1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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 Great Britain |
| Silver | Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany |
| Bronze | Volodymyr Holubnychy Soviet Union |
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 1:56:21.4 | |
| Stavros Hadjilaios | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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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References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014
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