1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Men's 20 km walk event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held on 28 August 1990. There were a total number of 22 athletes, who finished the race.

## Medalists

| Gold | Pavol Blažek Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Daniel Plaza Spain (ESP) |
| Bronze | Thierry Toutain France (FRA) |

## Results

### Final

28 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Pavol Blažek | Czechoslovakia | 1:22:05 |
| | Daniel Plaza | Spain | 1:22:22 |
| | Thierry Toutain | France | 1:23:22 |
| 4 | Robert Korzeniowski | Poland | 1:23:47 |
| 5 | Valentí Massana | Spain | 1:23:53 |
| 6 | Walter Arena | Italy | 1:24:16 |
| 7 | Bernd Gummelt | East Germany | 1:24:33 |
| 8 | Giovanni De Benedictis | Italy | 1:24:51 |
| 9 | Robert Ihly | West Germany | 1:25:31 |
| 10 | Ján Záhončík | Czechoslovakia | 1:26:47 |
| 11 | Frants Kostyukevich | Soviet Union | 1:27:12 |
| 12 | Sergio Spagnulo | Italy | 1:27:52 |
| 13 | Miguel Ángel Prieto | Spain | 1:28:32 |
| 14 | Kari Ahonen | Finland | 1:28:57 |
| 15 | Sándor Urbanik | Hungary | 1:29:19 |
| 16 | Mark Easton | United Kingdom | 1:31:06 |
| 17 | Magnus Morenius | Sweden | 1:31:51 |
| 18 | Ralph Weise | East Germany | 1:32:45 |
| 19 | José Urbano | Portugal | 1:32:50 |
| 20 | Aldo Bertoldi | Switzerland | 1:33:55 |
| 21 | Michael Lane | Ireland | 1:35:04 |
| 22 | Milan Balek | Yugoslavia | 1:35:28 |
| | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union | DNF |
| | Grigoriy Kornev | Soviet Union | DNF |
| | Axel Noack | East Germany | DNF |
| | José Pinto | Portugal | DNF |
| | Andi Drake | United Kingdom | DQ |
| | Roman Mrázek | Czechoslovakia | DQ |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

* Czechoslovakia (3)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (3)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* West Germany (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)
