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2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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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). [http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/03/spo01.asp Nine gold medallists to be decided today] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021082230/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/03/spo01.asp |date=2012-10-21 }}. 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

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| style="width:200px; background:gold;"|Gold

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Abel Kirui
{{FlagATHCH|KEN|2011 World}}

|Vincent Kipruto
{{FlagATHCH|KEN|2011 World}}

|Feyisa Lilesa
{{FlagATHCH|ETH|2011 World}}

=World Marathon Cup=

{{see also|2011 World Marathon Cup}}

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| style="width:200px; background:gold;"|Gold

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{{FlagATHCH|KEN|2011 World}}
Abel Kirui
Vincent Kipruto
David Barmasai Tumo

|{{FlagATHCH|JPN|2011 World}}
Hiroyuki Horibata
Kentaro Nakamoto
Yuki Kawauchi

|{{FlagATHCH|MAR|2011 World}}
Abderrahime Bouramdane
Rachid Kisri
Ahmed Baday

  • Note: Marathon Cup medals are not listed in the championships medal table

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

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World record

|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH}}

|2:03:59

|Berlin, Germany

|28 September 2008

Championship record

|{{flagathlete|Abel Kirui|KEN}}

|2:06:54

|Berlin, Germany

|22 August 2009

World Leading

|{{flagathlete|Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai|KEN}}

|2:03:40

|London, Great Britain

|17 April 2011

African record

|{{flagathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH}}

|2:03:59

|Berlin, Germany

|28 September 2008

Asian record

|{{flagathlete|Toshinari Takaoka|JPN}}

|2:06:16

|Chicago, United States

|13 October 2002

North, Central American and Caribbean record

|{{flagathlete|Khalid Khannouchi|USA}}

|2:05:38

|London, Great Britain

|24 April 2002

South American record

|{{flagathlete|Ronaldo da Costa|BRA}}

|2:06:05

|Berlin, Germany

|20 September 1998

Rowspan=2|European record

|{{flagathlete|António Pinto|POR}}

|Rowspan=2|2:06:36

|London, Great Britain

|16 April 2000

{{flagathlete|Benoît Zwierzchiewski|FRA}}

|Paris, France

|6 April 2003

Oceanian record

|{{flagathlete|Robert de Castella|AUS}}

|2:07:51

|Boston, United States

|21 April 1986

Qualification standards

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A time

!B time

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Schedule

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Date

! Time

! Round

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|September 4, 2011

09:00Final

Results

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KEY:

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Fastest non-qualifiers

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Qualified

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National record

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Personal best

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Seasonal best

=Final=

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RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
{{gold01}}align=left| Abel Kiruialign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}}2:07:38SB
{{silver02}}align=left| Vincent Kiprutoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}}2:10:06
{{bronze03}}align=left| Feyisa Lilesaalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}}2:10:32SB
{{sort|04|4}}align=left| Abderrahime Bouramdanealign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Morocco|2011 World}}2:10:55
{{sort|05|5}}align=left| David Barmasai Tumoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}}2:11:39
{{sort|06|6}}align=left| Eliud Kiptanuialign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}}2:11:50
{{sort|07|7}}align=left| Hiroyuki Horibataalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Japan|2011 World}}2:11:52
{{sort|08|8}}align=left| Ruggero Pertilealign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Italy|2011 World}}2:11:57
{{sort|09|9}}align=left| Stephen Kiprotichalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Uganda|2011 World}}2:12:57
10align=left| Kentaro Nakamotoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Japan|2011 World}}2:13:10
11align=left| Rachid Kisrialign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Morocco|2011 World}}2:13:24
12align=left| Eshetu Wendimualign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}}2:13:37
13align=left| Marius Ionescualign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Romania|2011 World}}2:15:32PB
14align=left| Dong Guojianalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|China|2011 World}}2:15:45SB
15align=left| David Webbalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Great Britain|2011 World}}2:15:48SB
16align=left| Cuthbert Nyasangoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Zimbabwe|2011 World}}2:15:56SB
17align=left| Beraki Beyenealign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Eritrea|2011 World}}2:16:03SB
18align=left| Yuki Kawauchialign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Japan|2011 World}}2:16:11
19align=left| Aleksey Sokolovalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Russia|2011 World}}2:16:23
20align=left| Ser-Od Bat-Ochiralign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Mongolia|2011 World}}2:16:41
21align=left| Aleksey Sokolovalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Russia|2011 World}}2:16:48
22align=left| Lee Merrienalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Great Britain|2011 World}}2:16:59
23align=left| Jeong Jin-hyeokalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Korea|2011 World}}2:17:04
24align=left| Li Zichengalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|China|2011 World}}2:17:35
25align=left| José Manuel Martínezalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Spain|2011 World}}2:17:44
26align=left| Rafael Iglesiasalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Spain|2011 World}}2:17:45SB
27align=left| Ahmed Badayalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Morocco|2011 World}}2:17:59
28align=left| Lee Myong-seungalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Korea|2011 World}}2:18:05
29align=left| Yoshinori Odaalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Japan|2011 World}}2:18:05
30align=left| Pablo Villalobosalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Spain|2011 World}}2:18:12
31align=left| Mike Morganalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}}2:18:30SB
32align=left| Urige Butaalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Norway|2011 World}}2:20:16
33align=left| Wu Shiweialign=left| {{FlagATHCH|China|2011 World}}2:21:12
34align=left| Jesper Faurschoualign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Denmark|2011 World}}2:21:15
35align=left| Hwang Jun-Hyeonalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Korea|2011 World}}2:21:54SB
36align=left| Mike Tebuloalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Malawi|2011 World}}2:22:45SB
37align=left| Mike Sayenkoalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}}2:22:49SB
38align=left| Yukihiro Kitaokaalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Japan|2011 World}}2:23:11SB
39align=left| Jeff Egglestonalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}}2:23:33
40align=left| Hwang Jun-Sukalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Korea|2011 World}}2:23:47
41align=left| Nicholas Arciniagaalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}}2:24:06
42align=left| Anton Kosmacalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Slovenia|2011 World}}2:24:16
43align=left| Samuel Goitomalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Eritrea|2011 World}}2:25:42SB
44align=left| Kim Minalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Korea|2011 World}}2:27:20SB
45align=left| Sergio Reyesalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}}2:29:15SB
46align=left| Coolboy Ngamolealign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Africa|2011 World}}2:30:01
47align=left| Bekir Karayelalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Turkey|2011 World}}2:33:20SB
48align=left| Ruben Sançaalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Cape Verde|2011 World}}2:34:40
49align=left| Jhon Lennon Casalloalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Peru|2011 World}}2:36:43
50align=left| Modike Lucky Mohalealign=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Africa|2011 World}}2:38:22SB
51align=left| Sangay Wangchukalign=left| {{FlagATHCH|Bhutan|2011 World}}2:38:33NR
{{sort|99
} ||align=left| Jeff Hunt ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Australia|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}} ||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Khalid Kamal Yaseen ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Bahrain|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Yared Asmerom ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Eritrea|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Yonas Kifle ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Eritrea|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Michael Tesfay ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Eritrea|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Chala Dechase ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Gebregziabher Gebremariam ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Bazu Worku ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Zohar Zemiro ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Israel|2011 World}} ||{{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Benjamin Kiptoo ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Libya|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Adil Ennani ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Morocco|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Abderrahim Goumri ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Morocco|2011 World}} ||{{sort|9:99:99|DNF}} ||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| David Ngakane ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|South Africa|2011 World}} || {{sort|9:99:99|DNF}}||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Uganda|2011 World}} ||{{sort|9:99:99|DNF}} ||

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| {{sort|99|}} ||align=left| Nicholas Kiprono ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|Uganda|2011 World}} ||{{sort|9:99:99|DNF}} ||

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=World Cup scoring=

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RankCountryAthleteTime
1

|{{FlagATHCH|KEN|2011 World}}

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|6:29:23

1

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|Abel Kirui

|2:07:38

2

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|Vincent Kipruto

|2:10:06

5

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|David Barmasai Tumo

|2:11:39

6

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|Eliud Kiptanui

|(2:11:50)

|

|Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo

|()

2

|{{FlagATHCH|JPN|2011 World}}

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|6:41:13

7

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|Hiroyuki Horibata

|2:11:52

10

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|Kentaro Nakamoto

|2:13:10

18

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|Yuki Kawauchi

|2:16:11

29

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|Yoshinori Oda

|(2:18:05)

38

|

|Yukihiro Kitaoka

|(2:23:11)

3

| {{FlagATHCH|ESP|2011 World}}

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|6:53:41

25

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|José Manuel Martínez

|2:17:44

26

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|Rafael Iglesias

|2:17:45

30

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|Pablo Villalobos

|2:18:12

4

| {{FlagATHCH|CHN|2011 World}}

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|6:54:32

14

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|Dong Guojian

|2:15:45

24

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|Li Zicheng

|2:17:35

33

|

|Wu Shiwei

|2:21:12

5

| {{FlagATHCH|KOR|2011 World}}

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|6:57:03

23

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|Jeong Jin-hyeok

|2:17:04

28

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|Lee Myong-seung

|2:18:05

35

|

|Hwang Jun-hyeon

|2:21:54

40

|

|Hwang Jun-suk

|(2:23:47)

44

|

|Kim Min

|(2:27:20)

6

| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2011 World}}

|

|7:04:52

31

|

|Mike Morgan

|2:18:30

37

|

|Mike Sayenko

|2:22:49

39

|

|Jeff Eggleston

|2:23:33

41

|

|Nicholas Arciniaga

|(2:24:06)

45

|

|Sergio Reyes

|(2:29:15)

See also

References

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External links

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