# 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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Abel Antón Spain |
| Silver | Martín Fiz Spain |
| Bronze | Steve Moneghetti Australia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships :
| World record | Belayneh Densamo | Ethiopia | 2:06:50 | April 17, 1988 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Championships record | Robert de Castella | Australia | 2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Season best | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 2:07:51 | April 20, 1997 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
| | 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 Polias | 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 | Stéphane 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 |
| 51 | Hsu Gi-sheng | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2:31:31 |
| 52 | Woliye Jara | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:31:44 |
| 53 | Raymond Boyd | Australia (AUS) | 2:32:07 |
| 54 | Azzedine Sakhri | Algeria (ALG) | 2:34:26 |
| 55 | Molatlhegi Segobaetso | Botswana (BOT) | 2:34:47 |
| 56 | Dan Held | United States (USA) | 2:35:19 |
| 57 | Éder Fialho | Brazil (BRA) | 2:36:14 |
| 58 | Koji Shimizu | Japan (JPN) | 2:37:11 |
| 59 | Asaf Bimro | Israel (ISR) | 2:37:45 |
| 60 | Mpakeletsa Sephali | Lesotho (LES) | 2:38:37 |
| 61 | Isaac Simelane | Swaziland (SWZ) | 2:40:32 |
| 62 | Marco Ochoa | United States (USA) | 2:44:21 |
| 63 | Jon Warren | United States (USA) | 2:45:56 |
| 64 | Marcos Juarez | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:55:14 |
| 65 | Emilio Velasquez | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:56:07 |
| 66 | Sergey Zabavski | Tajikistan (TJK) | 3:02:49 |
| 67 | Alain Nkulu | DR Congo (COD) | 3:08:32 |
| 68 | Zebedayo Bayo | Tanzania (TAN) | 3:11:19 |
| 69 | Roderic De Highden | Australia (AUS) | 3:13:44 |
| 70 | Errol 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 |
| — | Benjamín 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 |