1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 14 August 1971.Medalists
Results
Final
14 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Venyamin Soldatenko | | 4:02:22.0 | CR |
| Christoph Höhne | GDR | 4:04:45.2 | |
| Peter Selzer | GDR | 4:06:11.0 | |
| 4 | Otto Barch | | 4:09:14.4 | |
| 5 | Winfried Skotnicki | GDR | 4:10:22.0 | |
| 6 | Bernhard Nermerich | FRG | 4:11:44.0 | |
| 7 | Igor Della Rossa | | 4:12:08.6 | |
| 8 | Abdon Pamich | ITA | 4:14:36.2 | |
| 9 | Stefan Ingvarsson | SWE | 4:14:56.0 | |
| 10 | Charles Sowa | LUX | 4:15:59.0 | |
| 11 | János Dalmati | | 4:16:59.6 | |
| 12 | Alexandr Bílek | TCH | 4:17:36.4 | |
| 13 | Gerhard Weidner | FRG | 4:17:40.8 | |
| 14 | Örjan Andersson | SWE | 4:20:04.8 | |
| 15 | Vittorio Visini | ITA | 4:20:45.8 | |
| 16 | Bob Dobson | GBR | 4:21:15.0 | |
| 17 | Daniel Björkgren | SWE | 4:26:39.6 | |
| 18 | Antal Kiss | | 4:26:53.6 | |
| 19 | Nesty Fischer | FRA | 4:28:18.4 | |
| 20 | Manfred Aeberhard | SUI | 4:35:45.6 | |
| 21 | Alfred Badel | SUI | 4:43:12.0 | |
| Tore Brustad | NOR | DNF | |
| Ron Wallwork | GBR | DNF | |
| Herbert Meier | FRG | DNF | |
| Carl Lawton | GBR | DNF | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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