2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park on September 4. Abel Kirui was the defending champion.Weerawansa, Dinesh (2011-09-03). Nine gold medallists to be decided today . Dailynews.lk. Retrieved on 2011-09-04

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, Eliud Kiptanui, Feyisa Lilesa and Abderrahime Bouramdane. 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 for the men's marathon in World Championship history, and as of 2024 it remains the only time the men's marathon has been won by more than two minutes. 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 GoldSilverBronzeAbel KiruiVincent KiprutoFeyisa Lilesa

World Marathon Cup

GoldSilverBronzeAbel KiruiVincent KiprutoDavid Barmasai TumoHiroyuki HoribataKentaro NakamotoYuki KawauchiAbderrahime BouramdaneRachid KisriAhmed Baday Note: Marathon Cup medals are not listed in the championships medal table

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record2:03:59Berlin, Germany28 September 2008Championship record2:06:54Berlin, Germany22 August 2009World Leading2:03:40London, Great Britain17 April 2011African record2:03:59Berlin, Germany28 September 2008Asian record2:06:16Chicago, United States13 October 2002North, Central American and Caribbean record2:05:38London, Great Britain24 April 2002South American record2:06:05Berlin, Germany20 September 1998European record2:06:36London, Great Britain16 April 2000Paris, France6 April 2003Oceanian record2:07:51Boston, United States21 April 1986

Qualification standards A timeB time 2:17:00

Schedule Date Time RoundSeptember 4, 2011 09:00 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Abel Kirui 2:07:38 SB Vincent Kipruto 2:10:06 Feyisa Lilesa 2:10:32 SB Abderrahime Bouramdane 2:10:55 David Barmasai Tumo 2:11:39 Eliud Kiptanui 2:11:50 Hiroyuki Horibata 2:11:52 Ruggero Pertile 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 2:15:56 SB 17 Beraki Beyene 2:16:03 SB 18 Yuki Kawauchi 2:16:11 19 Aleksey Sokolov 2:16:23 20 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir 2:16:41 21 Aleksey Sokolov 2:16:48 22 Lee Merrien 2:16:59 23 Jeong Jin-hyeok 2:17:04 24 Li Zicheng 2:17:35 25 José Manuel Martínez 2:17:44 26 Rafael Iglesias 2:17:45 SB 27 Ahmed Baday 2:17:59 28 Lee Myong-seung 2:18:05 29 Yoshinori Oda 2:18:05 30 Pablo Villalobos 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 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 2:38:33 NR Jeff Hunt Khalid Kamal Yaseen Yared Asmerom Yonas Kifle Michael Tesfay Chala Dechase Gebregziabher Gebremariam Bazu Worku Zohar Zemiro Benjamin Kiptoo Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi Adil Ennani Abderrahim Goumri David Ngakane Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon Nicholas Kiprono

World Cup scoring

Rank Country Athlete Time16:29:231Abel Kirui2:07:382Vincent Kipruto2:10:065David Barmasai Tumo2:11:396Eliud Kiptanui(2:11:50)Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo()26:41:137Hiroyuki Horibata2:11:5210Kentaro Nakamoto2:13:1018Yuki Kawauchi2:16:1129Yoshinori Oda(2:18:05)38Yukihiro Kitaoka(2:23:11)3 6:53:4125José Manuel Martínez2:17:4426Rafael Iglesias2:17:4530Pablo Villalobos2:18:124 6:54:3214Dong Guojian2:15:4524Li Zicheng2:17:3533Wu Shiwei2:21:125 6:57:0323Jeong Jin-hyeok2:17:0428Lee Myong-seung2:18:0535Hwang Jun-hyeon2:21:5440Hwang Jun-suk(2:23:47)44Kim Min(2:27:20)6 7:04:5231Mike Morgan2:18:3037Mike Sayenko2:22:4939Jeff Eggleston2:23:3341Nicholas Arciniaga(2:24:06)45Sergio Reyes(2:29:15)

2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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