1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. The race was held on Saturday September 5, 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hartwig Gauder East Germany (GDR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ronald Weigel East Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union (URS) |

## 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

Existing records at the start of the event.

| World Record | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | 3:38:17 | Potsdam, East Germany | May 25, 1986 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | 3:43.08 | Helsinki, Finland | August 12, 1983 |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| | Hartwig Gauder (GDR) | 3:40.53 CR |
| | Ronald Weigel (GDR) | 3:41.30 |
| | Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) | 3:44.02 |
| 4. | Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA) | 3:47.49 |
| 5. | Martín Bermúdez (MEX) | 3:48.27 |
| 6. | Sandro Bellucci (ITA) | 3:48.52 |
| 7. | Pavol Szikora (TCH) | 3:49.44 |
| 8. | Arturo Bravo (MEX) | 3:52.08 |
| 9. | Andres Marín (ESP) | 3:52.16 |
| 10. | Godfried Dejonckheere (BEL) | 3:52.21 |
| 11. | Raúl González (MEX) | 3:53.30 |
| 12. | Erling Andersen (NOR) | 3:55.52 |
| 13. | François Lapointe (CAN) | 3:56.11 |
| 14. | Thierry Toutain (FRA) | 3:56.34 |
| 15. | José Pinto (POR) | 3:56.40 |
| 16. | Carl Schueler (USA) | 3:57.09 |
| 17. | Marco Evoniuk (USA) | 3:57.43 |
| 18. | Pavol Blažek (TCH) | 3:58.43 |
| 19. | Paul Blagg (GBR) | 3:59.55 |
| 20. | Jan Cortenbach (NED) | 4:00.10 |
| 21. | Takehiro Sonohara (JPN) | 4:00.11 |
| 22. | Jim Heiring (USA) | 4:03.34 |
| 23. | Alain Lemercier (FRA) | 4:09.53 |
| 24. | Denis Terraz (FRA) | 4:10.55 |
| 25. | Michael Harvey (AUS) | 4:11.04 |
| 26. | Willi Sawall (AUS) | 4:14.25 |
| 27. | Martin Archambault (CAN) | 4:26.03 |
| — | Reima Salonen (FIN) | DNF |
| — | Manuel Alcalde (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Jordi Llopart (ESP) | DSQ |
| — | Bo Gustafsson (SWE) | DSQ |
| — | Vesa Puukari (FIN) | DSQ |
| — | Grzegorz Ledzion (POL) | DSQ |
| — | Giacomo Poggi (ITA) | DSQ |
| — | Dietmar Meisch (GDR) | DSQ |
| — | Valeriy Suntsov (URS) | DSQ |
| — | Venyamin Nikolayev (URS) | DSQ |
