| Event: | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, on 7 September 1974.
| Gold | Christoph Höhne | |
| Silver | Otto Barch | |
| Bronze | Peter Selzer |
7 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 3:59:05.6 | CR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 4:02:38.8 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 4:04:28.4 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:05:43.6 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 4:09:31.6 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 4:10:19.0 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 4:10:52.4 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 4:16:05.0 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 4:21:47.8 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 4:22:42.6 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:26:34.6 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 4:30:22.8 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:31:08.8 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 4:35:26.4 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 4:36:18.2 | |||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | DQ | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DQ |
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.
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