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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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Men's 20 kilometre walk
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 2
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Winning time1:34:07.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Golubnichy
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Noel Freeman
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stan Vickers
 Great Britain
← 1956
1964 →

The men's 20 kilometres walk race walk event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 2. The event was held in a final only format.[1]

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Time behind Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Volodymyr Holubnychy  Soviet Union 1:34:07.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Noel Freeman  Australia 1:34:16.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stan Vickers  Great Britain 1:34:56.4
4 Dieter Lindner  United Team of Germany 1:35:33.8
5 Norman Read  New Zealand 1:36:59.0
6 Lennart Back  Sweden 1:37:17.0
7 John Ljunggren  Sweden 1:37:59.0
8 Ladislav Moc  Czechoslovakia 1:38:32.4
9 Alex Oakley  Canada 1:38:46.0
10 Eric Hall  Great Britain 1:38:54.0
11 Ronald Crawford  Australia 1:39:16.2
12 Henri Delerue  France 1:39:37.6
13 George Hazle  South Africa 1:40:16.2
14 Lennart Carlsson  Sweden 1:40:25.0
15 Tommy Kristensen  Denmark 1:41:07.6
16 Hannes Koch  United Team of Germany 1:41:53.4
17 Louis Marquis  Switzerland 1:41:59.6
18 Charles Sowa  Luxembourg 1:42:43.8
19 Ron Zinn  United States 1:42:47.0
20 Zora Singh  India 1:43:19.8
21 Stefano Serchinich  Italy 1:43:58.6
22 Luigi De Rosso  Italy 1:45:04.2
23 Bob Mimm  United States 1:45:09.0
24 Rudy Haluza  United States 1:45:11.0
25 Leo Rosschou  Denmark 1:46:35.8
26 Gianni Corsaro  Italy 1:46:47.2
27 Khalifa Bahrouni  Tunisia 1:47:09.6
28 Naoui Zlassi  Tunisia 1:55:21.0
Ajit Singh  India DSQ
Anatoly Vedyakov  Soviet Union DSQ
Mohamed Ben Lazhar  Tunisia DSQ
Gabriel Reymond  Switzerland DSQ
Gennady Solodov  Soviet Union DSQ
Siegfried Lefanczik  United Team of Germany DSQ
Tibor Balajcza  Hungary DSQ
Ken Matthews  Great Britain DNF

Key: DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2017.