2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 13 in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Eventual winner Jaouad Gharib attacked just before 30 km mark, getting Italian Olympic champion Stefano Baldini with him. Baldini had cramps few kilometres later and he retired after 35 kilometres.

Medalists

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Gold   Jaouad Gharib
Morocco (MAR)
Silver   Christopher Isengwe
Tanzania (TAN)
Bronze   Tsuyoshi Ogata
Japan (JPN)

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Paul Tergat (KEN) 2:04:55 September 28, 2003   Berlin, Germany
Event Record   Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:31 August 30, 2003   Paris, France
Season Best   Martin Lel (KEN) 2:07:26 April 17, 2005   London, United Kingdom

Intermediates

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Finishing times

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  1.   Jaouad Gharib, Morocco 2:10:10
  2.   Christopher Isengwe, Tanzania 2:10:21 (PB)
  3.   Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japan 2:11:16 (SB)
  4.   Toshinari Takaoka, Japan 2:11:53
  5.   Samson Ramadhani, Tanzania 2:12:08 (SB)
  6.   Alex Malinga, Uganda 2:12:12 (NR)
  7.   Paul Biwott, Kenya 2:12:39
  8.   Julio Rey, Spain 2:12:51
  9.   Brian Sell, United States 2:13:27 (SB)
  10.   Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Brazil 2:13:40 (SB)
  11.   Robert Cheboror, Kenya 2:14:08 (SB)
  12.   Dan Robinson, Great Britain 2:14:26 (SB)
  13.   Gudisa Shentama, Ethiopia 2:15:13
  14.   Wataru Okutani, Japan 2:15:30
  15.   Luc Krotwaar, Netherlands 2:15:47 (SB)
  16.   Rafał Wójcik, Poland 2:16:24
  17.   Ottaviano Andriani, Italy 2:16:29
  18.   Luís Jesus, Portugal 2:16:33 (SB)
  19.   Ambesse Tolosa, Ethiopia 2:16:36
  20.   Satoshi Irifune, Japan 2:17:22
  21.   Haile Satayin, Israel 2:17:26 (SB)
  22.   Clinton Verran, United States 2:17:42 (SB)
  23.   Abdelkebir Lamachi, Morocco 2:17:53
  24.   Luís Novo, Portugal 2:18:36 (SB)
  25.   Yared Asmerom, Eritrea 2:18:46 (SB)
  26.   Antoni Bernadó, Andorra 2:19:06
  27.   Scott Westcott, Australia 2:19:18
  28.   Scott Winton, New Zealand 2:19:41
  29.   Joseph Riri, Kenya 2:19:51
  30.   José Manuel Martínez, Spain 2:20:07
  31.   Hailu Negussie, Ethiopia 2:20:25
  32.   Ri Kyong-Chol, North Korea 2:20:35
  33.   André Luiz Ramos, Brazil 2:21:06
  34.   Juan Vargas, Mexico 2:21:29
  35.   Ruggero Pertile, Italy 2:21:34
  36.   Abdelhakim Bagy, France 2:21:49 (SB)
  37.   Wodage Zvadya, Israel 2:21:57 (SB)
  38.   Nelson Cruz, Cape Verde 2:22:12 (NR)
  39.   Francis Kirwa, Finland 2:22:22
  40.   Jason Lehmkuhle, United States 2:22:46 (SB)
  41.   Claudir Rodrigues, Brazil 2:23:11 (SB)
  42.   Pamenos Ballantyne, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2:23:18 (SB)
  43.   Jonathan Wyatt, New Zealand 2:23:19
  44.   Huw Lobb, Great Britain 2:23:38
  45.   Alberto Chaíça, Portugal 2:23:42 (SB)
  46.   Grigoriy Andreyev, Russia 2:23:50
  47.   Asaf Bimro, Israel 2:23:58
  48.   Michitaka Hosokawa, Japan 2:24:38
  49.   Clodoaldo da Silva, Brazil 2:25:02
  50.   Kamal Ziani, Spain 2:25:06
  51.   Peter Gilmore, United States 2:25:17
  52.   Alfredo Arévalo, Guatemala 2:25:37 (SB)
  53.   Yrjö Pesonen, Finland 2:25:39
  54.   Je In-Mo, South Korea 2:26:39
  55.   Ismaïl Sghyr, France 2:27:07
  56.   Oleg Bolkhovets, Russia 2:27:08
  57.   Cristian Villavicencio, Nicaragua 2:27:50
  58.   Jeroen van Damme, Netherlands 2:29:22
  59.   Chad Johnson, United States 2:30:45
  60.   Cho Keun-Hyung, South Korea 2:31:59
  61.   Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od, Mongolia 2:36:31

Athletes who did not finish

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Athletes who did not start

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See also

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