1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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The Men's Marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy was held on Sunday September 6, 1987.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Kenya.svg Douglas Wakiihuri
Kenya (KEN)
Silver Flag of Djibouti.svg Hussein Ahmed Salah
Djibouti (DJI)
Bronze Flag of Italy.svg Gelindo Bordin
Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
WLworld leading
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Carlos Lopes  (POR)2:07:12April 20, 1985 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robert de Castella  (AUS)2:10:03August 14, 1983 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Flag of Japan.svg  Hiromi Taniguchi  (JPN)2:09:50May 10, 1987 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom

Final ranking

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Douglas Wakiihuri  (KEN)2:11:48
Med 2.png Flag of Djibouti.svg  Hussein Ahmed Salah  (DJI)2:12:30
Med 3.png Flag of Italy.svg  Gelindo Bordin  (ITA)2:12:40
4.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Steve Moneghetti  (AUS)2:12:49
5.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hugh Jones  (GBR)2:12:54
6.Flag of Tanzania.svg  Juma Ikangaa  (TAN)2:13:43
7.Flag of Italy.svg  Orlando Pizzolato  (ITA)2:14:03
8.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ravil Kashapov  (URS)2:14:41
9.Flag of Denmark.svg  Henrik Jørgensen  (DEN)2:14:58
10.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dirk Vanderherten  (BEL)2:16:42
11.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yakov Tolstikov  (URS)2:16:55
12.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martin Vrabel  (TCH)2:16:58
13.Flag of Italy.svg  Salvatore Bettiol  (ITA)2:17:45
14.Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Mirko Vindiš  (YUG)2:18:09
15.Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Tefera Guta  (ETH)2:18:27
16.Flag of Spain.svg  Vicente Antón  (ESP)2:19:00
17.Flag of Germany.svg  Herbert Steffny  (FRG)2:19:24
18.Flag of Spain.svg  Honorato Hernández  (ESP)2:20:00
19.Flag of Germany.svg  Michael Spottel  (FRG)2:20:43
20.Flag of New Zealand.svg  Graham Macky  (NZL)2:20:43
21.Flag of the United States.svg  Don Janicki  (USA)2:20:46
22.Flag of Japan.svg  Masayuki Nishi  (JPN)2:20:51
23.Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Eloi Rodrigues  (BRA)2:21:03
24.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marti ten Kate  (NED)2:22:21
25.Flag of Ireland.svg  Kingston Mills  (IRL)2:22:52
26.Flag of Japan.svg  Yuichiro Osuda  (JPN)2:23:25
27.Flag of Eswatini.svg Sam Hlawe (SWZ)2:24:09
28.Flag of Spain.svg  Alfonso Abellán  (ESP)2:24:20
29.Flag of Botswana.svg  Bigboy Matlapeng  (BOT)2:24:43
30.Flag of Japan.svg  Fumiaki Abe  (JPN)2:24:47
31.Flag of South Korea.svg  Jeong Man-Hwa  (KOR)2:25:41
32.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Peter Maher  (CAN)2:26:40
33.Flag of Nicaragua.svg  William Aguirre  (NCA)2:27:19
34.Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Vithanakande Samarasinghe (SRI)2:28:35
35.Flag of Ecuador.svg  José Jami  (ECU)2:29:04
36.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Mitchell  (AUS)2:30:04
37.Flag of Zambia.svg  Francis Mukuka  (ZAM)2:30:05
38.Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Justin Gloden  (LUX)2:30:08
39.Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Hsu Gi-sheng  (TPE)2:30:31
40.Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Moacir Marconi  (BRA)2:31:39
41.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Stanimir Nenov  (BUL)2:32:44
42.Flag of India.svg  Hari Singh  (IND)2:34:20
43.Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Albert Marie  (SEY)2:40:48
44.Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Veselin Vasilev  (BUL)2:43:14
45.Flag of Brunei.svg  Salvator Sahabo  (BRU)2:43:43
46.Flag of Nepal.svg  Chandra Bahadur Gurung  (NEP)2:43:54
47.Flag of Guyana.svg  William Abrams  (GUY)3:12:33
Flag of Germany.svg  Ralf Salzmann  (FRG)DNF
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Bruno Lafranchi  (SUI)DNF
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Policarpio Calizaya  (BOL)DNF
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robert de Castella  (AUS)DNF
Flag of Greece.svg  Christos Papachristos  (GRE)DNF
Flag of Morocco.svg  El Mostafa Nechchadi  (MAR)DNF
Flag of the United States.svg  Dan Grimes  (USA)DNF
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geoff Smith  (GBR)DNF
Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Abebe Mekonnen  (ETH)DNF
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Delfim Moreira  (POR)DNF
Flag of Finland.svg  Martti Vainio  (FIN)DNF
Flag of Turkey.svg  Mehmet Terzi  (TUR)DNF
Flag of France.svg  Alain Lazare  (FRA)DNF
Flag of the United States.svg  Dave Gordon  (USA)DNF
Flag of Argentina.svg  Jorge Yeber  (ARG)DNF
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djama Robleh  (DJI)DNF
Flag of Guam.svg  James Walker  (GUM)DNF
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samu Samuelu  (WSM)DNF
Flag of Poland.svg  Bogusław Psujek  (POL)DNF
Flag of Denmark.svg  Allan Zachariassen  (DEN)DNF

See also

References