1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19 August 1958. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Stanley Vickers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Leonid Spirin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze Lennart Back
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Results

Final

19 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Stanley Vickers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:33:09.0 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Leonid Spirin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:35:04.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Lennart Back Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:35:22.2
4 Lennart Carlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:35:38.4
5 Louis Marquis Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:35:59.4
6 Giuseppe Dordoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:36:16.2
7 Siegfried Lefanczik Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany 1:39:18.6
8 Gabriel Reymond Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:39:18.6
9 Franciszek Szyszka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:39:44.0
10 Georges Attane Flag of France.svg  France 1:40:34.6
11 Albert Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:41:54.4
12 Jerzy Hausleber Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:43:53.2
Dieter Lindner Flag of Germany.svg  East Germany DQ
Bruno Junk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014