1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, on 2 September 1978. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Jorge Llopart
Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain
Silver Venyamin Soldatenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze Jan Ornoch
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Results

Final

2 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jorge Llopart Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 3:53:29.9CR
Silver medal icon.svg Venyamin Soldatenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:55:12.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Jan Ornoch Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:55:15.9
4 Otto Barch Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:57:23.7
5 Viktor Dorovskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:57:26.7
6 Vittorio Visini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:57:42.8
7 Sandro Bellucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:58:25.9
8 Olaf Pilarski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:00:03.8
9 Mathias Kroel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:00:11.9
10 Mario Kreber Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:01:03.7
11 Bengt Simonsen Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:03:34.6
12 Gerhard Weidner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:04:01.9
13 Hans Binder Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:04:12.4
14 Ján Dzurňák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:04:40.0
15 Paolo Grecucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:05:46.8
16 Ladislav Vitéz Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:07:55.8
17 Lennart Lundgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:09:54.7
18 Dominique Guebey Flag of France.svg  France 4:09:57.0
19 László Sátor Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:10:22.4
20 Stig-Olaf Elofsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4:12:39.1
21 Seppo Immonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:16:52.5
22 Cornel Patusinschi Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:23:26.9
23 Ian Richards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:27:09.3
David Cotton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF
Lars Ove Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF
Gérard Lelièvre Flag of France.svg  France DNF
Lucien Faber Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg DNF
José Marín Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain DNF
Agustín Jorba Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain DNF
Reima Salonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
Bogusław Kmiecik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF
Erling Andersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF
Jaromír Vaňous Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia DNF
Bohdan Bułakowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF
Heinrich Schubert Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DQ
Yancho Kamenov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014