2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

Events at the 2003 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 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, was held on Saturday, August 30, 2003.

Medalists[]

Gold	Jaouad Gharib Morocco (MAR)
Silver	Julio Rey Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations[]

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World record	Khalid Khannouchi (USA)	2:05:38	April 14, 2002	London, United Kingdom
Event record	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	2:06:33	April 6, 2003	Paris, France
Broken records at the 2003 World Athletics Championships
Event record	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:08:31	August 30, 2003	Paris, France

Intermediates[]

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 kilometres
1	25	João N'Tyamba (ANG)	15:00
2	1268	Viktor Röthlin (SUI)	15:01
3	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	15:01
4	798	(KEN)	15:05
5	430	Moges Taye (ETH)	15:05
10 kilometres
1	796	Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN)	30:20
2	25	João N'Tyamba (ANG)	30:20
3	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	30:20
4	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	30:20
5	1120	(QAT)	30:21
15 kilometres
1	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	45:40
2	796	Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN)	45:40
3	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	45:40
4	834	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	45:40
5	1120	(QAT)	45:40
20 kilometres
1	798	(KEN)	1:01:34
2	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	1:01:36
3	432	Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)	1:01:36
4	834	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	1:01:36
5	387	Alejandro Gómez (ESP)	1:01:36
Half marathon
1	798	(KEN)	1:04:45
2	431	(ETH)	1:04:45
3	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	1:04:45
4	19	Rachid Ziar (ALG)	1:04:46
5	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	1:04:46
25 kilometres
1	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	1:17:07
2	494	Larbi Zeroual (FRA)	1:17:07
3	834	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	1:17:07
4	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	1:17:07
5	917	Khalid Skah (MAR)	1:17:07
30 kilometres
1	19	Rachid Ziar (ALG)	1:32:32
2	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	1:32:32
3	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	1:32:32
4	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	1:32:32
5	395	José Manuel Martínez (ESP)	1:32:32
35 kilometres
1	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	1:47:16
2	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	1:47:16
3	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	1:47:17
4	688	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	1:47:30
5	692	Daniele Caimmi (ITA)	1:47:30
40 kilometres
1	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:02:05
2	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	2:02:05
3	688	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:02:42
4	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	2:02:43
5	756	Shigeru Aburaya (JPN)	2:02:46

Final ranking[]

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:08:31	CR
	Julio Rey (ESP)	2:08:38
	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:09:14
4	Alberto Chaíça (POR)	2:09:25	PB
5	Shigeru Aburaya (JPN)	2:09:26
6	Daniele Caimmi (ITA)	2:09:29
7	Ian Syster (RSA)	2:10:17
8	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	2:10:35
9	Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	2:10:37
10	Atsushi Sato (JPN)	2:10:38
11	Lee Bong-ju (KOR)	2:10:38
12	Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN)	2:10:39
13	Rachid Ghanmouni (MAR)	2:10:56	PB
14	Viktor Rothlin (SUI)	2:11:14
15	Samson Ramadhani (TAN)	2:11:21
16	José Manuel Martínez (ESP)	2:11:31
17	Lee Troop (AUS)	2:11:46
18	Rachid Ziar (ALG)	2:11:58
19	Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)	2:12:19
20	Luc Krotwaar (NED)	2:12:28
21	Koji Shimizu (JPN)	2:13:19
22	Alberico di Cecco (ITA)	2:13:36
23	Ruggero Pertile (ITA)	2:13:45
24	Nikolaos Polias (GRE)	2:13:53	PB
25	Larbi Zeroual (FRA)	2:14:29
26	(ETH)	2:14:32
27	Asaf Bimro (ISR)	2:14:52	NR
28	Juan Carlos Cardona (COL)	2:14:52
29	Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI)	2:14:57
30	Gert Thys (RSA)	2:15:00
31	Al Mustafa Riyadh (BHR)	2:15:20	NR
32	(USA)	2:15:38
33	Karl Johan Rasmussen (NOR)	2:16:00
34	Abdelhakim Bagy (FRA)	2:16:06
35	Andrew Letherby (AUS)	2:16:12
36	Antoni Bernado (AND)	2:16:19
37	(QAT)	2:16:31	NR
38	Khalid Skah (MAR)	2:16:34	PB
39	(USA)	2:16:42
40	Lee Myong-seung (KOR)	2:16:46
41	Roderic de Highden (AUS)	2:16:56
42	(FRA)	2:17:35
43	(ETH)	2:17:53
44	(TUR)	2:18:02	PB
45	Ernest Ndjissipou (CAF)	2:18:06	NR
46	(MAR)	2:18:12
47	(USA)	2:18:17
48	Alberto Juzdado (ESP)	2:18:34
49	Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)	2:18:44
50	Jose Ernani Palalia (MEX)	2:20:03
51	Nicholas Harrison (AUS)	2:20:16
52	Ji Young-jun (KOR)	2:20:21
53	Migidio Bourifa (ITA)	2:21:12
54	Carlos Grisales (COL)	2:22:34
55	(AUS)	2:23:12
56	(UZB)	2:23:38	PB
57	(QAT)	2:23:40	PB
58	(COL)	2:24:03
59	Roman Kejžar (SLO)	2:24:20
60	Driss El Himer (FRA)	2:24:23
61	(QAT)	2:24:33	PB
62	John Nada Saya (TAN)	2:25:49
63	Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL)	2:26:39	NR
64	(USA)	2:26:59	PB
65	Jussi Utriainen (FIN)	2:29:03	PB
66	(ESP)	2:29:53
67	Mpesela Ntlot'soeu (LES)	2:30:44
68	(TJK)	2:31:29	PB
69	Carlos Almeida (CPV)	2:33:31	PB
Did not finish (DNF)
—	Alejandro Gomez (ESP)	DNF
—	Haile Satayin (ISR)	DNF
—	Tereje Wodajo (ETH)	DNF
—	(NAM)	DNF
—	(KEN)	DNF
—	(DJI)	DNF
—	Joao N'Tyamba (ANG)	DNF
—	(RSA)	DNF
—	Josia Thugwane (RSA)	DNF
—	(KEN)	DNF
—	(TKM)	DNF
—	Matt O'Dowd (GBR)	DNF
—	William Kiplagat (KEN)	DNF
—	Kim Yi-yong (KOR)	DNF
—	Gezahegne Abera (ETH)	DNF
—	(MAR)	DNF
—	Moges Taye (ETH)	DNF
—	Zebedayo Bayo (TAN)	DNF
—	Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN)	DNF
—	Ryan Shay (USA)	DNF
Did not start (DNS)
—	(COD)	DNS
—	Mwenze Kalombo (COD)	DNS
—	(COD)	DNS
—	(COD)	DNS
—	Benoît Zwierzchiewski (FRA)	DNS

See also[]

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's marathon
• 2003 World Marathon Cup
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

References[]

• Results
• IAAF