2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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Men's Marathon
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates6 August
Competitors98 from 50 nations
Winning time2:08.27
Medalists
gold medal Geoffrey Kirui   Kenya
silver medal Tamirat Tola   Ethiopia
bronze medal Alphonce Simbu   Tanzania
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The men's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on 6 August,[1] starting and finishing on Tower Bridge.[2]

Summary[]

The race started off with a tight pack running at a leisurely pace. 10 kilometres into the race, the British crowds were pleased to see Callum Hawkins in the lead, but there were 59 others in the lead pack. By 15 kilometres there were still 31 and by half way only another three had started to fall off the back. Then the racing began as a small group went off the front including the entire Kenyan team, a Kenyan Turkish transplant, two Ethiopians, two Eritreans, Alphonce Simbu from Tanzania and Hawkins. Of that group, Geoffrey Kirui, Tamirat Tola and Gideon Kipketer were pushing the pace as a three man pack. Kipketer faltered and it was a two man race with Simbu breaking off the front of the second pack. About 10 kilometres from the finish, Tola tried to break away. But the one breaking was Tola as Kirui came back and then set off on his own. Over the last seven kilometres, Kirui opened up almost a minute and half of daylight, comfortably crossing the line for the gold. Tola struggled to successfully hold off Simbu to keep silver while an inspired Hawkins picked up the pieces and finished a strong fourth just 26 seconds back.[3]

Records[]

Before the competition records were as follows:[4]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 2:02:57 Dennis Kipruto Kimetto  KEN 28 Sep 2014 Berlin, Germany
Championship 2:06:54 Abel Kirui  KEN 22 Aug 2009 Berlin, Germany
World leading 2:03:58 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich  KEN 26 Feb 2017 Tokyo, Japan
African 2:02:57 Dennis Kipruto Kimetto  KEN 28 Sep 2014 Berlin, Germany
Asian 2:06:16 Toshinari Takaoka  JPN 13 Oct 2002 Chicago, United States
NACAC 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi  USA 14 Apr 2002 London, Great Britain
South American 2:06:05 Ronaldo da Costa  BRA 20 Sep 1998 Berlin, Germany
European 2:06:36 Benoit Zwierzchiewski  FRA 6 Apr 2003 Paris, France
Oceanian 2:07:51 Robert de Castella  AUS 21 Apr 1986 Boston, United States

No records were set at the competition.[5]

Qualification standard[]

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:19.00.[6]

Results[]

The final took place on 6 August at 10:54. The results were as follows:[7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Geoffrey Kirui  Kenya (KEN) 2:08:27 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamirat Tola  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:09:49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alphonce Simbu  Tanzania (TAN) 2:09:51
4 Callum Hawkins  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:10:17 PB
5 Daniele Meucci  Italy (ITA) 2:10:56 PB
6 Gideon Kipketer  Kenya (KEN) 2:10:56
7 Yohanes Ghebregergis  Eritrea (ERI) 2:12:07
8 Daniel Wanjiru  Kenya (KEN) 2:12:16
9 Yuki Kawauchi  Japan (JPN) 2:12:19
10 Kentaro Nakamoto  Japan (JPN) 2:12:41
11 Solomon Mutai  Uganda (UGA) 2:13:29
12 Ezekiel Jafary  Tanzania (TAN) 2:14:05
13 Abdi Hakin Ulad  Denmark (DEN) 2:14:22 SB
14 Kaan Kigen Özbilen  Turkey (TUR) 2:14:29 SB
15 Shumi Dechasa  Bahrain (BHR) 2:15:08 PB
16 Elkanah Kibet  United States (USA) 2:15:14
17 Javier Guerra  Spain (ESP) 2:15:22
18 Ihor Olefirenko  Ukraine (UKR) 2:15:34 SB
19 Tsegaye Mekonnen  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:15:36
20 Andrés Zamora  Uruguay (URU) 2:16:00 PB
21 Desmond Mokgobu  South Africa (RSA) 2:16:14
22 Mick Clohisey  Ireland (IRL) 2:16:21 SB
23 Valentin Pfeil  Austria (AUT) 2:16:28
24 Remigijus Kančys  Lithuania (LTU) 2:16:34
25 Derlys Ayala  Paraguay (PAR) 2:16:37 PB
26 Hiroto Inoue  Japan (JPN) 2:16:54
27 Ihor Russ  Ukraine (UKR) 2:17:01 SB
28 Thonakal Gopi  India (IND) 2:17:13
29 Mert Girmalegesse  Turkey (TUR) 2:17:36
30 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby  Morocco (MAR) 2:17:50
31 Andrew Davies  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:17:59
32 Mikael Ekvall  Sweden (SWE) 2:18:12 SB
33 Pardon Ndhlovu  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:18:37 SB
34  Mongolia (MGL) 2:18:42 PB
35 Namupala Reonard  Namibia (NAM) 2:18:51 SB
36  Ukraine (UKR) 2:18:54 SB
37 Paulus Iiyambo  Namibia (NAM) 2:19:45
38 Stephno Gwandu Huche  Tanzania (TAN) 2:20:05
39 Josh Griffiths  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:20:06
40 Tiidrek Nurme  Estonia (EST) 2:20:41 SB
41 Ghebrezgiabhier Kibrom  Eritrea (ERI) 2:21:22
42 Bobby Curtis  United States (USA) 2:21:22 SB
43 Robert Chemonges  Uganda (UGA) 2:21:24
44  Malawi (MAW) 2:21:39 PB
45 Jack Colreavy  Australia (AUS) 2:21:44
46 Tseveenravdan Byambajav  Mongolia (MGL) 2:21:48
47 Millen Matende  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:21:52 SB
48 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od  Mongolia (MGL) 2:21:55
49 Leslie Encina  Chile (CHI) 2:22:10
50 Hassan Chani  Bahrain (BHR) 2:22:19
51 Ignas Brasevičius  Lithuania (LTU) 2:22:20 SB
52 David Nilsson  Sweden (SWE) 2:22:53
53 Roman Fosti  Estonia (EST) 2:23:28 SB
54 Thomas Toth  Canada (CAN) 2:23:47
55 Manuel Cabrera  Chile (CHI) 2:24:08
56 Daviti Kharazishvili  Georgia (GEO) 2:24:24
57 Segundo Jami  Ecuador (ECU) 2:24:28
58 José Amado García  Guatemala (GUA) 2:25:03
59 Kim Hyo-su  South Korea (KOR) 2:25:08
60 Brad Milosevic  Australia (AUS) 2:25:14
61 David Carver  Mauritius (MRI) 2:25:45 SB
62 Girmaw Amare  Israel (ISR) 2:26:37
63 Sean Hehir  Ireland (IRL) 2:27:33
64 Yu Seung-yeop  South Korea (KOR) 2:29:06
65 Shin Kwang-sik  South Korea (KOR) 2:29:52
66 Rok Puhar  Slovenia (SLO) 2:33:12
67 Juan Carlos Trujillo  Guatemala (GUA) 2:33:42 SB
68 Luis Orta  Venezuela (VEN) 2:33:42 PB
69  Guatemala (GUA) 2:41:39
70 Ricardo Ramos  Mexico (MEX) 2:41:50 SB
71 Abraham Niyonkuru  Burundi (BDI) 2:42:27
Jorge Castelblanco  Panama (PAN) DNF
 Peru (PER) DNF
Anuradha Cooray  Sri Lanka (SRI) DNF
Nicolás Cuestas  Uruguay (URU) DNF
Abdelhadi El Hachimi  Belgium (BEL) DNF
Iván Fernández  Spain (ESP) DNF
Eric Gillis  Canada (CAN) DNF
Josh Harris  Australia (AUS) DNF
Marius Ionescu  Romania (ROM) DNF
Stefano La Rosa  Italy (ITA) DNF
Ayad Lamdassem  Spain (ESP) DNF
Raúl Machacuay  Peru (PER) DNF
Augustus Maiyo  United States (USA) DNF
Mariano Mastromarino  Argentina (ARG) DNF
Tsepo Mathibelle  Lesotho (LES) DNF
Amanuel Mesel  Eritrea (ERI) DNF
Ercan Muslu  Turkey (TUR) DNF
Lebenya Nkoka  Lesotho (LES) DNF
Cutbert Nyasango  Zimbabwe (ZIM) DNF
Sibusiso Nzima  South Africa (RSA) DNF
Bhumiraj Rai  Nepal (NEP) DNF
Ricardo Ribas  Portugal (POR) DNF
Aguelmis Rojas  Uruguay (URU) DNF
Maru Teferi  Israel (ISR) DNF
Yemane Tsegay  Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
Enzo Yáñez  Chile (CHI) DNF
Valērijs Žolnerovičs  Latvia (LAT) DNF
Lusapho April  South Africa (RSA) DNS
Mumin Gala  Djibouti (DJI) DNS

References[]

  1. ^ "Marathon Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "World Championships 2017: Callum Hawkins fourth as Geoffrey Kirui wins marathon". BBC Sport. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Marathon Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Marathon Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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