1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the
1958 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

Gold Stanley Vickers
 United Kingdom
Silver Leonid Spirin
 Soviet Union
Bronze Lennart Back
 Sweden

Results

Final

19 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Stanley Vickers  United Kingdom 1:33:09.0 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Leonid Spirin  Soviet Union 1:35:04.2
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lennart Back  Sweden 1:35:22.2
4 Lennart Carlsson  Sweden 1:35:38.4
5 Louis Marquis   Switzerland 1:35:59.4
6 Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy 1:36:16.2
7 Siegfried Lefanczik  East Germany 1:39:18.6
8 Gabriel Reymond   Switzerland 1:39:18.6
9 Franciszek Szyszka  Poland 1:39:44.0
10 Georges Attane  France 1:40:34.6
11 Albert Johnson  United Kingdom 1:41:54.4
12 Jerzy Hausleber  Poland 1:43:53.2
13 Dieter Lindner  East Germany DQ
14 Bruno Junk  Soviet Union DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

References

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