Events at the
1991 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1991 World Championships held on Saturday August 31, 1991, in Tokyo, Japan, with the start at 07:00h local time. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes.

Although just one gold medal was awarded, the silver medallist was given the same time as the gold medallist. As of 2024, this is the only time the men's 50 km walk was won by less than ten seconds at these championships. In 2022, the event was replaced with the 35 km walk.


Medalists

Gold Soviet Union Aleksandr Potashov
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Soviet Union Andrey Perlov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Germany Hartwig Gauder
Germany (GER)

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

Intermediates

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 3:53:09
 Andrey Perlov (URS) 3:53:09
 Hartwig Gauder (GER) 3:55:14
4.  Vitaliy Popovich (URS) 4:00:10
5.  Valentin Kononen (FIN) 4:02:34
6.  Giuseppe De Gaetano (ITA) 4:03:43
7.  Fumio Imamura (JPN) 4:06:07
8.  René Piller (FRA) 4:06:30
9.  Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) 4:07:44
10.  Les Morton (GBR) 4:09:18
11.  Martín Bermudez (MEX) 4:11:56
12.  Josep Marín (ESP) 4:13:19
13.  Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) 4:13:32
14.  Gyula Dudás (HUN) 4:14:23
15.  Tim Berrett (CAN) 4:14:35
16.  Pavol Szikora (TCH) 4:14:59
17.  Jordi Llopart (ESP) 4:16:36
18.  Hubert Sonnek (TCH) 4:26:24
19.  Torsten Trampeli (GER) 4:27:23
20.  Jaroslav Makovec (TCH) 4:29:45
21.  Germán Sánchez (MEX) 4:34:41
22.  Paul Blagg (GBR) 4:35:22
23.  Takehiro Sonohara (JPN) 4:38:09
24.  Chris Maddocks (GBR) 4:39:15
—  Simon Baker (AUS) DNF
—  Sandro Bellucci (ITA) DNF
—  Martial Fesselier (FRA) DNF
—  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) DNF
—  Basilio Labrador (ESP) DNF
—  Veijo Savikko (FIN) DNF
—  Ronald Weigel (GER) DNF
—  Bo Gustafsson (SWE) DNF
—  Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) DNF
—  Héctor Moreno (COL) DNF
—  Carl Schueler (USA) DNF
—  Antonio Kohler (BRA) DNF
—  Enrique Vera (SWE) DSQ
—  Rodrigo Serrano (MEX) DSQ

See also

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men%27s_50_km_Walk
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