European Athletics Championships 1971/20 km walking men
| 10th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 20km walk |
| city |
 Helsinki
|
| place | Round trip through Helsinki |
| Attendees | 22 athletes from 10 countries |
| Competition phase | August 10 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Nikolai Smaga ( URS )
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 silver |
Gerhard Sperling ( GDR )
 |
 bronze |
Paul Nihill ( GBR )
 |
The men's 20 km walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held on August 10, 1971 in the streets of Helsinki .
The European champion was the Olympic third in 1968 and the third in the European Championship in 1969 Nikolai Smaga . He won in front of the GDR goalkeeper Gerhard Sperling . Bronze went to the British defending champion Paul Nihill .
Records / best performances
Existing records / best performances
| World record | 1:25:22 h |
Gennady Agapov
|
Leningrad (today St. Petersburg ), Soviet Union (today Russia ) | July 21, 1968 |
| European best time | ||||
| EM record | 1: 29: 25.0 h |
Dieter Lindner
|
EM in Budapest , Hungary | August 30, 1966 |
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.
Record improvement
European champion Nikolai Smaga improved the existing EM record by 2: 04.8 minutes to 1: 27: 20.2 hours.
Panoramic view of Helsinki with the south harbor
execution
There was no preliminary round, all 22 walkers went to the final together.
Result
Hans-Georg Reimann (right, talking to two team
colleagues) , EM -Fünfter of 1969 , came this time to fifth place
colleagues) , EM -Fünfter of 1969 , came this time to fifth place
August 10, 1971
| space | Surname | nation | Time (h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikolai Smaga |
Soviet Union
|
1: 27: 20.2 CR |
| 2 | Gerhard Sperling |
GDR
|
1: 27: 29.0 PB |
| 3 | Paul Nihill |
Great Britain
|
1: 27: 34.8 PB |
| 4th | Peter Frenkel |
GDR
|
1: 27: 52.8 SB |
| 5 | Hans-Georg Reimann |
GDR
|
1: 28: 56.8 SB |
| 6th | Phil Embleton |
Great Britain
|
1: 29: 31.6 PB |
| 7th | Borys Yakovlev |
Soviet Union
|
1: 29: 49.4 SB |
| 8th | Jauhen Iutschanka |
Soviet Union
|
1: 31: 32.2 PB |
| 9 | Bernd Kannenberg |
 BR Germany
|
1: 32: 06.4 SB |
| 10 | Pasquale Busca |
 Italy
|
1: 32: 44.2 PB |
| 11 | Antal Kiss |
 Hungary
|
1: 33: 15.4 SB |
| 12 | Charles Sowa |
 Luxembourg
|
1: 34: 15.6 PB |
| 13 | Charles Sutherland |
Great Britain
|
1:34; 15.0 PB |
| 14th | Andor Antal |
Hungary
|
1: 35: 09.6 PB |
| 15th | Sándor Fórián |
Hungary
|
1: 35: 24.2 PB |
| 16 | Kåre Moen |
 Norway
|
1: 35: 28.2 PB |
| 17th | Jan Ornoch |
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|
1: 35: 33.4 SB |
| 18th | Stefan Ingvarsson |
 Sweden
|
1: 36: 17.2 PB |
| 19th | Hans Tenggren |
Sweden
|
1: 36: 54.8 PB |
| 20th | Wilfried Wesch |
BR Germany
|
1: 37: 39.4 SB |
| 21st | Jan Rolstad |
Norway
|
1: 39: 14.8 PB |
| 22nd | Kjell Lund |
Norway
|
1: 40: 28.6 PB |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1971 from european-athletics.org, accessed June 25, 2019
- Men 20km Walk European Championship 1971 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed June 7, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1971 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 25, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 20km Walk European Championship 1971 Helsinki, p. 416 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on June 7, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1971, 20 km walking men on sportschau.de, accessed on June 7, 2019
- 10th European Athletics Championships 1971 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on June 25, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 20 km walking men , accessed June 25, 2019