European Athletics Championships 1962/20 km men's walking
| 7th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| discipline | 20 km walking of the men |
| city |
.svg){kind=small} Belgrade
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| venue | Round trip through Belgrade |
| Attendees | 19 athletes from 13 countries |
| Competition phase | 12th September |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Ken Matthews ( GBR )
 |
 silver |
Hans-Georg Reimann ( GER )
 |
 bronze |
Volodymyr Holubnychy ( URS )
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The men's 20 km walk at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held on September 12, 1962 in the streets of Belgrade .
The British Ken Matthews became European Champion . He won before the GDR goalkeeper Hans-Georg Reimann . Bronze went to the 1960 Olympic champion Volodymyr Holubnytschyj from the USSR.
Existing records
| World record | 1:25:58 h |
Anatoly Wedjakov
|
Moscow , then Soviet Union (now Russia ) | September 6, 1959 |
| European best time | ||||
| EM record | 1: 33: 09.0 h |
Stan Vickers
|
EM in Stockholm , Sweden | 19th August 1958 |
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.
The existing championship record was not set and not improved at these European championships.
execution
As usual on this route, the competition was held without prior qualification. All nineteen participants started together for the final.
final
September 12, 1962, 4:15 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Matthews |
Great Britain
|
1: 35: 54.8 PB |
| 2 | Hans-Georg Reimann |
Germany
|
1: 36: 14.2 SB |
| 3 | Volodymyr Holubnychy |
Soviet Union
|
1: 36: 37.6 SB |
| 4th | Anatoly Wedjakov |
Soviet Union
|
1: 37: 23.6 SB |
| 5 | Lennart Back |
 Sweden
|
1: 38: 16.2 |
| 6th | Dieter Lindner |
Germany
|
1: 38: 34.2 |
| 7th | Alexandr Bilek |
 Czechoslovakia
|
1: 38: 42.6 PB |
| 8th | Franciszek Szyszka |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
1:40: 30.8 SB |
| 9 | Erik Soderlund |
Sweden
|
1: 40.45.4 PB |
| 10 | Charles Sowa |
 Luxembourg
|
1: 41: 24.2 SB |
| 11 | Robert Clark |
Great Britain
|
1: 41: 30.0 PB |
| 12 | Henri Delerue |
 France
|
1: 41: 58.2 SB |
| 13 | Joël Vanderhaegen |
 Belgium
|
1: 42: 31.8 PB |
| 14th | Karl-Heinz Pape |
Germany
|
1:45: 39.8 SB |
| 15th | Arthur Thomson |
Great Britain
|
1: 50: 08.2 PB |
| 16 | Ozbi Vister |
Yugoslavia
|
1: 56: 21.6 PB |
| DNF | Stavros Hadjilaios |
.svg){kind=small} Greece
|
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| Sezer Selek |
 Turkey
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| DSQ | Tommy Kristensen |
 Denmark
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Vice European champion Hans-Georg Reimann (right) in conversation with sports colleagues at the 1976 Olympic Games
The 1960 Olympic champion Volodymyr Holubnychy won the bronze medal
Dieter Lindner (left) with his teammates at the 1964 Olympic Games came in sixth - two years later in the Olympic Games
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Beograd 1962 from european-athletics.org, accessed on May 12, 2019
- Men 20km Walk European Championship 1962 Beograd on todor66.com, accessed May 12, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1962 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on May 12, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1962, 20 km walking men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 12, 2019
- 7th European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on May 12, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 20 km walking men , accessed May 12, 2019