# 2009 World Marathon Cup

The 2009 World Marathon Cup was the 13th edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Berlin, Germany, inside of the 2009 World Championships.
The Russian women's team fell from the third to the fifth place, after Nailiya Yulamanova (eighth place; 2:27:08 h) had been disqualified because of doping. The Russian men's team (seventh place) dropped out of the rankings after the disqualification of Mikhail Lemaev (45th place; 2:21:47 h).

## Results

Team men :
| Rank | Nation | Time |
| | Kenya Abel Kirui (1st) Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (2nd) Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (5th) | 6:25:28 2:06:54 2:07:48 2:10:46 |
| | Ethiopia Tsegay Kebede (3rd) Yemane Tsegay (4th) Dejene Yirdaw (15th) | 6:32:06 2:08:35 2:08:42 2:15:09 |
| | Japan Atsushi Sato (6th) Masaya Shimizu (11th) Satoshi Irifune (14th) | 6:41:05 2:12:05 2:14:06 2:14:54 |
| 4 | Portugal José Moreira (9th) Luís Feiteira (10th) Fernando Silva (13th) | 6:42:59 2:14:05 2:14:06 2:14:48 |
| 5 | South Africa Norman Dlomo (12th) Johannes Kekana (17th) Coolboy Ngamole (22nd) | 6:46:27 2:14:39 2:15:28 2:16:20 |
| 6 | Brazil Marilson dos Santos (16th) Adriano Bastos (19th) José de Souza (23rd) | 6:47:32 2:15:13 2:15:39 2:16:40 |
| 7 | Australia Martin Dent (21st) Andrew Letherby (30th) Mark Tucker (46th) | 6:55:31 2:16:05 2:17:29 2:21:57 |
| 8 | Germany André Pollmächer (18th) Martin Beckmann (34th) Falk Cierpinski (49th) | 6:56:20 2:15:36 2:18:08 2:22:36 |
| 9 | France Simon Munyutu (32nd) James Kibocha Theuri (41st) Driss El Himer (44th) | 6:59:36 2:17:53 2:20:24 2:21:19 |
| 10 | Canada Reid Coolsaet (25th) Dylan Wykes (33rd) Andrew Smith (52nd) | 6:59:41 2:16:53 2:18:00 2:24:48 |
| 11 | Mexico Alejandro Suárez (37th) Carlos Cordero (48th) Juan Gualberto Vargas (54th) | 7:06:37 2:18:55 2:22:16 2:25:26 |
| 12 | United States Daniel Browne (24th) Matt Gabrielson (36th) Nate Jenkins (62nd) | 7:07:46 2:16:49 2:18:41 2:32:16 |
| 13 | Tanzania Phaustin Baha Sulle (28th) Getuli Bayo (56th) Andrea Silvini (59th) | 7:11:51 2:17:11 2:25:52 2:28:48 |
| 14 | South Korea Lee Myong-Seung (45th) Lee Myong-Ki (64th) Yook Geun-Tae (68th) | 7:37:53 2:21:54 2:35:12 2:40:47 |
Team women :
| Rank | Nation | Time |
| | China Bai Xue (1st) Zhou Chunxiu (4th) Zhu Xiaolin (5th) | 7:17:02 2:25:15 2:25:39 2:26:08 |
| | Japan Yoshimi Ozaki (2nd) Yuri Kano (7th) Yoshiko Fujinaga (13th) | 7:22:15 2:25:25 2:26:57 2:29:53 |
| | Ethiopia Aselefech Mergia (3rd) Bezunesh Bekele (15th) Dire Tune (22nd) | 7:24:42 2:25:32 2:30:03 2:32:42 |
| 4 | United States Kara Goucher (9th) Desireé Davila (10th) Tera Moody (27th) | 7:32:20 2:27:48 2:27:53 2:36:39 |
| 5 | Russia Alevtina Biktimirova (8th) Svetlana Zakharova (14th) Olga Glok (28th) | 7:34:31 2:27:39 2:29:55 2:36:57 |
| 6 | Kenya Julia Mumbi Muraga (11th) Irene Limika (20th) Risper Jemeli Kimaiyo (36th) | 7:39:51 2:28:59 2:31:29 2:39:23 |
| 7 | North Korea Kim Kum-Ok (19th) Jong Yong-Ok (32nd) Phyo Un-Suk (41st) | 7:50:32 2:31:24 2:38:29 2:40:39 |
| 8 | New Zealand Mary Davies (34th) Fiona Docherty (40th) Shireen Crumpton (43rd) | 8:00:37 2:38:48 2:40:18 2:41:31 |
| 9 | France Patricia Lossouarn (48th) Laurence Klein (49th) Stephanie Briand (53rd) | 8:13:43 2:42:40 2:42:47 2:48:16 |
Individual men :
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Abel Kirui | Kenya (KEN) | 2:06:54 |
| | Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai | Kenya (KEN) | 2:07:48 |
| | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:08:35 |
| 4 | Yemane Tsegay | Ethiopia | 2:08:42 |
| 5 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 2:10:46 |
| 6 | Atsushi Sato | Japan (JPN) | 2:12:05 |
| 7 | Adil Ennani | Morocco (MAR) | 2:12:12 |
| 8 | José Manuel Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 2:14:04 |
Individual women :
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Bai Xue | China (CHN) | 2:25:15 |
| | Yoshimi Ozaki | Japan (JPN) | 2:25:25 |
| | Aselefech Mergia | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:25:32 |
| 4 | Zhou Chunxiu | China (CHN) | 2:25:39 |
| 5 | Zhu Xiaolin | China (CHN) | 2:26:08 |
| 6 | Marisa Barros | Portugal (POR) | 2:26:50 |
| 7 | Yuri Kano | Japan (JPN) | 2:26:57 |
| 8 | Alevtina Biktimirova | Russia (RUS) | 2:27:39 |