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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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

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	Nation	Time	Note
	Luke Kibet	Kenya (KEN)	2:15:59
	Mubarak Hassan Shami	Qatar (QAT)	2:17:18
	Viktor Röthlin	Switzerland (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	Kenya (KEN)	2:19:21
9	Janne Holmén	Finland (FIN)	2:19:36
10	José Manuel Martínez	Spain (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	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:20:58
15	Park Ju-Young	South Korea (KOR)	2:21:49
16	Mike Fokoroni	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2:21:52
17	José Ríos	Spain (ESP)	2:22:21	SB
18	José de Souza	Brazil (BRA)	2:22:24
19	Seteng Ayele	Israel (ISR)	2:22:27
20	Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi	Libya (LBA)	2:22:50
21	Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein	United States (USA)	2:23:04	SB
22	Alberto Chaíça	Portugal (POR)	2:23:22	SB
23	Mike Morgan	United States (USA)	2:23:28	SB
24	Kim Young-Chun	South Korea (KOR)	2:24:25
25	Samson Ramadhani	Tanzania (TAN)	2:25:51
26	Lee Myong-Seung	South Korea (KOR)	2:25:54
27	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa (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	Tanzania (TAN)	2:26:56
31	Dejene Berhanu	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:27:50	SB
32	Kyle O'Brien	United States (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	Germany  (GER)	2:30:03
38	Ambesse Tolosa	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:30:20
39	Michael Tluway Mislay	Tanzania (TAN)	2:30:33
40	Asaf Bimro	Israel (ISR)	2:31:34
41	Yousf Othman Qader	Qatar (QAT)	2:32:00
42	Paulo Gomes	Portugal (POR)	2:32:02
43	Li Zhuhong	China (CHN)	2:32:44
44	Rachid Kisri	Morocco (MAR)	2:32:57
45	Abderrahime Bouramdane	Morocco (MAR)	2:33:26
46	Pablo Olmedo	Mexico (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	United States (USA)	2:35:48	SB
51	Peter Riley	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	2:36:00	SB
52	Laban Kagika	Kenya (KEN)	2:37:13
53	George Mofokeng	South Africa (RSA)	2:40:22
54	Rito Regules	Mexico (MEX)	2:45:26
55	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od	Mongolia (MGL)	2:49:06	SB
56	Mitsuru Kubota	Japan (JPN)	2:59:40
57	Tumi Malefetsane	Lesotho (LES)	3:03:47
—	Patrick Dupouy	French Polynesia (PYF)	DNF
—	Geovanni Santos	Brazil (BRA)	DNF
—	Zongamele Dyubeni	South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—	Amos Masai	Uganda (UGA)	DNF
—	Zheng Yunshan	China (CHN)	DNF
—	Francis Kirwa	Finland (FIN)	DNF
—	Abdulhak Zakaria	Bahrain (BHR)	DNF
—	Abdil Ceylan	Turkey (TUR)	DNF
—	Joachim Nshimirimana	Burundi (BDI)	DNF
—	Nelson Cruz	Cape Verde (CPV)	DNF
—	Juan Gualberto Vargas	Mexico (MEX)	DNF
—	Gudisa Shentema	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
—	Khalid El Boumlili	Morocco (MAR)	DNF
—	Martin Beckmann (runner)	Germany  (GER)	DNF
—	James Mwangi Macharia	Kenya (KEN)	DNF
—	Migidio Bourifa	Italy (ITA)	DNF
—	Tesfaye Tola	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
—	Óscar Martín	Spain (ESP)	DNF
—	Laban Kipkemboi	Kenya (KEN)	DNF
—	Norman Dlomo	South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—	Iaroslav Musinschi	Moldova (MDA)	DNF
—	Bethuel Netshifhefhe	South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—	Hicham Chatt	Morocco (MAR)	DNF
—	Hélder Ornelas	Portugal (POR)	DNF
—	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco (MAR)	DNF
—	Takhir Mamashayev	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	DNF
—	Julio Rey	Spain (ESP)	DNF
—	Pavel Loskutov	Estonia (EST)	DNF
—	Luís Jesus	Portugal (POR)	DNS
—	Simeon Kiplagat Sawe	United States (USA)	DNS

Marathon World Cup

Place	Country	Athletes	Time
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	South Korea (KOR)	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)	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)	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

See also

• 2007 World Marathon Cup

References

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