1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan was held on September 1, 1991. The race started at 18:00 local time.

Events at the
1991 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
GoldHiromi Taniguchi
 Japan
SilverHussein Ahmed Salah
 Djibouti
BronzeSteve Spence
 United States

Records
Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World RecordBelayneh Dinsamo Ethiopia (ETH)2:06:50April 17, 1988Rotterdam, Netherlands
Championships tecordRobert de Castella Australia (AUS)2:10:03August 14, 1983Helsinki, Finland
Season bestKōichi Morishita Japan (JPN)2:08:53February 3, 1991Ōita, Japan

Results
RankAthleteNationResult
Hiromi Taniguchi Japan (JPN) 2:14:57
Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti (DJI) 2:15:26
Steve Spence United States (USA) 2:15:36
4 Jan Huruk Poland (POL) 2:15:47
5 Futoshi Shinohara Japan (JPN) 2:15:52
6 Salvatore Bettiol Italy (ITA) 2:15:58
7 Maurilio Castillo Mexico (MEX) 2:16:15
8 Gelindo Bordin Italy (ITA) 2:17:03
9 Tekeye Gebrselassie Ethiopia (ETH) 2:18:37
10 Konrad Dobler Germany (GER) 2:19:01
11 Steve Moneghetti Australia (AUS) 2:19:18
12 Sam Carey Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:20:02
13 Peter Maher Canada (CAN) 2:20:31
14 Diego García Spain (ESP) 2:21:16
15 Dominique Chauvelier France (FRA) 2:21:37
16 Tonnie Dirks Netherlands (NED) 2:22:17
17 Elphas Ginindza Eswatini (SWZ) 2:22:43
18 Stephan Freigang Germany (GER) 2:23:13
19 Kim Won-tak South Korea (KOR) 2:23:14
20 Dave Buzza Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:23:24
21 Vladimir Bukhanov Soviet Union (URS) 2:24:26
22 Motsemme Kgaotsang Botswana (BOT) 2:25:28
23 Kim Reynierse Aruba (ARU) 2:26:50
24 Martin Vrábeľ Czechoslovakia (TCH) 2:26:56
25 Gian Luigi Macina San Marino (SMR) 2:28:40
26 Steve Taylor United States (USA) 2:29:09
27 Myint Kan Myanmar (MYA) 2:29:14
28 William Aguirre Nicaragua (NCA) 2:29:35
29 Aleksandr Vychuzhanin Soviet Union (URS) 2:32:37
30 Alberto Cuba Cuba (CUB) 2:32:57
31 Krishna Bahadur Basnet Nepal (NEP) 2:33:13
32 Fai Yeung Ng Hong Kong (HKG) 2:34:26
33 Freddy Lujan Bolivia (BOL) 2:36:54
34 Gi-Sheng Hsu Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:37:20
35 Roland Wille Liechtenstein (LIE) 2:48:12
36 Abdillah Soilihi Comoros (COM) 2:56:36
— Faasalele Fuauli Western Samoa (WSM) DNF
— Alessio Faustini Italy (ITA) DNF
— Manuel Matias Portugal (POR) DNF
— Abebe Mekonnen Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
— Takeyuki Nakayama Japan (JPN) DNF
— Antoni Niemczak Poland (POL) DNF
— Jörg Peter Germany (GER) DNF
— Joaquim Pinheiro Portugal (POR) DNF
— Francisco Romera Spain (ESP) DNF
— Yakov Tolstikov Soviet Union (URS) DNF
— Carlos Ayala Mexico (MEX) DNF
— Alfredo Shahanga Tanzania (TAN) DNF
— Nivaldo Vieira Brazil (BRA) DNF
— Åke Eriksson Sweden (SWE) DNF
— Brad Hudson United States (USA) DNF
— Mohamed Kamel Selmi Algeria (ALG) DNF
— Ahmed Al Hamshani Jordan (JOR) DNF
— Simon Mrashani Tanzania (TAN) DNF
— Kim Wan-ki South Korea (KOR) DNF
— Laurenio Beserra Brazil (BRA) DNF
— Jean-Luc Assemat France (FRA) DNF
— Tesfaye Dadi Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
— Daniel Böltz Switzerland (SUI) DNF
— Manny Lolin Malaysia (MAS) DNF

See also

References
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