2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon

Events at the
2009 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 at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 22, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Abel Kirui
 (KEN)
Silver  Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai
 (KEN)
Bronze  Tsegay Kebede
 (ETH)

Abbreviations

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 top times prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:03:59 28-09-2008 Berlin, Germany
Event Record  Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:31 30-08-2003 Paris, France
Season Best  Duncan Kibet (KEN) 2:04:27 05-04-2009 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Standing continental records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships
African record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:03:59 28-09-2008 Berlin, Germany
Asian record  Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 2:06:16 13-10-2002 Chicago, United States
North American record  Khalid Khannouchi (USA) 2:05:38 14-05-2002 London, United Kingdom
South American record  Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) 2:06:05 20-09-1998 Berlin, Germany
European record  António Pinto (POR) 2:06:36 16-04-2000 London, United Kingdom
Oceanian record  Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:07:51 21-04-1986 Boston, United States
Broken records at the 2009 World Athletics Championships
Event Record  Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:06:54 22-08-2009 Berlin, Germany

Qualification standard

Standard
2:18:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 22, 2009 11:45 Final

Intermediates

Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
5 km Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot  Kenya 15:09
10 km Deriba Merga  Ethiopia 30:08
15 km Deriba Merga  Ethiopia 44:57
20 km Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai  Kenya 59:42
Half Marathon Tsegay Kebede  Ethiopia 1:03:03
25 km Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot  Kenya 1:14:38
30 km Abel Kirui  Kenya 1:29:43
35 km Abel Kirui  Kenya 1:44:56
40 km Abel Kirui  Kenya 2:00:10

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
Abel Kirui  Kenya 2:06:54 CR
Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai  Kenya 2:07:48
Tsegaye Kebede  Ethiopia 2:08:35
4 Yemane Tsegay  Ethiopia 2:08:42
5 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot  Kenya 2:10:46 SB
6 Atsushi Sato  Japan 2:12:05
7 Adil Ennani  Morocco 2:12:12
8 José Manuel Martínez  Spain 2:14:04 SB
9 José Moreira  Portugal 2:14:05 PB
10 Luís Feiteira  Portugal 2:14:06
11 Masaya Shimizu  Japan 2:14:06
12 Norman Dlomo  South Africa 2:14:39 SB
13 Fernando Silva  Portugal 2:14:48
14 Satoshi Irifune  Japan 2:14:54 SB
15 Dejene Yirdaw  Ethiopia 2:15:09
16 Marilson dos Santos  Brazil 2:15:13 SB
17 Johannes Kekana  South Africa 2:15:28 SB
18 André Pollmächer  Germany 2:15:36
19 Adriano Bastos  Brazil 2:15:39 PB
20 Oleg Kulkov  Russia 2:15:40
21 Martin Dent  Australia 2:16:05
22 Coolboy Ngamole  South Africa 2:16:20 SB
23 José de Souza  Brazil 2:16:40
24 Daniel Browne  United States 2:16:49 SB
25 Reid Coolsaet  Canada 2:16:53 PB
26 Rachid Kisri  Morocco 2:17:01
27 Yuriy Abramov  Russia 2:17:04
28 Phaustin Baha Sulle  Tanzania 2:17:11
29 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir  Mongolia 2:17:22 SB
30 Andrew Letherby  Australia 2:17:29 SB
31 Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon  Uganda 2:17:47 SB
32 Simon Munyutu  France 2:17:53 SB
33 Dylan Wykes  Canada 2:18:00 SB
34 Martin Beckmann  Germany 2:18:08
35 George Majaji  Zimbabwe 2:18:37 SB
36 Matt Gabrielson  United States 2:18:41 SB
37 Alejandro Suárez  Mexico 2:18:55
38 Chang Chia-Che  Chinese Taipei 2:19:32 SB
39 Kazuhiro Maeda  Japan 2:19:59
40 Khalid Kamal Yaseen  Bahrain 2:20:11
41 James Kibocha Theuri  France 2:20:24
42 Roman Kejžar  Slovenia 2:20:25 SB
43 Pak Song-Chol  North Korea 2:21:12
44 Driss El Himer  France 2:21:19
45 Mikhail Lemaev  Russia 2:21:47
46 Lee Myong-Seung  South Korea 2:21:54 SB
47 Mark Tucker  Australia 2:21:57 SB
48 José Amado García  Guatemala 2:22:00 SB
49 Carlos Cordero  Mexico 2:22:16
50 Falk Cierpinski  Germany 2:22:36
51 Hyon U Ri  North Korea 2:22:48
52 Costantino León  Peru 2:23:34 SB
53 Andrew Smith  Canada 2:24:48
54 Samir Baala  France 2:25:12
55 Juan Gualberto Vargas  Mexico 2:25:26
56 Giitah Macharia  Canada 2:25:40 SB
57 Getuli Bayo  Tanzania 2:25:52 SB
58 Scott Westcott  Australia 2:26:02
59 Nelson Cruz  Cape Verde 2:27:16 SB
60 Andrea Silvini  Tanzania 2:28:48
61 Arata Fujiwara  Japan 2:31:06 SB
62 Valery Pisarev  Kyrgyzstan 2:31:32 SB
63 Nate Jenkins  United States 2:32:16 SB
64 Wodage Zvadya  Israel 2:34:58
65 Lee Myong-Ki  South Korea 2:35:12
66 Tobias Sauter  Germany 2:35:43
67 Pedro Nimo  Spain 2:36:39
68 Tesfayohannes Mesfin  Eritrea 2:39:51
69 Yook Geuntae  South Korea 2:40:47
70 Sangay Wangchuk  Bhutan 2:47:55 NR
Stephen Loruo Kamar  Bahrain DNF
Franklin Tenorio  Ecuador DNF
Yared Asmerom  Eritrea DNF
Yonas Kifle  Eritrea DNF
Rafael Iglesias  Spain DNF
Deressa Chimsa  Ethiopia DNF
Deriba Merga  Ethiopia DNF
Loïc Letellier  France DNF
Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo  Kenya DNF
Ji Young-Jun  South Korea DNF
Sechaba Bohosi  Lesotho DNF
Abderrahim Goumri  Morocco DNF
Reinhold Ndalikokule Iita  Namibia DNF
Michael Aish  New Zealand DNF
Mubarak Hassan Shami  Qatar DNF
Dieudonné Disi  Rwanda DNF
Lucian Disdery Hombo  Tanzania DNF
Christopher Isengwe  Tanzania DNF
Nicholas Kiprono  Uganda DNF
Amos Masai  Uganda DNF
Justin Young  United States DNF
Ruggero Pertile  Italy DNS
Kensuke Takahashi  Japan DNS
Daniel Rono  Kenya DNS
Hwang Jun-Hyeon  South Korea DNS
Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi  Libya DNS
Jaouad Gharib  Morocco DNS
Edwardo Torres  United States DNS

See also

References

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