1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, on 12 September 1962. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Kenneth Matthews
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Hans-Georg Reimann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze Volodymyr Holubnychy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Results

Final

12 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Kenneth Matthews Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:35:54.8
Silver medal icon.svg Hans-Georg Reimann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:36:14.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Volodymyr Holubnychy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:36:37.6
4 Anatoly Vedyakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:37:23.6
5 Lennart Back Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:38:16.2
6 Dieter Lindner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:38:34.8
7 Alexandr Bílek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:38:42.6
8 Franciszek Szyszka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:40:30.8
9 Erik Söderlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:40:45.4
10 Charles Sowa Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:41:24.2
11 Robert Clark Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:41:30.0
12 Henri Delerue Flag of France.svg  France 1:41:58.2
13 Joël Vanderhaegen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:42:31.8
14 Karl-Heinz Pape Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:45:39.8
15 Arthur Thomson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50:08.2
16 Ozbi Vister Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:56:21.4
Stavros Hadjilaios Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece DNF
Sezer Selek Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNF
Tommy Kristensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014