1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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{{1962 European Athletics Championships}}
The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, on 12 September 1962.
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| title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK
| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf
| pages = 391–397
| publisher = European Athletics Association
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| accessdate = 13 August 2014
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Medalists
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| bgcolor="gold"|Gold | Kenneth Matthews {{flagcountry|GBR}} |
| bgcolor="silver"|Silver | Hans-Georg Reimann {{flagcountry|GDR}} |
| bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze | Volodymyr Holubnychy {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} |
Results
=Final=
12 September
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| {{Gold1}} | align=left | Kenneth Matthews | align=left | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 1:35:54.8 | |
| {{Silver2}} | align=left | Hans-Georg Reimann | align=left | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 1:36:14.2 | |
| {{Bronze3}} | align=left | Volodymyr Holubnychy | align=left | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 1:36:37.6 | |
| 4 | align=left | Anatoly Vedyakov | align=left | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 1:37:23.6 | |
| 5 | align=left | Lennart Back | align=left | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:38:16.2 | |
| 6 | align=left | Dieter Lindner | align=left | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 1:38:34.8 | |
| 7 | align=left | Alexandr Bílek | align=left | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 1:38:42.6 | |
| 8 | align=left | Franciszek Szyszka | align=left | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 1:40:30.8 | |
| 9 | align=left | Erik Söderlund | align=left | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:40:45.4 | |
| 10 | align=left | Charles Sowa | align=left | {{flagcountry|LUX}} | 1:41:24.2 | |
| 11 | align=left | Robert Clark | align=left | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 1:41:30.0 | |
| 12 | align=left | Henri Delerue | align=left | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 1:41:58.2 | |
| 13 | align=left | Joël Vanderhaegen | align=left | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 1:42:31.8 | |
| 14 | align=left | Karl-Heinz Pape | align=left | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 1:45:39.8 | |
| 15 | align=left | Arthur Thomson | align=left | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 1:50:08.2 | |
| 16 | align=left | Ozbi Vister | align=left | {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} | 1:56:21.4 | |
| {{hs|17}} | align=left | Stavros Hadjilaios | align=left | {{flagcountry|GRE|old}} | {{AthAbbr|DNF}} | |
| {{hs|18}} | align=left | Sezer Selek | align=left | {{flagcountry|TUR}} | {{AthAbbr|DNF}} | |
| {{hs|19}} | align=left | Tommy Kristensen | align=left | {{flagcountry|DEN}} | {{AthAbbr|DQ}} |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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- {{flagcountry|BEL}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|DEN}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|TCH}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|GDR}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|FRA}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|GRE|old}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|LUX}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|POL}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|SWE}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|TUR}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|GBR}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|FRG}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} (1)
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References
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{{ECRacewalking}}
{{Footer European Champions 20 km Walk Men}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1962 European Athletics Championships, Mens 20 kilometres race walk}}
Category:Race walking at the European Athletics Championships