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.
| Gold | Hartwig Gauder East Germany (GDR) | |
| Silver | Ronald Weigel East Germany (GDR) | |
| Bronze | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union (URS) |
| 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 |
Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record | 3:38:17 | Potsdam, East Germany | May 25, 1986 | |
| Championship Record | 3:43.08 | Helsinki, Finland | August 12, 1983 | |
| RANK | FINAL | TIME | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:40.53 CR | |||
| 3:41.30 | |||
| 3:44.02 | |||
| 4. | 3:47.49 | ||
| 5. | 3:48.27 | ||
| 6. | 3:48.52 | ||
| 7. | 3:49.44 | ||
| 8. | 3:52.08 | ||
| 9. | 3:52.16 | ||
| 10. | 3:52.21 | ||
| 11. | 3:53.30 | ||
| 12. | 3:55.52 | ||
| 13. | 3:56.11 | ||
| 14. | 3:56.34 | ||
| 15. | 3:56.40 | ||
| 16. | 3:57.09 | ||
| 17. | 3:57.43 | ||
| 18. | 3:58.43 | ||
| 19. | 3:59.55 | ||
| 20. | 4:00.10 | ||
| 21. | 4:00.11 | ||
| 22. | 4:03.34 | ||
| 23. | 4:09.53 | ||
| 24. | 4:10.55 | ||
| 25. | 4:11.04 | ||
| 26. | 4:14.25 | ||
| 27. | 4:26.03 | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DNF | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ | ||
| - | DSQ |