# Reima Salonen

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Finnish race walker (born 1955)

Reima Salonen Medal record Men's athletics Representing Finland European Championships 1982 Athens 50 km walk

**Reima Untamo Salonen** (born November 19, 1955, in [Taivassalo](/source/Taivassalo), [Southwest Finland](/source/Southwest_Finland)) is a retired [race walker](/source/Race_walking) from [Finland](/source/Finland), known for winning the gold medal in the men's 50 km Walk event at the [1982 European Championships](/source/1982_European_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Athens, Greece](/source/Athens%2C_Greece). A former [world record](/source/World_record) holder, he represented his native country in three [Summer Olympics](/source/Summer_Olympics) (1980, 1984 and 1988).

He was the bronze medalist at the [1976 World Championships in Athletics](/source/1976_World_Championships_in_Athletics) – a one-off 50 km walk competition to compensate for the dropping of the event at the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics).[1]

## International competitions

Representing Finland Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes 1976 World Championships Malmö, Sweden 3rd 50 km 1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 9th 20 km 1:31:32 — 50 km DNF 1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 1st 50 km 3:55:29 1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 12th 20 km 1:22:51 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 4th 50 km 3:58:30 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 42nd 20 km 1:28:25 18th 50 km 3:51:36

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013](https://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf) (pg. 179). IAAF/[AFTS](/source/Association_of_Track_and_Field_Statisticians) (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.

## External links

- [Reima Salonen](https://web.archive.org/web/20161204/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/reima-salonen-1.html) at [Olympics at Sports-Reference.com](/source/Sports_Reference#Olympics) (archived)

- [Reima Salonen](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14359660) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

Records Preceded by Daniel Bautista Men's 20km World Record Holder June 9, 1979 – March 30, 1980 Succeeded by Daniel Bautista

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 50 km walk and 35 km walk 1934–2018 50 kilometres 1934: Jānis Daliņš (LAT) 1938: Harold Whitlock (GBR) 1946: John Ljunggren (SWE) 1950: Pino Dordoni (ITA) 1954: Vladimir Ukhov (URS) 1958: Yevgeny Maskinskov (URS) 1962: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1966: Abdon Pamich (ITA) 1969: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1971: Veniamin Soldatenko (URS) 1974: Christoph Höhne (GDR) 1978: Jorge Llopart (ESP) 1982: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1986: Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 1990: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1994: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 1998: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2006: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Maryan Zakalnytskyy (UKR) 2022–present 35 kilometres 2022: Miguel Ángel López (ESP)

v t e World Best Year Performance in men's race walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN) 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN) 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

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