European Athletics Championships 2018 - 20 km Walking (Men)

European Athletics Championship 2018
Running disciplines
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1,500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10 000 m	men	women
100 m s / b		women
110 m s / b	men
400 m s / b	men	women
3000 m s / p	men	women
Relay 4 × 100 m	men	women
Relay 4 × 400 m	men	women
Highway Disciplines
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men	women
Technical disciplines
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throwing	men	women
Javelin-throwing	men	women
All-around
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 20 km race at the 2018 European Athletics Championships was held on August 11 in Berlin . The start and finish were located at Breitscheidplatz . The main part of the 1 kilometer long route ran along Budapeststrasse ^[1] ^[2] .

The current European champion in 20 km walking was Miguel Анngel López from Spain .

Content

1 Medalists
2 records
3 Schedule
4 Results
5 notes
6 References

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alvaro Martin Spain	Diego Garcia Spain	Vasily Mizinov Neutral athlete

Records

Before the start of the competition, the following records were in force.

World record	Yusuke suzuki Japan	1: 16.36	Nomi Japan	March 15, 2015
European record	Yoanni dini France	1: 17.02	Arles France	March 8, 2015
European Championship Record	Francisco Javier Fernandez Spain	1: 18.37	Munich Germany	August 6, 2002
The best season result in the world	Sergey Shirobokov Russia	1: 17.25	Cheboksary , Russia	June 9, 2018
The best result of the season in Europe	Sergey Shirobokov Russia	1: 17.25	Cheboksary , Russia	June 9, 2018

Schedule

date of	Time	Competition round
August 11, 2018	10:55	The final

Local time ( UTC + 2: 00 )

Results

The start of the call was given on August 11 at 10:55 local time. 28 walkers from 15 countries went to the distance ^[3] . Women started at the same time as men, although initially they had to compete earlier. The reason for the transfer was the suspicion of a gas leak near the highway ^[4] .

Competitions were held in comfortable weather: +21 degrees and light rain. Participants overcame the first half of the distance at a slow pace, for 41.08. The only detachment attempt that Callum Wilkinson made at 7 km was immediately stopped by the judges - they showed the British a third warning for the walking technique, which meant disqualification. The main fight for medals began closer to the finish line, when after 17 km the three leaders decided: two Spaniards Alvaro Martin and Diego Garcia , as well as Russian Vasily Mizinov , who acted as a neutral athlete. 2 laps before the finish, Martin started the acceleration, which his rivals could not support. Garcia won the silver medal, Mizinov saved the bronze, which, due to two warnings, did not fight for first place ^[5] . Martin’s gold medal was Spain’s fifth in the 20 km race in the history of the European Championships - the best indicator among all countries.

A place	Athlete	Citizenship	Result	Notes
one	Alvaro Martin	Spain	1: 20.42	SB
2	Diego Garcia	Spain	1: 20.48
3	Vasily Mizinov	Neutral athlete	1: 20.50
four	Massimo Stano	Italy	1: 20.51	PB
5	Niels Brembach	Germany	1: 21.25	SB
6	Miguel Angel Lopez	Spain	1: 21.27
7	Thomas Bosworth	United Kingdom	1: 21.31
8	Hagen Field	Germany	1: 21.35	SB
9	Kevin Campion	France	1: 21.52	SB
10	Alex Wright	Ireland	1: 22.18	SB
eleven	Victor Shumik	Ukraine	1: 22.24	PB
12	Ivan Losev	Ukraine	1: 22.28
13	Christopher Linke	Germany	1: 22.33
fourteen	Gabriel Bordier	France	1: 22.39
fifteen	Alexandros Papamihail	Greece	1: 22.51
16	Francesco Fortunato	Italy	1: 23.04	SB
17	Luis Alberto Amescua	Spain	1: 23.33
eighteen	Alexander Lyakhovich	Belarus	1: 24.07
19	David tomala	Poland	1: 25.06
twenty	Perseus Karlstrom	Sweden	1: 25.16
21	Sian McManamon	Ireland	1: 25.43
22	Miroslav Uradnik	Slovakia	1: 25.44
23	Alexey Kazanin	Ukraine	1: 26.49
24!	Arthur Brzozowski	Poland	1: 59.59! Dq
24!	Giorgio Rubino	Italy	1: 59.59! Dq
24!	Callum wilkinson	United Kingdom	1: 59.59! Dq
24!	Florin Stirbu	Romania	1: 59.59! Dq
24!	Salih Korkmaz	Turkey	1: 59.59! Dq

Notes

↑ Marathon and race walk routes published for Berlin Euro Champs (Eng.) , Athletics Weekly (12 June 2018). Archived July 28, 2018. Date of appeal September 15, 2018.
↑ Road Closure 'European Mile' . The organizing committee of the European Championship. Date of treatment September 15, 2018. Archived on September 15, 2018.
↑ European Athletics Championships 2018 - 20km Race Walk Men - Results (English) (PDF). EA (August 11, 2018). Date of treatment September 15, 2018. Archived on September 15, 2018.
↑ Spain gains race walk double as Tom Bosworth is seventh in Berlin , Athletics Weekly (August 11, 2018). Archived on September 15, 2018. Date of appeal September 15, 2018.
↑ Andrei Simonenko . Mizinov about the European Championship bronze: glad of the first medal at international starts, he was ready for gold , R-Sport (August 11, 2018). Archived on September 15, 2018. Date of appeal September 15, 2018.

Links

European Athletics Championships 2018 - 20km Race Walk Men . EA . - Competition page on the website of the European Athletics Association. Date of treatment September 15, 2018. Archived on September 15, 2018.

[1] Marathon and race walk routes published for Berlin Euro Champs (Eng.) , Athletics Weekly (12 June 2018). Archived July 28, 2018. Date of appeal September 15, 2018.

[2] Road Closure 'European Mile' . The organizing committee of the European Championship. Date of treatment September 15, 2018. Archived on September 15, 2018.

[3] European Athletics Championships 2018 - 20km Race Walk Men - Results (English) (PDF). EA (August 11, 2018). Date of treatment September 15, 2018. Archived on September 15, 2018.

[4] Spain gains race walk double as Tom Bosworth is seventh in Berlin , Athletics Weekly (August 11, 2018). Archived on September 15, 2018. Date of appeal September 15, 2018.

[5] Andrei Simonenko . Mizinov about the European Championship bronze: glad of the first medal at international starts, he was ready for gold , R-Sport (August 11, 2018). Archived on September 15, 2018. Date of appeal September 15, 2018.