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.
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 Perlov Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze |  Hartwig GauderGermany (GER) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Final
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
 |
Aleksandr Potashov (URS) |
3:53:09 |
 |
Andrey Perlov (URS) |
3:53:09 |
 |
Hartwig Gauder (GER) |
3:55:14 |
| 4. | Vitaliy Popovich (URS) |
4:00:10 |
| 5. |  Valentin Kononen (FIN) |
4:02:34 |
| 6. |  Giuseppe De Gaetano (ITA) |
4:03:43 |
| 7. |  Fumio Imamura (JPN) |
4:06:07 |
| 8. |  René Piller (FRA) |
4:06:30 |
| 9. |  Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) |
4:07:44 |
| 10. |  Les Morton (GBR) |
4:09:18 |
| 11. |  Martín Bermudez (MEX) |
4:11:56 |
| 12. |  Josep Marín (ESP) |
4:13:19 |
| 13. | Tadahiro Kosaka (JPN) |
4:13:32 |
| 14. |  Gyula Dudás (HUN) |
4:14:23 |
| 15. |  Tim Berrett (CAN) |
4:14:35 |
| 16. |  Pavol Szikora (TCH) |
4:14:59 |
| 17. | Jordi Llopart (ESP) |
4:16:36 |
| 18. | Hubert Sonnek (TCH) |
4:26:24 |
| 19. | Torsten Trampeli (GER) |
4:27:23 |
| 20. | Jaroslav Makovec (TCH) |
4:29:45 |
| 21. | Germán Sánchez (MEX) |
4:34:41 |
| 22. | Paul Blagg (GBR) |
4:35:22 |
| 23. | Takehiro Sonohara (JPN) |
4:38:09 |
| 24. | Chris Maddocks (GBR) |
4:39:15 |
| — |  Simon Baker (AUS) |
DNF |
| — | Sandro Bellucci (ITA) |
DNF |
| — | Martial Fesselier (FRA) |
DNF |
| — |  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) |
DNF |
| — | Basilio Labrador (ESP) |
DNF |
| — | Veijo Savikko (FIN) |
DNF |
| — | Ronald Weigel (GER) |
DNF |
| — |  Bo Gustafsson (SWE) |
DNF |
| — | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) |
DNF |
| — |  Héctor Moreno (COL) |
DNF |
| — |  Carl Schueler (USA) |
DNF |
| — |  Antonio Kohler (BRA) |
DNF |
| — | Enrique Vera (SWE) |
DSQ |
| — | Rodrigo Serrano (MEX) |
DSQ |