2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
Encyclopedia
The Men's 20 km walk
event at the 2006 European Championships
was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.
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 2006 European Championships
2006 European Championships in Athletics
The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit"...
was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.
Medalists
| Gold |  Francisco Javier FernándezFrancisco Javier Fernández Francisco Javier Fernández Peláez is a Spanish race walker. He specializes in the 20 km race walk.... 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) |
| Silver |  Valeriy BorchinValeriy Borchin Valeriy Viktorovich Borchin is a race walker from Russia who is the reigning Olympic and World champion over the 20 km distance.... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... (RUS) |
| Bronze |  João VieiraJoão Vieira (athlete) João Paulo Garcia Vieira is a Portuguese race walker.He placed tenth for Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 20 km walk and third at the 2006 European Championships.... Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... (POR) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNS did not start NM no mark WR world record WL world leading AR area record NR national record PB personal best SB season best
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | 1:17.21 | August 23, 2003 |  Paris, France |
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| Event Record | 1:18.37 | August 6, 2002 |  Munich, Germany |
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Results
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
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| 1:19:09 | |||
| 1:20:00 | PB | ||
| 1:20:09 | NR Portuguese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Portugal maintained by its national athletics federation: Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by federationx = mark was made in a mixed race... |
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| 4 | 1:20:12 | ||
| 5 | 1:20:50 | ||
| 6 | 1:21:39 | SB 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km... |
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| 7 | 1:22:13 | ||
| 8 | 1:22:34 | ||
| 9 | 1:23:03 | ||
| 10 | 1:24:06 | SB 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 20 km and 50 km... |
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| 11 | 1:24:35 | ||
| 12 | 1:25:16 | ||
| 13 | 1:25:58 | ||
| 14 | 1:26:20 | ||
| 15 | 1:26:36 | ||
| 16 | 1:27:18 | ||
| 17 | 1:27:42 | ||
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