2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

Events at the 2007 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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.

Medallists

Gold	Template:FlagATHCHathlete
Silver	Template:FlagATHCHathlete
Bronze	Template:FlagATHCHathlete

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, France
Season Best	Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT)	2:07:19	April 15, 2007	Paris, France

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:15:59
	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:17:18
	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:17:25
4	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:17:41
5	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:17:42	SB
6	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:18:06	SB
7	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:18:35	SB
8	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:19:21
9	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:19:36
10	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:20:25
11	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:20:30
12	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:20:36
13	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:20:53
14	Gashaw Asfaw (ETH)	2:20:58
15	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:21:49
16	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:21:52
17	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:22:21	SB
18	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:22:24
19	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:22:27
20	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:22:50
21	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:23:04	SB
22	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:23:22	SB
23	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:23:28	SB
24	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:24:25
25	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:25:51
26	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:25:54
27	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:26:00
28	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:26:22
29	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:26:32	SB
30	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:26:56
31	Dejene Berhanu (ETH)	2:27:50	SB
32	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:28:28	SB
33	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:28:41	SB
34	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:29:21
35	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:29:34
36	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:29:37	SB
37	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:30:03
38	Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)	2:30:20
39	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:30:33
40	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:31:34
41	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:32:00
42	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:32:02
43	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:32:44
44	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:32:57
45	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:33:26
46	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:33:40
47	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:33:42
48	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:34:28
49	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:35:22
50	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:35:48	SB
51	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:36:00	SB
52	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:37:13
53	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:40:22
54	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:45:26
55	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:49:06	SB
56	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	2:59:40
57	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	3:03:47
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
	Patrick Dupouy (PYF)	DNF
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	Gudisa Shentema (ETH)	DNF
	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	DNF
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	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	DNF
	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	DNF
	Tesfaye Tola (ETH)	DNF
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DID NOT START (DNS)
	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	DNS
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Marathon World Cup

Place	Country	Athletes	Time
1	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	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	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	Park Ju-Young Kim Young-Chun Lee Myong-Seung Total	2:21:49 2:24:25 2:25:54 7:12:08
3	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	Luke Kibet William Kiplagat Laban Kagika Total	2:15:59 2:19:21 2:37:13 7:12:33
4	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	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	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	Samson Ramadhani Getuli Bayo Michael Tluway Mislay Total	2:25:51 2:26:56 2:30:33 7:23:20
7	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	Ayele Seteng Zvadya Wodage Asaf Bimro Total	2:22:27 2:29:21 2:31:34 7:23:22
8	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	Alberto Chaíça Luís Feiteira Paulo Gomes Total	2:23:22 2:29:34 2:32:02 7:24:58
9	Template:FlagATHCHathlete	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

• 2007 World Marathon Cup

References

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