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1969 European Athletics Championships
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The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 16 September 1969.

Medalists

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

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paul Nihill	Great Britain	1:30:48.0
	Leonida Caraiosifoglu	Romania	1:31:06.4
	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

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

•  Belgium (1)
•  East Germany (2)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (3)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Norway (2)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (3)
•  Soviet Union (3)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Great Britain (3)

References

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

• Events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships
• Racewalking at the European Athletics Championships