2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk explained

Event:	Men's 20 kilometres walk
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

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.

Medalists

Gold	Paquillo Fernández Spain (ESP)
Silver	Valeriy Borchin Russia (RUS)
Bronze	João Vieira Portugal (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
		1:17.21	August 23, 2003
		1:18.37	August 6, 2002

Results

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		1:19:09
		1:20:00	PB
		1:20:09	NR
4		1:20:12
5		1:20:50
6		1:21:39	SB
7		1:22:13
8		1:22:34
9		1:23:03
10		1:24:06	SB
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
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
-		DSQ
-		DSQ

See also

• 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking

References

• Official results
• Results