Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Men's 20 kilometre walk at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 2
Competitors	36 from 18 nations
Winning time	1:34:07.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Golubnichy File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Noel Freeman File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stan Vickers File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain

The men's 20 kilometres walk race walk event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 2. The event was held in a final only format.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Time behind	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Volodymyr Holubnychy	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	1:34:07.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Noel Freeman	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	1:34:16.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Stan Vickers	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	1:34:56.4
4	Dieter Lindner	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	1:35:33.8
5	Norman Read	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	1:36:59.0
6	Lennart Back	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	1:37:17.0
7	John Ljunggren	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	1:37:59.0
8	Ladislav Moc	File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	1:38:32.4
9	Alex Oakley	File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada	1:38:46.0
10	Eric Hall	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	1:38:54.0
11	Ronald Crawford	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	1:39:16.2
12	Henri Delerue	File:Flag of France.svg France	1:39:37.6
13	George Hazle	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa	1:40:16.2
14	Lennart Carlsson	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	1:40:25.0
15	Tommy Kristensen	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	1:41:07.6
16	Hannes Koch	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	1:41:53.4
17	Louis Marquis	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	1:41:59.6
18	Charles Sowa	File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	1:42:43.8
19	Ron Zinn	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	1:42:47.0
20	Zora Singh	File:Flag of India.svg India	1:43:19.8
21	Stefano Serchinich	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	1:43:58.6
22	Luigi De Rosso	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	1:45:04.2
23	Bob Mimm	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	1:45:09.0
24	Rudy Haluza	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	1:45:11.0
25	Leo Rosschou	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	1:46:35.8
26	Gianni Corsaro	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	1:46:47.2
27	Khalifa Bahrouni	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	1:47:09.6
28	Naoui Zlassi	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	1:55:21.0
—	Ajit Singh	File:Flag of India.svg India	DSQ
	Anatoly Vedyakov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	DSQ
	Mohamed Ben Lazhar	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia	DSQ
	Gabriel Reymond	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	DSQ
	Gennady Solodov	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	DSQ
	Siegfried Lefanczik	File:Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg United Team of Germany	DSQ
	Tibor Balajcza	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	DSQ
	Ken Matthews	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	DNF

Key: DQ = disqualified; DNF = did not finish