1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy was held on Sunday September 6, 1987.

Medalists

GoldKenya Douglas Wakiihuri
Kenya (KEN)
SilverDjibouti Hussein Ahmed Salah
Djibouti (DJI)
BronzeItaly Gelindo Bordin
Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
WLworld leading
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record Carlos Lopes (POR)2:07:12 April 20, 1985Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record Robert de Castella (AUS)2:10:03 August 14, 1983Finland Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)2:09:50 May 10, 1987United Kingdom London, United Kingdom

Final ranking

RANK FINAL TIME
 Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 2:11:48
 Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI) 2:12:30
 Gelindo Bordin (ITA) 2:12:40
4.  Steve Moneghetti (AUS) 2:12:49
5.  Hugh Jones (GBR) 2:12:54
6.  Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:13:43
7.  Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) 2:14:03
8.  Ravil Kashapov (URS) 2:14:41
9.  Henrik Jørgensen (DEN) 2:14:58
10.  Dirk Vanderherten (BEL) 2:16:42
11.  Yakov Tolstikov (URS) 2:16:55
12.  Martin Vrabel (TCH) 2:16:58
13.  Salvatore Bettiol (ITA) 2:17:45
14.  Mirko Vindiš (YUG) 2:18:09
15.  Tefera Guta (ETH) 2:18:27
16.  Vicente Antón (ESP) 2:19:00
17.  Herbert Steffny (FRG) 2:19:24
18.  Honorato Hernández (ESP) 2:20:00
19.  Michael Spottel (FRG) 2:20:43
20.  Graham Macky (NZL) 2:20:43
21.  Don Janicki (USA) 2:20:46
22.  Masayuki Nishi (JPN) 2:20:51
23.  Eloi Rodrigues (BRA) 2:21:03
24.  Marti ten Kate (NED) 2:22:21
25.  Kingston Mills (IRL) 2:22:52
26.  Yuichiro Osuda (JPN) 2:23:25
27.  Sam Hlawe (SWZ) 2:24:09
28.  Alfonso Abellán (ESP) 2:24:20
29.  Bigboy Matlapeng (BOT) 2:24:43
30.  Fumiaki Abe (JPN) 2:24:47
31.  Jeong Man-Hwa (KOR) 2:25:41
32.  Peter Maher (CAN) 2:26:40
33.  William Aguirre (NCA) 2:27:19
34.  Vithanakande Samarasinghe (SRI) 2:28:35
35.  José Jami (ECU) 2:29:04
36.  Peter Mitchell (AUS) 2:30:04
37.  Francis Mukuka (ZAM) 2:30:05
38.  Justin Gloden (LUX) 2:30:08
39.  Gi-Sheng Hsu (TPE) 2:30:31
40.  Moacir Marconi (BRA) 2:31:39
41.  Stanimir Nenov (BUL) 2:32:44
42.  Hari Singh (IND) 2:34:20
43.  Albert Marie (SEY) 2:40:48
44.  Veselin Vasilev (BUL) 2:43:14
45.  Salvator Sahabo (BRU) 2:43:43
46.  Chandra Bahadur Gurung (NEP) 2:43:54
47.  William Abrams (GUY) 3:12:33
—  Ralf Salzmann (FRG) DNF
—  Bruno Lafranchi (SUI) DNF
—  Policarpio Calizaya (BOL) DNF
—  Robert de Castella (AUS) DNF
—  Christos Papachristos (GRE) DNF
—  El Mostafa Nechchadi (MAR) DNF
—  Dan Grimes (USA) DNF
—  Geoff Smith (GBR) DNF
—  Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) DNF
—  Delfim Moreira (POR) DNF
—  Martti Vainio (FIN) DNF
—  Mehmet Terzi (TUR) DNF
—  Alain Lazare (FRA) DNF
—  Dave Gordon (USA) DNF
—  Jorge Yeber (ARG) DNF
—  Djama Robleh (DJI) DNF
—  James Walker (GUM) DNF
—  Samu Samuelu (WSM) DNF
—  Bogusław Psujek (POL) DNF
—  Allan Zachariassen (DEN) DNF

See also

References

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