- Medalists
- Results Final
- Participation
- References
{{1978 European Athletics Championships}}The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, on 30 August 1978.[1] MedalistsGold | | {{flagcountry>GDR}} Silver | | {{flagcountry>URS|1955}} Bronze | | {{flagcountry>URS|1955}}
ResultsFinal30 August Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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{{Gold1}} | Roland Wieser | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 1:23:11.5 | CR | {{Silver2}} | Pyotr Pochenchuk | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 1:23:43.0 | {{Bronze3}} | Anatoliy Solomin | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 1:24:11.5 | 4 | Boris Yakovlev | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 1:24:27.9 | 5 | José Marín | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} | 1:24:38.1 | 6 | Maurizio Damilano | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 1:24:57.5 | 7 | Hartwig Gauder | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 1:25:15.7 | 8 | Roberto Buccione | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 1:25:40.9 | 9 | Bohdan Bułakowski | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 1:25:56.8 | 10 | Bo Gustafsson | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:26:13.5 | 11 | Gérard Lelièvre | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 1:26:42.3 | 12 | Alessandro Pezzatini | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 1:26:44.2 | 13 | Juraj Benčík | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 1:27:47.4 | 14 | Svetozár Blažek | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 1:27:49.3 | 15 | Lucien Faber | {{flagcountry|LUX}} | 1:29:19.7 | 16 | Stanisław Rola | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 1:29:22.0 | 17 | Imre Stankovics | {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}} | 1:29:33.3 | 18 | Štefan Petrík | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 1:30:08.4 | 19 | Owe Hemmingsson | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:30:44.2 | 20 | Alfons Schwarz | {{flagcountry|FRG}} | 1:31:17.6 | 21 | Roger-George Mills | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 1:31:52.5 | 22 | Yancho Kamenov | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 1:32:08.9 | 23 | Erling Andersen | {{flagcountry|NOR}} | 1:32:13.0 | 24 | Alf Brandt | {{flagcountry|SWE}} | 1:32:41.7 | 25 | Brian Adams | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 1:33:08.2 | 26 | Amos Seddom | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 1:34:17.8 | 27 | Knut Arne Strømøy | {{flagcountry|NOR}} | 1:36:01.9 | 28}} | Dominique Guebey | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | DNF | 29}} | Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | DQ |
ParticipationAccording to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. {{col-start}}{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|TCH}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|GDR}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|FRA}} (2)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|HUN|1957}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|ITA}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|LUX}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|NOR}} (2)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|POL}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|SWE}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|GBR}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|FRG}} (1)
{{col-end}}References1. ^{{ Citation | last = | first = | date = | title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf| pages = 427–435| publisher = European Athletics Association| language = | accessdate = 13 August 2014}}
{{ECRacewalking}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1978 European Athletics Championships, Mens 20 kilometres race walk}} 2 : Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships|Racewalking at the European Athletics Championships |