1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 10 August 1971. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Nikolay Smaga
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver Gerhard Sperling
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze Paul Nihill
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Results

Final

10 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Nikolay Smaga Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:27:20.2 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Gerhard Sperling Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:27:29.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul Nihill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:27:34.8
4 Peter Frenkel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:27:52.8
5 Hans-Georg Reimann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:28:56.8
6 Phil Embleton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:29:31.6
7 Boris Yakovlev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:29:49.4
8 Yevgeniy Ivchenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:31:32.2
9 Bernhard Kannenberg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:32:06.4
10 Pasquale Busca Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:32:44.2
11 Antal Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:33:15.4
12 Charles Sowa Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:33:54.6
13 Charles Sutherland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:34:15.0
14 Andor Antal Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:35:09.6
15 Sándor Fórián Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:35:24.2
16 Kåre Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:35:28.2
17 Jan Ornoch Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:35:33.4
18 Stefan Ingvarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:36:17.2
19 Hans Tenggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:36:54.8
20 Wilfried Wesch Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:37:39.4
21 Jan Rolstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:39:14.8
22 Kjell Lund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:40:28.6

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014