1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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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.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Russia.svg Ilya Markov
Russia (RUS)
Silver Flag of Latvia.svg Aigars Fadejevs
Latvia (LAT)
Bronze Flag of Spain.svg Paquillo Fernández
Spain (ESP)

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bu Lingtang  (CHN)1:18:04April 7, 1994 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing, PR China
Event Record Flag of Russia.svg  Mikhail Shchennikov  (RUS)1:18:45August 8, 1994 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

RankAthleteTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Ilya Markov  (RUS)1:21:10
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Latvia.svg  Aigars Fadejevs  (LAT)1:21:25
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Paquillo Fernández  (ESP)1:21:39
4Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas Erm  (GER)1:21.53
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Sándor Urbanik  (HUN)1:22.12
6Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Trotski  (BLR)1:22.46
7Flag of France.svg  Denis Langlois  (FRA)1:23.02
8Flag of Russia.svg  Yevgeniy Shmalyuk  (RUS)1:23.32
9Flag of Spain.svg  Valentí Massana  (ESP)1:23.36
10Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni De Benedictis  (ITA)1:25.06 SB
11Flag of Italy.svg  Michele Didoni  (ITA)1:25.54
12Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Gandellini  (ITA)1:25.57
13Flag of Portugal.svg  José Urbano  (POR)1:26.04
14Flag of Denmark.svg  Claus Jørgensen  (DEN)1:26.28
15Flag of Slovakia.svg  Igor Kollár  (SVK)1:26.43
16Flag of France.svg  Anthony Gillet  (FRA)1:27.07
17Flag of Slovakia.svg  Róbert Valíček  (SVK)1:27.25
18Flag of Hungary.svg  Gyula Dudás  (HUN)1:27.51
19Flag of Moldova.svg  Fedosei Ciumacenco  (MDA)1:27.56
20Flag of Portugal.svg  João Vieira  (POR)1:29.38
21Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jiří Malysa  (CZE)1:30.16
22Flag of Greece.svg  Spiridon Kastanis  (GRE)1:30.19
23Flag of Germany.svg  André Höhne  (GER)1:32.28
24Flag of Slovakia.svg  Erik Kalina  (SVK)1:35.55
25Flag of Ireland.svg  Michael Casey  (IRL)1:38.58
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Andrey Makarov  (BLR)DSQ
Flag of Spain.svg  Daniel Plaza  (ESP)DSQ
Flag of Sweden.svg  Birger Fält  (SWE)DSQ
Flag of Belarus.svg  Artur Meleshkevich  (BLR)DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Flag of Russia.svg  Mikhail Shchennikov  (RUS)DNF
Flag of Sweden.svg  Jan Staaf  (SWE)DNF
Flag of Sweden.svg  Bengt Bengtsson  (SWE)DNF
Flag of Ireland.svg  Pierce O'Callaghan  (IRL)DNF

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