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 and 72% humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.

Medallists GoldSilverBronze

Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordWL world leadingAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships World Record 2:04:55 September 28, 2003 Berlin, Germany Event Record 2:08:31 August 30, 2003 Paris, France Season Best 2:07:19 April 15, 2007 Paris, France

Final ranking RankAthleteNationTimeNote Luke Kibet 2:15:59 Mubarak Hassan Shami 2:17:18 Viktor Röthlin 2:17:25 4 Yared Asmerom 2:17:41 5 Tsuyoshi Ogata 2:17:42 SB 6 Satoshi Osaki 2:18:06 SB 7 Toshinari Suwa 2:18:35 SB 8 William Kiplagat 2:19:21 9 Janne Holmén 2:19:36 10 José Manuel Martínez 2:20:25 11 Dan Robinson 2:20:30 12 Alex Malinga 2:20:36 13 Tomoyuki Sato 2:20:53 14 Gashaw Asfaw 2:20:58 15 Park Ju-Young 2:21:49 16 Mike Fokoroni 2:21:52 17 José Ríos 2:22:21 SB 18 José de Souza 2:22:24 19 Seteng Ayele 2:22:27 20 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi 2:22:50 21 Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein 2:23:04 SB 22 Alberto Chaíça 2:23:22 SB 23 Mike Morgan 2:23:28 SB 24 Kim Young-Chun 2:24:25 25 Samson Ramadhani 2:25:51 26 Lee Myong-Seung 2:25:54 27 Hendrick Ramaala 2:26:00 28 Chang Chia-Che 2:26:22 29 Khalid Kamal Yaseen 2:26:32 SB 30 Getuli Bayo 2:26:56 31 Dejene Berhanu 2:27:50 SB 32 Kyle O'Brien 2:28:28 SB 33 Su Wei 2:28:41 SB 34 Wodage Zvadya 2:29:21 35 Luís Feiteira 2:29:34 36 Deng Haiyang 2:29:37 SB 37 Ulrich Steidl 2:30:03 38 Ambesse Tolosa 2:30:20 39 Michael Tluway Mislay 2:30:33 40 Asaf Bimro 2:31:34 41 Yousf Othman Qader 2:32:00 42 Paulo Gomes 2:32:02 43 Li Zhuhong 2:32:44 44 Rachid Kisri 2:32:57 45 Abderrahime Bouramdane 2:33:26 46 Pablo Olmedo 2:33:40 47 Marcel Tschopp 2:33:42 48 Antoni Bernadó 2:34:28 49 Ren Longyun 2:35:22 50 Fernando Cabada Jr 2:35:48 SB 51 Peter Riley 2:36:00 SB 52 Laban Kagika 2:37:13 53 George Mofokeng 2:40:22 54 Rito Regules 2:45:26 55 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od 2:49:06 SB 56 Mitsuru Kubota 2:59:40 57 Tumi Malefetsane 3:03:47 — Patrick Dupouy — Geovanni Santos — Zongamele Dyubeni — Amos Masai — Zheng Yunshan — Francis Kirwa — Abdulhak Zakaria — Abdil Ceylan — Joachim Nshimirimana — Nelson Cruz — Juan Gualberto Vargas — Gudisa Shentema — Khalid El Boumlili — Martin Beckmann (runner) — James Mwangi Macharia — Migidio Bourifa — Tesfaye Tola — Óscar Martín — Laban Kipkemboi — Norman Dlomo — Iaroslav Musinschi — Bethuel Netshifhefhe — Hicham Chatt — Hélder Ornelas — Abderrahim Goumri — Takhir Mamashayev — Julio Rey — Pavel Loskutov — Luís Jesus — Simeon Kiplagat Sawe

Marathon World Cup Place Country Athletes Time 1 Tsuyoshi OgataSatoshi OsakiToshinari Suwa(Tomoyuki Sato)(Mitsuru Kubota)Total2:17:422:18:062:18:35(2:20:53)(2:59:40)6:54:23 2 Park Ju-YoungKim Young-ChunLee Myong-SeungTotal 2:21:492:24:252:25:547:12:08 3 Luke KibetWilliam KiplagatLaban KagikaTotal2:15:592:19:212:37:137:12:33 4 Mbarak Kipkorir HusseinMike MorganKyle O'Brien(Fernando Cabada Jr)Total2:23:042:23:282:28:28(2:35:48)7:15:00 5 Gashaw AsfawDejene BerhanuAmbesse TolosaTotal2:20:582:27:502:30:207:19:08 6 Samson RamadhaniGetuli BayoMichael Tluway MislayTotal2:25:512:26:562:30:337:23:20 7 Ayele SetengZvadya WodageAsaf BimroTotal2:22:272:29:212:31:347:23:22 8 Alberto ChaíçaLuís FeiteiraPaulo GomesTotal2:23:222:29:342:32:027:24:58 9 Su WeiDeng HaiyangLi Zhuhong(Ren Longyun)Total2:28:412:29:372:32:44(2:35:22)7:31:02

See also 2007 World Marathon Cup

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