2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

None 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 and 72% humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 C towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race. Medallists GoldLuke Kibet KENSilverMubarak Hassan Shami QATBronzeViktor Röthlin SUI Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordWL world leadingAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships World Record Paul Tergat KEN 2:04:55 September 28, 2003 GER Berlin, Germany Event Record Jaouad Gharib MAR 2:08:31 August 30, 2003 FRA Paris, France Season Best Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT 2:07:19 April 15, 2007 FRA Paris, France Final ranking RankAthleteNationTimeNote 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 2:17:42 SB 6 Satoshi Osaki JPN 2:18:06 SB 7 Toshinari Suwa JPN 2:18:35 SB 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 2:22:21 SB 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 2:23:04 SB 22 Alberto Chaíça POR 2:23:22 SB 23 Mike Morgan USA 2:23:28 SB 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 2:26:32 SB 30 Getuli Bayo TAN 2:26:56 31 Dejene Berhanu ETH 2:27:50 SB 32 Kyle O'Brien USA 2:28:28 SB 33 Su Wei CHN 2:28:41 SB 34 Wodage Zvadya ISR 2:29:21 35 Luís Feiteira POR 2:29:34 36 Deng Haiyang CHN 2:29:37 SB 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 2:35:48 SB 51 Peter Riley GBR 2:36:00 SB 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 2:49:06 SB 56 Mitsuru Kubota JPN 2:59:40 57 Tumi Malefetsane LES 3:03:47 — 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 (runner) 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 — Luís Jesus POR DNS — Simeon Kiplagat Sawe USA DNS Marathon World Cup Place Country Athletes Time 1 JPN Tsuyoshi OgataSatoshi OsakiToshinari Suwa(Tomoyuki Sato)(Mitsuru Kubota)Total2:17:422:18:062:18:35(2:20:53)(2:59:40)6:54:23 2 KOR Park Ju-YoungKim Young-ChunLee Myong-SeungTotal 2:21:492:24:252:25:547:12:08 3 KEN Luke KibetWilliam KiplagatLaban KagikaTotal2:15:592:19:212:37:137:12:33 4 USA Mbarak Kipkorir HusseinMike MorganKyle O'Brien(Fernando Cabada Jr)Total2:23:042:23:282:28:28(2:35:48)7:15:00 5 ETH Gashaw AsfawDejene BerhanuAmbesse TolosaTotal2:20:582:27:502:30:207:19:08 6 TAN Samson RamadhaniGetuli BayoMichael Tluway MislayTotal2:25:512:26:562:30:337:23:20 7 ISR Ayele SetengZvadya WodageAsaf BimroTotal2:22:272:29:212:31:347:23:22 8 POR Alberto ChaíçaLuís FeiteiraPaulo GomesTotal2:23:222:29:342:32:027:24:58 9 CHN Su WeiDeng HaiyangLi Zhuhong(Ren Longyun)Total2:28:412:29:372:32:44(2:35:22)7:31:02 See also 2007 World Marathon Cup References Full results - IAAF.org Event report - IAAF.org Marathon Category:Marathons at the World Athletics Championships World Championships Category:Men's marathons Category:Marathons in Japan