1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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

Men's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships

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)