1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The men's marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, on Sunday August 10, 1997.
Medalists[]
| Gold | Abel Antón Spain
|
| Silver | Martín Fiz Spain
|
| Bronze | Steve Moneghetti Australia
|
Records[]
| Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Belayneh Densamo |  Ethiopia |
2:06:50 | April 17, 1988 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Championships record | Robert de Castella | Australia |
2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Domingos Castro |  Portugal |
2:07:51 | April 20, 1997 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
Final ranking[]
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Abel Antón |  (ESP)
|
2:13:16 | |
 |
Martín Fiz | (ESP)
|
2:13:21 | |
 |
Steve Moneghetti |  (AUS)
|
2:14:16 | |
| 4 | Danilo Goffi |  Italy (ITA)
|
2:14:47 | |
| 5 | Luíz Antônio dos Santos |  (BRA)
|
2:15:31 | |
| 6 | Fabián Roncero | (ESP)
|
2:16:53 | |
| 7 | Giacomo Leone | Italy (ITA)
|
2:17:16 | |
| 8 | Azzedine Sakhri |  (ALG)
|
2:17:44 | |
| 9 |  (RUS)
|
2:17:44 | ||
| 10 |  (POR)
|
2:17:54 | ||
| 11 |  (FRA)
|
2:18:19 | ||
| 12 | Xolile Yawa |  (RSA)
|
2:18:37 | |
| 13 | Dave Scudamore |  (USA)
|
2:18:41 | |
| 14 | Willy Kalombo Mwenze |  (COD)
|
2:19:18 | |
| 15 | José Manuel García | (ESP)
|
2:19:31 | |
| 16 | Bruce Deacon |  (CAN)
|
2:20:29 | |
| 17 |  (GBR)
|
2:20:34 | ||
| 18 | José Luis Molina |  (CRC)
|
2:20:55 | |
| 19 | Nikolaos Pollias |  Greece (GRE)
|
2:21:03 | |
| 20 |  (MAR)
|
2:21:05 | ||
| 21 |  (ETH)
|
2:21:08 | ||
| 22 |  (JPN)
|
2:21:23 | ||
| 23 | Vanderlei de Lima | (BRA)
|
2:21:48 | |
| 24 | Daher Gadid Omar |  (DJI)
|
2:21:57 | |
| 25 | Shinji Kawashima | (JPN)
|
2:22:33 | |
| 26 | Baek Seung-Do |  South Korea (KOR)
|
2:22:40 | |
| 27 | Sean Quilty | (AUS)
|
2:23:10 | |
| 28 | João Lopes | (POR)
|
2:23:15 | |
| 29 | (FRA)
|
2:23:19 | ||
| 30 | Francesco Ingargiola | Italy (ITA)
|
2:23:30 | |
| 31 | Stephane Franke |  (GER)
|
2:23:53 | |
| 32 | Karel David |  (CZE)
|
2:24:42 | |
| 33 | (RSA)
|
2:24:49 | ||
| 34 | Katsuhiko Hanada | (JPN)
|
2:25:00 | |
| 35 |  (AUT)
|
2:25:12 | ||
| 36 | Osmiro Silva | (BRA)
|
2:25:37 | |
| 37 | António Zeferino |  (CPV)
|
2:25:56 | |
| 38 | Dominique Chauvelier | (FRA)
|
2:26:06 | |
| 39 | Abner Chipu | (RSA)
|
2:26:06 | |
| 40 | (JPN)
|
2:26:33 | ||
| 41 | Valdenor dos Santos | (BRA)
|
2:27:12 | |
| 42 | (ETH)
|
2:27:30 | ||
| 43 |  (MEX)
|
2:27:30 | ||
| 44 | Pascal Zilliox | (FRA)
|
2:27:50 | |
| 45 |  (NOR)
|
2:27:54 | ||
| 46 |  (DEN)
|
2:28:29 | ||
| 47 | Terje Naess | (NOR)
|
2:29:04 | |
| 48 | Pavel Loskutov |  (EST)
|
2:29:10 | |
| 49 | Jean-Paul Gahimbaré |  (BDI)
|
2:30:56 | |
| 50 | Luis Martínez |  (GUA)
|
2:31:11 | |
| 51 |  (TPE) |
2:31:31 | ||
| 52 | (ETH) |
2:31:44 | ||
| 53 | Raymond Boyd | (AUS) |
2:32:07 | |
| 54 | Azzedine Sakhri | (ALG) |
2:34:26 | |
| 55 |  (BOT) |
2:34:47 | ||
| 56 | (USA) |
2:35:19 | ||
| 57 | Éder Fialho | (BRA) |
2:36:14 | |
| 58 | Koji Shimizu | (JPN) |
2:37:11 | |
| 59 | Asaf Bimro |  Israel (ISR) |
2:37:45 | |
| 60 |  (LES) |
2:38:37 | ||
| 61 | Isaac Simelane |  (SWZ) |
2:40:32 | |
| 62 | (USA) |
2:44:21 | ||
| 63 | (USA) |
2:45:56 | ||
| 64 | (GUA) |
2:55:14 | ||
| 65 | (GUA) |
2:56:07 | ||
| 66 | Sergey Zabavski |  (TJK) |
3:02:49 | |
| 67 | (COD) |
3:08:32 | ||
| 68 | Zebedayo Bayo |  (TAN) |
3:11:19 | |
| 69 | Roderic De Highden | (AUS) |
3:13:44 | |
| 70 |  (GUY) |
3:14:30 | ||
| — |  (CAM) |
DNF | ||
| — | Patrick Ntambwe Ngoie | (COD) |
DNF | |
| — | Tumo Turbo | (ETH) |
DNF | |
| — | (GBR) |
DNF | ||
| — | Greece (GRE) |
DNF | ||
| — | Greece (GRE) |
DNF | ||
| — | Marcello Curioni | Italy (ITA) |
DNF | |
| — | Cosmas Ndeti |  (KEN) |
DNF | |
| — | Mbarak Hussein | (KEN) |
DNF | |
| — |  (MKD) |
DNF | ||
| — | (POR) |
DNF | ||
| — | Abel Mokibe | (RSA) |
DNF | |
| — | Francis Naali | (TAN) |
DNF | |
| — | (TAN) |
DNF | ||
| — | Rubén Maza |  (VEN) |
DNF | |
| — | Luketz Swartbooi |  (NAM) |
DNF | |
| — | Paulo Catarino | (POR) |
DNF | |
| — | South Korea (KOR) |
DNF | ||
| — | Salah Qoqaiche | (MAR) |
DNF | |
| — | Alberto Juzdado | (ESP) |
DNF | |
| — | António Pinto | (POR) |
DNF | |
| — | Andrés Espinosa | (MEX) |
DNF | |
| — | (MEX) |
DNF | ||
| — | Lawrence Peu | (RSA) |
DNF | |
| — | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | (MAR) |
DNF | |
| — | Moges Taye | (ETH) |
DNF | |
| — | Isidro Rico | (MEX) |
DNF | |
| — | Don Janicki | (USA) |
DNF | |
| — | Diego García | (ESP) |
DNF | |
| — | (FRA) |
DNF | ||
| — | Joseph Tjitunga | (NAM) |
DNF | |
| — | Benjamin Paredes | (MEX) |
DNF | |
| — | Vincenzo Modica | Italy (ITA) |
DNF | |
| — | (DJI) |
DNF | ||
| — | William Koech | (KEN) |
DNF | |
| — | Greece (GRE) |
DNF | ||
| — | (DJI) |
DNF | ||
| — | Spyros Andriopoulos | Greece (GRE) |
DNF | |
| — | Sonam Tobgay |  (BHU) |
DNS | |
| — | Marco Condori |  (BOL) |
DNS | |
| — | (AUS) |
DNS |
See also[]
References[]
Categories:
- Events at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics
- Marathons at the World Athletics Championships
- 1997 marathons
- Men's marathons
- Marathons in Greece