| Events at the 1991 World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 24, 1991, with the start at 08:30h local time.
| Gold | Italy (ITA) |
| Silver | Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Soviet Union (URS) |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | 1:18.13 | September 16, 1990 | | |
| Event Record | 1:20.45 | August 30, 1987 | | |
| Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | 1:19.37 | August 24, 1991 | | |
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| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| | 1:19:37CR | |
| | 1:19:46 | |
| | 1:20:22 | |
| 4. | 1:20:29 | |
| 5. | 1:20:29 | |
| 6. | 1:20:52 | |
| 7. | 1:21:01 | |
| 8. | 1:21:15 | |
| 9. | 1:21:22 | |
| 10. | 1:21:32 | |
| 11. | 1:21:35 | |
| 12. | 1:21:37 | |
| 13. | 1:21:44 | |
| 14. | 1:21:57 | |
| 15. | 1:22:03 | |
| 16. | 1:22:18 | |
| 17. | 1:22:34 | |
| 18. | 1:23:09 | |
| 19. | 1:23:27 | |
| 20. | 1:23:44 | |
| 21. | 1:24:06 | |
| 22. | 1:24:10 | |
| 23. | 1:24:35 | |
| 24. | 1:24:54 | |
| 25. | 1:25:20 | |
| 26. | 1:25:22 | |
| 27. | 1:25:30 | |
| 28. | 1:25:52 | |
| 29. | 1:29:28 | |
| 30. | 1:29:47 | |
| 31. | 1:30:55 | |
| 32. | 1:38:36 | |
| — | DNF | |
| — | DNF | |
| — | DSQ | |
| — | DSQ | |
| — | DSQ |