European Athletics Championships 1962/50 km men's walk
| 7th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| discipline | 50 km walking of men |
| city |
.svg){kind=small} Belgrade
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| venue | Round trip through Belgrade |
| Attendees | 21 athletes from 10 countries |
| Competition phase | September 14th |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Abdon Pamich ( ITA )
 |
 silver |
Grigori Panichkin ( URS )
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 bronze |
Don Thompson ( GBR )
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The men's 50 km walk at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held on September 14, 1962 in the streets of Belgrade .
European champion was the Italian Olympic third from 1960 Abdon Pamich . The Soviet walker Grigory Panichkin came in second place. Bronze went to the British Olympic champion from 1960 Don Thompson .
Existing records
| World record | 4:00:50 h |
Mikhail Lavrov
|
Kazan , then Soviet Union today ( Russia ) | 5th September 1961 |
| European best time | ||||
| EM record | 4: 17: 15.4 h |
.svg){kind=small} Yevgeny Maskinskov
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EM Stockholm , Sweden | August 24, 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 21 participants started together for the final.
final
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September 14, 1962, 2:30 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdon Pamich |
Italy
|
4: 18: 46.6 SB |
| 2 | Grigory Panichkin |
Soviet Union
|
4: 24: 35.6 PB |
| 3 | Don Thompson |
Great Britain
|
4: 29: 00.2 SB |
| 4th | Christoph Höhne |
 Germany
|
4: 29: 37.8 SB |
| 5 | John Ljunggren |
 Sweden
|
4:30: 19.8 SB |
| 6th | István Havasi |
 Hungary
|
4: 34: 14.8 PB |
| 7th | Hannes Koch |
Germany
|
4: 38: 34.0 PB |
| 8th | Horst Astroth |
Germany
|
4: 38: 49.0 PB |
| 9 | Ingvar Green |
Sweden
|
4: 40: 08.0 |
| 10 | Joël Vanderhaegen |
 Belgium
|
4: 41: 31.0 |
| 11 | Alexandr Bílek |
 Czechoslovakia
|
4: 42: 23.0 |
| 12 | Ladislav Moc |
Czechoslovakia
|
4: 48: 31.7 |
| 13 | Eric Hall |
Great Britain
|
4: 55; 47.0 |
| 14th | Alfred Leiser |
 Switzerland
|
4: 57: 28.0 |
| 15th | Stefano Serchinic |
Italy
|
5: 13: 20.4 |
| DNF | Anatoly Wedjakov |
Soviet Union
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| Charles Sowa |
 Luxembourg
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| Elio Massi |
Italy
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| Erwin Stutz |
Switzerland
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| DSQ | Ray Middleton |
Great Britain
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| Grigory Klimov |
Soviet Union
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Beograd 1962 from european-athletics.org, accessed on May 12, 2019
- Men 50km 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, 50 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. 50 km walk men , accessed May 12, 2019