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.
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 |
Intermediates
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 |
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)