athletic walking," or, just plain "running." from Bill Penner

Spanish

Marcha Atletica, Caminata, Caminar De Athletica — In Spanish Racewalking is named "Marcha atletica" or simply "Marcha" (as most TV commentators do).

The Pan Athlete (Spanish magazine) shows Race Walk as MARCHA although my poster from the World Cup of Walking from Monterray, Mexico shows CAMINATA. In Brazilian Portuguese: Marcha Atletica. from Stella Cashman

Caminar De Athletica , not sure of the spelling. It's translated to athletic walking in spanish. from Jeff Salvage

Spanish

Caminata, Caminar De Athletica — I have been told that Caminata is used in Mexico only. It means "long walk" from Jeff Cassin

Swedish

GÛng TävlingsgÛng — The short form is the "normal" form used by walkers themselves and in result lists, press (on those rare occasions where the walk event is mentioned) etc. The second, longer, form stresses the competitive part of racewalking with "tävling" meaning competition or "kapp" meaning it's racing...

Thai (ภาษาไทย), or Siamese

Duun Rlow — Pronounced dun as in d then uu sounds like room and the r rolling into l and then ow. from Jim Mann

Zulu

Hamba Gahle — Or as they say in South Africa. "Hamba Gahle (Zulu for 'Go well' or 'walk well'). from Lionel Lawson

Pig Latin

Acewalkingray, Aceray Alkingway
Enough said!. from The Three Stooges

The Swedish Chef

Recooelkeeng, Rece-a Velkeeng
of The Muppets Fame

Elmer Fudd

Wacewawking, Wace Wawking
of The Looney Tunes

Morse code

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Underwater

Ruhbacuhbewuhbalkuhbing, Ruhbacuhbe Wuhbalkuhbing