1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the
1969 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 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 women
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 20 kilometres race walk at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 16 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Paul Nihill
 United Kingdom
Silver Leonida Caraiosifoglu
 Romania
Bronze Nikolay Smaga
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Paul Nihill  United Kingdom 1:30:48.0
2nd Leonida Caraiosifoglu  Romania 1:31:06.4
3rd Nikolay Smaga  Soviet Union 1:31:20.2
4 Gerhard Sperling  East Germany 1:32:04.0
5 Hans-Georg Reimann  East Germany 1:33:04.0
6 Abdon Pamich  Italy 1:34:15.0
7 Boris Yakovlev  Soviet Union 1:35:19.0
8 John Webb  United Kingdom 1:35:51.0
9 Stefan Ingvarsson  Sweden 1:36:26.8
10 Pasquale Busca  Italy 1:37:11.0
11 Victor Schuch  Romania 1:37:42.0
12 Gabriele Nigro  Italy 1:38:15.0
13 Peter Fullager  United Kingdom 1:38:24.0
14 Vasile Ilie  Romania 1:43:23.0
15 János Dalmati  Hungary 1:43:53.8
16 Kjell Lund  Norway 1:45:22.4
17 Edmund Paziewski  Poland 1:46:45.8
18 Helge Abrahamsen  Norway 1:47:37.4
19 Robert Rinchard  Belgium 1:50:25.6
20 Charles Sowa  Luxembourg DQ
21 Gennadiy Agapov  Soviet Union DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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