1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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| Events at the 1962 European Athletics Championships  |
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| 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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, on 12 September 1962.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Kenneth Matthews United Kingdom |
| Silver | Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany |
| Bronze | Vladimir Golubnichiy Soviet Union |
Results
Final
12 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Kenneth Matthews | United Kingdom |
1:35:54.8 | |
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Hans-Georg Reimann | East Germany |
1:36:14.2 | |
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Vladimir Golubnichiy | Soviet Union |
1:36:37.6 | |
| 4 | Anatoliy Vedyakov | Soviet Union |
1:37:23.6 | |
| 5 | Lennart Back |  Sweden |
1:38:16.2 | |
| 6 | Dieter Lindner | East Germany |
1:38:34.8 | |
| 7 | Alexandr Bílek |  Czechoslovakia |
1:38:42.6 | |
| 8 | Franciszek Szyszka |  Poland |
1:40:30.8 | |
| 9 | Erik Söderlund | Sweden |
1:40:45.4 | |
| 10 | Charles Sowa |  Luxembourg |
1:41:24.2 | |
| 11 | Robert Clark | United Kingdom |
1:41:30.0 | |
| 12 | Henri Delerue |  France |
1:41:58.2 | |
| 13 | Joël Vanderhaegen |  Belgium |
1:42:31.8 | |
| 14 | Karl-Heinz Pape |  West Germany |
1:45:39.8 | |
| 15 | Arthur Thomson | United Kingdom |
1:50:08.2 | |
| 16 | Ozbi Vister |  Yugoslavia |
1:56:21.4 | |
| Stavros Hadjilaios |  Greece |
DNF | ||
| Sezer Selek |  Turkey |
DNF | ||
| Tommy Kristensen |  Denmark |
DQ |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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