2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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 °C (82 °F) and 72% humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 °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 Qatar (QAT)
Bronze	Viktor Röthlin Switzerland (SUI)

Abbreviations

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

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
Season Best	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	Qatar (QAT)	2:17:18
	Viktor Röthlin	Switzerland (SUI)	2:17:25
4	Yared Asmerom	Eritrea (ERI)	2:17:41
5	Tsuyoshi Ogata	Japan (JPN)	2:17:42	SB
6	Satoshi Osaki	Japan (JPN)	2:18:06	SB
7	Toshinari Suwa	Japan (JPN)	2:18:35	SB
8	William Kiplagat	Kenya (KEN)	2:19:21
9	Janne Holmén	Finland (FIN)	2:19:36
10	José Manuel Martínez	Spain (ESP)	2:20:25
11	Dan Robinson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:20:30
12	Alex Malinga	Uganda (UGA)	2:20:36
13	Tomoyuki Sato	Japan (JPN)	2:20:53
14	Gashaw Asfaw	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:20:58
15	Park Ju-Young	South Korea (KOR)	2:21:49
16	Mike Fokoroni	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2:21:52
17	José Ríos	Spain (ESP)	2:22:21	SB
18	José de Souza	Brazil (BRA)	2:22:24
19	Seteng Ayele	Israel (ISR)	2:22:27
20	Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi	Libya (LBA)	2:22:50
21	Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein	United States (USA)	2:23:04	SB
22	Alberto Chaíça	Portugal (POR)	2:23:22	SB
23	Mike Morgan	United States (USA)	2:23:28	SB
24	Kim Young-Chun	South Korea (KOR)	2:24:25
25	Samson Ramadhani	Tanzania (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	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2:26:22
29	Khalid Kamal Yaseen	Bahrain (BHR)	2:26:32	SB
30	Getuli Bayo	Tanzania (TAN)	2:26:56
31	Dejene Berhanu	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:27:50	SB
32	Kyle O'Brien	United States (USA)	2:28:28	SB
33	Su Wei	China (CHN)	2:28:41	SB
34	Wodage Zvadya	Israel (ISR)	2:29:21
35	Luís Feiteira	Portugal (POR)	2:29:34
36	Deng Haiyang	China (CHN)	2:29:37	SB
37	Ulrich Steidl	Germany (GER)	2:30:03
38	Ambesse Tolosa	Ethiopia (ETH)	2:30:20
39	Michael Tluway Mislay	Tanzania (TAN)	2:30:33
40	Asaf Bimro	Israel (ISR)	2:31:34
41	Yousf Othman Qader	Qatar (QAT)	2:32:00
42	Paulo Gomes	Portugal (POR)	2:32:02
43	Li Zhuhong	China (CHN)	2:32:44
44	Rachid Kisri	Morocco (MAR)	2:32:57
45	Abderrahime Bouramdane	Morocco (MAR)	2:33:26
46	Pablo Olmedo	Mexico (MEX)	2:33:40
47	Marcel Tschopp	Liechtenstein (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	SB
51	Peter Riley	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:36:00	SB
52	Laban Kagika	Kenya (KEN)	2:37:13
53	George Mofokeng	South Africa (RSA)	2:40:22
54	Rito Regules	Mexico (MEX)	2:45:26
55	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od	Mongolia (MGL)	2:49:06	SB
56	Mitsuru Kubota	Japan (JPN)	2:59:40
57	Tumi Malefetsane	Lesotho (LES)	3:03:47
—	Patrick Dupouy	French Polynesia (PYF)	DNF
—	Geovanni Santos	Brazil (BRA)	DNF
—	Zongamele Dyubeni	South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—	Amos Masai	Uganda (UGA)	DNF
—	Zheng Yunshan	China (CHN)	DNF
—	Francis Kirwa	Finland (FIN)	DNF
—	Abdulhak Zakaria	Bahrain (BHR)	DNF
—	Abdil Ceylan	Turkey (TUR)	DNF
—	Joachim Nshimirimana	Burundi (BDI)	DNF
—	Nelson Cruz	Cape Verde (CPV)	DNF
—	Juan Gualberto Vargas	Mexico (MEX)	DNF
—	Gudisa Shentema	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
—	Khalid El Boumlili	Morocco (MAR)	DNF
—	Martin Beckmann (runner)	Germany (GER)	DNF
—	James Mwangi Macharia	Kenya (KEN)	DNF
—	Migidio Bourifa	Italy (ITA)	DNF
—	Tesfaye Tola	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF
—	Óscar Martín	Spain (ESP)	DNF
—	Laban Kipkemboi	Kenya (KEN)	DNF
—	Norman Dlomo	South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—	Iaroslav Musinschi	Moldova (MDA)	DNF
—	Bethuel Netshifhefhe	South Africa (RSA)	DNF
—	Hicham Chatt	Morocco (MAR)	DNF
—	Hélder Ornelas	Portugal (POR)	DNF
—	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco (MAR)	DNF
—	Takhir Mamashayev	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	DNF
—	Julio Rey	Spain (ESP)	DNF
—	Pavel Loskutov	Estonia (EST)	DNF
—	Luís Jesus	Portugal (POR)	DNS
—	Simeon Kiplagat Sawe	United States (USA)	DNS

Marathon World Cup

Place	Country	Athletes	Time
1	Japan (JPN)	Tsuyoshi Ogata Satoshi Osaki Toshinari Suwa (Tomoyuki Sato) (Mitsuru Kubota) 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 Kim Young-Chun 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 Mike Morgan Kyle O'Brien (Fernando Cabada Jr) Total	2:23:04 2:23:28 2:28:28 (2:35:48) 7:15:00
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	Gashaw Asfaw Dejene Berhanu Ambesse Tolosa Total	2:20:58 2:27:50 2:30:20 7:19:08
6	Tanzania (TAN)	Samson Ramadhani Getuli Bayo Michael Tluway Mislay 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	Portugal (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

References

Full results - IAAF.org
Event report - IAAF.org