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 Belgrade, 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	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	Yugoslavia	1:56:21.4
	Stavros Hadjilaios	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.

References