These are the official results of the Men's 50 km Walk event at the 1997 World Championships held on Thursday 7 August 1997 in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes.
| Gold |  Robert KorzeniowskiPoland (POL) | |
| Silver |  Jesús Ángel GarcíaSpain (ESP) | |
| Bronze |  Miguel RodríguezMexico (MEX) |
| 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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note | |
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| 3:44:59 | ||||
| 3:48:30 | ||||
| 4 | 3:50:04 | |||
| 5 | 3:50:14 | |||
| 6 | 3:50:27 | |||
| 7 | 3:51:17 | |||
| 8 | 3:51:33 | |||
| 9 | 3:53:40 | |||
| 10 | 3:54:28 | |||
| 11 | 3:55:06 | |||
| 12 | 3:56:19 | |||
| 13 | 3:56:30 | |||
| 14 | 3:57:38 | |||
| 15 | 3:58:18 | |||
| 16 | 3:59:29 | |||
| 17 | 3:59:33 | |||
| 18 | 3:59:52 | |||
| 19 | 4:04:17 | |||
| 20 | 4:05:09 | |||
| 21 | 4:05:25 | |||
| 22 | 4:05:35 | |||
| 23 | 4:07:18 | |||
| 24 | 4:07:38 | |||
| 25 | 4:08:26 | |||
| 26 | 4:09:08 | |||
| 27 | 4:10:03 | |||
| 28 | 4:11:00 | |||
| 29 | 4:30:05 | |||
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| DISQUALIFIED (DSQ) | ||||
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