1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, on 3 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Vladimir Golubnichiy Soviet Union
Silver	Bernhard Kannenberg West Germany
Bronze	Roger Mills Great Britain

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Vladimir Golubnichiy	Soviet Union	1:29:30.0
	Bernhard Kannenberg	West Germany	1:29:38.2
	Roger Mills	Great Britain	1:32:33.8
4	Armando Zambaldo	Italy	1:33:04.8
5	Jan Ornoch	Poland	1:33:19.6
6	Amos Seddon	Great Britain	1:34:17.6
7	Alessandro Bellucci	Italy	1:34:52.4
8	Hans Tenggren	Sweden	1:35:47.0
9	Vinko Galušić	Yugoslavia	1:36:32.2
10	Owe Hemmingsson	Sweden	1:37:07.6
11	Siegfried Zschiegner	East Germany	1:37:45.0
12	Evgeni Semerdzhiev	Bulgaria	1:39:42.4
13	Milan Vala	Czechoslovakia	1:39:50.8
14	Jean-Claude Decosse	France	1:39:54.8
15	Yevgeniy Ivchenko	Soviet Union	1:39:56.0
	Gérard Lelièvre	France	DNF
	Peter Frenkel	East Germany	DNF
	Vittorio Visini	Italy	DNF
	Christos Karagiorgos	Greece	DNF
	Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller	East Germany	DQ
	Vladimir Saloshik	Soviet Union	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (3)

• France (2)
• Greece (1)
• Italy (3)

• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (2)

• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)