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The Men's marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

 was held starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park on September 4. Abel Kirui

Abel Kirui

Abel Kirui is a male long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championships Marathon in 2009 and 2011...

 was the defending champion.

The story was all Kirui. Running a casual pace to 15 km, first the Moroccan contingent tried to test the field. The pace picked up and the field strung out. After 25 km, it was down to Kirui, Vincent Kipruto

Vincent Kipruto

Vincent Kipruto Limo is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He made his debut in the event in 2008 and won the Paris Marathon a year later...

, Eliud Kiptanui

Eliud Kiptanui

Eliud Kiptanui is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.-Early life:Kiptanui was born and raised in Kaplelach, Uasin Gishu District...

, Feyisa Lilesa

Feyisa Lilesa

Feyisa Lilesa is a male long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He became the youngest man to run under 2:06 when he set his personal best in the men's marathon at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. This makes him the third fastest Ethiopian runner ever over the distance, behind Haile Gebrselassie and...

 and Abderrahime Bouramdane

Abderrahime Bouramdane

Abderrahime Bouramdane is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in marathons. He represented Morocco at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...

. Then Kirui put the hammer down, running 14:18 between 25 and 30 km. Nobody could go with him and he ran all alone, extending his lead for the remainder of the race to finish in 2:07:38. The 2:28 gap was the largest winning margin in World Championship history. After dropping Bouramdane and Kiptanui. Kipruto and Lilesa ran tactically for the remainder of the race, with Kipruto getting silver.

The race was also the World Cup team competition. In that competition, the scoring is based on the cumulative time of the top three finishers for each team. Each country participating in the World Cup was allowed 5 entries into the marathon. The event was clearly won by Kenya, with 1st, 2nd and 5th place finishers (Kenya also had the 6th place finisher). Perennial champion Japan finished second, a cumulative minute ahead of Morocco.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Abel Kirui Abel Kirui Abel Kirui is a male long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championships Marathon in 2009 and 2011... '	Vincent Kipruto Vincent Kipruto Vincent Kipruto Limo is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He made his debut in the event in 2008 and won the Paris Marathon a year later... '	Feyisa Lilesa Feyisa Lilesa Feyisa Lilesa is a male long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He became the youngest man to run under 2:06 when he set his personal best in the men's marathon at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. This makes him the third fastest Ethiopian runner ever over the distance, behind Haile Gebrselassie and... '

World Marathon Cup

Gold	Silver	Bronze
' Abel Kirui Vincent Kipruto David Barmasai Tumo	' Hiroyuki Horibata Kentaro Nakamoto Yuki Kawauchi	' Abderrahime Bouramdane Abderrahime Bouramdane Abderrahime Bouramdane is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in marathons. He represented Morocco at the 2008 Beijing Olympics... Rachid Kisri Ahmed Baday Ahmed Baday Ahmed Ibrahim Baday is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country running but now competes in road running competitions....

• Note: Marathon Cup medals are not listed in the championships medal table

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record		2:03:59	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	28 September 2008
Championship record		2:06:54	Berlin, Germany	22 August 2009
World Leading		2:04:40	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... , Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	17 April 2011
African Record		2:03:59	Berlin, Germany	28 September 2008
Asian Record		2:06:16	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	13 October 2002
North, Central American and Caribbean record		2:05:38	London, Great Britain	24 April 2002
South American record		2:06:05	Berlin, Germany	20 September 1998
European Record		2:06:36	London, Great Britain	16 April 2000
			Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	6 April 2003
Oceanian record		2:07:51	Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... , United States	21 April 1986

Qualification standards

A time	B time
2:17:00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
September 4, 2011	09:00	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abel Kirui Abel Kirui Abel Kirui is a male long-distance runner from Kenya who competes in marathons. He had back-to-back wins in the World Championships Marathon in 2009 and 2011...		2:07:38	SB
	Vincent Kipruto Vincent Kipruto Vincent Kipruto Limo is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He made his debut in the event in 2008 and won the Paris Marathon a year later...		2:10:06
	Feyisa Lilesa Feyisa Lilesa Feyisa Lilesa is a male long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He became the youngest man to run under 2:06 when he set his personal best in the men's marathon at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. This makes him the third fastest Ethiopian runner ever over the distance, behind Haile Gebrselassie and...		2:10:32	SB
	Abderrahime Bouramdane Abderrahime Bouramdane Abderrahime Bouramdane is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in marathons. He represented Morocco at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...		2:10:55
	David Barmasai Tumo		2:11:39
	Eliud Kiptanui Eliud Kiptanui Eliud Kiptanui is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.-Early life:Kiptanui was born and raised in Kaplelach, Uasin Gishu District...		2:11:50
	Hiroyuki Horibata		2:11:52
	Ruggero Pertile Ruggero Pertile Ruggero Pertile is an Italian long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running. He was the winner of the 2004 Rome City Marathon and has represented Italy internationally at two World Championships in Athletics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he was 15th overall.He was fourth in the...		2:11:57
	Stephen Kiprotich		2:12:57
10	Kentaro Nakamoto		2:13:10
11	Rachid Kisri		2:13:24
12	Eshetu Wendimu		2:13:37
13	Marius Ionescu		2:15:32	PB
14	Dong Guojian		2:15:45	SB
15	David Webb		2:15:48	SB
16	Cuthbert Nyasango Cuthbert Nyasango Cuthbert Nyasango is a Zimbabwean long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:50.26 min *3000 metres - 7:51.29 min *5000 metres - 13:31.27 min...		2:15:56	SB
17	Beraki Beyene		2:16:03	SB
18	Yuki Kawauchi		2:16:11
19	Aleksey Sokolov Aleksey Sokolov Aleksey Vladimirovich Sokolov is a marathon runner. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He won the Dublin Marathon twice and was Russia's national marathon champion in 2007...		2:16:23
20	Ser-Od Bat-Ochir Ser-Od Bat-Ochir Ser-Od "Ziggy" Bat-Ochir is a Mongolian long-distance runner who competes in road races, particularly the marathon. He represented his country in the marathon at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...		2:16:41
21	Aleksey Sokolov		2:16:48
22	Lee Merrien Lee Merrien Lee Merrien is a British middle distance and long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		2:16:59
23	Jeong Jin-hyeok		2:17:04
24	Li Zicheng		2:17:35
25	José Manuel Martínez José Manuel Martínez José Manuel Martínez Fernández is a Spanish long-distance runner. He is married to Spanish field hockey player Nuria Moreno....		2:17:44
26	Rafael Iglesias Rafael Iglesias (athlete) Rafael Iglesias is an Spanish long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running.-Achievements:-References:...		2:17:45	SB
27	Ahmed Baday Ahmed Baday Ahmed Ibrahim Baday is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country running but now competes in road running competitions....		2:17:59
28	Lee Myong-seung		2:18:05
29	Yoshinori Oda		2:18:05
30	Pablo Villalobos Pablo Villalobos Pablo Villalobos is a Spanish long-distance runner. He finished seventh in the 5,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and fifth in the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. In 2003 created of campoatraves.com, a Spanish website about...		2:18:12
31	Mike Morgan		2:18:30	SB
32	Urige Buta		2:20:16
33	Wu Shiwei		2:21:12
34	Jesper Faurschou Jesper Faurschou Jesper Lind Faurschou is a Danish athlete. He is a part of Herning Running Club, Herning Løbeklub, located in Herning. However, he is currently living in Århus.In 2007 he set a Danish record...		2:21:15
35	Hwang Jun-Hyeon		2:21:54	SB
36	Mike Tebulo		2:22:45	SB
37	Mike Sayenko		2:22:49	SB
38	Yukihiro Kitaoka		2:23:11	SB
39	Jeff Eggleston		2:23:33
40	Hwang Jun-Suk		2:23:47
41	Nicholas Arciniaga		2:24:06
42	Anton Kosmac		2:24:16
43	Samuel Goitom		2:25:42	SB
44	Kim Min		2:27:20	SB
45	Sergio Reyes		2:29:15	SB
46	Coolboy Ngamole		2:30:01
47	Bekir Karayel		2:33:20	SB
48	Ruben Sança		2:34:40
49	Jhon Lennon Casallo		2:36:43
50	Modike Lucky Mohale		2:38:22	SB
51	Sangay Wangchuk Sangay Wangchuk Sangay Wangchuk is a Bhutanese long-distance runner who set a national record in the men's marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics on August 22, 2009. Wangchuk's time of 2:47:55 broke the previous best of 3:00:17 set by Kencho Norbu on November 13, 2002 in Thimphu...		2:38:33	NR Bhutanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Bhutan maintained by the Bhutan Amateur Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:...

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Khalid Kamal Yaseen

Khalid Kamal Yaseen is a Bahraini long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.He was born in Kenya as Peter Ndegwa, but changed name and nationality in 2005. He won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He finished 29th at the 2007 World Championships, 39th at the 2008 World Cross...

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Yared Asmerom

Yared Asmerom Tesfit is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races. He was born in Asmara....

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Yonas Kifle

Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008...

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Bazu Worku

Bazu Worku is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia.Worku made his first appearances on the road running circuit in 2008: he was third in the 15 km race at the Istanbul Eurasia Marathon in October, and registered a personal best at the Delhi Half Marathon...

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Zohar Zemiro

Zohar Zemiro is an Israeli marathon runner. He was born in Ethiopia. His personal best time is 2:14:28. He will represent Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics.-Running career:...

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Benjamin Kiptoo

Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo is a Kenyan professional marathon runner. He has won marathons in Rome, Beijing and Chuncheon, and represented Kenya at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. He holds a personal best of 2:06:31 for the distance, set en-route to victory at the 2011 Paris Marathon...

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Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi

Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi is a Libyan long-distance runner.He finished eighteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:47.18 min - national record....

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Abderrahim Goumri

Abderrahim Goumri is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He has competed in cross country, track and road running, but is now a marathon specialist....

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Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon

Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon is a Ugandan professional marathon runner.He was eighth at the Nairobi Marathon recording a time of 2:14:54. He gained selection for the men's marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and was the only Ugandan to finish the race in Berlin, completing the course...

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World Cup scoring

Rank	Country	Athlete	Time
1	'		6:29:23
1		Abel Kirui	2:07:38
2		Vincent Kipruto	2:10:06
5		David Barmasai Tumo	2:11:39
6		Eliud Kiptanui	(2:11:50)
		Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo
2	'		6:41:13
7		Hiroyuki Horibata	2:11:52
10		Kentaro Nakamoto	2:13:10
18		Yuki Kawauchi	2:16:11
29		Yoshinori Oda	(2:18:05)
38		Yukihiro Kitaoka	(2:23:11)
3	'		6:42:18
4		Abderrahime Bouramdane	2:10:55
11		Rachid Kisri	2:13:24
27		Ahmed Baday	2:17:59
		Adil Ennani
		Abderrahim Goumri
4	'		6:53:41
25		José Manuel Martínez	2:17:44
26		Rafael Iglesias	2:17:45
30		Pablo Villalobos	2:18:12
5	'		6:54:32
14		Dong Guojian	2:15:45
24		Li Zicheng	2:17:35
33		Wu Shiwei	2:21:12
6	'		6:57:03
23		Jeong Jin-hyeok	2:17:04
28		Lee Myong-seung	2:18:05
35		Hwang Jun-hyeon	2:21:54
40		Hwang Jun-suk	(2:23:47)
44		Kim Min	(2:27:20)
7	'		7:04:52
31		Mike Morgan	2:18:30
37		Mike Sayenko	2:22:49
39		Jeff Eggleston	2:23:33
41		Nicholas Arciniaga	(2:24:06)
45		Sergio Reyes	(2:29:15)

External links

• Marathon results at IAAF website