| Event: | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 14 August 1971.
| Gold | Venyamin Soldatenko | |
| Silver | Christoph Höhne | |
| Bronze | Peter Selzer |
14 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 4:02:22.0 | CR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 4:04:45.2 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 4:06:11.0 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 4:09:14.4 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 4:10:22.0 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 4:11:44.0 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 4:12:08.6 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:14:36.2 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:14:56.0 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:15:59.0 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:16:59.6 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 4:17:36.4 | ||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 4:17:40.8 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 4:20:04.8 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 4:20:45.8 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:21:15.0 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | | 4:26:39.6 | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | | 4:26:53.6 | |||
| 19 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:28:18.4 | |||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 4:35:45.6 | ||||
| 21 | align=left | align=left | 4:43:12.0 | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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