title: 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
text: # 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 | |
  