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1969 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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 16 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Paul Nihill
 Great Britain
Silver Leonida Caraiosifoglu
 Romania
Bronze Nikolay Smaga
 Soviet Union

Results

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Final

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16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Nihill  Great Britain 1:30:48.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leonida Caraiosifoglu  Romania 1:31:06.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolay Smaga  Soviet Union 1:31:20.2
4 Gerhard Sperling  East Germany 1:32:04.0
5 Hans-Georg Reimann  East Germany 1:33:04.0
6 Abdon Pamich  Italy 1:34:15.0
7 Boris Yakovlev  Soviet Union 1:35:19.0
8 John Webb  Great Britain 1:35:51.0
9 Stefan Ingvarsson  Sweden 1:36:26.8
10 Pasquale Busca  Italy 1:37:11.0
11 Victor Schuch  Romania 1:37:42.0
12 Gabriele Nigro  Italy 1:38:15.0
13 Peter Fullager  Great Britain 1:38:24.0
14 Vasile Ilie  Romania 1:43:23.0
15 János Dalmati  Hungary 1:43:53.8
16 Kjell Lund  Norway 1:45:22.4
17 Edmund Paziewski  Poland 1:46:45.8
18 Helge Abrahamsen  Norway 1:47:37.4
19 Robert Rinchard  Belgium 1:50:25.6
Charles Sowa  Luxembourg DQ
Gennadiy Agapov  Soviet Union DQ

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014