2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August.[1][2]

Men's marathon
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates22 August
Competitors67 from 38 nations
Winning time2:12:27
Medalists
gold medal    Eritrea
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Uganda
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The name Gebrselassie is familiar in running circles, but this race was won by Haile's sound alike Ghirmay Ghebreslassie from a different country, neighboring Eritrea. Not only was he the youngest winner of a World Championship marathon, he was the first gold medalist for his country ever.

The early leader was Ser-Od Bat-Ochir, then Daniele Meucci and Ruggero Pertile getting camera time to the half way mark while the favorites including defending champion Stephen Kiprotich stayed slightly off the pace. Ghebreslassie marked the more experienced runners. Tsepo Ramonene made a breakaway at 25 km opening up a 30-second lead. As he watched two Kenyans drop out and other favorites struggle, Ghebreslassie decided to set loose at 34 km. Over the next couple of kilometers, he made up the gap and passed Ramonene with authority. But a couple of kilometers later Yemane Tsegay passed Ghebreslassie. Tsegay's lead only lasted two minutes until Ghebreslassie took the lead for good. Over the final kilometers, he extended his lead to 40 seconds. Running relaxed and fast like an exuberant teenager, he was handed an Eritrean flag as he entered the stadium.[3] He held his flag but kept on running past the finish line until officials were able to tell him he was done. “I’ve never finished in a stadium before.” Behind him, in comparison, Tsegay, Solomon Mutai and the other runners finished looking as if they had just finished a marathon.[4]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record   Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (KEN) 2:02:57 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
Championship record   Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:06:54 Berlin, Germany 22 August 2009
World Leading   Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 2:04:42 London, Great Britain 26 April 2015
African Record   Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (KEN) 2:02:57 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
Asian Record   Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 2:06:16 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, United States 21 April 1986

Qualification standards

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Time[6]
2:18:00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
22 August 2015 07:35 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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The race was started at 07:35.[7]

KEY: NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ghirmay Ghebreslassie   Eritrea (ERI) 2:12:27
  Yemane Tsegay   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:13:07 SB
  Solomon Mutai   Uganda (UGA) 2:13:29
4 Ruggero Pertile   Italy (ITA) 2:14:22 SB
5 Shumi Dechasa   Bahrain (BHR) 2:14:35
6 Stephen Kiprotich   Uganda (UGA) 2:14:42
7 Lelisa Desisa   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:14:53
8 Daniele Meucci   Italy (ITA) 2:14:53
9 Amanuel Mesel   Eritrea (ERI) 2:15:06
10 Jackson Kiprop   Uganda (UGA) 2:15:15
11 Pak Chol   North Korea (PRK) 2:15:44 SB
12 Alphonce Felix Simbu   Tanzania (TAN) 2:16:58
13 Javier Guerra   Spain (ESP) 2:17:00
14 Tsepo Mathibelle   Lesotho (LES) 2:17:17 SB
15 Berhanu Lemi   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:17:37
16 Abdelhadi El Hachimi   Belgium (BEL) 2:17:41
17 Aleksey Reunkov   Russia (RUS) 2:18:12
18 Solonei da Silva   Brazil (BRA) 2:19:20
19 Tadesse Abraham   Switzerland (SUI) 2:19:25
20 Roman Fosti   Estonia (EST) 2:20:35
21 Masakazu Fujiwara   Japan (JPN) 2:21:06 SB
22 Mark Korir   Kenya (KEN) 2:21:20
23 Cuthbert Nyasango   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:22:15 SB
24 Xu Wang   China (CHN) 2:23:08
25 Ian Burrell   United States (USA) 2:23:17 SB
26 Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere   Burundi (BDI) 2:23:29
27 Ezekiel Jafary   Tanzania (TAN) 2:23:43 SB
28 Scott Smith   United States (USA) 2:23:53 SB
29 Anuradha Cooray   Sri Lanka (SRI) 2:25:04
30 Cephas Pasipamiri   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:25:05 SB
31 Roman Prodius   Moldova (MDA) 2:26:46
32 Edwin Kipchirchir Kemboi   Austria (AUT) 2:28:06
33 Ho Chin-ping   Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:28:14
34 Guan Siyang   China (CHN) 2:30:17
35 Henri Manninen   Finland (FIN) 2:30:22 SB
36 David Nilsson   Sweden (SWE) 2:31:24
37 Gilbert Mutandiro   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:31:35
38 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od   Mongolia (MGL) 2:32:09
39 Noh Si-hwan   South Korea (KOR) 2:32:35
40 Kazuhiro Maeda   Japan (JPN) 2:32:49
41 Desmond Mokgobu   South Africa (RSA) 2:34:11
42 Fabiano Joseph Naasi   Tanzania (TAN) 2:35:27 SB
Wissem Hosni   Tunisia (TUN) DNF
Bekir Karayel   Turkey (TUR) DNF
Abraham Kiplimo   Uganda (UGA) DNF
Edmilson Santana   Brazil (BRA) DNF
Ivan Babaryka   Ukraine (UKR) DNF
Oleksandr Babarynka   Ukraine (UKR) DNF
Jeffrey Eggleston   United States (USA) DNF
Sibusiso Nzima   South Africa (RSA) DNF
Gilberto Lopes   Brazil (BRA) DNF
Muhan Hasi   China (CHN) DNF
Richer Pérez   Cuba (CUB) DNF
Beraki Beyene   Eritrea (ERI) DNF
Carles Castillejo   Spain (ESP) DNF
Mihail Krassilov   Kazakhstan (KAZ) DNF
Yu Seung-yeop   South Korea (KOR) DNF
Dennis Kipruto Kimetto   Kenya (KEN) DNF
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich   Kenya (KEN) DNF
Mohammad Jafar Moradi   Iran (IRI) DNF
Aadam Ismaeel Khamis   Bahrain (BHR) DNF
Hasan Mahboob   Bahrain (BHR) DNF
Adil Annani   Morocco (MAR) DNF
Rachid Kisri   Morocco (MAR) DNF
Abel Villanueva   Peru (PER) DNF
Marius Ionescu   Romania (ROM) DNF
Thabiso Benedict Moeng   South Africa (RSA) DNF
Guor Marial   South Sudan (SSD) DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "REPORT: MEN'S MARATHON – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Eritrea's Ghirmay Ghebreslassie Wins World Championships Men's Marathon - Competitor.com". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Records & Lists – Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2012, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ^ Final results