1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 14 August 1971.

Medalists

Gold	Venyamin Soldatenko Soviet Union
Silver	Christoph Höhne East Germany
Bronze	Peter Selzer East Germany

Results

Final

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Venyamin Soldatenko	Soviet Union	4:02:22.0	CR
	Christoph Höhne	East Germany	4:04:45.2
	Peter Selzer	East Germany	4:06:11.0
4	Otto Barch	Soviet Union	4:09:14.4
5	Winfried Skotnicki	East Germany	4:10:22.0
6	Bernhard Nermerich	West Germany	4:11:44.0
7	Igor Della Rossa	Soviet Union	4:12:08.6
8	Abdon Pamich	Italy	4:14:36.2
9	Stefan Ingvarsson	Sweden	4:14:56.0
10	Charles Sowa	Luxembourg	4:15:59.0
11	János Dalmati	Hungary	4:16:59.6
12	Alexandr Bílek	Czechoslovakia	4:17:36.4
13	Gerhard Weidner	West Germany	4:17:40.8
14	Örjan Andersson	Sweden	4:20:04.8
15	Vittorio Visini	Italy	4:20:45.8
16	Bob Dobson	Great Britain	4:21:15.0
17	Daniel Björkgren	Sweden	4:26:39.6
18	Antal Kiss	Hungary	4:26:53.6
19	Nesty Fischer	France	4:28:18.4
20	Manfred Aeberhard	Switzerland	4:35:45.6
21	Alfred Badel	Switzerland	4:43:12.0
	Tore Brustad	Norway	DNF
	Ron Wallwork	Great Britain	DNF
	Herbert Meier	West Germany	DNF
	Carl Lawton	Great Britain	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (3)
• France (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (2)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Norway (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (3)
• Switzerland (2)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)