2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 km Walk event at the 2001 World Championships was held on Saturday August 11, 2001 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists

Gold	Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL)
Silver	Jesús Ángel García Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Edgar Hernández Mexico (MEX)

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)	3:37:26	May 21, 2000	Moscow, Russia
Event Record	Hartwig Gauder (GDR)	3:40:53	September 5, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	3:43:43	April 8, 2001	Naumburg, Germany

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	799	Omar Zepeda (MEX)	23:00
2	392	Denis Langlois (FRA)	23:00
3	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	23:00
4	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	23:01
5	983	Vladimir Potemin (RUS)	23:01
10 KILOMETRES
1	301	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	45:58
2	865	Craig Barrett (NZL)	45:58
3	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	45:58
4	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	45:59
5	981	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	45:59
15 KILOMETRES
1	893	Tomasz Lipiec (POL)	1:08:18
2	799	Omar Zepeda (MEX)	1:08:24
3	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	1:08:24
4	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	1:08:24
5	301	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	1:08:24
20 KILOMETRES
1	893	Tomasz Lipiec (POL)	1:30:24
2	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	1:30:39
3	721	Modris Liepiņš (LAT)	1:30:39
4	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	1:30:39
5	796	Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)	1:30:39
25 KILOMETRES
1	893	Tomasz Lipiec (POL)	1:52:28
2	1150	Curt Clausen (USA)	1:52:52
3	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	1:52:52
4	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	1:52:52
5	983	Vladimir Potemin (RUS)	1:52:52
30 KILOMETRES
1	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	2:14:26
2	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	2:14:27
3	983	Vladimir Potemin (RUS)	2:14:27
4	981	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	2:14:38
5	301	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	2:14:38
35 KILOMETRES
1	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	2:36:05
2	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	2:36:14
3	301	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	2:36:23
4	983	Vladimir Potemin (RUS)	2:36:33
5	981	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	2:36:52
40 KILOMETRES
1	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	2:57:47
2	301	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	2:58:34
3	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	2:58:35
4	983	Vladimir Potemin (RUS)	2:59:08
5	981	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	2:59:49
45 KILOMETRES
1	891	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	3:19:48
2	301	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	3:20:56
3	719	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	3:21:37
4	983	Vladimir Potemin (RUS)	3:22:29
5	786	Edgar Hernández (MEX)	3:24:03

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Robert Korzeniowski (POL)	3:42.08	WL
	Jesús Ángel García (ESP)	3:43.07	SB
	Edgar Hernández (MEX)	3:46.12	PB
4	Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)	3:46.20
5	Vladimir Potemin (RUS)	3:46.53
6	Valentí Massana (ESP)	3:48.28
7	Curt Clausen (USA)	3:50.46	SB
8	Marco Giungi (ITA)	3:51.09	SB
9	Tomasz Lipiec (POL)	3:53.06
10	Mike Trautmann (GER)	3:53.25
11	Denis Langlois (FRA)	3:53.42
12	David Boulanger (FRA)	3:53.52
13	Francesco Galdenzi (ITA)	3:54.42
14	Philip Dunn (USA)	3:56.33	PB
15	Mikel Odriozola (ESP)	3:57.17
16	Spiridon Kastanis (GRE)	3:57.35	SB
17	Yoshimi Hara (JPN)	3:58.47
18	Miloš Holuša (CZE)	3:58.54
19	Tim Berrett (CAN)	3:59.34
20	Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)	3:59.57	SB
21	Aleksandar Raković (YUG)	4:01.50
22	Jacob Sørensen (DEN)	4:03.21
23	Stefan Malik (SVK)	4:04.50
24	Miguel Rodríguez (MEX)	4:06.45
25	Jorge Costa (POR)	4:07.48
26	Fredrik Svensson (SWE)	4:08.35
27	René Piller (FRA)	4:10.54
28	Jamie Costin (IRL)	4:11.58
29	Fumio Imamura (JPN)	4:12.28
30	Uģis Brūvelis (LAT)	4:22.02
31	Arturo Huerta (CAN)	4:25.07
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Liam Murphy (AUS)	DSQ
—	Roman Magdziarczyk (POL)	DSQ
—	Pedro Martins (POR)	DSQ
—	Darren Bown (AUS)	DSQ
—	Modris Liepiņš (LAT)	DSQ
—	Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS)	DSQ
—	Nathan Deakes (AUS)	DSQ
—	Bengt Bengtsson (SWE)	DSQ
—	Daugvinas Zujus (LTU)	DSQ
—	Denis Trautmann (GER)	DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS)	DNF
—	Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)	DNF
—	Trond Nymark (NOR)	DNF
—	Craig Barrett (NZL)	DNF
—	Omar Zepeda (MEX)	DNF
—	Sándor Urbanik (HUN)	DNF
—	Matej Spisiak (SVK)	DNF

References

• IAAF results
• Results