1991 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 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.

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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 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Potashov
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrey Perlov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Hartwig Gauder
Germany (GER)

Abbreviations

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

Intermediates

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandr Potashov  (URS)3:53:09
Med 2.png Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Andrey Perlov  (URS)3:53:09
Med 3.png Flag of Germany.svg  Hartwig Gauder  (GER)3:55:14
4.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vitaliy Popovich  (URS)4:00:10
5.Flag of Finland.svg  Valentin Kononen  (FIN)4:02:34
6.Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe De Gaetano  (ITA)4:03:43
7.Flag of Japan.svg  Fumio Imamura  (JPN)4:06:07
8.Flag of France.svg  René Piller  (FRA)4:06:30
9.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Godfried Dejonckheere  (BEL)4:07:44
10.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Les Morton  (GBR)4:09:18
11.Flag of Mexico.svg  Martín Bermudez  (MEX)4:11:56
12.Flag of Spain.svg  Josep Marín  (ESP)4:13:19
13.Flag of Japan.svg  Tadahiro Kosaka  (JPN)4:13:32
14.Flag of Hungary.svg  Gyula Dudás  (HUN)4:14:23
15.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tim Berrett  (CAN)4:14:35
16.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavol Szikora  (TCH)4:14:59
17.Flag of Spain.svg  Jordi Llopart  (ESP)4:16:36
18.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Hubert Sonnek  (TCH)4:26:24
19.Flag of Germany.svg  Torsten Trampeli  (GER)4:27:23
20.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jaroslav Makovec  (TCH)4:29:45
21.Flag of Mexico.svg  Germán Sánchez  (MEX)4:34:41
22.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paul Blagg  (GBR)4:35:22
23.Flag of Japan.svg  Takehiro Sonohara  (JPN)4:38:09
24.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Chris Maddocks  (GBR)4:39:15
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Baker  (AUS)DNF
Flag of Italy.svg  Sandro Bellucci  (ITA)DNF
Flag of France.svg  Martial Fesselier  (FRA)DNF
Flag of Poland.svg  Robert Korzeniowski  (POL)DNF
Flag of Spain.svg  Basilio Labrador  (ESP)DNF
Flag of Finland.svg  Veijo Savikko  (FIN)DNF
Flag of Germany.svg  Ronald Weigel  (GER)DNF
Flag of Sweden.svg  Bo Gustafsson  (SWE)DNF
Flag of Italy.svg  Giovanni Perricelli  (ITA)DNF
Flag of Colombia.svg  Héctor Moreno  (COL)DNF
Flag of the United States.svg  Carl Schueler  (USA)DNF
Flag of Brazil.svg  Antonio Kohler  (BRA)DNF
Flag of Sweden.svg  Enrique Vera  (SWE)DSQ
Flag of Mexico.svg  Rodrigo Serrano  (MEX)DSQ

See also

References