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

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Gold Poland Robert Korzeniowski
Poland (POL)
Silver Spain Jesús Ángel García
Spain (ESP)
Bronze Mexico Edgar Hernández
Mexico (MEX)

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 Russia Moscow, Russia
Event Record  Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 3:40:53 September 5, 1987 Italy Rome, Italy
Season Best  Nathan Deakes (AUS) 3:43:43 April 8, 2001 Germany Naumburg, Germany

Startlist

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Intermediates

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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

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Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:42.08 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 3:43.07 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

References

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