# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Saturday August 12, 1995.

## Medalists

| Gold | Martín Fiz Spain (ESP) |
| Silver | Dionicio Cerón Mexico (MEX) |
| Bronze | Luíz Antônio dos Santos Brazil (BRA) |

## 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 1995 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Belayneh Dinsamo (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 | Dionicio Cerón (MEX) | 2:08:30 | April 2, 1995 | London, United Kingdom |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| | Martín Fiz (ESP) | 2:11:41 |
| | Dionicio Cerón (MEX) | 2:12:13 |
| | Luíz Antônio dos Santos (BRA) | 2:12:49 |
| 4 | Peter Whitehead (GBR) | 2:14:08 |
| 5 | Alberto Juzdado (ESP) | 2:15:29 |
| 6 | Diego García (ESP) | 2:15:34 |
| 7 | Richard Nerurkar (GBR) | 2:15:47 |
| 8 | Steve Moneghetti (AUS) | 2:16:13 |
| 9 | Andrés Espinosa (MEX) | 2:16:44 |
| 10 | Steve Plasencia (USA) | 2:16:56 |
| 11 | Bruce Deacon (CAN) | 2:16:58 |
| 12 | Yuji Nakamura (JPN) | 2:17:30 |
| 13 | Oleg Strizhakov (RUS) | 2:17:50 |
| 14 | Konrad Dobler (GER) | 2:18:09 |
| 15 | Isidro Rico (MEX) | 2:18:29 |
| 16 | Ikaji Salum (TAN) | 2:18:39 |
| 17 | Daisuke Tokunaga (JPN) | 2:19:53 |
| 18 | Erick Wainaina (KEN) | 2:19:53 |
| 19 | Terje Ness (NOR) | 2:20:06 |
| 20 | Abdelillah Zerdal (MAR) | 2:20:10 |
| 21 | Ed Eyestone (USA) | 2:20:17 |
| 22 | Lee Bong-ju (KOR) | 2:20:31 |
| 23 | John Andrews (AUS) | 2:20:32 |
| 24 | Tahar Mansouri (TUN) | 2:20:44 |
| 25 | Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI) | 2:20:50 |
| 26 | Elphas Ginindza (SWZ) | 2:21:01 |
| 27 | Michael Mukoma (KEN) | 2:21:08 |
| 28 | Joseph Tjitunga (NAM) | 2:21:57 |
| 29 | Tumo Turbo (ETH) | 2:22:01 |
| 30 | Harri Hänninen (FIN) | 2:22:43 |
| 31 | Omar Abdillahi (DJI) | 2:23:26 |
| 32 | Martin Ndivheni (RSA) | 2:23:42 |
| 33 | Luca Barzaghi (ITA) | 2:23:51 |
| 34 | John Mwathiwa (MWI) | 2:24:01 |
| 35 | Roman Kejžar (SLO) | 2:24:10 |
| 36 | Isaac Tshabalala (RSA) | 2:24:42 |
| 37 | Stephen Langat (KEN) | 2:25:49 |
| 38 | Hsu Gi-sheng (TPE) | 2:25:55 |
| 39 | Dominique Chauvelier (FRA) | 2:27:30 |
| 40 | Nazirdin Akylbekov (KGZ) | 2:27:44 |
| 41 | Toshiaki Kurabayashi (JPN) | 2:28:57 |
| 42 | William Aguirre (NCA) | 2:29:54 |
| 43 | Juma Ikangaa (TAN) | 2:30:53 |
| 44 | Eduard Tukhbatullin (RUS) | 2:31:19 |
| 45 | Matthews Temane (RSA) | 2:31:24 |
| 46 | Idris Ibrahim (SWE) | 2:31:31 |
| 47 | Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) | 2:32:35 |
| 48 | Mothusi Tsiana (BOT) | 2:33:03 |
| 49 | Pavel Loskutov (EST) | 2:33:42 |
| 50 | Jean-Marie Gehin (FRA) | 2:34:10 |
| 51 | Mimoun Lamhajar (MAR) | 2:35:17 |
| 52 | Sean Quilty (AUS) | 2:37:01 |
| 53 | Islam Dugum (BIH) | 2:38:37 |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
| — | Paul Pilkington (USA) | DNF |
| — | Peter Maher (CAN) | DNF |
| — | Paul Kuete (CMR) | DNF |
| — | Abdelillah Sbaiti (MAR) | DNF |
| — | Pamenos Ballantyne (VIN) | DNF |
| — | Boay Akonay (TAN) | DNF |
| — | Mark Hudspith (GBR) | DNF |
| — | Antonio Vicente Neto (BRA) | DNF |
| — | Laurentiu Staicu (ROM) | DNF |
| — | Rainer Wachenbrunner (GER) | DNF |
| — | Sid-Ali Sakhri (ALG) | DNF |
| — | Karel David (CZE) | DNF |
| — | Asaf Bimro (ISR) | DNF |
| — | Åke Eriksson (SWE) | DNF |
| — | Luigi Di Lello (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Joaquim Silva (POR) | DNF |
| — | Aleksandr Vychuzhanin (RUS) | DNF |
| — | Yayeh Aden (DJI) | DNF |
| — | Valdenor dos Santos (BRA) | DNF |
| — | Joaquim Pinheiro (POR) | DNF |
| — | Poulo Makhoahle (LES) | DNF |
| — | Kim Yong-Bok (KOR) | DNF |
| — | Borislav Dević (YUG) | DNF |
| — | Tena Negere (ETH) | DNF |
| — | Kent Jensen (DEN) | DNF |