The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 14 August 1971.
Medalists Gold Venyamin Soldatenko Silver Christoph Höhne Bronze Peter Selzer
Results Final 14 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Venyamin Soldatenko 4:02:22.0 CR Christoph Höhne 4:04:45.2 Peter Selzer 4:06:11.0 4 Otto Barch 4:09:14.4 5 Winfried Skotnicki 4:10:22.0 6 Bernhard Nermerich 4:11:44.0 7 Igor Della Rossa 4:12:08.6 8 Abdon Pamich 4:14:36.2 9 Stefan Ingvarsson 4:14:56.0 10 Charles Sowa 4:15:59.0 11 János Dalmati 4:16:59.6 12 Alexandr Bílek 4:17:36.4 13 Gerhard Weidner 4:17:40.8 14 Örjan Andersson 4:20:04.8 15 Vittorio Visini 4:20:45.8 16 Bob Dobson 4:21:15.0 17 Daniel Björkgren 4:26:39.6 18 Antal Kiss 4:26:53.6 19 Nesty Fischer 4:28:18.4 20 Manfred Aeberhard 4:35:45.6 21 Alfred Badel 4:43:12.0 Tore Brustad DNF Ron Wallwork DNF Herbert Meier DNF Carl Lawton DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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