# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 km Walk at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain was held on Wednesday August 25, 1999, with the start at 07:45h local time
The first person to cross the finish line was Russian German Skurygin. Unlike the other DQ's listed for form violations (loss of contact or bent knee), his was announced two years later. He was disqualified for a doping violation, one of the first for a string of doping violations by athletes in the charge of his coach Viktor Chegin. Skurygin was removed from the results all athletes behind him advancing one place. Skurygin died of a heart attack 9 years later at age 45.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ivano Brugnetti Italy (ITA) |
| Silver | Nikolay Matyukhin Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Curt Clausen United States (USA) |

## 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

| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
| 5 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 371 | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 23:43 |
| 2 | 1002 | Miguel Rodríguez (MEX) | 23:43 |
| 3 | 1245 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 23:43 |
| 4 | 1146 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 23:43 |
| 5 | 378 | Valentí Massana (ESP) | 23:43 |
| 10 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 922 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | 46:20 |
| 2 | 1261 | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) | 46:24 |
| 3 | 1263 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 46:24 |
| 4 | 1245 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 46:30 |
| 5 | 371 | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 46:30 |
| 15 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 922 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | 1:07:59 |
| 2 | 1263 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 1:08:42 |
| 3 | 371 | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 1:08:42 |
| 4 | 1261 | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) | 1:08:42 |
| 5 | 1245 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 1:09:06 |
| 20 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 922 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | 1:29:39 |
| 2 | 1263 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 1:30:54 |
| 3 | 1261 | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) | 1:30:56 |
| 4 | 371 | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 1:30:57 |
| 5 | 1450 | Curt Clausen (USA) | 1:31:38 |
| 25 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 922 | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | 1:52:01 |
| 2 | 1263 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 1:52:50 |
| 3 | 1261 | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) | 1:53:48 |
| 4 | 371 | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 1:53:48 |
| 5 | 1146 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 1:54:14 |
| 30 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1263 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 2:14:33 |
| 2 | 769 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 2:16:46 |
| 3 | 1146 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 2:16:46 |
| 4 | 1450 | Curt Clausen (USA) | 2:16:46 |
| 5 | 1245 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 2:16:46 |
| 35 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1263 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 2:36:14 |
| 2 | 1146 | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 2:39:07 |
| 3 | 1450 | Curt Clausen (USA) | 2:39:08 |
| 4 | 769 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 2:39:08 |
| 5 | 912 | Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) | 2:39:20 |
| 40 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1263 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 2:58:15 |
| 2 | 769 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 3:01:47 |
| 3 | 1245 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 3:02:02 |
| 4 | 1450 | Curt Clausen (USA) | 3:02:18 |
| 5 | 912 | Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) | 3:03:49 |
| 45 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1263 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 3:20:42 |
| 2 | 769 | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 3:24:41 |
| 3 | 1245 | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 3:25:05 |
| 4 | 1450 | Curt Clausen (USA) | 3:26:35 |
| 5 | 378 | Valentí Massana (ESP) | 3:28:04 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 3:47:54 | PB |
| | Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 3:48:18 | |
| | Curt Clausen (USA) | 3:50:55 | |
| 4 | Valentí Massana (ESP) | 3:51:55 | |
| 5 | Robert Ihly (GER) | 3:53:47 | |
| 6 | Arturo Di Mezza (ITA) | 3:53:50 | |
| 7 | Craig Barrett (NZL) | 3:54:38 | |
| 8 | Yang Yongjian (CHN) | 3:55:23 | PB |
| 9 | René Piller (FRA) | 3:56:39 | |
| 10 | Modris Liepins (LAT) | 3:57:11 | |
| 11 | Theodoros Stamatopoulos (GRE) | 3:58:37 | PB |
| 12 | Dion Russell (AUS) | 3:59:23 | |
| 13 | Aleksandar Raković (YUG) | 3:59:56 | |
| 14 | Ma Hongye (CHN) | 4:01:28 | |
| 15 | Fumio Imamura (JPN) | 4:01:47 | |
| 16 | Milos Holusa (CZE) | 4:03:20 | |
| 17 | Spiridon Kastanis (GRE) | 4:03:59 | |
| 18 | Wang Yinhang (CHN) | 4:04:57 | |
| 19 | Roman Magdziarczyk (POL) | 4:05:10 | |
| 20 | Gyula Dudás (HUN) | 4:05:58 | |
| 21 | Pedro Martins (POR) | 4:06:31 | |
| 22 | Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) | 4:09:34 | |
| 23 | Carlos Mercenario (MEX) | 4:09:40 | |
| 24 | Denis Franke (GER) | 4:10:16 | |
| 25 | Pascal Servanty (FRA) | 4:11:02 | |
| 26 | Santiago Pérez (ESP) | 4:11:30 | |
| 27 | Akihiko Koike (JPN) | 4:18:43 | |
| 28 | Jeff Cassin (IRL) | 4:20:43 | |
| 29 | Klaus David Jensen (DEN) | 4:32:06 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| | Joel Sánchez (MEX) | DNF | |
| | Trond Nymark (NOR) | DNF | |
| | Valentin Kononen (FIN) | DNF | |
| | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | DNF | |
| | Viktor Ginko (BLR) | DNF | |
| | Giovanni Perricelli (ITA) | DNF | |
| | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk (RUS) | DNF | |
| | Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) | DNF | |
| | Sylvain Caudron (FRA) | DNF | |
| | Miguel Rodríguez (MEX) | DNF | |
| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) ||||
| | Peter Tichy (SVK) | DSQ | |
| | Denis Trautmann (GER) | DSQ | |
| | Daugvinas Zujus (LTU) | DSQ | |
| | Jacob Sørensen (DEN) | DSQ | |
| | Tomasz Lipiec (POL) | DSQ | |
| | Zoltán Czukor (HUN) | DSQ | |
| | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | DSQ | |
| | German Skurygin (RUS) | DSQ | |
| | Andrew Hermann (USA) | DSQ | |
| | Tim Berrett (CAN) | DSQ | |
| | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | DSQ | |
| | Allen Heppner (USA) | DSQ | |
| | Igor Kollár (SVK) | DSQ | |