| Final 18:50 | time | | | 1. Kenneth Matthews |  GBR | 1:35:54.8 | | | 2. Hans-Georg Reimann |  GDR | 1:36:14.2 | | | 3. Vladimir Golubnichiy |  URS | 1:36:37.6 | | | 4. Anatoliy Vedyakov | URS | 1:37:23.6 | | | 5. Lennart Back |  SWE | 1:38:16.2 | | | 6. Dieter Lindner | GDR | 1:38:34.8 | | | 7. Alexandr Bílek |  TCH | 1:38:42.6 | | | 8. Franciszek Szyszka |  POL | 1:40:30.8 | | | 9. Erik Söderlund | SWE | 1:40:45.4 | | | 10.Charles Sowa |  LUX | 1:41:24.2 | | | 11.Robert Clark | GBR | 1:41:30.0 | | | 12.Henri Delerue |  FRA | 1:41:58.2 | | | 13.Joël Vanderhaegen |  BEL | 1:42:31.8 | | | 14.Karl-Heinz Pape |  FRG | 1:45:39.8 | | | 15.Arthur Thomson | GBR | 1:50:08.2 | | | 16.Ozbi Vister |  YUG | 1:56:21.4 | | | -. Stavros Hadjilaios |  GRE | DNF | | | -. Sezer Selek |  TUR | DNF | | | -. Tommy Kristensen |  DEN | DQ | |
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| History Men 20km Walk | | World and European Record: Golubnitsky (URS) 1:27:05.0 |
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