The men's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on 6 August, starting and finishing on Tower Bridge.Start list
Summary The race started off with a tight pack running at a leisurely pace. 10 kilometres into the race, the British crowds were pleased to see Callum Hawkins in the lead, but there were 59 others in the lead pack. By 15 kilometres there were still 31 and by half way only another three had started to fall off the back. Then the racing began as a small group went off the front including the entire Kenyan team, a Kenyan Turkish transplant, two Ethiopians, two Eritreans, Alphonce Simbu from Tanzania and Hawkins. Of that group, Geoffrey Kirui, Tamirat Tola and Gideon Kipketer were pushing the pace as a three man pack. Kipketer faltered and it was a two man race with Simbu breaking off the front of the second pack. About 10 kilometres from the finish, Tola tried to break away. But the one breaking was Tola as Kirui came back and then set off on his own. Over the last seven kilometres, Kirui opened up almost a minute and half of daylight, comfortably crossing the line for the gold. Tola struggled to successfully hold off Simbu to keep silver while an inspired Hawkins picked up the pieces and finished a strong fourth just 26 seconds back.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld2:02:57Dennis Kipruto Kimetto28 Sep 2014Berlin, GermanyChampionship2:06:54Abel Kirui22 Aug 2009Berlin, GermanyWorld leading2:03:58Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich26 Feb 2017Tokyo, JapanAfrican2:02:57Dennis Kipruto Kimetto28 Sep 2014Berlin, GermanyAsian2:06:16Toshinari Takaoka13 Oct 2002Chicago, United StatesNACAC2:05:38Khalid Khannouchi14 Apr 2002London, Great BritainSouth American2:06:05Ronaldo da CostaBerlin, GermanyEuropean2:06:36Benoit Zwierzchiewski6 Apr 2003Paris, FranceOceanian2:07:51Robert de Castella21 Apr 1986Boston, United States
No records were set at the competition.
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:19.00.
Results The final took place on 6 August at 10:54. The results were as follows: Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Geoffrey Kirui 2:08:27 Tamirat Tola 2:09:49 Alphonce Simbu 2:09:51 Callum Hawkins 2:10:17 Daniele Meucci 2:10:56 Gideon Kipketer 2:10:56 Yohanes Ghebregergis 2:12:07 Daniel Wanjiru 2:12:16 Yuki Kawauchi 2:12:19 10 Kentaro Nakamoto 2:12:41 11 Solomon Mutai 2:13:29 12 Ezekiel Jafary 2:14:05 13 Abdi Hakin Ulad 2:14:22 14 Kaan Kigen Özbilen 2:14:29 15 Shumi Dechasa 2:15:08 16 Elkanah Kibet 2:15:14 17 Javier Guerra 2:15:22 18 Ihor Olefirenko 2:15:34 19 Tsegaye Mekonnen 2:15:36 20 Andrés Zamora 2:16:00 21 Desmond Mokgobu 2:16:14 22 Mick Clohisey 2:16:21 23 Valentin Pfeil 2:16:28 24 Remigijus Kančys 2:16:34 25 Derlys Ayala 2:16:37 26 Hiroto Inoue 2:16:54 27 Ihor Russ 2:17:01 28 Thonakal Gopi 2:17:13 29 Mert Girmalegesse 2:17:36 30 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby 2:17:50 31 Andrew Davies 2:17:59 32 Mikael Ekvall 2:18:12 33 Pardon Ndhlovu 2:18:37 34 Munkhbayar Narandulam 2:18:42 35 Namupala Reonard 2:18:51 36 Yuriy Rusyuk 2:18:54 37 Paulus Iiyambo 2:19:45 38 Stephno Gwandu Huche 2:20:05 39 Josh Griffiths 2:20:06 40 Tiidrek Nurme 2:20:41 41 Ghebrezgiabhier Kibrom 2:21:22 42 Bobby Curtis 2:21:22 43 Robert Chemonges 2:21:24 44 Happy Ndacha Mchelenje 2:21:39 45 Jack Colreavy 2:21:44 46 Tseveenravdan Byambajav 2:21:48 47 Millen Matende 2:21:52 48 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od 2:21:55 49 Leslie Encina 2:22:10 50 Hassan Chani 2:22:19 51 Ignas Brasevičius 2:22:20 52 David Nilsson 2:22:53 53 Roman Fosti 2:23:28 54 Thomas Toth 2:23:47 55 Manuel Cabrera 2:24:08 56 Daviti Kharazishvili 2:24:24 57 Segundo Jami 2:24:28 58 José Amado García 2:25:03 59 Kim Hyo-su 2:25:08 60 Brad Milosevic 2:25:14 61 David Carver 2:25:45 62 Girmaw Amare 2:26:37 63 Sean Hehir 2:27:33 64 Yu Seung-yeop 2:29:06 65 Shin Kwang-sik 2:29:52 66 Rok Puhar 2:33:12 67 Juan Carlos Trujillo 2:33:42 68 Luis Orta 2:33:42 69 Luis Carlos Rivero 2:41:39 70 Ricardo Ramos 2:41:50 71 Abraham Niyonkuru 2:42:27 Jorge Castelblanco Jean-Pierre Castro Anuradha Cooray Nicolás Cuestas Abdelhadi El Hachimi Iván Fernández Eric Gillis Josh Harris Marius Ionescu Stefano La Rosa Ayad Lamdassem Raúl Machacuay Augustus Maiyo Mariano Mastromarino Tsepo Mathibelle Amanuel Mesel Ercan Muslu Lebenya Nkoka Cutbert Nyasango Sibusiso Nzima Bhumiraj Rai Ricardo Ribas Aguelmis Rojas Maru Teferi Yemane Tsegay Enzo Yáñez Valērijs Žolnerovičs Lusapho April Mumin Gala
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