Abstract
Race walking (RW) is a cyclic athletic discipline, of aerobic character, which is characterized by high intensity and high energy consumption. The result is correlated with the anthropological dimensions of the walker as well as good technical performance. The study includes 25 male students, third year of study, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports in East Sarajevo. For the purposes of the research, the results of RW at 2km (criterion variable) were measured, on the basis of which average values of walking speed (WS) were calculated. The aim of the research was to determine the correlation between the achieved result depending on the walking speed. By applying the Pearson product of the correlation moment, the obtained results confirmed a significant and high correlation between the result and the walking speed (r = -0.988; p<0.05) with an inverse function that confirms the high dependence of the result on the WS.
 
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Highlights
The results show that the increase in stride length is linearly associated with an increase in velocity (r=0.37p
Students who had a better result had better technical performance, better aerobic power. These results are expected, since the result success, in addition to the above parameters, depends on the movement technique, especially if it is a longer distance (Brodáni, Šelinger, & Vavák, 2011), while at shorter distances there is a more pronounced effect of anaerobic-aerobic abilities, length and frequency of movements, while morphological indicators are not fully manifested. This is especially evident with beginners, who are not sports walkers but come from various other spheres of sports disciplines, most often sports games, martial arts, athletic running, jumping and throwing disciplines, which was shown in this sample of students of physical education and sports
This study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between the results of race walking and the average walking speed of a sample of students at 2km
Summary
Chwala (2009) defines sport walking as a periodic movement divided into a support phase (cushioning and reflection) and the phase of swing (acceleration and braking) when characterized by synchronized movements of the cranial and caudal extremities. It has been documented in the literature that athletic (sport) walking is a middle mechanical type of movement, between walking and running (Hoga, Ae, Enomoto, Yokozawa, & Fuji, 2006). There are significant differences in kinematic and kinetic parameters between different types of walking (walking, race walking, running)
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