2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, was held on Saturday, August 30, 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Jaouad Gharib Morocco (MAR)
Silver	Julio Rey Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)

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 2003 World Athletics Championships
World record	Khalid Khannouchi (USA)	2:05:38	April 14, 2002	London, United Kingdom
Event record	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season best	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	2:06:33	April 6, 2003	Paris, France
Broken records at the 2003 World Athletics Championships
Event record	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:08:31	August 30, 2003	Paris, France

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 kilometres
1	25	João N'Tyamba (ANG)	15:00
2	1268	Viktor Röthlin (SUI)	15:01
3	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	15:01
4	798	Frederick Cherono (KEN)	15:05
5	430	Moges Taye (ETH)	15:05
10 kilometres
1	796	Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN)	30:20
2	25	João N'Tyamba (ANG)	30:20
3	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	30:20
4	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	30:20
5	1120	Ahmed Adam Saleh (QAT)	30:21
15 kilometres
1	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	45:40
2	796	Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN)	45:40
3	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	45:40
4	834	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	45:40
5	1120	Ahmed Adam Saleh (QAT)	45:40
20 kilometres
1	798	Frederick Cherono (KEN)	1:01:34
2	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	1:01:36
3	432	Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)	1:01:36
4	834	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	1:01:36
5	387	Alejandro Gómez (ESP)	1:01:36
Half marathon
1	798	Frederick Cherono (KEN)	1:04:45
2	431	Dawit Tefera (ETH)	1:04:45
3	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	1:04:45
4	19	Rachid Ziar (ALG)	1:04:46
5	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	1:04:46
25 kilometres
1	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	1:17:07
2	494	Larbi Zeroual (FRA)	1:17:07
3	834	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	1:17:07
4	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	1:17:07
5	917	Khalid Skah (MAR)	1:17:07
30 kilometres
1	19	Rachid Ziar (ALG)	1:32:32
2	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	1:32:32
3	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	1:32:32
4	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	1:32:32
5	395	José Manuel Martínez (ESP)	1:32:32
35 kilometres
1	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	1:47:16
2	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	1:47:16
3	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	1:47:17
4	688	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	1:47:30
5	692	Daniele Caimmi (ITA)	1:47:30
40 kilometres
1	912	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:02:05
2	403	Julio Rey (ESP)	2:02:05
3	688	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:02:42
4	818	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	2:02:43
5	756	Shigeru Aburaya (JPN)	2:02:46

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:08:31	CR
	Julio Rey (ESP)	2:08:38
	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:09:14
4	Alberto Chaíça (POR)	2:09:25	PB
5	Shigeru Aburaya (JPN)	2:09:26	SB
6	Daniele Caimmi (ITA)	2:09:29	SB
7	Ian Syster (RSA)	2:10:17
8	Michael Kosgei Rotich (KEN)	2:10:35
9	Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	2:10:37
10	Atsushi Sato (JPN)	2:10:38
11	Lee Bong-ju (KOR)	2:10:38
12	Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN)	2:10:39	SB
13	Rachid Ghanmouni (MAR)	2:10:56	PB
14	Viktor Rothlin (SUI)	2:11:14
15	Samson Ramadhani (TAN)	2:11:21
16	José Manuel Martínez (ESP)	2:11:31
17	Lee Troop (AUS)	2:11:46
18	Rachid Ziar (ALG)	2:11:58	SB
19	Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)	2:12:19	SB
20	Luc Krotwaar (NED)	2:12:28	SB
21	Koji Shimizu (JPN)	2:13:19
22	Alberico di Cecco (ITA)	2:13:36
23	Ruggero Pertile (ITA)	2:13:45
24	Nikolaos Polias (GRE)	2:13:53	PB
25	Larbi Zeroual (FRA)	2:14:29
26	Ashebir Demissie (ETH)	2:14:32
27	Asaf Bimro (ISR)	2:14:52	NR
28	Juan Carlos Cardona (COL)	2:14:52
29	Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI)	2:14:57	SB
30	Gert Thys (RSA)	2:15:00
31	Al Mustafa Riyadh (BHR)	2:15:20	NR
32	Kevin Collins (USA)	2:15:38
33	Karl Johan Rasmussen (NOR)	2:16:00	SB
34	Abdelhakim Bagy (FRA)	2:16:06
35	Andrew Letherby (AUS)	2:16:12	SB
36	Antoni Bernadó (AND)	2:16:19
37	Ahmed Adam Saleh (QAT)	2:16:31	NR
38	Khalid Skah (MAR)	2:16:34	PB
39	Clinton Verran (USA)	2:16:42
40	Lee Myong-seung (KOR)	2:16:46
41	Roderic de Highden (AUS)	2:16:56
42	Philippe Rémond (FRA)	2:17:35	SB
43	Dawit Terefa (ETH)	2:17:53
44	Yusuf Zepak (TUR)	2:18:02	PB
45	Ernest Ndjissipou (CAF)	2:18:06	NR
46	Mytahar Echchadi (MAR)	2:18:12
47	Keith Dowling (USA)	2:18:17	SB
48	Alberto Juzdado (ESP)	2:18:34
49	Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)	2:18:44
50	Jose Ernani Palalia (MEX)	2:20:03
51	Nicholas Harrison (AUS)	2:20:16
52	Ji Young-jun (KOR)	2:20:21
53	Migidio Bourifa (ITA)	2:21:12
54	Carlos Grisales (COL)	2:22:34	SB
55	Shane Nankervis (AUS)	2:23:12
56	Vasiliy Medvedev (UZB)	2:23:38	PB
57	Foaad Ali Abubaker (QAT)	2:23:40	PB
58	Julián Berrio (COL)	2:24:03
59	Roman Kejžar (SLO)	2:24:20
60	Driss El Himer (FRA)	2:24:23
61	Jumah Omar Al-Noor (QAT)	2:24:33	PB
62	John Nada Saya (TAN)	2:25:49	SB
63	Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL)	2:26:39	NR
64	Jimmy Hearld (USA)	2:26:59	PB
65	Jussi Utriainen (FIN)	2:29:03	PB
66	Francisco Javier Cortés (ESP)	2:29:53
67	Mpesela Ntlot'soeu (LES)	2:30:44	SB
68	Sokhibdjon Sharipov (TJK)	2:31:29	PB
69	Carlos Almeida (CPV)	2:33:31	PB
Did not finish (DNF)
—	Alejandro Gomez (ESP)	DNF
—	Haile Satayin (ISR)	DNF
—	Tereje Wodajo (ETH)	DNF
—	Tobias Hiskia (NAM)	DNF
—	Frederick Cherono (KEN)	DNF
—	Omar Daher Ghadid (DJI)	DNF
—	Joao N'Tyamba (ANG)	DNF
—	Ezael Thlobo (RSA)	DNF
—	Josia Thugwane (RSA)	DNF
—	Ambrose Makau (KEN)	DNF
—	Kemal Tuwaklyyew (TKM)	DNF
—	Matt O'Dowd (GBR)	DNF
—	William Kiplagat (KEN)	DNF
—	Kim Yi-yong (KOR)	DNF
—	Gezahegne Abera (ETH)	DNF
—	El-Mostafa Damaoui (MAR)	DNF
—	Moges Taye (ETH)	DNF
—	Zebedayo Bayo (TAN)	DNF
—	Christopher Cheboiboch (KEN)	DNF
—	Ryan Shay (USA)	DNF
Did not start (DNS)
—	Papy Ilunga (COD)	DNS
—	Mwenze Kalombo (COD)	DNS
—	Alain Nkulu (COD)	DNS
—	Leonard NtalaMeso (COD)	DNS
—	Benoît Zwierzchiewski (FRA)	DNS

See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's marathon
• 2003 World Marathon Cup
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

References

• Results
• IAAF