1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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

Medalists edit

Gold Stanley Vickers
  Great Britain
Silver Leonid Spirin
  Soviet Union
Bronze Lennart Back
  Sweden

Results edit

Final edit

19 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Stanley Vickers   Great Britain 1:33:09.0 CR
  Leonid Spirin   Soviet Union 1:35:04.2
  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   Great Britain 1:41:54.4
12 Jerzy Hausleber   Poland 1:43:53.2
Dieter Lindner   East Germany DQ
Bruno Junk   Soviet Union DQ

Participation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014