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 Aleksandr PotashovSoviet Union (URS)Silver Andrey PerlovSoviet Union (URS)Bronze 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 RANKFINALTIME3:53:093:53:093:55:144.4:00:105.4:02:346.4:03:437.4:06:078.4:06:309.4:07:4410.4:09:1811.4:11:5612.4:13:1913.4:13:3214.4:14:2315.4:14:3516.4:14:5917.4:16:3618.4:26:2419.4:27:2320.4:29:4521.4:34:4122.4:35:2223.4:38:0924.4:39:15—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DSQ—DSQ
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