1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

None 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 GoldURS Aleksandr PotashovSoviet Union (URS)SilverURS Andrey PerlovSoviet Union (URS)BronzeGER Hartwig GauderGermany (GER) Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordWL world leadingAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngAleksandr Potashov URS3:53:09Image:Med 2.pngAndrey Perlov URS3:53:09Image:Med 3.pngHartwig Gauder GER3:55:144.Vitaliy Popovich URS4:00:105.Valentin Kononen FIN4:02:346.Giuseppe De Gaetano ITA4:03:437.Fumio Imamura JPN4:06:078.René Piller FRA4:06:309.Godfried Dejonckheere BEL4:07:4410.Les Morton GBR4:09:1811.Martín Bermudez MEX4:11:5612.Josep Marín ESP4:13:1913.Tadahiro Kosaka JPN4:13:3214.Gyula Dudás HUN4:14:2315.Tim Berrett CAN4:14:3516.Pavol Szikora TCH4:14:5917.Jordi Llopart ESP4:16:3618.Hubert Sonnek TCH4:26:2419.Torsten Trampeli GER4:27:2320.Jaroslav Makovec TCH4:29:4521.Germán Sánchez MEX4:34:4122.Paul Blagg GBR4:35:2223.Takehiro Sonohara JPN4:38:0924.Chris Maddocks GBR4:39:15—Simon Baker AUSDNF—Sandro Bellucci ITADNF—Martial Fesselier FRADNF—Robert Korzeniowski POLDNF—Basilio Labrador ESPDNF—Veijo Savikko FINDNF—Ronald Weigel GERDNF—Bo Gustafsson SWEDNF—Giovanni Perricelli ITADNF—Héctor Moreno COLDNF—Carl Schueler USADNF—Antonio Kohler BRADNF—Enrique Vera SWEDSQ—Rodrigo Serrano MEXDSQ See also 1990 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Split) 1992 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Barcelona) 1993 Men's World Championships 50km Walk (Stuttgart) References Results W Category:Race walking at the World Athletics Championships