title: 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
text: # 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)
  