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1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the European Athletics Championships

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

Medalists

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

Results

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Final

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19 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stanley Vickers  Great Britain 1:33:09.0 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leonid Spirin  Soviet Union 1:35:04.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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

References

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