2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships

The programme remained unchanged, with senior men's races over 20 km and 50 km, a 20 km senior women's race, and junior category events for both sexes over 10 km.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/world-race-walking-rome-2016-rules Competition details – IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-07. However, following the approval by the IAAF of the women's 50 km walk as an official event, for the first time women were permitted to enter the 50 km. A separate women's 50 km was not scheduled, but women were allowed to enter the men's event and were treated as equal competitors for team scoring.[http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/608a9e3c-4174-4670-9052-04ee9236fa65.pdf IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome 2016 Team Manual]. IAAF (2016). Retrieved on 2016-05-07.

The local organising committee was headed by Alfio Giomi, the head of the Italian Athletics Federation, and included Maurizio Damilano, a former Olympic champion in racewalking. The competition was organised at relatively short notice – Cheboksary was originally chosen as the host city but the suspension of the All-Russia Athletic Federation for systemic doping issues by the IAAF meant the host bidding was reopened.Rowbottom, Mike (2016-05-06). [http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1037194/rome-dedicating-switched-iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships-to-dead-gold-medallist Rome dedicating switched IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships to dead gold medallist]. Inside The Games. Retrieved on 2016-05-07.[http://spikes.iaaf.org/post/iaaf-councils-decision-on-world-championship The Shape of Things to Come]. SPIKES magazine (2014-11-20). Retrieved on 2016-05-07. Rome was the clear winner in the bidding process in January 2016, with nine votes compared to Guayaquil and Kyiv's four and two for Monterrey.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/2016-rome-race-walk-bydgoszcz-juniors Rome and Bydgoszcz to host reallocated 2016 IAAF World Athletics Series events]. IAAF (2016-01-07). Retrieved on 2016-05-07. It was the fourth time that the competition was held in Italy, with previous editions having visited the country in 1963, 1965 and 2002.

The course was set on the streets of Rome around the Baths of Caracalla. It was a flat looped route, with one loop for the junior races and two for the senior races. The start point was beside the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum and finishing point was the Stadio delle Terme di Caracalla.

Chinese athletes won both the junior races: Ma Zhenxia took the women's title and Zhang Jun the men's.[http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-10KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1024106150 Results 10 Kilometres Race Walk Men]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-07.[http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-10KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1306888658 Results 10 Kilometres Race Walk Men]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-05-07.

The competition was broadcast on television in the host country by Rai Sport 1 and Rai Sport 2.[http://www.roma2016.org/content/Mondiali-di-marcia-Roma-2016-in-TV/71513 Mondiali di marcia: Roma 2016 in TV] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603181929/http://www.roma2016.org/content/Mondiali-di-marcia-Roma-2016-in-TV/71513 |date=2016-06-03 }} {{in lang|it}}. Roma2016 (2015-05-03). Retrieved on 2016-05-07.

In June 2016, the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, reported that gold medalist in the 50 km men's competition Alex Schwazer had again tested positive to a banned substance. He has since announced at a press conference that he had not taken anabolic steroids, despite his sample from January 1, testing positive on May 12.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/olympics-2016/italian-walker-alex-schwazer-determined-to-clear-name-after-testing-positive-to-steroids/news-story/031a76bcc43fd8f7531897ceae50722f|title=Italian walker Alex Schwazer determined to clear name after testing positive to steroids}} On 11 August 2016, Schwarzer was stripped of his title and banned for 8 years, due to positive doping test.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Award_4707__internet_.pdf |title=CAS 2016/A/4707Alex Schwazer v. IAAF, NADO Italia, FIDAL & WADA |access-date=2018-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105155321/http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Award_4707__internet_.pdf |archive-date=2018-11-05 |url-status=dead }}

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[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-20KR-M-f--1--.RS5.pdf?v=527172373 Men's 20 km results]

[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-20KR-M-f--1--.ST1.pdf?v=-875590506 Men's 20 km team results]

[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-10KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1493252608 Men's 10 km junior results]

[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships/iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships-5658/results/men/10-kilometres-race-walk/final/team Men's 10 km junior team results]

[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-20KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1626257699 Women's 20 km results]

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[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-20KR-W-f--1--.ST1.pdf?v=-726989405 Women's 20 km team results]

[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-10KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-2065129728 Women's 10 km junior results]

[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships/iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships-5658/results/women/10-kilometres-race-walk/final/team Women's 10 km junior team results]

[https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5658/AT-50KR-X-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1831665353 Open 50 km results]

[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships/iaaf-world-race-walking-team-championships-5658/results/race/50-kilometres-race-walk/final/team Open 50 km team results]

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• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

According to an unofficial count, 398 athletes from 55 countries participated.

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• {{POL}} (16)
• {{POR}} (10)
• {{PUR}} (1)
• {{ROM}} (9)
• {{ESA}} (2)
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• {{SLO}} (1)
• {{RSA}} (4)
• {{KOR}} (6)
• {{ESP}} (21)
• {{SWE}} (3)
• {{SUI}} (4)
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• {{USA}} (20)
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