2018 European Championships Statistics - Men’s 20Km Walk Summary All time Performance List at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:18:37 Francisco Javier Fernandez ESP 1 München 2002 2 2 1:18:45 Mikhail Shchenn ikov RUS 1 Helsinki 1994 3 1:19:09 Francisco Javier Fernandez ESP 1 Göteborg 2006 4 3 1:19:22 Yevgeniy Misyulya BLR 2 Helsinki 1994 5 4 1:19:44 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP 1 Zürich 2014 6 5 1:19:45 Aleksandr Ivanov RUS 2 Zürich 2014 7 6 1:19:46 Denis Str elkov RUS 3 Zürich 2014 7 6 1:19:46 Ruslan Dmytrenko UKR 4 Zürich 2014 9 8 1:19:56 Vladimir Andreyev RUS 2 München 2002 Margin of Victory Difference Time Name Nat Venue Year Max 2:12 1:23:43 Jose Marin ESP Athinai 1982 Min 0 second 1:19:44 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP Zürich 2014 2 seconds 1:21:15 Jozef Pribilinec TCH Stuttgart 1986 Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:18:37 Francisco Javier Fernandez ESP München 2002 2 1:19:22 Yevgeniy Misyulya BLR Helsinki 1994 3 1:19:46 Denis Strelkov RUS Zürich 2014 1:20:09 João Vieira POR Göteborg 2006 Multiple Gold Medalists: Francisco Javier Fernandez (ESP): 2002, 2006 Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze RUS 2014 Aleksandr Ivanov Denis Strelkov ESP 2002 Francisco Javier Fernandez Juan Manuel Molina TCH 1982 Jozef Pribilinec Pavol Blazek URS 1978 Pyotr Pochenchuk Analoliy Solomin URS 1966 Vladimir Golubnichiy Nikolay Smaga Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year RUS Stanislav Yemelyanov Anisya Kirdyapkina Barcelona 2010 All time Performance List at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:18:37 Francisco Javier Fernandez ESP 1 München 2002 2 2 1:18:45 Mikhail Shchenn ikov RUS 1 Helsinki 1994 3 1:19:09 Francisco Javier Fernandez ESP 1 Göteborg 2006 4 3 1:19:22 Yevgeniy Misyulya BLR 2 Helsinki 1994 5 4 1:19:44 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP 1 Zürich 2014 6 5 1:19:45 Aleksandr Ivanov RUS 2 Zürich 2014 7 6 1:19:46 Denis Str elkov RUS 3 Zürich 2014 7 6 1:19:46 Ruslan Dmytrenko UKR 4 Zürich 2014 9 8 1:19:56 Vladimir Andreyev RUS 2 München 2002 10 9 1:20:00 Valeriy Borchin RUS 2 Göteborg 2006 11 10 1:20:09 João Vieira POR 3 Göteborg 2006 12 11 1:20:10 Stanislav Emelyanov RU S 1 Barcelona 2010 13 12 1:20:12 Viktor Burayev RUS 4 Göteborg 2006 14 13 1:20:33 Valenti Massana ESP 3 Helsinki 1994 15 14 1:20:36 Juan Manuel Molina ESP 3 München 2002 15 1:20:36 Viktor Burayev 4 München 2002 17 15 1:20:38 Alex Schwazer ITA 2 Ba rcelona 2010 18 16 1:20:39 Giovanni De Benedictis ITA 4 Helsinki 1994 19 1:20:49 João Vieira 3 Barcelona 2010 20 17 1:20:50 Sergey Bakulin RUS 5 Göteborg 2006 21 18 1:20:52 Ivan Trotski BLR 5 München 2002 22 1:20:56 Yevgeniy Misyulya 6 München 20 02 23 19 1:21:00 Robert Heffernan IRL 4 Barcelona 2010 23 19 1:21:00 Christopher Linke GER 5 Zürich 2014 25 21 1:21:01 Mikhail Orlov RUS 5 Helsinki 1994 26 22 1:21:03 Alessandro Gandellini ITA 7 München 2002 27 23 1:21:10 Ilya Markov RUS 1 Budapest 1998 28 1:21:10 Robert Heffernan 8 München 2002 29 24 1:21:15 Jozef Pribilinec TCH 1 Stuttgart 1986 30 25 1:21:17 Maurizio Damilano ITA 2 Stuttgart 1986 31 26 1:21:21 Lorenzo Civallero ITA 9 München 2002 31 27 1:21:25 Aigars Fadejevs LAT 2 Budapest 1998 33 28 1:21:29 Andrey Stadnichuk RUS 10 München 2002 34 29 1:21:36 Miguel Angel Prieto ESP 3 Stuttgart 1986 35 30 1:21:38 Andre Höhne GER 11 München 2002 36 1:21:39 Francisco Javier Fernandez 3 Budapest 1998 36 31 1:21:39 Matej Toth SVK 6 Göte borg 2006 38 32 1:21:41 Alvaro Martin ESP 6 Zürich 2014 39 33 1:21:48 Andriy Kovenko UKR 7 Zürich 2014 40 34 1:21:51 Giovanni Perricelli ITA 6 Helsinki 1994 41 35 1:21:52 Viktor Mostovik URS 4 Stuttgart 1986 42 36 1:21:53 Andreas Erm GER 4 Budapest 1998 43 1:21:55 João Vieira POR 12 München 2002 44 37 1:22:05 Pavol Blazek TCH 1 Split 1990 45 38 1:22:07 Giorgio Rubino ITA 8 Zürich 2014 46 39 1:22:12 Sandor Urbanik HUN 5 Budapest 1998 46 1:22:12 Giorgio Rubino 5 Barcelona 2010 48 40 1:22:13 Erik Tysse NOR 7 Göteborg 2006 49 1:22:19 Erik Tysse 9 Zürich 2014 50 41 1:22:20 Andrey Krivov RUS 6 Barcelona 2010 50 1:22:20 Matej Toth 7 Barcelona 2010 52 42 1:22:21 Jiri Malysa CZE 13 München 2002 53 43 1:22:22 Daniel Plaza ESP 2 Split 1990 54 44 1:22:23 Igor Kollar SVK 7 Helsinki 1994 Margin of Victory Difference Time Name Nat Venue Year Max 2:12 1:23:43 Jose Marin ESP Athinai 1982 Min 0 second 1:19:44 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP Zürich 2014 2 seconds 1:21:15 Jozef Pribilinec TCH Stuttgart 1986 Difference between third and fourth place Difference Time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1:07.8 1:30:18 Nikolay Smaga URS Budapest 1966 Min 0 seconds 1:20:36 Juan Manuel Molina ESP München 2002 1:19:46 Denis Strelkov RUS Zürich 2014 Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:18:37 Francisco Javier Fernandez ESP München 2002 2 1:19:22 Yevgeniy Misyulya BLR Helsinki 1994 3 1:19:46 Denis Strelkov RUS Zürich 2014 1:20:09 João Vieira POR Göteborg 2006 4 1:19:46 Rusian Dmytrenko UKR Zürich 2014 1:20:12 Viktor Burayev RUS Göteborg 2006 5 1:20:50 Sergey Bakulin RUS Göteborg 2006 6 1:20:56 Yevgeniy Misyulya BLR München 2002 7 1:21:03 Alessandro Gandellini ITA München 2002 8 1:21:10 Robert Heffernan IRL München 2002 Multiple Gold Medalists: Francisco Javier Fernandez (ESP): 2002, 2006 Multiple Medalists: João Vieira (POR): 2006 Bronze; 2010 Bronze Francisco Javier Fernandez (ESP): 1998 Bronze; 2002 Gold, 2006 Gold Pavol Blazek (TCH): 1982 Bronze; 1990 Gold Jozef Pribilinec (TCH): 1982 Silver; 1986 Gold Paul Nihill (GBR): 1969 Gold; 1971 Bronze Nikolay Smaga (URS): 1966 Bronze; 1969 Bronze; 1971 Gold Vladimir Golubnichiy (URS): 1962 Bronze; 1966 Silver; 1974 Gold Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze ESP 4 1 4 RUS 3 3 1 GBR 3 2 URS 2 3 4 TCH 2 1 1 GDR 2 1 ITA 2 LAT 1 BLR 1 FRG 1 ROU 1 GER 1 POR 2 FRA 1 SWE 1 Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze RUS 2014 Aleksandr Ivanov Denis Strelkov ESP 2002 Francisco Javier Fernandez Juan Manuel Molina TCH 1982 Jozef Pribilinec Pavol Blazek URS 1978 Pyotr Pochenchuk Analoliy Solomin URS 1966 Vladimir Golubnichiy Nikolay Smaga Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year RUS Stanislav Yemelyanov Anisya Kirdyapkina Barcelona 2010 Athletes with Olympic, World and European gold (Olympic and European gold before 1983) Name Nation Olympics World European Vladimir Golubnichiy URS 1960, 1968 Not held until 1983 1974 Ken Matthews GBR 1964 Not held until 1983 1962 No athlete won Olympic, Worlds and European gold in 20KmWalk. Jozef Pribilinec, 1986 European Champion, won 1988 Olympics, but his best finish at the World Championships is second in 1987. European Champion who previously won European U23 gold medal Name Nat European Championships European U23 Championships Miguel Angel Lopez ESP 2014 2009 Last eight European Championships: Year Gold Nat time Silver Nat time Bronze Nat time 2014 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP 1:19:44 Aleksandr Ivanov RUS 1:19:45 Denis Strelkov RU 1:19:46 2010 Stanislav Yemelyanov RUS 1:20:10 Alex Schwazer ITA 1:20:38 Joao Vieira SPOR 1:20:49 2006 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:19:09 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1:20:00 Joal Vieira POR 1:20:09 2002 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:18:37 Vladimir Andreyev RUS 1:19:56 Juan Manuel Molina ESP 1:20:36 1998 Ilya Markov RUS 1:21:10 Aigars Fedejevs LAT 1:21.29 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:21:39 1994 Mikhail Shchennikov RUS 1:18:45 Yevgeniy Misyulya BLR 1:19:22 Valenti Massana ESP 1:20:33 1990 Pavol Blazek TCH 1:22:05 Daniel Plaza ESP 1:22:22 Thierry Toutain FRA 1:23:22 1986 Jozef Pribilinec TCH 1:21:15 Maurizio Damilano ITA 1:21:17 Miguel Angel Prieto ESP 1:21:36 European U-23 Championships: Year Gold Nat time Silver Nat time Bronze Nat time 2017 Diego Garcia ESP 1:22:29 Karl Junghannss GER 1:22:52 Gabriel Bordier FRA 1:23:03 2015 Nikolay Markov RU 1:23:49 Alvaro Martin ESP 1:24:51 Pavel Parshin RU 1:25:26 2013 Aleksandr Ivanov SRUS 1:21:34 Hagen Pohle GER 1:25:04 Massimo Stano SITA 1:25:25 2011 Dawid Tomala POL 1:24:21 Denis Strelkov RUS 1:24:25 Valeriy Filipchuk RUS 1:24:30 2009 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP 1:22:23 Dzianis Simanovich BLR 1:22:57 Matteo Giupponi ITA 1:23:00 2007 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1:20:43 Andrey Krivov RUS 1:21:51 Sergey Bakulin RUS 1:23:33 2005 Igor Yerokhin RUS 1:23:14 Benjamin Sanchez ESP 1:23:30 Nikolay Seredovich BLR 1:23:56 2003 Bejamin Kucinski POL 1:22:07 Sergey Lystsov RUS 1:24:04 Andrey Talashko BLR 1:24:28 2001 Juan Manuel Molina ESP 1:23:03 Stepan Yudin RUS 1:23:10 Jose David Dominguez ESP 1:23:16 1999 David Marquez ESP 1:23:42 Semyon Lovkin RUS 1:24:04 Alfio Corsaro ITA 1:24:25 1997 Aigars Fadejevs LAT 1:19:58 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:21:59 Artur Meleshkevich BLR 1:22:26 Last nine World Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2017 Eider Arevalo COL 1:18:53 Sergey Shirobokov RUS 1:18:55 Caio Bonfim BRA 1:19:04 2015 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP 1:19:14 Wang Zhen CHN 1:19:29 Benjamin Thorne CAN 1:19:57 2013 Aleksandr Ivanov RUS 1:20:58 Chen Ding CHN 1:21:09 Miguel Angel Lopez ESP 1:22:05 2011 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1:19:56 Vladimir Kanaykin RUS 1:20:27 Luis Fernando COL 1:20:38 2009 Valeriy Borchin RUS 1:18:41 Wang Hao CHN 1:19:06 EderLopez Sanchez MEX 1:19:22 2007 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:22:20 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:22:40 Hatem Ghoula TUN 1:22:40 2005 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:18:35 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:19:36 Juan Manuel ESP 1:19:44 2003 Jefferson Perez ECU 1:17:21 Francisco Fernandez ESP 1:18:00 RomanMolina Rasskazov RUS 1:18:07