1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held on 31 August 1990. There were a total number of fifteen athletes, who finished the race.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andrey Perlov Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Bernd Gummelt East Germany |
| Bronze | Hartwig Gauder East Germany |

## 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 |

## Results

### Final

31 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Andrey Perlov | Soviet Union | 3:54:36 |
| | Bernd Gummelt | East Germany | 3:56:33 |
| | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany | 4:00:48 |
| 4 | Basilio Labrador | Spain | 4:02:05 |
| 5 | José Marín | Spain | 4:02:53 |
| 6 | Valentin Kononen | Finland | 4:03:07 |
| 7 | Gianni Perricelli | Italy | 4:03:36 |
| 8 | Sandro Bellucci | Italy | 4:03:46 |
| 9 | Ronald Weigel | East Germany | 4:04:36 |
| 10 | Martial Fesselier | France | 4:05:18 |
| 11 | Les Morton | United Kingdom | 4:05:28 |
| 12 | René Piller | France | 4:05:39 |
| 13 | László Sátor | Hungary | 4:09:46 |
| 14 | Zoltán Czukor | Hungary | 4:16:40 |
| 15 | Volkmar Scholz | West Germany | 4:18:52 |
| | Godfried De Jonckheere | Belgium | DNF |
| | Sándor Urbanik | Hungary | DNF |
| | Maurizio Damilano | Italy | DNF |
| | Paul Blagg | United Kingdom | DNF |
| | Jorge Llopart | Spain | DNF |
| | Kari Ahonen | Finland | DNF |
| | Jaroslav Makovec | Czechoslovakia | DNF |
| | Alain Lemercier | France | DNF |
| | Hubert Sonnek | Czechoslovakia | DNF |
| | José Pinto | Portugal | DNF |
| | Darrell Stone | United Kingdom | DNF |
| | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | DNF |
| | Bo Gustafsson | Sweden | DQ |
| | Pavol Szikora | Czechoslovakia | DQ |
| | Andrey Plotnikov | Soviet Union | DQ |
| | Aleksandr Potashov | Soviet Union | DQ |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (2)
* France (3)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (3)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (2)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (1)
