The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 10 August 1971.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Nikolay Smaga Soviet Union |
| Silver | Gerhard Sperling East Germany |
| Bronze | Paul Nihill Great Britain |
Results
Final
10 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nikolay Smaga | Soviet Union | 1:27:20.2 | CR |
 | Gerhard Sperling | East Germany | 1:27:29.0 | |
 | Paul Nihill | Great Britain | 1:27:34.8 | |
| 4 | Peter Frenkel | East Germany | 1:27:52.8 | |
| 5 | Hans-Georg Reimann | East Germany | 1:28:56.8 | |
| 6 | Phil Embleton | Great Britain | 1:29:31.6 | |
| 7 | Boris Yakovlev | Soviet Union | 1:29:49.4 | |
| 8 | Yevgeniy Ivchenko | Soviet Union | 1:31:32.2 | |
| 9 | Bernhard Kannenberg |  West Germany | 1:32:06.4 | |
| 10 | Pasquale Busca |  Italy | 1:32:44.2 | |
| 11 | Antal Kiss |  Hungary | 1:33:15.4 | |
| 12 | Charles Sowa |  Luxembourg | 1:33:54.6 | |
| 13 | Charles Sutherland | Great Britain | 1:34:15.0 | |
| 14 | Andor Antal | Hungary | 1:35:09.6 | |
| 15 | Sándor Fórián | Hungary | 1:35:24.2 | |
| 16 | Kåre Moen |  Norway | 1:35:28.2 | |
| 17 | Jan Ornoch |  Poland | 1:35:33.4 | |
| 18 | Stefan Ingvarsson |  Sweden | 1:36:17.2 | |
| 19 | Hans Tenggren | Sweden | 1:36:54.8 | |
| 20 | Wilfried Wesch | West Germany | 1:37:39.4 | |
| 21 | Jan Rolstad | Norway | 1:39:14.8 | |
| 22 | Kjell Lund | Norway | 1:40:28.6 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
- East Germany (3)
- Hungary (3)
- Italy (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Norway (3)
- Poland (1)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Sweden (2)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (2)
References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014
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