1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships

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	Steve 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