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 °C (82 °F) and 72% humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 °C (86 °F) towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.

Medallists

Gold	Luke Kibet Kenya (KEN)
Silver	Mubarak Hassan Shami Qatar (QAT)
Bronze	Viktor Röthlin Switzerland (SUI)

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

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

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Zeit	Note
	Luke Kibet	Kenia (KEN)	2:15:59
	Mubarak Hassan Shami	Katar (QAT)	2:17:18
	Viktor Röthlin	Schweiz (SUI)	2:17:25
4	Yared Asmerom	Eritrea (ERI)	2:17:41
5	Tsuyoshi Ogata	Japan (JPN)	2:17:42	SB
6	Satoshi Osaki	Japan (JPN)	2:18:06	SB
7	Toshinari Suwa	Japan (JPN)	2:18:35	SB
8	William Kiplagat	Kenia (KEN)	2:19:21
9	Janne Holmén	Finnland (FIN)	2:19:36
10	José Manuel Martínez	Spanien (ESP)	2:20:25
11	Dan Robinson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:20:30
12	Alex Malinga	Uganda (UGA)	2:20:36
13	Tomoyuki Sato	Japan (JPN)	2:20:53
14	Gashaw Asfaw	Äthiopien (ETH)	2:20:58
15	Park Ju-Young	Südkorea (KOR)	2:21:49
16	Mike Fokoroni	Simbabwe (ZIM)	2:21:52
17	José Ríos	Spanien (ESP)	2:22:21	SB
18	José de Souza	Brasilien (BRA)	2:22:24
19	Seteng Ayele	Israel (ISR)	2:22:27
20	Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi	Libyen (LBA)	2:22:50
21	Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	2:23:04	SB
22	Alberto Chaíça	Portugal (POR)	2:23:22	SB
23	Mike Morgan	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	2:23:28	SB
24	Kim Young-Chun	Südkorea (KOR)	2:24:25
25	Samson Ramadhani	Tansania (TAN)	2:25:51
26	Lee Myong-Seung	Südkorea (KOR)	2:25:54
27	Hendrick Ramaala	Südafrika (RSA)	2:26:00
28	Chang Chia-Che	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2:26:22
29	Khalid Kamal Yaseen	Bahrain (BHR)	2:26:32	SB
30	Getuli Bayo	Tansania (TAN)	2:26:56
31	Dejene Berhanu	Äthiopien (ETH)	2:27:50	SB
32	Kyle O'Brien	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	2:28:28	SB
33	Su Wei	China (CHN)	2:28:41	SB
34	Wodage Zvadya	Israel (ISR)	2:29:21
35	Luís Feiteira	Portugal (POR)	2:29:34
36	Deng Haiyang	China (CHN)	2:29:37	SB
37	Ulrich Steidl	Deutschland (GER)	2:30:03
38	Ambesse Tolosa	Äthiopien (ETH)	2:30:20
39	Michael Tluway Mislay	Tansania (TAN)	2:30:33
40	Asaf Bimro	Israel (ISR)	2:31:34
41	Yousf Othman Qader	Katar (QAT)	2:32:00
42	Paulo Gomes	Portugal (POR)	2:32:02
43	Li Zhuhong	China (CHN)	2:32:44
44	Rachid Kisri	Marokko (MAR)	2:32:57
45	Abderrahime Bouramdane	Marokko (MAR)	2:33:26
46	Pablo Olmedo	Mexiko (MEX)	2:33:40
47	Marcel Tschopp	Liechtenstein (LIE)	2:33:42
48	Antoni Bernadó	Andorra (AND)	2:34:28
49	Ren Longyun	China (CHN)	2:35:22
50	Fernando Cabada Jr	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	2:35:48	SB
51	Peter Riley	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:36:00	SB
52	Laban Kagika	Kenia (KEN)	2:37:13
53	George Mofokeng	Südafrika (RSA)	2:40:22
54	Rito Regules	Mexiko (MEX)	2:45:26
55	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od	Mongolei (MGL)	2:49:06	SB
56	Mitsuru Kubota	Japan (JPN)	2:59:40
57	Tumi Malefetsane	Lesotho (LES)	3:03:47
—	Patrick Dupouy	Französisch-Polynesien (PYF)	DNF
—	Geovanni Santos	Brasilien (BRA)	DNF
—	Zongamele Dyubeni	Südafrika (RSA)	DNF
—	Amos Masai	Uganda (UGA)	DNF
—	Zheng Yunshan	China (CHN)	DNF
—	Francis Kirwa	Finnland (FIN)	DNF
—	Abdulhak Zakaria	Bahrain (BHR)	DNF
—	Abdil Ceylan	Türkei (TUR)	DNF
—	Joachim Nshimirimana	Burundi (BDI)	DNF
—	Nelson Cruz	Kap Verde (CPV)	DNF
—	Juan Gualberto Vargas	Mexiko (MEX)	DNF
—	Gudisa Shentema	Äthiopien (ETH)	DNF
—	Khalid El Boumlili	Marokko (MAR)	DNF
—	Martin Beckmann (runner)	Deutschland (GER)	DNF
—	James Mwangi Macharia	Kenia (KEN)	DNF
—	Migidio Bourifa	Italien (ITA)	DNF
—	Tesfaye Tola	Äthiopien (ETH)	DNF
—	Óscar Martín	Spanien (ESP)	DNF
—	Laban Kipkemboi	Kenia (KEN)	DNF
—	Norman Dlomo	Südafrika (RSA)	DNF
—	Iaroslav Musinschi	Moldawien (MDA)	DNF
—	Bethuel Netshifhefhe	Südafrika (RSA)	DNF
—	Hicham Chatt	Marokko (MAR)	DNF
—	Hélder Ornelas	Portugal (POR)	DNF
—	Abderrahim Goumri	Marokko (MAR)	DNF
—	Takhir Mamashayev	Kasachstan (KAZ)	DNF
—	Julio Rey	Spanien (ESP)	DNF
—	Pavel Loskutov	Estland (EST)	DNF
—	Luís Jesus	Portugal (POR)	DNS
—	Simeon Kiplagat Sawe	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	DNS

Marathon World Cup

Place	Land	Athletes	Zeit
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	Südkorea (KOR)	Park Ju-Young Kim Young-Chun Lee Myong-Seung Total	2:21:49 2:24:25 2:25:54 7:12:08
3	Kenia (KEN)	Luke Kibet William Kiplagat Laban Kagika Total	2:15:59 2:19:21 2:37:13 7:12:33
4	Vereinigte Staaten (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	Äthiopien (ETH)	Gashaw Asfaw Dejene Berhanu Ambesse Tolosa Total	2:20:58 2:27:50 2:30:20 7:19:08
6	Tansania (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	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

References

Full results - IAAF.org
Event report - IAAF.org