# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium and Moscow streets on 17 August.
Coming through the half marathon in 1:05:10, the lead pack stayed formed until around the 30K mark with still about 13 with that group. Over the next 5K, contenders began to fall off the pace, first a pack of six were left, with two Ugandans; reigning Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich and Jackson Kiprop, with three Ethiopians; Lelisa Desisa, Tadese Tola and Tsegaye Kebede and Peter Kimeli Some the lone Kenyan. Kiprop fell back but Kentaro Nakamoto fought his way back to the pack as Kiprotich began experimenting with surges. Some and then Nakamoto started to fall behind. Kebede was next to go, followed by Tola, but Desisa stuck to Kiprotich like glue. Kiprotich crossed the roadway from side to side, more like match race sailboat tacking maneuvers and Delisa followed. Finally in the last kilometer, Kiprotich was able to make a gap. A meter became ten then fifty. A jubilant Kiprotich began throwing kisses to the crowd, crossing the finish line more than a hundred meters ahead of Delisa. Tola held on for third, with Kebede barely ahead of Nakamoto. Solonei da Silva and Paulo Roberto Paula came in together, so with four Ethiopians, two Ugandans and two Brazilians, three countries put at least a pair of runners into the top ten, while Kenya only managed one; Some in ninth.
The original 33rd placer, Jeremías Saloj of Guatemala, was disqualified after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO).

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN) | 2:03:38 | Berlin, Germany | 25 September 2011 |
| Championship record | Abel Kirui (KEN) | 2:06:54 | Berlin, Germany | 22 August 2009 |
| World Leading | Lelisa Desisa (ETH) | 2:04:45 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 25 January 2013 |
| African Record | Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN) | 2:03:38 | Berlin, Germany | 25 September 2011 |
| Asian Record | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | 2:06:26 | Chicago, United States | 13 October 2002 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Khalid Khannouchi (USA) | 2:05:38 | London, Great Britain | 14 April 2002 |
| South American Record | Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) | 2:06:05 | Berlin, Germany | 20 September 1998 |
| European Record | Benoit Zwierzchiewski (FRA) | 2:06:36 | Paris, France | 6 April 2003 |
| Oceanian record | Robert de Castella (AUS) | 2:07:51 | Boston, MA, United States | 21 April 1986 |

## Qualification standards

* Time
* 2:17:00

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 17 August 2013 | 15:30 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Final

The race was started at 13:30.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Stephen Kiprotich | Uganda (UGA) | 2:09:51 | |
| | Lelisa Desisa | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:10:12 | |
| | Tadese Tola | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:10:23 | |
| 4 | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:10:47 | |
| 5 | Kentaro Nakamoto | Japan (JPN) | 2:10:50 | |
| 6 | Solonei da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 2:11:40 | SB |
| 7 | Paulo Roberto Paula | Brazil (BRA) | 2:11:40 | SB |
| 8 | Yemane Tsegay | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:11:43 | SB |
| 9 | Peter Kimeli Some | Kenya (KEN) | 2:11:47 | |
| 10 | Jackson Kiprop | Uganda (UGA) | 2:12:12 | |
| 11 | Beraki Beyene | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:13:40 | SB |
| 12 | Bernard Kipyego | Kenya (KEN) | 2:14:01 | |
| 13 | Jeff Eggleston | United States (USA) | 2:14:23 | SB |
| 14 | Masakazu Fujiwara | Japan (JPN) | 2:14:29 | |
| 15 | Javier Guerra | Spain (ESP) | 2:14:33 | |
| 16 | Samuel Tsegay | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:14:41 | SB |
| 17 | Kazuhiro Maeda | Japan (JPN) | 2:15:25 | |
| 18 | Yuki Kawauchi | Japan (JPN) | 2:15:35 | |
| 19 | Abraham Kiplimo | Uganda (UGA) | 2:16:25 | |
| 20 | Rob Watson | Canada (CAN) | 2:16:28 | SB |
| 21 | Paul Pollock | Ireland (IRL) | 2:16:42 | SB |
| 22 | Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden (SWE) | 2:17:09 | SB |
| 23 | Martin Dent | Australia (AUS) | 2:17:11 | SB |
| 24 | Aleksey A. Sokolov (Алексей Соколов) | Russia (RUS) | 2:17:12 | |
| 25 | Michael Kipyego | Kenya (KEN) | 2:17:47 | |
| 26 | Marius Ionescu | Romania (ROM) | 2:18:31 | |
| 27 | Daniel Tapia | United States (USA) | 2:18:32 | SB |
| 28 | Benjamin Malaty | France (FRA) | 2:19:21 | |
| 29 | Jordan Chipangama | Zambia (ZAM) | 2:19:47 | |
| 30 | Miguel Ángel Almachi | Ecuador (ECU) | 2:19:48 | SB |
| 31 | Kiflom Sium | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:20:01 | |
| 32 | Chang Chia-che | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2:20:02 | SB |
| 33 | Faustine Mussa | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:20:51 | |
| 34 | Christian Kreienbühl | Switzerland (SUI) | 2:21:17 | |
| 35 | Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od | Mongolia (MGL) | 2:21:55 | |
| 36 | Carlos Trujillo | United States (USA) | 2:23:13 | SB |
| 37 | Tilahun Aliyev | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2:23:32 | |
| 38 | Mohamed Ikoki Msandeki | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:24:20 | SB |
| 39 | Zohar Zemiro | Israel (ISR) | 2:25:23 | |
| 40 | Michael Ott | Switzerland (SUI) | 2:26:02 | |
| 41 | Vasyl Matviychuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:26:21 | SB |
| 42 | Sibusiso Nzima | South Africa (RSA) | 2:26:32 | |
| 43 | Sung Ji-Hun | South Korea (KOR) | 2:26:43 | |
| 44 | Yin Shujin | China (CHN) | 2:27:19 | |
| 45 | Roman Prodius | Moldova (MDA) | 2:29:08 | |
| 46 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa (RSA) | 2:30:23 | |
| 47 | Sergiu Ciobanu | Moldova (MDA) | 2:34:17 | SB |
| 48 | Kim Young-Jin | South Korea (KOR) | 2:35:53 | |
| 49 | Shawn Forrest | Australia (AUS) | 2:39:09 | SB |
| 50 | Mihail Krassilov | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2:44:31 | SB |
| | Nicholas Kipkemboi | Kenya (KEN) | DNF | |
| | Bernard Kiprop Koech | Kenya (KEN) | DNF | |
| | Jobo Khatoane | Lesotho (LES) | DNF | |
| | Tsepo Ramonene | Lesotho (LES) | DNF | |
| | Mohamed Bilal | Morocco (MAR) | DNF | |
| | Hafid Chani | Morocco (MAR) | DNF | |
| | Hiroyuki Horibata | Japan (JPN) | DNF | |
| | Feyisa Lilesa | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| | Ayam Lamdassem | Spain (ESP) | DNF | |
| | Tayeb Filali | Algeria (ALG) | DNF | |
| | Yared Asmerom | Eritrea (ERI) | DNF | |
| | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea (ERI) | DNF | |
| | José Antonio Uribe | Mexico (MEX) | DNF | |
| | Michel Butter | Netherlands (NED) | DNF | |
| | Hermano Ferreira | Portugal (POR) | DNF | |
| | Jean Pierre Mvuyekure | Rwanda (RWA) | DNF | |
| | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis | Bahrain (BHR) | DNF | |
| | Wissem Hosni | Tunisia (TUN) | DNF | |
| | Cephas Pasipamiri | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | DNS | |
| — | Jeremías Saloj | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:20:40 | DQ (33rd) |