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 edit
| Gold |  Hartwig GauderEast Germany (GDR) |
| Silver | Ronald Weigel East Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze |  Vyacheslav IvanenkoSoviet Union (URS) |
Abbreviations edit
- 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 edit
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 edit
| 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 |
See also edit
- 1978 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Prague)
- 1980 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Moscow)
- 1982 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Athens)
- 1984 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Los Angeles)
- 1986 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Race Walking Year Ranking
- 1988 Men's Olympic 50km Walk (Seoul)
- 1990 Men's European Championships 50km Walk (Split)