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 degrees C (82 °F) and 72 per cent humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 degrees 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   (QAT)
Bronze	Viktor Röthlin   (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
	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	(QAT)	2:17:18
	Viktor Röthlin	(SUI)	2:17:25
4	Yared Asmerom	(ERI)	2:17:41
5	Tsuyoshi Ogata	(JPN)	2:17:42
6	Satoshi Osaki	(JPN)	2:18:06
7	Toshinari Suwa	(JPN)	2:18:35
8	William Kiplagat	Kenya (KEN)	2:19:21
9	Janne Holmén	(FIN)	2:19:36
10	José Manuel Martínez	(ESP)	2:20:25
11	Dan Robinson	Great Britain & N.I. (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	South Korea (KOR)	2:21:49
16	Mike Fokoroni	(ZIM)	2:21:52
17	José Ríos	(ESP)	2:22:21
18	José de Souza	(BRA)	2:22:24
19	Seteng Ayele	Israel (ISR)	2:22:27
20	Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi	(LBA)	2:22:50
21	Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein	United States (USA)	2:23:04
22	Alberto Chaíça	(POR)	2:23:22
23		United States (USA)	2:23:28
24		South Korea (KOR)	2:24:25
25	Samson Ramadhani	(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	(TPE)	2:26:22
29	Khalid Kamal Yaseen	(BHR)	2:26:32
30	Getuli Bayo	(TAN)	2:26:56
31	Dejene Berhanu	(ETH)	2:27:50
32		United States (USA)	2:28:28
33	Su Wei	China (CHN)	2:28:41
34	Wodage Zvadya	Israel (ISR)	2:29:21
35	Luís Feiteira	(POR)	2:29:34
36	Deng Haiyang	China (CHN)	2:29:37
37		(GER)	2:30:03
38	Ambesse Tolosa	(ETH)	2:30:20
39		(TAN)	2:30:33
40	Asaf Bimro	Israel (ISR)	2:31:34
41	Yousf Othman Qader	(QAT)	2:32:00
42	Paulo Gomes	(POR)	2:32:02
43	Li Zhuhong	China (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	Andorra (AND)	2:34:28
49	Ren Longyun	China (CHN)	2:35:22
50	Fernando Cabada Jr	United States (USA)	2:35:48
51		Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:36:00
52	Laban Kagika	Kenya (KEN)	2:37:13
53	George Mofokeng	South Africa (RSA)	2:40:22
54		(MEX)	2:45:26
55	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od	(MGL)	2:49:06
56		(JPN)	2:59:40
57		(LES)	3:03:47
—		(PYF)	DNF
—		(BRA)	DNF
—		South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—		(UGA)	DNF
—		China (CHN)	DNF
—	Francis Kirwa	(FIN)	DNF
—	Abdulhak Zakaria	(BHR)	DNF
—	Abdil Ceylan	(TUR)	DNF
—	Joachim Nshimirimana	(BDI)	DNF
—	Nelson Cruz	(CPV)	DNF
—		(MEX)	DNF
—	Gudisa Shentema	(ETH)	DNF
—	Khalid El Boumlili	(MAR)	DNF
—		(GER)	DNF
—	James Mwangi Macharia	Kenya (KEN)	DNF
—	Migidio Bourifa	Italy (ITA)	DNF
—	Tesfaye Tola	(ETH)	DNF
—		(ESP)	DNF
—		Kenya (KEN)	DNF
—	Norman Dlomo	South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—	Iaroslav Musinschi	(MDA)	DNF
—		South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—	Hicham Chatt	(MAR)	DNF
—	Hélder Ornelas	(POR)	DNF
—	Abderrahim Goumri	(MAR)	DNF
—	Takhir Mamashayev	(KAZ)	DNF
—	Julio Rey	(ESP)	DNF
—	Pavel Loskutov	Estonia (EST)	DNF
—	Luís Jesus	(POR)	DNS
—		United States (USA)	DNS

Marathon World Cup[]

Place	Country	Athletes	Time
1	(JPN)	Tsuyoshi Ogata Satoshi Osaki Toshinari Suwa (Tomoyuki Sato) () Total	2:17:42 2:18:06 2:18:35 (2:20:53) (2:59:40) 6:54:23
2	South Korea (KOR)	Park Ju-Young 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)	Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein Kyle O'Brien (Fernando Cabada Jr) Total	2:23:04 2:23:28 2:28:28 (2:35:48) 7:15:00
5	(ETH)	Gashaw Asfaw Dejene Berhanu Ambesse Tolosa Total	2:20:58 2:27:50 2:30:20 7:19:08
6	(TAN)	Samson Ramadhani Getuli Bayo Total	2:25:51 2:26:56 2:30:33 7:23:20
7	Israel (ISR)	Ayele Seteng Zvadya Wodage Asaf Bimro Total	2:22:27 2:29:21 2:31:34 7:23:22
8	(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