1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, on Sunday August 10, 1997.

Events at the
1997 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
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 jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
GoldAbel Antón
 Spain
SilverMartín Fiz
 Spain
BronzeSteve Moneghetti
 Australia

Records
Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World recordBelayneh Densamo Ethiopia2:06:50April 17, 1988Rotterdam, Netherlands
Championships recordRobert de Castella Australia2:10:03August 14, 1983Helsinki, Finland
Season bestDomingos Castro Portugal2:07:51April 20, 1997Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking
Rank Athlete Country Time Note
Abel Antón Spain (ESP) 2:13:16
Martín Fiz Spain (ESP) 2:13:21
Steve Moneghetti Australia (AUS) 2:14:16
4 Danilo Goffi Italy (ITA) 2:14:47
5 Luíz Antônio dos Santos Brazil (BRA) 2:15:31
6 Fabián Roncero Spain (ESP) 2:16:53
7 Giacomo Leone Italy (ITA) 2:17:16
8 Azzedine Sakhri Algeria (ALG) 2:17:44
9 Eduard Tukhbatullin Russia (RUS) 2:17:44
10 António Rodrigues Portugal (POR) 2:17:54
11 Philippe Rémond France (FRA) 2:18:19
12 Xolile Yawa South Africa (RSA) 2:18:37
13 Dave Scudamore United States (USA) 2:18:41
14 Willy Kalombo Mwenze DR Congo (COD) 2:19:18
15 José Manuel García Spain (ESP) 2:19:31
16 Bruce Deacon Canada (CAN) 2:20:29
17 Dave Buzza Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:20:34
18 José Luis Molina Costa Rica (CRC) 2:20:55
19 Nikolaos Pollias Greece (GRE) 2:21:03
20 Mostafa El Damaoui Morocco (MAR) 2:21:05
21 Ahmed Hussein Ethiopia (ETH) 2:21:08
22 Akira Manai Japan (JPN) 2:21:23
23 Vanderlei de Lima Brazil (BRA) 2:21:48
24 Daher Gadid Omar Djibouti (DJI) 2:21:57
25 Shinji Kawashima Japan (JPN) 2:22:33
26 Baek Seung-Do South Korea (KOR) 2:22:40
27 Sean Quilty Australia (AUS) 2:23:10
28 João Lopes Portugal (POR) 2:23:15
29 Jean Pierre Monciaux France (FRA) 2:23:19
30 Francesco Ingargiola Italy (ITA) 2:23:30
31 Stephane Franke Germany (GER) 2:23:53
32 Karel David Czech Republic (CZE) 2:24:42
33 Adam Motlagale South Africa (RSA) 2:24:49
34 Katsuhiko Hanada Japan (JPN) 2:25:00
35 Max Wenisch Austria (AUT) 2:25:12
36 Osmiro Silva Brazil (BRA) 2:25:37
37 António Zeferino Cape Verde (CPV) 2:25:56
38 Dominique Chauvelier France (FRA) 2:26:06
39 Abner Chipu South Africa (RSA) 2:26:06
40 Takahiro Hattori Japan (JPN) 2:26:33
41 Valdenor dos Santos Brazil (BRA) 2:27:12
42 Girma Daba Ethiopia (ETH) 2:27:30
43 Sérgio Jimenez Mexico (MEX) 2:27:30
44 Pascal Zilliox France (FRA) 2:27:50
45 Knut Hegvold Norway (NOR) 2:27:54
46 Klaus Peter Hansen Denmark (DEN) 2:28:29
47 Terje Naess Norway (NOR) 2:29:04
48 Pavel Loskutov Estonia (EST) 2:29:10
49 Jean-Paul Gahimbaré Burundi (BDI) 2:30:56
50 Luis Martínez Guatemala (GUA) 2:31:11
51Gi-Sheng Hsu Chinese Taipei (TPE)2:31:31
52Woliye Jara Ethiopia (ETH)2:31:44
53Raymond Boyd Australia (AUS)2:32:07
54Azzedine Sakhri Algeria (ALG)2:34:26
55Molatlhegi Segobaetso Botswana (BOT)2:34:47
56Dan Held United States (USA)2:35:19
57Éder Fialho Brazil (BRA)2:36:14
58Koji Shimizu Japan (JPN)2:37:11
59Asaf Bimro Israel (ISR)2:37:45
60Mpakeletsa Sephali Lesotho (LES)2:38:37
61Isaac Simelane Swaziland (SWZ)2:40:32
62Marco Ochoa United States (USA)2:44:21
63Jon Warren United States (USA)2:45:56
64Marcos Juarez Guatemala (GUA)2:55:14
65Emilio Velasquez Guatemala (GUA)2:56:07
66Sergey Zabavski Tajikistan (TJK)3:02:49
67Alain Nkulu DR Congo (COD)3:08:32
68Zebedayo Bayo Tanzania (TAN)3:11:19
69Roderic De Highden Australia (AUS)3:13:44
70Errol Peters Guyana (GUY)3:14:30
—Sophuong Vanh Cambodia (CAM)DNF
—Patrick Ntambwe Ngoie DR Congo (COD)DNF
—Tumo Turbo Ethiopia (ETH)DNF
—Dale Rixon Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)DNF
—George Karagiannis Greece (GRE)DNF
—Ioannis Perifanos Greece (GRE)DNF
—Marcello Curioni Italy (ITA)DNF
—Cosmas Ndeti Kenya (KEN)DNF
—Mbarak Hussein Kenya (KEN)DNF
—Trpe Martinovski Macedonia (MKD)DNF
—Vitor Vasco Portugal (POR)DNF
—Abel Mokibe South Africa (RSA)DNF
—Francis Naali Tanzania (TAN)DNF
—Petro Meta Tanzania (TAN)DNF
—Rubén Maza Venezuela (VEN)DNF
—Luketz Swartbooi Namibia (NAM)DNF
—Paulo Catarino Portugal (POR)DNF
—Chang Ki-Shik South Korea (KOR)DNF
—Salah Qoqaiche Morocco (MAR)DNF
—Alberto Juzdado Spain (ESP)DNF
—António Pinto Portugal (POR)DNF
—Andrés Espinosa Mexico (MEX)DNF
—Faustino Reynoso Mexico (MEX)DNF
—Lawrence Peu South Africa (RSA)DNF
—Abdelkader El Mouaziz Morocco (MAR)DNF
—Moges Taye Ethiopia (ETH)DNF
—Isidro Rico Mexico (MEX)DNF
—Don Janicki United States (USA)DNF
—Diego García Spain (ESP)DNF
—Bruno Leger France (FRA)DNF
—Joseph Tjitunga Namibia (NAM)DNF
—Benjamin Paredes Mexico (MEX)DNF
—Vincenzo Modica Italy (ITA)DNF
—Abdillahi Bouh Djibouti (DJI)DNF
—William Koech Kenya (KEN)DNF
—Panagiotis Charamis Greece (GRE)DNF
—Yayeh Aden Djibouti (DJI)DNF
—Spyros Andriopoulos Greece (GRE)DNF
—Sonam Tobgay Bhutan (BHU)DNS
—Marco Condori Bolivia (BOL)DNS
—Darren Wilson Australia (AUS)DNS

See also

References
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