1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 km walk event at the 1994 European Championships was held on 13 August 1994 in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes.

## Medalists

| Gold | Valeriy Spitsyn Russia (RUS) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Thierry Toutain France (FRA) |
| Bronze | Giovanni Perricelli Italy (ITA) |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

| DNS | did not start |
| - | - |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) | 3:41:07 |
| | Thierry Toutain (FRA) | 3:43:52 |
| | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) | 3:43:55 |
| 4 | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 3:45:25 |
| 5 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3:45:57 |
| 6 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 3:46:30 |
| 7 | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | 3:47:14 |
| 8 | Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) | 3:47:43 |
| 9 | Pavol Blažek (SVK) | 3:49:44 |
| 10 | Axel Noack (GER) | 3:50:32 |
| 11 | Zoltán Czukor (HUN) | 3:51:25 |
| 12 | Andrés Marín (ESP) | 3:52:14 |
| 13 | Alain Lemercier (FRA) | 3:54:44 |
| 14 | Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) | 3:56:00 |
| 15 | Peter Tichý (SVK) | 3:56:55 |
| 16 | Miloš Holuša (CZE) | 3:57:24 |
| 17 | Basilio Labrador (ESP) | 3:58:58 |
| 18 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | 4:00:18 |
| 19 | Aleksandar Raković (FR Yugoslavia) | 4:01:17 |
| 20 | Pascal Charrière (SUI) | 4:02:25 |
| 21 | Roman Bílek (CZE) | 4:04:58 |
| 22 | Štefan Malík (SVK) | 4:07:45 |
| 23 | Aldo Bertoldi (SUI) | 4:07:48 |
| 24 | Gyula Dudás (HUN) | 4:15:14 |
| 25 | Juha Kinnunen (FIN) | 4:18:42 |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| — | Aleksandr Potashov (BLR) | DSQ |
| — | Artur Shumak (BLR) | DSQ |
| — | Viktor Ginko (BLR) | DSQ |
| — | René Piller (FRA) | DSQ |
| — | Giuseppe De Gaetano (ITA) | DSQ |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Modris Liepiņš (LAT) | DNF |
| — | Risto Nurmi (FIN) | DNF |
| — | Thomas Wallstab (GER) | DNF |
| — | Robert Ihly (GER) | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

* Belarus (3)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* Germany (3)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (3)
* Latvia (1)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (3)
* Slovakia (3)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)
