These are the official results of the Men's 20 km Walk event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 24, 1991, with the start at 08:30h local time.
Medalists
| Gold |  Maurizio DamilanoItaly (ITA) |
| Silver |  Mikhail ShchennikovSoviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Yevgeniy Misyulya Soviet Union (URS) |
Abbreviations
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Pavol Blažek (TCH) |
1:18.13 | September 16, 1990 |  Hildesheim, Germany
|
| Event Record | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |
1:20.45 | August 30, 1987 | Rome, Italy
|
| Broken records during the 1991 World Athletics Championships | ||||
| Event Record | Maurizio Damilano (ITA) |
1:19.37 | August 24, 1991 |  Tokyo, Japan
|
Intermediates
Final
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
|
1:19:37 CR |
|
Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
|
1:19:46 |
|
Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
|
1:20:22 |
| 4. | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)
|
1:20:29 |
| 5. |  Valentí Massana (ESP)
|
1:20:29 |
| 6. | Robert Ihly (GER)
|
1:20:52 |
| 7. | Walter Arena (ITA)
|
1:21:01 |
| 8. |  Li Mingcai (CHN)
|
1:21:15 |
| 9. |  Thierry Toutain (FRA)
|
1:21:22 |
| 10. |  Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
|
1:21:32 |
| 11. | Axel Noack (GER)
|
1:21:35 |
| 12. |  Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
|
1:21:37 |
| 13. | Igor Kollár (TCH)
|
1:21:44 |
| 14. |  Sándor Urbanik (HUN)
|
1:21:57 |
| 15. | Roman Mrazek (TCH)
|
1:22:03 |
| 16. | Ronald Weigel (GER)
|
1:22:18 |
| 17. | Pavol Blažek (TCH)
|
1:22:34 |
| 18. |  José Urbano (POR)
|
1:23:09 |
| 19. |  Héctor Moreno (COL)
|
1:23:27 |
| 20. |  Nick A'Hern (AUS)
|
1:23:44 |
| 21. | Miguel Ángel Prieto (ESP)
|
1:24:06 |
| 22. |  Tim Berrett (CAN)
|
1:24:10 |
| 23. |  Vladimir Ostrovskiy (ISR)
|
1:24:35 |
| 24. |  Marcelo Palma (BRA)
|
1:24:54 |
| 25. | Sérgio Galdino (BRA)
|
1:25:20 |
| 26. | Artur Shumak (URS)
|
1:25:22 |
| 27. |  Ian McCombie (GBR)
|
1:25:30 |
| 28. | Gyula Dudás (HUN)
|
1:25:52 |
| 29. |  Bobby O'Leary (IRL)
|
1:29:28 |
| 30. |  Stefan Johansson (SWE)
|
1:29:47 |
| 31. |  Tim Lewis (USA)
|
1:30:55 |
| 32. |  Santiago Fonseca (HON)
|
1:38:36 |
| — | Joel Sánchez (MEX)
|
DNF |
| — | Claudio Luiz Bertolino (BRA)
|
DNF |
| — | Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN)
|
DSQ |
| — | Daniel Plaza (ESP)
|
DSQ |
| — | Hirofumi Sakai (JPN)
|
DSQ |
See also
- 1990 Men's European Championships 20km Walk (Split)
- 1991 Race Walking Year Ranking
- 1992 Men's Olympic 20km Walk (Barcelona)
- 1993 Men's World Championships 20km Walk (Stuttgart)
References
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