1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19 August 1958.

Medalists

Gold	Stanley Vickers Great Britain
Silver	Leonid Spirin Soviet Union
Bronze	Lennart Back Sweden

Results

Final

19 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stanley Vickers	Great Britain	1:33:09.0	CR
	Leonid Spirin	Soviet Union	1:35:04.2
	Lennart Back	Sweden	1:35:22.2
4	Lennart Carlsson	Sweden	1:35:38.4
5	Louis Marquis	Switzerland	1:35:59.4
6	Giuseppe Dordoni	Italy	1:36:16.2
7	Siegfried Lefanczik	East Germany	1:39:18.6
8	Gabriel Reymond	Switzerland	1:39:18.6
9	Franciszek Szyszka	Poland	1:39:44.0
10	Georges Attane	France	1:40:34.6
11	Albert Johnson	Great Britain	1:41:54.4
12	Jerzy Hausleber	Poland	1:43:53.2
	Dieter Lindner	East Germany	DQ
	Bruno Junk	Soviet Union	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

• East Germany (2)
• France (1)
• Italy (1)
• Poland (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (2)
• Great Britain (2)