European Athletics Championships 1958/20 km men's walking
| 6th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| discipline | Men's 20km walk |
| city |
 Stockholm
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| venue | Round trip through Stockholm |
| Attendees | 14 athletes from 9 countries |
| Competition phase | August 19th |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Stan Vickers ( GBR )
 |
 silver |
Leonid Spirin ( URS )
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 bronze |
Lennart Back ( SWE )
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The men's 20 km walk at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held on August 19, 1958 in the streets of Stockholm .
As the shorter of the two walking distances offered in the competition program, the competition replaced the discipline over the distance of ten kilometers. The two competitions now held over twenty and fifty kilometers in this form still represent the standard for walking at international championships and the Olympic Games.
Since the European championships in 2018 , this has also applied to women. For the first time at the European Championships in 1986 , at that time over ten kilometers, a walking distance was initially offered, which was adapted from 2002 to the usual distance of twenty kilometers for men. In 2018, the 50 km competition for women was added to the program.
Here in Stockholm the Briton Stan Vickers became European champion. He won ahead of the 1956 Soviet Olympic champion and world record holder, Leonid Spirin . Bronze went to the Swede Lennart Back .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 1:27:29 h |
Leonid Spirin
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Moscow , then Soviet Union (now Russia ) | July 7, 1957 |
| European best time | ||||
| Championship record | This competition was held for the first time at European championships. | |||
Note:
At that time, records were not kept in marathon running and street walking because of the different track conditions with the exception of championship records.
New championship record
European champion Stan Vickers set the first European Championship record over 20 km walking with 1: 33: 09.0 hours .
execution
As usual on this route, the competition was held without prior qualification. All fourteen participants started together for the final.
final
August 19, 1958, 3 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stan Vickers |
Great Britain
|
1: 33: 09.0 CR |
| 2 | Leonid Spirin |
Soviet Union
|
1: 35: 04.2 SB |
| 3 | Lennart Back |
Sweden
|
1: 35: 22.2 SB |
| 4th | Lennart Carlsson |
Sweden
|
1: 35: 38.4 PB |
| 5 | Louis Marquis |
 Switzerland
|
1: 35: 59.4 PB |
| 6th | Giuseppe Dordoni |
 Italy
|
1: 36: 16.2 PB |
| 7th | Siegfried Lefanczik |
 Germany
|
1: 39: 18.6 PB |
| 8th | Gabriel Reymond |
Switzerland
|
1: 39: 18.6 PB |
| 9 | Franciszek Szyszka |
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1: 39: 44.0 PB |
| 10 | Georges Attane |
 France
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1: 40: 34.6 PB |
| 11 | Albert Johnson |
Great Britain
|
1: 41: 54.4 PB |
| 12 | Jerzy home liver |
Poland
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1: 43: 53.2 PB |
| DSQ | Dieter Lindner |
Germany
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| Bruno Junk |
Soviet Union
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Siegfried Lefanczik came in seventh place
Dieter Lindner ( second from left with medal winners from the GDR at the 1964 Olympic Games , Lindner at that time with silver in the 20 km walk ) was disqualified
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Stockholm 1958 from european-athletics.org, accessed April 26, 2019
- Men 20km Walk European Championship 1958 Stockholm on todor66.com, accessed April 26, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1958 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed April 26, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1958, 20 km walking men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 26, 2019
- 6th European Athletics Championships 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on April 26, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 20 km walking men , accessed April 26, 2019