The Men's 20 km walk event at the 2006 European Championships was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the start at 17:15h.
| Men's 20 kilometres walk at the European Athletics Championships |
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Medalists
edit| Gold |  Paquillo FernándezSpain (ESP) |
| Silver |  Valeriy BorchinRussia (RUS) |
| Bronze |  João VieiraPortugal (POR) |
Abbreviations
edit- 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 |
Records
edit| Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record |  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) |
1:17.21 | August 23, 2003 |  Paris, France
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| Event Record | Paquillo Fernández (ESP) |
1:18.37 | August 6, 2002 |  Munich, Germany
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Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
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Paquillo Fernández (ESP) |
1:19:09 | |
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Valeriy Borchin (RUS) |
1:20:00 | PB |
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João Vieira (POR) |
1:20:09 | NR |
| 4 | Viktor Burayev (RUS) |
1:20:12 | |
| 5 | Sergey Bakulin (RUS) |
1:20:50 | |
| 6 |  Matej Tóth (SVK) |
1:21:39 | SB |
| 7 |  Erik Tysse (NOR) |
1:22:13 | |
| 8 |  Giorgio Rubino (ITA) |
1:22:34 | |
| 9 |  Siarhei Charnou (BLR) |
1:23:03 | |
| 10 | Denis Langlois (FRA) |
1:24:06 | SB |
| 11 | André Höhne (GER) |
1:24:35 | |
| 12 |  Predrag Filipović (SRB) |
1:25:16 | |
| 13 | Benjamín Sánchez (ESP) |
1:25:58 | |
| 14 |  Andriy Yurin (UKR) |
1:26:20 | |
| 15 |  Silviu Casandra (ROM) |
1:26:36 | |
| 16 |  Recep Çelik (TUR) |
1:27:18 | |
| 17 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) |
1:27:42 | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | |||
| — | Juan Manuel Molina (ESP) |
DSQ | |
| — | Andrei Talashka (BLR) |
DSQ | |