The men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 27 August 2023.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record2:01:09Berlin, Germany25 September 2022Championship record2:05:36Eugene, United States17 July 2022 World Leading2:01:25London, United Kingdom23 April 2023African Record2:01:09Berlin, Germany25 September 2022Asian Record2:04:43Valencia, Spain2 December 2018North, Central American and Caribbean record2:05:36Tokyo, Japan5 March 2023South American Record2:04:51Seoul, South Korea17 April 2022European Record2:03:36Rotterdam, Netherlands24 October 2021Oceanian record2:07:31Fukuoka, Japan4 December 2022

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:09:40.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round27 August 07:00 Final

Results The final was started on 27 August at 06:59.

Rank Name Nationality Time NotesVictor Kiplangat2:08:532:09:12Leul Gebresilase2:09:194Tebello Ramakongoana2:09:575Stephen Kissa2:10:226Milkesa Mengesha2:10:437Hassan Chahdi2:10:458Titus Kipruto2:10:479Daniele Meucci2:11:0610Yohanes Chiappinelli2:11:12112:11:1912Zach Panning2:11:2113Timothy Kiplagat2:11:25142:11:2515Isaac Mpofu2:11:3316Tsegaye Getachew2:11:56172:11:5918Rory Linkletter2:12:1619Haimro Alame2:12:3220Tariku Novales2:12:3921Ayad Lamdassem2:12:5922Sondre Nordstad Moen2:13:1223Ibrahim Chakir2:13:4424Mohamed Reda El Aaraby2:13:55252:14:1926Mustapha Houdadi2:14:3027Ben Preisner2:15:0228Johnatas de Oliveira2:15:1329Justin Kent2:15:2630Tiidrek Nurme2:15:4231José Luis Santana2:15:5132Berhane Tsegay Tekle2:16:0833Adam Nowicki2:16:22342:16:4035Segundo Jami2:16:4936Ngonidzashe Ncube2:17:0237Yang Shaohui2:17:1238Paulo Roberto Paula2:17:1839Levente Szemerei2:17:20402:17:23412:17:4142Onesphore Nzikwinkunda2:18:2743Nicolás Cuestas2:19:2044He Jie2:19:4845Nelson Ito Ccuro2:20:0046Andrés Zamora2:20:5947Goitom Kifle2:21:2848Feng Peiyou2:22:0049Hüseyin Can2:22:1150Tumelo Motlagale2:22:1451Moath Alkhawaldeh2:22:3352Maxim Răileanu2:22:4653Tomas Hilifa Rainhold2:23:3654Nico Montañez2:24:5855Nicolae Soare2:25:1456Luis Ostos2:25:5057Justino Pedro da Silva2:25:5358Tseveenravdangiin Byambajav2:30:2859Simon Sibeko2:31:59Alphonce SimbuDNF40 kmTamirat TolaDNF38 kmIbrahim HassanDNF34 kmJoaquín ArbeDNF33 kmDerlys AyalaDNF32 kmFélicien MuhitiraDNF32 kmAndrew Rotich KwemoiDNF32 kmOqbe Kibrom RuesomDNF32 kmDNF32 kmElkanah KibetDNF31 kmMelikhaya FransDNF30 kmJamsrangiin OlonbayarDNF30 kmMorhad AmdouniDNF29 kmEyob FanielDNF28 kmHassan WaissDNF27 kmAbdi NageeyeDNF26 kmJoshua BeletDNF25 kmDNF25 kmPatricio CastilloDNF24 kmOlivier IrabarutaDNF22 kmKhadar Basheer YoussufDNFHalf marathonHamza SahliDNF19 kmBat-Ochiryn Ser-OdDNF12 kmKaan Kigen ÖzbilenDNF2 kmCristhian ZamoraDNSDQJohn Hakizimana2:10:50Doping

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