1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, on 12 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

GoldKenneth Matthews
 Great Britain
SilverHans-Georg Reimann
 East Germany
BronzeVolodymyr Holubnychy
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

12 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Kenneth Matthews Great Britain1:35:54.8
Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany1:36:14.2
Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union1:36:37.6
4Anatoly Vedyakov Soviet Union1:37:23.6
5Lennart Back Sweden1:38:16.2
6Dieter Lindner East Germany1:38:34.8
7Alexandr Bílek Czechoslovakia1:38:42.6
8Franciszek Szyszka Poland1:40:30.8
9Erik Söderlund Sweden1:40:45.4
10Charles Sowa Luxembourg1:41:24.2
11Robert Clark Great Britain1:41:30.0
12Henri Delerue France1:41:58.2
13Joël Vanderhaegen Belgium1:42:31.8
14Karl-Heinz Pape West Germany1:45:39.8
15Arthur Thomson Great Britain1:50:08.2
16Ozbi Vister Yugoslavia1:56:21.4
Stavros Hadjilaios GreeceDNF
Sezer Selek TurkeyDNF
Tommy Kristensen DenmarkDQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

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