1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 10 August 1971.

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)