The Men's Marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy was held on Sunday September 6, 1987.
Medalists
edit| Gold |  Douglas WakiihuriKenya (KEN) |
| Silver |  Hussein Ahmed SalahDjibouti (DJI) |
| Bronze |  Gelindo BordinItaly (ITA) |
Abbreviations
edit- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
edit| Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Carlos Lopes (POR) |
2:07:12 | April 20, 1985 |  Rotterdam, Netherlands
|
| Event Record |  Robert de Castella (AUS) |
2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 |  Helsinki, Finland
|
| Season Best |  Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) |
2:09:50 | May 10, 1987 |  London, United Kingdom
|
Final ranking
edit| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)
|
2:11:48 |
|
Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)
|
2:12:30 |
|
Gelindo Bordin (ITA)
|
2:12:40 |
| 4. | Steve Moneghetti (AUS)
|
2:12:49 |
| 5. | Hugh Jones (GBR)
|
2:12:54 |
| 6. |  Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
|
2:13:43 |
| 7. | Orlando Pizzolato (ITA)
|
2:14:03 |
| 8. |  Ravil Kashapov (URS)
|
2:14:41 |
| 9. |  Henrik Jørgensen (DEN)
|
2:14:58 |
| 10. |  Dirk Vanderherten (BEL)
|
2:16:42 |
| 11. | Yakov Tolstikov (URS)
|
2:16:55 |
| 12. |  Martin Vrabel (TCH)
|
2:16:58 |
| 13. | Salvatore Bettiol (ITA)
|
2:17:45 |
| 14. |  Mirko Vindiš (YUG)
|
2:18:09 |
| 15. |  Tefera Guta (ETH)
|
2:18:27 |
| 16. |  Vicente Antón (ESP)
|
2:19:00 |
| 17. |  Herbert Steffny (FRG)
|
2:19:24 |
| 18. | Honorato Hernández (ESP)
|
2:20:00 |
| 19. | Michael Spottel (FRG)
|
2:20:43 |
| 20. |  Graham Macky (NZL)
|
2:20:43 |
| 21. |  Don Janicki (USA)
|
2:20:46 |
| 22. | Masayuki Nishi (JPN)
|
2:20:51 |
| 23. |  Eloi Rodrigues (BRA)
|
2:21:03 |
| 24. | Marti ten Kate (NED)
|
2:22:21 |
| 25. |  Kingston Mills (IRL)
|
2:22:52 |
| 26. | Yuichiro Osuda (JPN)
|
2:23:25 |
| 27. |  Sam Hlawe (SWZ)
|
2:24:09 |
| 28. | Alfonso Abellán (ESP)
|
2:24:20 |
| 29. |  Bigboy Matlapeng (BOT)
|
2:24:43 |
| 30. | Fumiaki Abe (JPN)
|
2:24:47 |
| 31. |  Jeong Man-Hwa (KOR)
|
2:25:41 |
| 32. |  Peter Maher (CAN)
|
2:26:40 |
| 33. |  William Aguirre (NCA)
|
2:27:19 |
| 34. |  Vithanakande Samarasinghe (SRI)
|
2:28:35 |
| 35. |  José Jami (ECU)
|
2:29:04 |
| 36. | Peter Mitchell (AUS)
|
2:30:04 |
| 37. |  Francis Mukuka (ZAM)
|
2:30:05 |
| 38. |  Justin Gloden (LUX)
|
2:30:08 |
| 39. |  Hsu Gi-sheng (TPE)
|
2:30:31 |
| 40. | Moacir Marconi (BRA)
|
2:31:39 |
| 41. |  Stanimir Nenov (BUL)
|
2:32:44 |
| 42. |  Hari Singh (IND)
|
2:34:20 |
| 43. |  Albert Marie (SEY)
|
2:40:48 |
| 44. | Veselin Vasilev (BUL)
|
2:43:14 |
| 45. |  Salvator Sahabo (BRU)
|
2:43:43 |
| 46. |  Chandra Bahadur Gurung (NEP)
|
2:43:54 |
| 47. |  William Abrams (GUY)
|
3:12:33 |
| — | Ralf Salzmann (FRG)
|
DNF |
| — |  Bruno Lafranchi (SUI)
|
DNF |
| — |  Policarpio Calizaya (BOL)
|
DNF |
| — | Robert de Castella (AUS)
|
DNF |
| — |  Christos Papachristos (GRE)
|
DNF |
| — |  El Mostafa Nechchadi (MAR)
|
DNF |
| — | Dan Grimes (USA)
|
DNF |
| — | Geoff Smith (GBR)
|
DNF |
| — | Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
|
DNF |
| — | Delfim Moreira (POR)
|
DNF |
| — | Martti Vainio (FIN)
|
DNF |
| — |  Mehmet Terzi (TUR)
|
DNF |
| — |  Alain Lazare (FRA)
|
DNF |
| — | Dave Gordon (USA)
|
DNF |
| — |  Jorge Yeber (ARG)
|
DNF |
| — | Djama Robleh (DJI)
|
DNF |
| — |  James Walker (GUM)
|
DNF |
| — |  Samu Samuelu (WSM)
|
DNF |
| — |  Bogusław Psujek (POL)
|
DNF |
| — | Allan Zachariassen (DEN)
|
DNF |