1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, on 3 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Abdon Pamich
 Italy
Silver Gennadiy Agapov
 Soviet Union
Bronze Oleksandr Shcherbyna
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

3 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdon Pamich  Italy 4:18:42.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gennadiy Agapov  Soviet Union 4:20:01.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleksandr Shcherbyna  Soviet Union 4:20:47.2
4 Kurt Sakowski  East Germany 4:21:35.0
5 Ray Middleton  Great Britain 4:23:01.0
6 Henri Delerue  France 4:24:37.4
7 Günther Rieger  East Germany 4:25:50.8
8 Vittorio Visini  Italy 4:26:22.4
9 Donald Thompson  Great Britain 4:27:11.2
10 Charles Sowa  Luxembourg 4:30:13.6
11 Peter Selzer  East Germany 4:33:57.4
12 István Havasi  Hungary 4:35:11.0
13 Alexandr Bílek  Czechoslovakia 4:36:59.8
14
Erwin Stutz
  Switzerland 4:37:51.4
15 Bernhard Nermerich  West Germany 4:39:04.8
16 Stig Lindberg  Sweden 4:40:39.8
17 Anatoliy Penek  Soviet Union 4:41:23.2
18 Gerhard Weidner  West Germany 4:44:04.2
19 Charles Fogg  Great Britain 4:45:16.6
20 Oldřich Stránský  Czechoslovakia 4:49:57.8
21 Eugeniusz Ornoch  Poland 4:56:13.4
22 Werner Hupfeld  West Germany 5:02:41.8
Ingvar Pettersson  Sweden DNF
Jacques Arnoux  France DNF
Béla Dinesz  Hungary DQ
Max Sjöholm  Sweden DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF),
    European Athletics Association
    , pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014