2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

Events at the 2001 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
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 at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada was held on August 3, 2001.

Medalists[]

Gold	Gezahegne Abera Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver	Simon Biwott Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations[]

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Khalid Khannouchi	(USA)	2:05:42	October 24, 1999	Chicago, United States
Event Record	Robert de Castella	(AUS)	2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best	Josephat Kiprono	(KEN)	2:06:50	April 22, 2001	Rotterdam, Netherlands

Intermediates[]

Rank	Number	Athlete	Country	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	1101	Ronnie Holassie	(TRI)	15:31
2	1153	Josh Cox	(USA)	15:31
3	1249		(ZIM)	15:31
4	572	Asaf Bimro	Israel (ISR)	15:51
5	654	Takayuki Nishida	(JPN)	15:51
10 KILOMETRES
1	1101	Ronnie Holassie	(TRI)	30:54
2	334	Simretu Alemayehu	(ETH)	31:18
3	598	Giacomo Leone	Italy (ITA)	31:18
4	1179	Khalid Khannouchi	(USA)	31:18
5	696	Lee Bong-Ju	South Korea (KOR)	31:18
15 KILOMETRES
1	1101	Ronnie Holassie	(TRI)	47:01
2	672	Simon Biwott	(KEN)	47:32
3	999	Mathias Ntawulikura	(RWA)	47:32
4	696	Lee Bong-Ju	South Korea (KOR)	47:32
5	951		(RSA)	47:32
20 KILOMETRES
1	1101	Ronnie Holassie	(TRI)	1:03:27
2	959	Ian Syster	(RSA)	1:03:28
3	334	Simretu Alemayehu	(ETH)	1:03:28
4	1179	Khalid Khannouchi	(USA)	1:03:28
5	672	Simon Biwott	(KEN)	1:03:28
HALF MARATHON
1	334	Simretu Alemayehu	(ETH)	1:06:59
2	959	Ian Syster	(RSA)	1:06:59
3	761	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	(MAR)	1:06:59
4	598	Giacomo Leone	Italy (ITA)	1:06:59
5	696	Lee Bong-Ju	South Korea (KOR)	1:06:59
25 KILOMETRES
1	598	Giacomo Leone	Italy (ITA)	1:19:14
2	761	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	(MAR)	1:19:14
3	654	Takayuki Nishida	(JPN)	1:19:14
4	696	Lee Bong-Ju	South Korea (KOR)	1:19:14
5	959	Ian Syster	(RSA)	1:19:15
30 KILOMETRES
1	761	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	(MAR)	1:34:51
2	332	Gezahegne Abera	(ETH)	1:35:00
3	581	Stefano Baldini	Italy (ITA)	1:35:00
4	672	Simon Biwott	(KEN)	1:35:00
5	630	Shigeru Aburaya	(JPN)	1:35:01
35 KILOMETRES
1	581	Stefano Baldini	Italy (ITA)	1:50:46
2	341	Tesfaye Tola	(ETH)	1:50:46
3	332	Gezahegne Abera	(ETH)	1:50:46
4	672	Simon Biwott	(KEN)	1:50:47
5	630	Shigeru Aburaya	(JPN)	1:50:48
40 KILOMETRES
1	672	Simon Biwott	(KEN)	2:06:10
2	332	Gezahegne Abera	(ETH)	2:06:11
3	581	Stefano Baldini	Italy (ITA)	2:06:25
4	341	Tesfaye Tola	(ETH)	2:06:34
5	630	Shigeru Aburaya	(JPN)	2:06:55

Final ranking[]

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
	Gezahegne Abera	(ETH)	2:12:42	SB
	Simon Biwott	(KEN)	2:12:43
	Stefano Baldini	Italy (ITA)	2:13:18
4	Tesfaye Tola	(ETH)	2:13:58
5	Shigeru Aburaya	(JPN)	2:14:07
6	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	(MAR)	2:15:41
7	Tesfaye Jifar	(ETH)	2:16:52
8	Yoshiteru Morishita	(JPN)	2:17:05
9	Takayuki Nishida	(JPN)	2:17:24
10	Simretu Alemayehu	(ETH)	2:17:35
11	Giacomo Leone	Italy (ITA)	2:17:54
12	Atsushi Fujita	(JPN)	2:18:23
13	Benoît Zwierzchiewski	(FRA)	2:18:29
14	Ian Syster	(RSA)	2:19:38
15	Óscar Fernández	(ESP)	2:19:45
16	Abdelhakim Bagy	(FRA)	2:20:43
17	Alberico di Cecco	Italy (ITA)	2:20:44
18	Olexandr Kuzin	(UKR)	2:21:26
19	Benjamín Paredes	(MEX)	2:22:07
20	Asaf Bimro	Israel (ISR)	2:22:36
21	Andrés Espinosa	(MEX)	2:23:06
22		South Korea (KOR)	2:23:16
23	Nicholas Harrison	(AUS)	2:23:24
24	Antoni Peña	(ESP)	2:23:29
25	Pamenos Ballantyne	(VIN)	2:24:36
26	Kenichi Takahashi	(JPN)	2:24:41
27	Franklin Tenorio	(ECU)	2:25:15
28	Luketz Swartbooi	(NAM)	2:25:40
29	Kamal Ziani	(ESP)	2:25:43
30	Thabiso Moqhali	(LES)	2:25:44
31		(UKR)	2:26:04
32	Diego Colorado	(COL)	2:26:13
33		(QAT)	2:26:32
34	Larbi Zeroual	(FRA)	2:26:45
35	Josh Cox	(USA)	2:26:52
36	Rod de Highden	(AUS)	2:27:42
37	Julio Rey	(ESP)	2:27:59
38	Eddy Hellebuyck	(USA)	2:28:01
39	Anders Szalkai	(SWE)	2:28:33
40	Magnus Michelsson	(AUS)	2:28:36
41		(ESP)	2:28:48
42		(CAN)	2:29:22
43	Ernest Ndjissipou	(CAF)	2:29:25
44		(ERI)	2:29:50
45	Francisco Bautista	(MEX)	2:29:56
46	Bruce Deacon	(CAN)	2:30:22
47		(UZB)	2:30:28
48	Michael Dudley	(USA)	2:30:45
49	Vasilios Zabelis	Greece (GRE)	2:31:34
50	Andriy Naumov	(UKR)	2:31:42
51	António Zeferino	(CPV)	2:32:46
52		(AUS)	2:33:11
53		(GUA)	2:33:21
54	Kim Yi-Yong	South Korea (KOR)	2:33:28
55	Isaac García	(MEX)	2:33:32
56	Alfredo Arevalo	(GUA)	2:34:16
57		(MEX)	2:35:15
58		(BDI)	2:35:43
59	Ðuro Kodžo	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	2:35:47	PB
60		(GEO)	2:36:01
61		(LES)	2:36:24
62		(GUA)	2:37:15
63		(ZIM)	2:37:44
64		(CAN)	2:39:53
65		(ECU)	2:41:18
66	Abdellah Béhar	(FRA)	2:41:42
67		(RSA)	2:42:21
68	Sergey Zabavski	(TJK)	2:42:22
69		(ECU)	2:42:23
70		(BRA)	2:43:11
71		(CAN)	2:44:44
72		(CAN)	2:45:10
—	Roberto Barbi	Italy (ITA)	DQ
—	Andreas Erm	(GER)	DNF
—		(SOM)	DNF
—	Gert Thys	(RSA)	DNF
—		(RSA)	DNF
—		(MAR)	DNF
—	Lee Bong-Ju	South Korea (KOR)	DNF
—	Josephat Kiprono	(KEN)	DNF
—	Samson Kandie	(KEN)	DNF
—		Greece (GRE)	DNF
—		(SOM)	DNF
—		(ZIM)	DNF
—		(GUY)	DNF
—		(KGZ)	DNF
—	Mathias Ntawulikura	(RWA)	DNF
—		(TAN)	DNF
—	Luis Novo	(POR)	DNF
—	Roman Kejžar	(SLO)	DNF
—	Ronnie Holassie	(TRI)	DNF
—	Azzedine Sakhri	(ALG)	DNF
—		(ETH)	DNF
—	Mohamed Ezzher	(FRA)	DNF
—	Giovanni Ruggiero	Italy (ITA)	DNF
—		(USA)	DNF
—	Khalid Khannouchi	(USA)	DNF
—	Josiah Thugwane	(RSA)	DNS
—		(MAR)	DNS
—		(LES)	DNS
—		(HON)	DNS
—		(HON)	DNS
—	Daher Gadid Omar	(DJI)	DNS
—		(COD)	DNS

See also[]

• 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)
• 2001 Marathon Year Ranking
• 2001 World Marathon Cup

References[]

• Results
• IAAF
• Results - World Athletics