Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 20 kilometres walk
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The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held in Bucharest on 23 July 1981.[1][2][3] It was the first time that racewalking was contested at the Universiade.
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Maurizio Damilano |  Italy | 1:26:47 | UR |
 | Carlo Mattioli | Italy | 1:28:10 | |
 | Liodor Pescaru |  Romania | 1:28:56 | |
| 4 | Ștefan Ioniță | Romania | 1:30:49 | |
| 5 | Valeriy Suntsov |  Soviet Union | 1:32:24 | |
| 6 | Gennadiy Terekhov | Soviet Union | 1:40:09 | |
| 7 | Raymond Sharp |  United States | 1:43:41 | |
| 8 | Peter Timmons | United States | 1:53:00 |
