2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The Men's marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park on September 4. Abel Kirui was the defending champion.[1] The story was all Kirui. Running a casual pace to 15 km, first the Moroccan contingent tried to test the field. The pace picked up and the field strung out. After 25 km, it was down to Kirui, Vincent Kipruto, Eliud Kiptanui, Feyisa Lilesa and Abderrahime Bouramdane. Then Kirui put the hammer down, running 14:18 between 25 and 30 km. Nobody could go with him and he ran all alone, extending his lead for the remainder of the race to finish in 2:07:38. The 2:28 gap was the largest winning margin for the men's marathon in World Championship history, and as of 2024 it remains the only time the men's marathon has been won by more than two minutes. After dropping Bouramdane and Kiptanui, Kipruto and Lilesa ran tactically for the remainder of the race, with Kipruto getting silver. The race was also the World Cup team competition. In that competition, the scoring is based on the cumulative time of the top three finishers for each team. Each country participating in the World Cup was allowed 5 entries into the marathon. The event was clearly won by Kenya, with 1st, 2nd and 5th-place finishers (Kenya also had the 6th-place finisher). Perennial champion Japan finished second, a cumulative minute ahead of Morocco.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Abel Kirui File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN) |
Vincent Kipruto File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN) |
Feyisa Lilesa File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia (ETH) |
World Marathon Cup
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN) Abel Kirui Vincent Kipruto David Barmasai Tumo |
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN) Hiroyuki Horibata Kentaro Nakamoto Yuki Kawauchi |
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (MAR) Abderrahime Bouramdane Rachid Kisri Ahmed Baday |
- Note: Marathon Cup medals are not listed in the championships medal table
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
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Qualification standards
| A time | B time |
|---|---|
| 2:17:00 | |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| September 4, 2011 | 09:00 | Final |
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Final
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World Cup scoring
| Rank | Country | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN) | 6:29:23 | |
| 1 | Abel Kirui | 2:07:38 | |
| 2 | Vincent Kipruto | 2:10:06 | |
| 5 | David Barmasai Tumo | 2:11:39 | |
| 6 | Eliud Kiptanui | (2:11:50) | |
| Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo | () | ||
| 2 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN) | 6:41:13 | |
| 7 | Hiroyuki Horibata | 2:11:52 | |
| 10 | Kentaro Nakamoto | 2:13:10 | |
| 18 | Yuki Kawauchi | 2:16:11 | |
| 29 | Yoshinori Oda | (2:18:05) | |
| 38 | Yukihiro Kitaoka | (2:23:11) | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (ESP) | 6:53:41 | |
| 25 | José Manuel Martínez | 2:17:44 | |
| 26 | Rafael Iglesias | 2:17:45 | |
| 30 | Pablo Villalobos | 2:18:12 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN) | 6:54:32 | |
| 14 | Dong Guojian | 2:15:45 | |
| 24 | Li Zicheng | 2:17:35 | |
| 33 | Wu Shiwei | 2:21:12 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea (KOR) | 6:57:03 | |
| 23 | Jeong Jin-hyeok | 2:17:04 | |
| 28 | Lee Myong-seung | 2:18:05 | |
| 35 | Hwang Jun-hyeon | 2:21:54 | |
| 40 | Hwang Jun-suk | (2:23:47) | |
| 44 | Kim Min | (2:27:20) | |
| 6 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) | 7:04:52 | |
| 31 | Mike Morgan | 2:18:30 | |
| 37 | Mike Sayenko | 2:22:49 | |
| 39 | Jeff Eggleston | 2:23:33 | |
| 41 | Nicholas Arciniaga | (2:24:06) | |
| 45 | Sergio Reyes | (2:29:15) |
See also
References
- ↑ Weerawansa, Dinesh (2011-09-03). Nine gold medallists to be decided today Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. Dailynews.lk. Retrieved on 2011-09-04
External links
- Marathon results at IAAF website
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