The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, on 30 August 1978.
Medalists Gold Roland Wieser Silver Pyotr Pochenchuk Bronze Anatoliy Solomin
Results
Final 30 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Roland Wieser 1:23:11.5 CR Pyotr Pochenchuk 1:23:43.0 Anatoliy Solomin 1:24:11.5 4 Boris Yakovlev 1:24:27.9 5 José Marín 1:24:38.1 6 Maurizio Damilano 1:24:57.5 7 Hartwig Gauder 1:25:15.7 8 Roberto Buccione 1:25:40.9 9 Bohdan Bułakowski 1:25:56.8 10 Bo Gustafsson 1:26:13.5 11 Gérard Lelièvre 1:26:42.3 12 Alessandro Pezzatini 1:26:44.2 13 Juraj Benčík 1:27:47.4 14 Svetozár Blažek 1:27:49.3 15 Lucien Faber 1:29:19.7 16 Stanisław Rola 1:29:22.0 17 Imre Stankovics 1:29:33.3 18 Štefan Petrík 1:30:08.4 19 Owe Hemmingsson 1:30:44.2 20 Alfons Schwarz 1:31:17.6 21 Roger-George Mills 1:31:52.5 22 Yancho Kamenov 1:32:08.9 23 Erling Andersen 1:32:13.0 24 Alf Brandt 1:32:41.7 25 Brian Adams 1:33:08.2 26 Amos Seddom 1:34:17.8 27 Knut Arne Strømøy 1:36:01.9 Dominique Guebey DNF Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller DQ
Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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