| Event: | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, on 18 September 1969.
| Gold | Christoph Höhne | |
| Silver | Peter Selzer | |
| Bronze | Venyamin Soldatenko |
18 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 4:12:32.8 | CR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 4:16:09.6 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 4:23:04.8 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 4:25:45.8 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:27:00.0 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:32:07.2 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:33:24.6 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 4:34:25.8 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:35:10.4 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:38:09.0 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:45:15.0 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 4:45:53.4 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 5:09:46.0 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 5:10:16.4 | |||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DQ | |||||
| align=left | align=left | DQ | |||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DQ |
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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