# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, held on Saturday August 28, 1999.

## Medalists

| Gold | Abel Antón Spain (ESP) |
| Silver | Vincenzo Modica Italy (ITA) |
| Bronze | Nobuyuki Sato Japan (JPN) |

## Abbreviations

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

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) | 2:06:05 | September 20, 1998 | Berlin, Germany |
| Event Record | Robert de Castella (AUS) | 2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Season Best | Gert Thys (RSA) | 2:06:33 | February 14, 1999 | Tokyo, Japan |

## Intermediates

| Rank | Number | Athlete | Time |
| 5 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 965 | Mostafa El Damaoui (MAR) | 17:03 |
| 2 | 1372 | Luke Magongo (SWZ) | 17:06 |
| 3 | 960 | Abdelfattah Aïtzouri (MAR) | 17:12 |
| 4 | 848 | Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 17:13 |
| 5 | 1178 | António Salvador (POR) | 17:13 |
| 10 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 965 | Mostafa El Damaoui (MAR) | 32:30 |
| 2 | 859 | Simon Biwott (KEN) | 33:06 |
| 3 | 848 | Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 33:06 |
| 4 | 362 | Francisco Javier Cortés (ESP) | 33:12 |
| 5 | 793 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 33:12 |
| 15 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 965 | Mostafa El Damaoui (MAR) | 48:01 |
| 2 | 793 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 48:41 |
| 3 | 782 | Danilo Goffi (ITA) | 48:41 |
| 4 | 770 | Daniele Caimmi (ITA) | 48:41 |
| 5 | 960 | Abdelfattah Aïtzouri (MAR) | 48:41 |
| 20 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 965 | Mostafa El Damaoui (MAR) | 1:03:55 |
| 2 | 793 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 1:04:55 |
| 3 | 859 | Simon Biwott (KEN) | 1:04:55 |
| 4 | 770 | Daniele Caimmi (ITA) | 1:04:56 |
| 5 | 960 | Abdelfattah Aïtzouri (MAR) | 1:04:56 |
| HALF MARATHON ||||
| 1 | 965 | Mostafa El Damaoui (MAR) | 1:07:24 |
| 2 | 1228 | Gert Thys (RSA) | 1:08:13 |
| 3 | 859 | Simon Biwott (KEN) | 1:08:17 |
| 4 | 848 | Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 1:08:17 |
| 5 | 1206 | Makhosonke Fika (RSA) | 1:08:18 |
| 25 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 965 | Mostafa El Damaoui (MAR) | 1:19:49 |
| 2 | 859 | Simon Biwott (KEN) | 1:20:16 |
| 3 | 793 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 1:20:16 |
| 4 | 848 | Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 1:20:17 |
| 5 | 770 | Daniele Caimmi (ITA) | 1:20:17 |
| 30 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 848 | Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 1:35:30 |
| 2 | 793 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 1:35:48 |
| 3 | 859 | Simon Biwott (KEN) | 1:35:48 |
| 4 | 1206 | Makhosonke Fika (RSA) | 1:35:49 |
| 5 | 782 | Danilo Goffi (ITA) | 1:35:49 |
| 35 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 848 | Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 1:51:10 |
| 2 | 793 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 1:51:34 |
| 3 | 354 | Abel Antón (ESP) | 1:51:34 |
| 4 | 859 | Simon Biwott (KEN) | 1:51:34 |
| 5 | 1228 | Gert Thys (RSA) | 1:51:35 |
| 40 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 354 | Abel Antón (ESP) | 2:06:55 |
| 2 | 848 | Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 2:07:09 |
| 3 | 793 | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 2:07:11 |
| 4 | 1174 | Luis Novo (POR) | 2:07:27 |
| 5 | 782 | Danilo Goffi (ITA) | 2:07:39 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
| | Abel Antón (ESP) | 2:13:36 | |
| | Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 2:14:03 | |
| | Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 2:14:07 | |
| 4 | Luis Novo (POR) | 2:14:27 | SB |
| 5 | Danilo Goffi (ITA) | 2:14:50 | |
| 6 | Atsushi Fujita (JPN) | 2:15:45 | |
| 7 | Koji Shimizu (JPN) | 2:15:50 | |
| 8 | Martín Fiz (ESP) | 2:16:17 | |
| 9 | Simon Biwott (KEN) | 2:16:20 | |
| 10 | Daniele Caimmi (ITA) | 2:16:23 | |
| 11 | Gezahegne Abera (ETH) | 2:16:42 | |
| 12 | Gemechu Kebede (ETH) | 2:16:44 | |
| 13 | Ambesse Tolosa (ETH) | 2:16:45 | |
| 14 | Mostafa El Damaoui (MAR) | 2:16:49 | |
| 15 | Gert Thys (RSA) | 2:17:13 | |
| 16 | Simon Mphulanyane (RSA) | 2:17:38 | |
| 17 | Makhosonke Fika (RSA) | 2:17:47 | |
| 18 | Akira Manai (JPN) | 2:17:56 | |
| 19 | Jean Pierre Monciaux (FRA) | 2:18:07 | |
| 20 | Roberto Barbi (ITA) | 2:18:13 | |
| 21 | Hyung Jae-Young (KOR) | 2:18:19 | |
| 22 | Nikolaos Pollias (GRE) | 2:18:27 | |
| 23 | Mohamed Ouaadi (FRA) | 2:18:45 | |
| 24 | Rod DeHaven (USA) | 2:19:06 | SB |
| 25 | Giovanni Ruggiero (ITA) | 2:19:34 | |
| 26 | Eddy Hellebuyck (USA) | 2:20:18 | |
| 27 | Bruce Deacon (CAN) | 2:20:25 | |
| 28 | Alfred Shemweta (SWE) | 2:20:27 | |
| 29 | Steve Moneghetti (AUS) | 2:20:32 | |
| 30 | Belaye Wolashe (ETH) | 2:21:04 | |
| 31 | Dube Jillo (ETH) | 2:23:04 | |
| 32 | Anders Szalkai (SWE) | 2:23:18 | |
| 33 | Azzedine Sakhri (ALG) | 2:23:39 | |
| 34 | Jonathan Hume (USA) | 2:23:50 | |
| 35 | Valeriu Vlas (MDA) | 2:24:22 | |
| 36 | Tadayuki Ojima (JPN) | 2:24:29 | |
| 37 | John Monyatso (RSA) | 2:25:03 | |
| 38 | Juan Camacho (MEX) | 2:25:18 | |
| 39 | António Zeferino (CPV) | 2:26:03 | |
| 40 | Alejandro Gómez (ESP) | 2:26:40 | |
| 41 | Faustino Reynoso (MEX) | 2:26:57 | |
| 42 | Alejandro Cruz (MEX) | 2:27:31 | |
| 43 | Rachid Aitbensalem (MAR) | 2:27:51 | |
| 44 | Mohamed Guennani (FRA) | 2:28:59 | |
| 45 | Vicente Chura (PER) | 2:29:27 | |
| 46 | Abner Chipu (RSA) | 2:29:51 | |
| 47 | Steve Swift (USA) | 2:30:04 | |
| 48 | Patrick Carroll (AUS) | 2:31:26 | |
| 49 | Willy Kalombo Mwenze (COD) | 2:31:55 | |
| 50 | Francisco Javier Cortés (ESP) | 2:32:06 | |
| 51 | Sergey Zabavski (TJK) | 2:32:22 | |
| 52 | Andreiy Gordeyev (BLR) | 2:33:09 | |
| 53 | Mpakeletsa Sephali (LES) | 2:33:21 | |
| 54 | William Ramirez (COL) | 2:36:18 | |
| 55 | Zvade Vodage (ISR) | 2:36:19 | |
| 56 | Luke Magongo (SWZ) | 2:38:26 | |
| 57 | Andrew Smith (GUY) | 2:39:45 | |
| 58 | Lwan Thu (MYA) | 2:45:34 | |
| 59 | Georges Richmond (TAH) | 2:45:36 | |
| 60 | Trpe Martinovski (MKD) | 2:48:36 | |
| 61 | Sean Quilty (AUS) | 2:48:58 | |
| 62 | Bouh Omar Moussa (DJI) | 2:52:33 | |
| 63 | Daviano Aviles (MEX) | 2:53:24 | |
| 64 | Richard Rodriguez (ARU) | 2:53:51 | |
| 65 | To Rithya (CAM) | 2:59:20 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Philippe Rémond (FRA) | DNF | |
| — | Luis Soares (FRA) | DNF | |
| — | Roman Kejžar (SLO) | DNF | |
| — | Manukau Teuribaki (KIR) | DNF | |
| — | Patrick Ntambwe (COD) | DNF | |
| — | Vilayvanh Phachansili (LAO) | DNF | |
| — | Ali Mohamed Abdi (DJI) | DNF | |
| — | Antoni Peña (ESP) | DNF | |
| — | Keith Brantly (USA) | DNF | |
| — | Zebedayo Bayo (TAN) | DNF | |
| — | Ghadid Omar Daher (DJI) | DNF | |
| — | Fabián Roncero (ESP) | DNF | |
| — | Shaun Creighton (AUS) | DNF | |
| — | Abdelfattah Aïtzouri (MAR) | DNF | |
| — | António Salvador (POR) | DNF | |
| DID NOT START (DNS) ||||
| — | Nazirdin Akylbekov (KGZ) | DNS | |
| — | Benjamín Paredes (MEX) | DNS | |
| — | Ahmed Salah (DJI) | DNS | |