2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The weather conditions were difficult, with 28 degrees C (82 °F) and 72 per cent humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 degrees C (86 °F) towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.

Events at the
2007 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medallists
Gold Luke Kibet (KEN)
Silver Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT)
Bronze Viktor Röthlin (SUI)

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 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record Paul Tergat (KEN)2:04:55September 28, 2003 Berlin, Germany
Event Record Jaouad Gharib (MAR)2:08:31August 30, 2003 Paris, France
Season Best Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT)2:07:19April 15, 2007 Paris, France

Intermediates

Final ranking
Rank Athlete Time Note
 Luke Kibet (KEN)2:15:59 
 Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT)2:17:18 
 Viktor Röthlin (SUI)2:17:25 
4 Yared Asmerom (ERI)2:17:41 
5 Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN)2:17:42SB
6 Satoshi Osaki (JPN)2:18:06SB
7 Toshinari Suwa (JPN)2:18:35SB
8 William Kiplagat (KEN)2:19:21 
9 Janne Holmén (FIN)2:19:36 
10 José Manuel Martínez (ESP)2:20:25 
11 Dan Robinson (GBR)2:20:30 
12 Alex Malinga (UGA)2:20:36 
13 Tomoyuki Sato (JPN)2:20:53 
14 Gashaw Asfaw (ETH)2:20:58 
15 Park Ju-Young (KOR)2:21:49 
16 Mike Fokoroni (ZIM)2:21:52 
17 José Ríos (ESP)2:22:21SB
18 José de Souza (BRA)2:22:24 
19 Seteng Ayele (ISR)2:22:27 
20 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA)2:22:50
21 Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein (USA)2:23:04SB
22 Alberto Chaíça (POR)2:23:22SB
23 Mike Morgan (USA)2:23:28SB
24 Kim Young-Chun (KOR)2:24:25 
25 Samson Ramadhani (TAN)2:25:51 
26 Lee Myong-Seung (KOR)2:25:54 
27 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)2:26:00 
28 Chang Chia-Che (TPE)2:26:22 
29 Khalid Kamal Yaseen (BHR)2:26:32SB
30 Getuli Bayo (TAN)2:26:56 
31 Dejene Berhanu (ETH)2:27:50SB
32 Kyle O'Brien (USA)2:28:28SB
33 Su Wei (CHN)2:28:41SB
34 Wodage Zvadya (ISR)2:29:21 
35 Luís Feiteira (POR)2:29:34 
36 Deng Haiyang (CHN)2:29:37SB
37 Ulrich Steidl (GER)2:30:03 
38 Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)2:30:20 
39 Michael Tluway Mislay (TAN)2:30:33 
40 Asaf Bimro (ISR)2:31:34 
41 Yousf Othman Qader (QAT)2:32:00 
42 Paulo Gomes (POR)2:32:02 
43 Li Zhuhong (CHN)2:32:44 
44 Rachid Kisri (MAR)2:32:57 
45 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR)2:33:26 
46 Pablo Olmedo (MEX)2:33:40 
47 Marcel Tschopp (LIE)2:33:42 
48 Antoni Bernadó (AND)2:34:28 
49 Ren Longyun (CHN)2:35:22 
50 Fernando Cabada Jr (USA)2:35:48SB
51 Peter Riley (GBR)2:36:00SB
52 Laban Kagika (KEN)2:37:13 
53 George Mofokeng (RSA)2:40:22 
54 Rito Regules (MEX)2:45:26 
55 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od (MGL)2:49:06SB
56 Mitsuru Kubota (JPN)2:59:40 
57 Tumi Malefetsane (LES)3:03:47 
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
Patrick Dupouy (PYF)DNF 
 Geovanni Santos (BRA)DNF 
 Zongamele Dyubeni (RSA)DNF 
 Amos Masai (UGA)DNF 
 Zheng Yunshan (CHN)DNF 
 Francis Kirwa (FIN)DNF 
 Abdulhak Zakaria (BHR)DNF 
 Abdil Ceylan (TUR)DNF 
 Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI)DNF 
 Nelson Cruz (CPV)DNF 
 Juan Gualberto Vargas (MEX)DNF 
 Gudisa Shentema (ETH)DNF 
 Khalid El Boumlili (MAR)DNF 
 Martin Beckmann (GER)DNF 
 James Mwangi Macharia (KEN)DNF 
 Migidio Bourifa (ITA)DNF 
 Tesfaye Tola (ETH)DNF 
 Óscar Martín (ESP)DNF 
 Laban Kipkemboi (KEN)DNF 
 Norman Dlomo (RSA)DNF 
 Iaroslav Musinschi (MDA)DNF 
 Bethuel Netshifhefhe (RSA)DNF 
 Hicham Chatt (MAR)DNF 
 Hélder Ornelas (POR)DNF 
 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR)DNF 
 Takhir Mamashayev (KAZ)DNF 
 Julio Rey (ESP)DNF 
 Pavel Loskutov (EST)DNF 
DID NOT START (DNS)
 Luís Jesus (POR)DNS 
 Simeon Kiplagat Sawe (USA)DNS 

Marathon World Cup
PlaceCountryAthletesTime
1 Japan (JPN)Tsuyoshi Ogata
Satoshi Osaki
Toshinari Suwa
(Tomoyuki Sato)
(Mitsuru Kubota)
Total		 2:17:42
2:18:06
2:18:35
(2:20:53)
(2:59:40)
6:54:23
2 Korea (KOR)Park Ju-Young
Kim Young-Chun
Lee Myong-Seung
Total		2:21:49
2:24:25
2:25:54
7:12:08
3 Kenya (KEN)Luke Kibet
William Kiplagat
Laban Kagika
Total		2:15:59
2:19:21
2:37:13
7:12:33
4 United States (USA)Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein
Mike Morgan
Kyle O'Brien
(Fernando Cabada Jr)
Total		2:23:04
2:23:28
2:28:28
(2:35:48)
7:15:00
5 Ethiopia (ETH)Gashaw Asfaw
Dejene Berhanu
Ambesse Tolosa
Total		2:20:58
2:27:50
2:30:20
7:19:08
6 Tanzania (TAN)Samson Ramadhani
Getuli Bayo
Michael Tluway Mislay
Total		2:25:51
2:26:56
2:30:33
7:23:20
7 Israel (ISR)Ayele Seteng
Zvadya Wodage
Asaf Bimro
Total		2:22:27
2:29:21
2:31:34
7:23:22
8 Portugal (POR)Alberto Chaíça
Luís Feiteira
Paulo Gomes
Total		2:23:22
2:29:34
2:32:02
7:24:58
9 PR of China (CHN)Su Wei
Deng Haiyang
Li Zhuhong
(Ren Longyun)
Total		2:28:41
2:29:37
2:32:44
(2:35:22)
7:31:02

See also

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.