# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on 6 August, starting and finishing on Tower Bridge.

## Summary

The race started off with a tight pack running at a leisurely pace. 10 kilometres into the race, the British crowds were pleased to see Callum Hawkins in the lead, but there were 59 others in the lead pack. By 15 kilometres there were still 31 and by half way only another three had started to fall off the back. Then the racing began as a small group went off the front including the entire Kenyan team, a Kenyan Turkish transplant, two Ethiopians, two Eritreans, Alphonce Simbu from Tanzania and Hawkins. Of that group, Geoffrey Kirui, Tamirat Tola and Gideon Kipketer were pushing the pace as a three man pack. Kipketer faltered and it was a two man race with Simbu breaking off the front of the second pack. About 10 kilometres from the finish, Tola tried to break away. But the one breaking was Tola as Kirui came back and then set off on his own. Over the last seven kilometres, Kirui opened up almost a minute and half of daylight, comfortably crossing the line for the gold. Tola struggled to successfully hold off Simbu to keep silver while an inspired Hawkins picked up the pieces and finished a strong fourth just 26 seconds back.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 2:02:57 | Dennis Kipruto Kimetto | KEN | 28 Sep 2014 | Berlin, Germany |
| Championship | 2:06:54 | Abel Kirui | KEN | 22 Aug 2009 | Berlin, Germany |
| World leading | 2:03:58 | Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich | KEN | 26 Feb 2017 | Tokyo, Japan |
| African | 2:02:57 | Dennis Kipruto Kimetto | KEN | 28 Sep 2014 | Berlin, Germany |
| Asian | 2:06:16 | Toshinari Takaoka | JPN | 13 Oct 2002 | Chicago, United States |
| NACAC | 2:05:38 | Khalid Khannouchi | USA | 14 Apr 2002 | London, Great Britain |
| South American | 2:06:05 | Ronaldo da Costa | BRA | 20 Sep 1998 | Berlin, Germany |
| European | 2:06:36 | Benoit Zwierzchiewski | FRA | 6 Apr 2003 | Paris, France |
| Oceanian | 2:07:51 | Robert de Castella | AUS | 21 Apr 1986 | Boston, United States |
No records were set at the competition.

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:19.00.

## Results

The final took place on 6 August at 10:54. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Geoffrey Kirui | Kenya (KEN) | 2:08:27 | SB |
| | Tamirat Tola | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:09:49 | |
| | Alphonce Simbu | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:09:51 | |
| 4 | Callum Hawkins | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:10:17 | PB |
| 5 | Daniele Meucci | Italy (ITA) | 2:10:56 | PB |
| 6 | Gideon Kipketer | Kenya (KEN) | 2:10:56 | |
| 7 | Yohanes Ghebregergis | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:12:07 | |
| 8 | Daniel Wanjiru | Kenya (KEN) | 2:12:16 | |
| 9 | Yuki Kawauchi | Japan (JPN) | 2:12:19 | |
| 10 | Kentaro Nakamoto | Japan (JPN) | 2:12:41 | |
| 11 | Solomon Mutai | Uganda (UGA) | 2:13:29 | |
| 12 | Ezekiel Jafary | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:14:05 | |
| 13 | Abdi Hakin Ulad | Denmark (DEN) | 2:14:22 | SB |
| 14 | Kaan Kigen Özbilen | Turkey (TUR) | 2:14:29 | SB |
| 15 | Shumi Dechasa | Bahrain (BHR) | 2:15:08 | PB |
| 16 | Elkanah Kibet | United States (USA) | 2:15:14 | |
| 17 | Javier Guerra | Spain (ESP) | 2:15:22 | |
| 18 | Ihor Olefirenko | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:15:34 | SB |
| 19 | Tsegaye Mekonnen | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:15:36 | |
| 20 | Andrés Zamora | Uruguay (URU) | 2:16:00 | PB |
| 21 | Desmond Mokgobu | South Africa (RSA) | 2:16:14 | |
| 22 | Mick Clohisey | Ireland (IRL) | 2:16:21 | SB |
| 23 | Valentin Pfeil | Austria (AUT) | 2:16:28 | |
| 24 | Remigijus Kančys | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:16:34 | |
| 25 | Derlys Ayala | Paraguay (PAR) | 2:16:37 | PB |
| 26 | Hiroto Inoue | Japan (JPN) | 2:16:54 | |
| 27 | Ihor Russ | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:17:01 | SB |
| 28 | Thonakal Gopi | India (IND) | 2:17:13 | |
| 29 | Mert Girmalegesse | Turkey (TUR) | 2:17:36 | |
| 30 | Mohamed Reda El Aaraby | Morocco (MAR) | 2:17:50 | |
| 31 | Andrew Davies | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:17:59 | |
| 32 | Mikael Ekvall | Sweden (SWE) | 2:18:12 | SB |
| 33 | Pardon Ndhlovu | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2:18:37 | SB |
| 34 | Munkhbayar Narandulam | Mongolia (MGL) | 2:18:42 | PB |
| 35 | Namupala Reonard | Namibia (NAM) | 2:18:51 | SB |
| 36 | Yuriy Rusyuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:18:54 | SB |
| 37 | Paulus Iiyambo | Namibia (NAM) | 2:19:45 | |
| 38 | Stephno Gwandu Huche | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:20:05 | |
| 39 | Josh Griffiths | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:20:06 | |
| 40 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia (EST) | 2:20:41 | SB |
| 41 | Ghebrezgiabhier Kibrom | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:21:22 | |
| 42 | Bobby Curtis | United States (USA) | 2:21:22 | SB |
| 43 | Robert Chemonges | Uganda (UGA) | 2:21:24 | |
| 44 | Happy Ndacha Mchelenje | Malawi (MAW) | 2:21:39 | PB |
| 45 | Jack Colreavy | Australia (AUS) | 2:21:44 | |
| 46 | Tseveenravdan Byambajav | Mongolia (MGL) | 2:21:48 | |
| 47 | Millen Matende | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2:21:52 | SB |
| 48 | Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od | Mongolia (MGL) | 2:21:55 | |
| 49 | Leslie Encina | Chile (CHI) | 2:22:10 | |
| 50 | Hassan Chani | Bahrain (BHR) | 2:22:19 | |
| 51 | Ignas Brasevičius | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:22:20 | SB |
| 52 | David Nilsson | Sweden (SWE) | 2:22:53 | |
| 53 | Roman Fosti | Estonia (EST) | 2:23:28 | SB |
| 54 | Thomas Toth | Canada (CAN) | 2:23:47 | |
| 55 | Manuel Cabrera | Chile (CHI) | 2:24:08 | |
| 56 | Daviti Kharazishvili | Georgia (GEO) | 2:24:24 | |
| 57 | Segundo Jami | Ecuador (ECU) | 2:24:28 | |
| 58 | José Amado García | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:25:03 | |
| 59 | Kim Hyo-su | South Korea (KOR) | 2:25:08 | |
| 60 | Brad Milosevic | Australia (AUS) | 2:25:14 | |
| 61 | David Carver | Mauritius (MRI) | 2:25:45 | SB |
| 62 | Girmaw Amare | Israel (ISR) | 2:26:37 | |
| 63 | Sean Hehir | Ireland (IRL) | 2:27:33 | |
| 64 | Yu Seung-yeop | South Korea (KOR) | 2:29:06 | |
| 65 | Shin Kwang-sik | South Korea (KOR) | 2:29:52 | |
| 66 | Rok Puhar | Slovenia (SLO) | 2:33:12 | |
| 67 | Juan Carlos Trujillo | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:33:42 | SB |
| 68 | Luis Orta | Venezuela (VEN) | 2:33:42 | PB |
| 69 | Luis Carlos Rivero | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:41:39 | |
| 70 | Ricardo Ramos | Mexico (MEX) | 2:41:50 | SB |
| 71 | Abraham Niyonkuru | Burundi (BDI) | 2:42:27 | |
| | Jorge Castelblanco | Panama (PAN) | DNF | |
| | Jean-Pierre Castro | Peru (PER) | DNF | |
| | Anuradha Cooray | Sri Lanka (SRI) | DNF | |
| | Nicolás Cuestas | Uruguay (URU) | DNF | |
| | Abdelhadi El Hachimi | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |
| | Iván Fernández | Spain (ESP) | DNF | |
| | Eric Gillis | Canada (CAN) | DNF | |
| | Josh Harris | Australia (AUS) | DNF | |
| | Marius Ionescu | Romania (ROM) | DNF | |
| | Stefano La Rosa | Italy (ITA) | DNF | |
| | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain (ESP) | DNF | |
| | Raúl Machacuay | Peru (PER) | DNF | |
| | Augustus Maiyo | United States (USA) | DNF | |
| | Mariano Mastromarino | Argentina (ARG) | DNF | |
| | Tsepo Mathibelle | Lesotho (LES) | DNF | |
| | Amanuel Mesel | Eritrea (ERI) | DNF | |
| | Ercan Muslu | Turkey (TUR) | DNF | |
| | Lebenya Nkoka | Lesotho (LES) | DNF | |
| | Cutbert Nyasango | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | DNF | |
| | Sibusiso Nzima | South Africa (RSA) | DNF | |
| | Bhumiraj Rai | Nepal (NEP) | DNF | |
| | Ricardo Ribas | Portugal (POR) | DNF | |
| | Aguelmis Rojas | Uruguay (URU) | DNF | |
| | Maru Teferi | Israel (ISR) | DNF | |
| | Yemane Tsegay | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| | Enzo Yáñez | Chile (CHI) | DNF | |
| | Valērijs Žolnerovičs | Latvia (LAT) | DNF | |
| | Lusapho April | South Africa (RSA) | DNS | |
| | Mumin Gala | Djibouti (DJI) | DNS | |