1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
Appearance
The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 10 August 1971.[1]
Medalists[edit]
Gold | Nikolay Smaga![]() |
Silver | Gerhard Sperling![]() |
Bronze | Paul Nihill![]() |
Results[edit]
Final[edit]
10 August
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Nikolay Smaga | ![]() |
1:27:20.2 | CR |
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Gerhard Sperling | ![]() |
1:27:29.0 | |
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Paul Nihill | ![]() |
1:27:34.8 | |
4 | Peter Frenkel | ![]() |
1:27:52.8 | |
5 | Hans-Georg Reimann | ![]() |
1:28:56.8 | |
6 | Phil Embleton | ![]() |
1:29:31.6 | |
7 | Boris Yakovlev | ![]() |
1:29:49.4 | |
8 | Yevgeniy Ivchenko | ![]() |
1:31:32.2 | |
9 | Bernhard Kannenberg | ![]() |
1:32:06.4 | |
10 | Pasquale Busca | ![]() |
1:32:44.2 | |
11 | Antal Kiss | ![]() |
1:33:15.4 | |
12 | Charles Sowa | ![]() |
1:33:54.6 | |
13 | Charles Sutherland | ![]() |
1:34:15.0 | |
14 | Andor Antal | ![]() |
1:35:09.6 | |
15 | Sándor Fórián | ![]() |
1:35:24.2 | |
16 | Kåre Moen | ![]() |
1:35:28.2 | |
17 | Jan Ornoch | ![]() |
1:35:33.4 | |
18 | Stefan Ingvarsson | ![]() |
1:36:17.2 | |
19 | Hans Tenggren | ![]() |
1:36:54.8 | |
20 | Wilfried Wesch | ![]() |
1:37:39.4 | |
21 | Jan Rolstad | ![]() |
1:39:14.8 | |
22 | Kjell Lund | ![]() |
1:40:28.6 |
Participation[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
East Germany (3)
Hungary (3)
Italy (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Norway (3)
Poland (1)
Soviet Union (3)
Sweden (2)
Great Britain (3)
West Germany (2)
References[edit]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014