1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, on 12 September 1962.[1]
| Men's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships |
|---|
Medalists
Results
Final
12 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kenneth Matthews |  Great Britain | 1:35:54.8 | |
 | Hans-Georg Reimann |  East Germany | 1:36:14.2 | |
 | Volodymyr Holubnychy |  Soviet Union | 1:36:37.6 | |
| 4 | Anatoly 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 | Great Britain | 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 | Great Britain | 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.
Belgium (1)
Denmark (1)
Czechoslovakia (1)
East Germany (2)
France (1)
Greece (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Poland (1)
Soviet Union (2)
Sweden (2)
Turkey (1)
Great Britain (3)
West Germany (1)
Yugoslavia (1)