1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 16 September 1969.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Paul Nihill   Great Britain
Silver	Leonida Caraiosifoglu   Romania
Bronze	Nikolay Smaga   Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paul Nihill	Great Britain	1:30:48.0
	Leonida Caraiosifoglu	Romania	1:31:06.4
	Nikolay Smaga	Soviet Union	1:31:20.2
4	Gerhard Sperling	East Germany	1:32:04.0
5	Hans-Georg Reimann	East Germany	1:33:04.0
6	Abdon Pamich	Italy	1:34:15.0
7	Boris Yakovlev	Soviet Union	1:35:19.0
8	John Webb	Great Britain	1:35:51.0
9	Stefan Ingvarsson	Sweden	1:36:26.8
10	Pasquale Busca	Italy	1:37:11.0
11	Victor Schuch	Romania	1:37:42.0
12	Gabriele Nigro	Italy	1:38:15.0
13	Peter Fullager	Great Britain	1:38:24.0
14	Vasile Ilie	Romania	1:43:23.0
15	János Dalmati	Hungary	1:43:53.8
16	Kjell Lund	Norway	1:45:22.4
17	Edmund Paziewski	Poland	1:46:45.8
18	Helge Abrahamsen	Norway	1:47:37.4
19	Robert Rinchard	Belgium	1:50:25.6
	Charles Sowa	Luxembourg	DQ
	Gennadiy Agapov	Soviet Union	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (1)
•   East Germany (2)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (3)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Norway (2)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (3)
•   Soviet Union (3)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Great Britain (3)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014