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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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.

1 Medallists
2 Abbreviations
3 Records
4 Intermediates
5 Final ranking
6 Marathon World Cup
7 See also
8 References

Medallists

Gold	Luke Kibet (KEN)
Silver	Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT)
Bronze	Viktor Röthlin (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

Intermediates

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
1 !	Luke Kibet (KEN)	2:15:59
2 !	Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT)	2:17:18
3 !	Viktor Röthlin (SUI)	2:17:25
4	Yared Asmerom (ERI)	2:17:41
5	Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN)	2:17:42	SB
6	Satoshi Osaki (JPN)	2:18:06	SB
7	Toshinari Suwa (JPN)	2:18:35	SB
8	William Kiplagat (KEN)	2:19:21
9	Janne Holmén (FIN)	2:19:36
10	José Manuel Martínez (ESP)	2:20:25
11	Dan Robinson (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 (KOR)	2:21:49
16	Mike Fokoroni (ZIM)	2:21:52
17	José Ríos (ESP)	2:22:21	SB
18	José de Souza (BRA)	2:22:24
19	Seteng Ayele (ISR)	2:22:27
20	Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA)	2:22:50
21	Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein (USA)	2:23:04	SB
22	Alberto Chaíça (POR)	2:23:22	SB
23	Mike Morgan (USA)	2:23:28	SB
24	Kim Young-Chun (KOR)	2:24:25
25	Samson Ramadhani (TAN)	2:25:51
26	Lee Myong-Seung (KOR)	2:25:54
27	Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	2:26:00
28	Chang Chia-Che (TPE)	2:26:22
29	Khalid Kamal Yaseen (BHR)	2:26:32	SB
30	Getuli Bayo (TAN)	2:26:56
31	Dejene Berhanu (ETH)	2:27:50	SB
32	Kyle O'Brien (USA)	2:28:28	SB
33	Su Wei (CHN)	2:28:41	SB
34	Wodage Zvadya (ISR)	2:29:21
35	Luís Feiteira (POR)	2:29:34
36	Deng Haiyang (CHN)	2:29:37	SB
37	Ulrich Steidl (GER)	2:30:03
38	Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)	2:30:20
39	Michael Tluway Mislay (TAN)	2:30:33
40	Asaf Bimro (ISR)	2:31:34
41	Yousf Othman Qader (QAT)	2:32:00
42	Paulo Gomes (POR)	2:32:02
43	Li Zhuhong (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 (AND)	2:34:28
49	Ren Longyun (CHN)	2:35:22
50	Fernando Cabada Jr (USA)	2:35:48	SB
51	Peter Riley (GBR)	2:36:00	SB
52	Laban Kagika (KEN)	2:37:13
53	George Mofokeng (RSA)	2:40:22
54	Rito Regules (MEX)	2:45:26
55	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od (MGL)	2:49:06	SB
56	Mitsuru Kubota (JPN)	2:59:40
57	Tumi Malefetsane (LES)	3:03:47
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
	Patrick Dupouy (PYF)	DNF
	Geovanni Santos (BRA)	DNF
	Zongamele Dyubeni (RSA)	DNF
	Amos Masai (UGA)	DNF
	Zheng Yunshan (CHN)	DNF
	Francis Kirwa (FIN)	DNF
	Abdulhak Zakaria (BHR)	DNF
	Abdil Ceylan (TUR)	DNF
	Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI)	DNF
	Nelson Cruz (CPV)	DNF
	Juan Gualberto Vargas (MEX)	DNF
	Gudisa Shentema (ETH)	DNF
	Khalid El Boumlili (MAR)	DNF
	Martin Beckmann (GER)	DNF
	James Mwangi Macharia (KEN)	DNF
	Migidio Bourifa (ITA)	DNF
	Tesfaye Tola (ETH)	DNF
	Óscar Martín (ESP)	DNF
	Laban Kipkemboi (KEN)	DNF
	Norman Dlomo (RSA)	DNF
	Iaroslav Musinschi (MDA)	DNF
	Bethuel Netshifhefhe (RSA)	DNF
	Hicham Chatt (MAR)	DNF
	Hélder Ornelas (POR)	DNF
	Abderrahim Goumri (MAR)	DNF
	Takhir Mamashayev (KAZ)	DNF
	Julio Rey (ESP)	DNF
	Pavel Loskutov (EST)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
	Luís Jesus (POR)	DNS
	Simeon Kiplagat Sawe (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	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	PR of 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

Marathon at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Men's	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011

Women's	1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011

World Champions in Men's Marathon

1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA) 1995: Martín Fiz (ESP) 1997: Abel Antón (ESP) 1999: Abel Antón (ESP) 2001: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) 2003: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2005: Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2007: Luke Kibet (KEN) 2009: Abel Kirui (KEN) 2011: Abel Kirui (KEN)