Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometre walk
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 2, 1960
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Winning time1:34:07.2
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vladimir Golubnichy
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Noel Freeman
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Stan Vickers
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
  1956
1964  

The men's 20 kilometres walk race walk event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 2. The event was held in a final only format. [1]

Results

RankAthleteNationTimeTime behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Volodymyr Holubnychy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:34:07.2
Silver medal icon.svg Noel Freeman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:34:16.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Stan Vickers Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:34:56.4
4 Dieter Lindner Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 1:35:33.8
5 Norman Read Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:36:59.0
6 Lennart Back Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:37:17.0
7 John Ljunggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:37:59.0
8 Ladislav Moc Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:38:32.4
9 Alex Oakley Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 1:38:46.0
10 Eric Hall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1:38:54.0
11 Ronald Crawford Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:39:16.2
12 Henri Delerue Flag of France.svg  France 1:39:37.6
13 George Hazle Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 1:40:16.2
14 Lennart Carlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:40:25.0
15 Tommy Kristensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:41:07.6
16 Hannes Koch Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 1:41:53.4
17 Louis Marquis Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:41:59.6
18 Charles Sowa Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1:42:43.8
19 Ron Zinn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:42:47.0
20 Zora Singh Flag of India.svg  India 1:43:19.8
21 Stefano Serchinich Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:43:58.6
22 Luigi De Rosso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:45:04.2
23 Bob Mimm Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:45:09.0
24 Rudy Haluza Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:45:11.0
25 Leo Rosschou Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:46:35.8
26 Gianni Corsaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:46:47.2
27Khalifa BahrouniFlag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 1:47:09.6
28 Naoui Zlassi Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia 1:55:21.0
Ajit Singh Flag of India.svg  India DSQ
Anatoly Vedyakov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DSQ
Mohamed Ben LazharFlag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia DSQ
Gabriel Reymond Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland DSQ
Gennady Solodov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DSQ
Siegfried Lefanczik Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany DSQ
Tibor Balajcza Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DSQ
Ken Matthews Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain DNF

Key: DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2017.