1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 20 km Walk

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km walk
Race walking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

event at the 1990 European Championships in Split

Split (city)

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, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, who finished the race.

Medalists

Gold	Pavol Blažek Pavol Blažek Pavol Blažek is a retired race walker, who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia in the Olympic Games. He was born in Trnava.-Achievements:-External links:... Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... (TCH)
Silver	Daniel Plaza Daniel Plaza Daniel Plaza Montero is a Spanish former race walker. Plaza is most famous for having won the 20 km walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.Plaza tested positive for the steroid nandrolone after the 1996 Spanish... Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... (ESP)
Bronze	Thierry Toutain Thierry Toutain Thierry Toutain is a retired French race walker. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the world record over 50,000 metres track walking until March 12, 2011, when Yohann Diniz broke it with a time of 3:35:27.-Achievements:-External links:... France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... (FRA)

Final

Rank	Final	Time
		1:22.05
		1:22.22
		1:23.22
4.		1:23.47
5.		1:23.53
6.		1:24.16
7.		1:24.33
8.		1:24.51
9.		1:25.31
10.		1:26.47
11.		1:27.12
12.		1:27.52
13.		1:28.32
14.		1:28.57
15.		1:29.19
16.		1:31.06
17.		1:31.51
18.		1:32.45
19.		1:32.50
20.		1:33.55
21.		1:35.04
22.		1:35.28

Medalists

Final

See also