2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
Rank Athlete Time
1 Luke Kibet ( KEN ) 2:15:59
2 Mubarak Hassan Shami ( QAT ) 2:17:18
3 Viktor Röthlin ( SUI ) 2:17:25
4 Yared Asmerom ( ERI ) 2:17:41
5 Tsuyoshi Ogata ( JPN ) 2:17:42
6 Satoshi Osaki ( JPN ) 2:18:06
7 Toshinari Suwa ( JPN ) 2:18:35
8 William Kiplagat ( KEN ) 2:19:21
9 Janne Holmén ( FIN ) 2:19:36
10 José Manuel Martínez ( ESP ) 2:20:25
11 Dan Robinson ( GBR ) 2:20:30
12 Alex Malinga ( UGA ) 2:20:36
13 Tomoyuki Sato ( JPN ) 2:20:53
14 Gashaw Asfaw ( ETH ) 2:20:58
15 Park Ju-Young ( KOR ) 2:21:49
16 Mike Fokoroni ( ZIM ) 2:21:52
17 José Ríos ( ESP ) 2:22:21
18 José de Souza ( BRA ) 2:22:24
19 Seteng Ayele ( ISR ) 2:22:27
20 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi ( LBA ) 2:22:50
Final ranking
The Men's Marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The weather conditions were difficult, with 28 degrees C (82 °F) and 72 per cent humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 degrees C (86 °F) towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.