1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of East Germany.svg Hartwig Gauder
East Germany (GDR)
Silver Flag of East Germany.svg Ronald Weigel
East Germany (GDR)
Bronze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vyacheslav Ivanenko
Soviet Union (URS)

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
WLworld leading
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World RecordFlag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)3:38:17 Potsdam, East Germany May 25, 1986
Championship RecordFlag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)3:43.08 Helsinki, Finland August 12, 1983

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of East Germany.svg  Hartwig Gauder  (GDR)3:40.53 CR
Med 2.png Flag of East Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GDR)3:41.30
Med 3.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vyacheslav Ivanenko  (URS)3:44.02
4.Flag of Italy.svg  Raffaello Ducceschi  (ITA)3:47.49
5.Flag of Mexico.svg  Martín Bermúdez  (MEX)3:48.27
6.Flag of Italy.svg  Sandro Bellucci  (ITA)3:48.52
7.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Szikora  (TCH)3:49.44
8.Flag of Mexico.svg  Arturo Bravo  (MEX)3:52.08
9.Flag of Spain.svg  Andres Marín  (ESP)3:52.16
10.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Godfried Dejonckheere  (BEL)3:52.21
11.Flag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)3:53.30
12.Flag of Norway.svg  Erling Andersen  (NOR)3:55.52
13.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  François Lapointe  (CAN)3:56.11
14.Flag of France.svg  Thierry Toutain  (FRA)3:56.34
15.Flag of Portugal.svg  José Pinto  (POR)3:56.40
16.Flag of the United States.svg  Carl Schueler  (USA)3:57.09
17.Flag of the United States.svg  Marco Evoniuk  (USA)3:57.43
18.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Blažek  (TCH)3:58.43
19.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paul Blagg  (GBR)3:59.55
20.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Cortenbach  (NED)4:00.10
21.Flag of Japan.svg  Takehiro Sonohara  (JPN)4:00.11
22.Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Heiring  (USA)4:03.34
23.Flag of France.svg  Alain Lemercier  (FRA)4:09.53
24.Flag of France.svg  Denis Terraz  (FRA)4:10.55
25.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Harvey  (AUS)4:11.04
26.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Willi Sawall  (AUS)4:14.25
27.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Martin Archambault  (CAN)4:26.03
Flag of Finland.svg  Reima Salonen  (FIN)DNF
Flag of Spain.svg  Manuel Alcalde  (ESP)DNF
Flag of Spain.svg  Jordi Llopart  (ESP)DSQ
Flag of Sweden.svg  Bo Gustafsson  (SWE)DSQ
Flag of Finland.svg  Vesa Puukari  (FIN)DSQ
Flag of Poland.svg  Grzegorz Ledzion  (POL)DSQ
Flag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Poggi  (ITA)DSQ
Flag of East Germany.svg  Dietmar Meisch  (GDR)DSQ
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valeriy Suntsov  (URS)DSQ
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Venyamin Nikolayev  (URS)DSQ

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