2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The Men's 50 kilometres race walk event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held on September 3 on a loop course starting and finishing at Gukchae – bosang Memorial Park in the center of Daegu.

Deakes continued to lead by as much as 30 seconds over Sergey Bakulin but began to falter with hamstring problems.

Bakulin stretched out to almost a 2-minute lead, between 40 and 45 km, only Jared Tallent looked like he had a chance, gaining several seconds per kilometer but not really enough to make a dent in the huge lead.

Tallent paid for the extra effort trying to chase the leader, slowing considerably on the final 2 km lap, being passed by world record holder Denis Nizhegorodov.

Bakulin would later be found Guilty of Doping and have the Gold Stripped from him and handed to Nizhegorodov.