# 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 22, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany.

## Medalists

| Gold | Abel Kirui (KEN) |
| Silver | Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (KEN) |
| Bronze | Tsegay Kebede (ETH) |

## 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 top times prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships :
| World record | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:03:59 | 28-09-2008 | Berlin, Germany |
| Event record | Jaouad Gharib (MAR) | 2:08:31 | 30-08-2003 | Paris, France |
| Season Best | Duncan Kibet (KEN) | 2:04:27 | 05-04-2009 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Standing continental records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships |||||
| African record | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:03:59 | 28-09-2008 | Berlin, Germany |
| Asian record | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | 2:06:16 | 13-10-2002 | Chicago, United States |
| North American record | Khalid Khannouchi (USA) | 2:05:38 | 14-05-2002 | London, United Kingdom |
| South American record | Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) | 2:06:05 | 20-09-1998 | Berlin, Germany |
| European record | António Pinto (POR) | 2:06:36 | 16-04-2000 | London, United Kingdom |
| Oceanian record | Robert de Castella (AUS) | 2:07:51 | 21-04-1986 | Boston, United States |
| Broken records at the 2009 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Abel Kirui (KEN) | 2:06:54 | 22-08-2009 | Berlin, Germany |

## Qualification standard

* Standard
* 2:18:00

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 22, 2009 | 11:45 | Final |

## Intermediates

| Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
| 5 km | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:09 |
| 10 km | Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | 30:08 |
| 15 km | Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | 44:57 |
| 20 km | Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai | Kenya | 59:42 |
| Half Marathon | Tsegay Kebede | Ethiopia | 1:03:03 |
| 25 km | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 1:14:38 |
| 30 km | Abel Kirui | Kenya | 1:29:43 |
| 35 km | Abel Kirui | Kenya | 1:44:56 |
| 40 km | Abel Kirui | Kenya | 2:00:10 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Abel Kirui | Kenya (KEN) | 2:06:54 | CR |
| | 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 | SB |
| 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 | SB |
| 9 | José Moreira | Portugal (POR) | 2:14:05 | PB |
| 10 | Luís Feiteira | Portugal (POR) | 2:14:06 | |
| 11 | Masaya Shimizu | Japan (JPN) | 2:14:06 | |
| 12 | Norman Dlomo | South Africa (RSA) | 2:14:39 | SB |
| 13 | Fernando Silva | Portugal (POR) | 2:14:48 | |
| 14 | Satoshi Irifune | Japan (JPN) | 2:14:54 | SB |
| 15 | Dejene Yirdaw | Ethiopia | 2:15:09 | |
| 16 | Marilson dos Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 2:15:13 | SB |
| 17 | Johannes Kekana | South Africa (RSA) | 2:15:28 | SB |
| 18 | André Pollmächer | Germany (GER) | 2:15:36 | |
| 19 | Adriano Bastos | Brazil (BRA) | 2:15:39 | PB |
| 20 | Oleg Kulkov | Russia (RUS) | 2:15:40 | |
| 21 | Martin Dent | Australia (AUS) | 2:16:05 | |
| 22 | Coolboy Ngamole | South Africa (RSA) | 2:16:20 | SB |
| 23 | José de Souza | Brazil (BRA) | 2:16:40 | |
| 24 | Daniel Browne | United States (USA) | 2:16:49 | SB |
| 25 | Reid Coolsaet | Canada (CAN) | 2:16:53 | PB |
| 26 | Rachid Kisri | Morocco (MAR) | 2:17:01 | |
| 27 | Yuriy Abramov | Russia (RUS) | 2:17:04 | |
| 28 | Phaustin Baha Sulle | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:17:11 | |
| 29 | Ser-Od Bat-Ochir | Mongolia (MGL) | 2:17:22 | SB |
| 30 | Andrew Letherby | Australia (AUS) | 2:17:29 | SB |
| 31 | Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon | Uganda (UGA) | 2:17:47 | SB |
| 32 | Simon Munyutu | France (FRA) | 2:17:53 | SB |
| 33 | Dylan Wykes | Canada (CAN) | 2:18:00 | SB |
| 34 | Martin Beckmann | Germany (GER) | 2:18:08 | |
| 35 | George Majaji | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2:18:37 | SB |
| 36 | Matt Gabrielson | United States (USA) | 2:18:41 | SB |
| 37 | Alejandro Suárez | Mexico (MEX) | 2:18:55 | |
| 38 | Chang Chia-Che | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2:19:32 | SB |
| 39 | Kazuhiro Maeda | Japan (JPN) | 2:19:59 | |
| 40 | Khalid Kamal Yaseen | Bahrain (BHR) | 2:20:11 | |
| 41 | James Kibocha Theuri | France (FRA) | 2:20:24 | |
| 42 | Roman Kejžar | Slovenia (SLO) | 2:20:25 | SB |
| 43 | Pak Song-Chol | North Korea (PRK) | 2:21:12 | |
| 44 | Driss El Himer | France (FRA) | 2:21:19 | |
| 45 | Lee Myong-Seung | South Korea (KOR) | 2:21:54 | SB |
| 46 | Mark Tucker | Australia (AUS) | 2:21:57 | SB |
| 47 | José Amado García | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:22:00 | SB |
| 48 | Carlos Cordero | Mexico (MEX) | 2:22:16 | |
| 49 | Falk Cierpinski | Germany (GER) | 2:22:36 | |
| 50 | Hyon U Ri | North Korea (PRK) | 2:22:48 | |
| 51 | Costantino León | Peru (PER) | 2:23:34 | SB |
| 52 | Andrew Smith | Canada (CAN) | 2:24:48 | |
| 53 | Samir Baala | France (FRA) | 2:25:12 | |
| 54 | Juan Gualberto Vargas | Mexico (MEX) | 2:25:26 | |
| 55 | Giitah Macharia | Canada (CAN) | 2:25:40 | SB |
| 56 | Getuli Bayo | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:25:52 | SB |
| 57 | Scott Westcott | Australia (AUS) | 2:26:02 | |
| 58 | Nelson Cruz | Cape Verde (CPV) | 2:27:16 | SB |
| 59 | Andrea Silvini | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:28:48 | |
| 60 | Arata Fujiwara | Japan (JPN) | 2:31:06 | SB |
| 61 | Valery Pisarev | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 2:31:32 | SB |
| 62 | Nate Jenkins | United States (USA) | 2:32:16 | SB |
| 63 | Wodage Zvadya | Israel (ISR) | 2:34:58 | |
| 64 | Lee Myong-Ki | South Korea (KOR) | 2:35:12 | |
| 65 | Tobias Sauter | Germany (GER) | 2:35:43 | |
| 66 | Pedro Nimo | Spain (ESP) | 2:36:39 | |
| 67 | Tesfayohannes Mesfin | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:39:51 | |
| 68 | Yook Geuntae | South Korea (KOR) | 2:40:47 | |
| 69 | Sangay Wangchuk | Bhutan (BHU) | 2:47:55 | NR |
| | Mikhail Lemaev | Russia (RUS) | (2:21:47) | DQ (doping) |
| | Stephen Loruo Kamar | Bahrain (BHR) | | DNF |
| | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador (ECU) | | DNF |
| | Yared Asmerom | Eritrea (ERI) | | DNF |
| | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea (ERI) | | DNF |
| | Rafael Iglesias | Spain (ESP) | | DNF |
| | Deressa Chimsa | Ethiopia | | DNF |
| | Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | | DNF |
| | Loïc Letellier | France (FRA) | | DNF |
| | Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo | Kenya (KEN) | | DNF |
| | Ji Young-Jun | South Korea (KOR) | | DNF |
| | Sechaba Bohosi | Lesotho (LES) | | DNF |
| | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco (MAR) | | DNF |
| | Reinhold Ndalikokule Iita | Namibia (NAM) | | DNF |
| | Michael Aish | New Zealand (NZL) | | DNF |
| | Mubarak Hassan Shami | Qatar (QAT) | | DNF |
| | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda (RWA) | | DNF |
| | Lucian Disdery Hombo | Tanzania (TAN) | | DNF |
| | Christopher Isengwe | Tanzania (TAN) | | DNF |
| | Nicholas Kiprono | Uganda (UGA) | | DNF |
| | Amos Masai | Uganda (UGA) | | DNF |
| | Justin Young | United States (USA) | | DNF |
| | Ruggero Pertile | Italy (ITA) | | DNS |
| | Kensuke Takahashi | Japan (JPN) | | DNS |
| | Daniel Rono | Kenya (KEN) | | DNS |
| | Hwang Jun-Hyeon | South Korea (KOR) | | DNS |
| | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi | Libya | | DNS |
| | Jaouad Gharib | Morocco (MAR) | | DNS |
| | Edwardo Torres | United States (USA) | | DNS |