1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, on 30 August 1978.[1]

Events at the
1978 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m steeplechasemen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
GoldRoland Wieser
 East Germany
SilverPyotr Pochenchuk
 Soviet Union
BronzeAnatoliy Solomin
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

30 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Roland Wieser East Germany1:23:11.5CR
Pyotr Pochenchuk Soviet Union1:23:43.0
Anatoliy Solomin Soviet Union1:24:11.5
4Boris Yakovlev Soviet Union1:24:27.9
5José Marín Spain1:24:38.1
6Maurizio Damilano Italy1:24:57.5
7Hartwig Gauder East Germany1:25:15.7
8Roberto Buccione Italy1:25:40.9
9Bohdan Bułakowski Poland1:25:56.8
10Bo Gustafsson Sweden1:26:13.5
11Gérard Lelièvre France1:26:42.3
12Alessandro Pezzatini Italy1:26:44.2
13Juraj Benčík Czechoslovakia1:27:47.4
14Svetozár Blažek Czechoslovakia1:27:49.3
15Lucien Faber Luxembourg1:29:19.7
16Stanisław Rola Poland1:29:22.0
17Imre Stankovics Hungary1:29:33.3
18Štefan Petrík Czechoslovakia1:30:08.4
19Owe Hemmingsson Sweden1:30:44.2
20Alfons Schwarz West Germany1:31:17.6
21Roger-George Mills Great Britain1:31:52.5
22Yancho Kamenov Bulgaria1:32:08.9
23Erling Andersen Norway1:32:13.0
24Alf Brandt Sweden1:32:41.7
25Brian Adams Great Britain1:33:08.2
26Amos Seddom Great Britain1:34:17.8
27Knut Arne Strømøy Norway1:36:01.9
Dominique Guebey FranceDNF
Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller East GermanyDQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 14 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
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