1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km walk event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held on 7 September 1982.

Medalists

Gold	José Marín Spain (ESP)
Silver	Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Bronze	Pavol Blažek Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Results

Final

7 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	José Marín	Spain	1:23:43
	Jozef Pribilinec	Czechoslovakia	1:25:55
	Pavol Blažek	Czechoslovakia	1:26:13
4	Gérard Lelièvre	France	1:26:30
5	Alessandro Pezzatini	Italy	1:26:39
6	Carlo Mattioli	Italy	1:26:56
7	Nikolay Matveyev	Soviet Union	1:27:57
8	Reima Salonen	Finland	1:28:04
9	Roland Wieser	East Germany	1:29:11
10	Pyotr Pochenchuk	Soviet Union	1:30:13
11	Steven Barry	United Kingdom	1:31:00
12	Martial Fesselier	France	1:32:23
13	Ian McCombie	United Kingdom	1:32:36
14	José Pinto	Portugal	1:34:19
15	Lennart Mether	Sweden	1:35:09
16	Jan Staaf	Sweden	1:37:37
17	Franz-Josef Weber	West Germany	1:39:38
18	Leif Christensen	Denmark	1:45:45
	Bo Gustafsson	Sweden	DQ
	Maurizio Damilano	Italy	DQ
	Aristidis Karagiorgos	Greece	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (1)

• France (2)
• Greece (1)
• Italy (3)

• Portugal (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)

• Sweden (3)
• United Kingdom (2)
• West Germany (1)

See also

• 1980 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Moscow)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 20km Walk (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Los Angeles)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 20km Walk (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Seoul)

References

• Results