# 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 | |