# 1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, was held on Saturday August 14, 1993.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mark Plaatjes United States (USA) |
| Silver | Luketz Swartbooi Namibia (NAM) |
| Bronze | Bert van Vlaanderen Netherlands (NED) |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| WL | world leading |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Belayneh Densamo (ETH) | 2:06:50 | April 17, 1988 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Event Record | Robert de Castella (AUS) | 2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Season Best | Kim Wan-Ki (KOR) | 2:09:25 | March 21, 1993 | Kyong-Ju, South Korea |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Mark Plaatjes (USA) | 2:13:57 |
| | Luketz Swartbooi (NAM) | 2:14:11 |
| | Bert van Vlaanderen (NED) | 2:15:12 |
| 4 | Kim Jae-ryong (KOR) | 2:17:14 |
| 5 | Tadao Uchikoshi (JPN) | 2:17:54 |
| 6 | Konrad Dobler (GER) | 2:18:28 |
| 7 | Boniface Merande (KEN) | 2:18:52 |
| 8 | Aleksey Zhelonkin (RUS) | 2:18:52 |
| 9 | Tahar Mansouri (TUN) | 2:18:54 |
| 10 | Peter Maher (CAN) | 2:19:26 |
| 11 | Simon Robert Naali (TAN) | 2:19:30 |
| 12 | Kurt Stenzel (GER) | 2:19:53 |
| 13 | Steve Jones (GBR) | 2:20:04 |
| 14 | Chang Ki-Shik (KOR) | 2:20:40 |
| 15 | Said Ermili (MAR) | 2:22:17 |
| 16 | Hitoshi Saotome (JPN) | 2:22:17 |
| 17 | Elphas Ginindza (SWZ) | 2:23:00 |
| 18 | Cihangir Demirel (TUR) | 2:23:02 |
| 19 | Mirko Vindiš (SLO) | 2:23:31 |
| 20 | Mukhamet Nazipov (RUS) | 2:24:07 |
| 21 | Juma Ikangaa (TAN) | 2:24:23 |
| 22 | Vladimir Kotov (BLR) | 2:24:26 |
| 23 | Sid-Ali Sakhri (ALG) | 2:24:35 |
| 24 | Raf Wyns (BEL) | 2:25:30 |
| 25 | Dominique Chauvelier (FRA) | 2:27:26 |
| 26 | Art Boileau (CAN) | 2:27:30 |
| 27 | Alejandro Aros (CHI) | 2:27:56 |
| 28 | Roy Dooney (IRL) | 2:28:04 |
| 29 | Petr Pipa (SVK) | 2:28:05 |
| 30 | Harri Hänninen (FIN) | 2:28:07 |
| 31 | Igor Salamun (SLO) | 2:28:56 |
| 32 | Omar Abdillahi (DJI) | 2:29:28 |
| 33 | Chad Bennion (USA) | 2:29:37 |
| 34 | Tena Negere (ETH) | 2:29:46 |
| 35 | Martin Vrabel (SVK) | 2:30:37 |
| 36 | Moses Matabane (LES) | 2:30:40 |
| 37 | Hsu Gi-sheng (TPE) | 2:30:56 |
| 38 | Negash Dube (ETH) | 2:33:03 |
| 39 | Alberto Cuba (CUB) | 2:34:26 |
| 40 | Kuruppu Karunaratne (SRI) | 2:34:47 |
| 41 | Takeharu Honda (JPN) | 2:37:48 |
| 42 | Mothusi Tsiana (BOT) | 2:42:10 |
| 43 | Yeung Ng Fai (HKG) | 2:55:17 |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Chaouki Achour (ALG) | DNF |
| — | Marnix Goegebeur (BEL) | DNF |
| — | Peter Fonseca (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Eladio Fernandez (PAR) | DNF |
| — | Roland Wille (LIE) | DNF |
| — | Brad Hudson (USA) | DNF |
| — | John Vermeule (NED) | DNF |
| — | Stephan Freigang (GER) | DNF |
| — | Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) | DNF |
| — | Malcolm Norwood (AUS) | DNF |
| — | Fred Schumann (GUM) | DNF |
| — | Willie Mtolo (RSA) | DNF |
| — | Salvatore Bettiol (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Artur de Freitas (BRA) | DNF |
| — | Mohamed Kamel Selmi (ALG) | DNF |
| — | Carlos Patricio (POR) | DNF |
| — | Thierry Constantin (SUI) | DNF |
| — | Leszek Bebło (POL) | DNF |
| — | Juan Torres (ESP) | DNF |
| — | Paul Evans (GBR) | DNF |
| — | Thomas Robert Naali (TAN) | DNF |
| — | Derek Froude (NZL) | DNF |
| — | Bertrand Itsweire (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Sławomir Gurny (POL) | DNF |
| — | Cosmas Ndeti (KEN) | DNF |
| — | Joaquim Pinheiro (POR) | DNF |
| DID NOT START (DNS) ||||
| — | Dave Lewis (GBR) | DNS |