1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, on 14 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Abdon Pamich
 Italy
Silver Grigoriy Panichkin
 Soviet Union
Bronze Donald Thompson
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

14 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Abdon Pamich  Italy 4:19:46.6
2nd Grigoriy Panichkin  Soviet Union 4:24:35.6
3rd Donald Thompson  United Kingdom 4:29:00.2
4 Christoph Höhne  East Germany 4:29:37.8
5 John Ljunggren  Sweden 4:30:19.8
6 István Havasi  Hungary 4:34:14.8
7 Hannes Koch  East Germany 4:38:34.0
8 Horst Astroth  East Germany 4:39:49.0
9 Ingvar Green  Sweden 4:40:08.0
10 Joël Vanderhaegen  Belgium 4:41:31.0
11 Alexandr Bílek  Czechoslovakia 4:42:23.0
12 Ladislav Moc  Czechoslovakia 4:48:31.6
13 Eric Hall  United Kingdom 4:55:47.0
14 Alfred Leiser   Switzerland 4:57:28.0
15 Stefano Serchinic  Italy 5:13:20.4
16 Anatoliy Vedyakov  Soviet Union DNF
17 Charles Sowa  Luxembourg DNF
18 Elio Massi  Italy DNF
19 Erwin Stutz   Switzerland DNF
20 Grigoriy Klimov  Soviet Union DQ
21 Raymond Middleton  United Kingdom DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

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