| Final 20:20 | time | bib | | 1. Paul Nihill |  GBR | 1:30:48.0 | | 189 | | 2. Leonida Caraiosifoglu |  ROU | 1:31:06.4 | | 535 | | 3. Nikolay Smaga |  URS | 1:31:20.2 | | 606 | | 4. Gerhard Sperling |  GDR | 1:32:04.0 | | 343 | | 5. Hans-Georg Reimann | GDR | 1:33:04.0 | | 334 | | 6. Abdon Pamich |  ITA | 1:34:15.0 | | 414 | | 7. Boris Yakovlev | URS | 1:35:19.0 | | 580 | | 8. John Webb | GBR | 1:35:51.0 | | 202 | | 9. Stefan Ingvarsson |  SWE | 1:36:26.8 | | 682 | | 10.Pasquale Busca | ITA | 1:37:11.0 | | 426 | | 11.Victor Schuch | ROU | 1:37:42.0 | | 536 | | 12.Gabriele Nigro | ITA | 1:38:15.0 | | 412 | | 13.Peter Fullager | GBR | 1:38:24.0 | | 222 | | 14.Vasile Ilie | ROU | 1:43:23.0 | | 534 | | 15.János Dalmati |  HUN | 1:43:53.8 | | 70 | | 16.Kjell Lund |  NOR | 1:45:22.4 | | 459 | | 17.Edmund Paziewski |  POL | 1:46:45.8 | | 499 | | 18.Helge Abrahamsen | NOR | 1:47:37.4 | | 450 | | 19.Robert Rinchard |  BEL | 1:50:25.6 | | 20 | | -. Charles Sowa |  LUX | DQ | | 438 | | -. Gennadiy Agapov | URS | DQ | | 558 | | -. Kiss | HUN | | | 357 | | -. Pohjiainen | FIN | | | 105 | | -. Bilek | TCH | | | 56 | | -. Yanev | BUL | | | 41 |
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| History Men 20km Walk | | World and European Record: Agapov (URS) 1:26:45.8 |
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