| Men's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships |
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| 1998 European Athletics Championships | ||
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| 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 | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Men's 20 km walk event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with the race held on 18 August 1998.
| Gold | Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Latvia (LAT) |
| Bronze | Spain (ESP) |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | 1:18:04 | April 7, 1994 | | |
| Event Record | 1:18:45 | August 8, 1994 | | |
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:21:10 | |||
| 1:21:25 | |||
| 1:21:39 | |||
| 4 | 1:21.53 | ||
| 5 | 1:22.12 | ||
| 6 | 1:22.46 | ||
| 7 | 1:23.02 | ||
| 8 | 1:23.32 | ||
| 9 | 1:23.36 | ||
| 10 | 1:25.06 | SB | |
| 11 | 1:25.54 | ||
| 12 | 1:25.57 | ||
| 13 | 1:26.04 | ||
| 14 | 1:26.28 | ||
| 15 | 1:26.43 | ||
| 16 | 1:27.07 | ||
| 17 | 1:27.25 | ||
| 18 | 1:27.51 | ||
| 19 | 1:27.56 | ||
| 20 | 1:29.38 | ||
| 21 | 1:30.16 | ||
| 22 | 1:30.19 | ||
| 23 | 1:32.28 | ||
| 24 | 1:35.55 | ||
| 25 | 1:38.58 | ||
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | DSQ | ||
| — | DSQ | ||
| — | DSQ | ||
| — | DSQ | ||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||
| — | DNF | ||