2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
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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
[edit]Gold | Luke Kibet Kenya (KEN) |
Silver | Mubarak Hassan Shami Qatar (QAT) |
Bronze | Viktor Röthlin Switzerland (SUI) |
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 2007 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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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
[edit]Marathon World Cup
[edit]Place | Country | Athletes | Time |
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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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Full results - IAAF.org
- Event report - IAAF.org