1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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The men's marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, on Sunday August 10, 1997.

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Medalists

Gold Abel Antón
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver Martín Fiz
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze Steve Moneghetti
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World record Belayneh Densamo Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia 2:06:50April 17, 1988 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Championships record Robert de Castella Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia2:10:03August 14, 1983 Helsinki, Finland
Season best Domingos Castro Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal2:07:51April 20, 1997 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Final ranking

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svg Abel Antón Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2:13:16
Silver medal icon.svg Martín Fiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2:13:21
Bronze medal icon.svg Steve Moneghetti Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)2:14:16
4 Danilo Goffi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2:14:47
5 Luíz Antônio dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)2:15:31
6 Fabián Roncero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2:16:53
7 Giacomo Leone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2:17:16
8 Azzedine Sakhri Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)2:17:44
9 Eduard Tukhbatullin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)2:17:44
10 António Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)2:17:54
11 Philippe Rémond Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2:18:19
12 Xolile Yawa Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)2:18:37
13 Dave Scudamore Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2:18:41
14 Willy Kalombo Mwenze Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo  (COD)2:19:18
15 José Manuel García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2:19:31
16 Bruce Deacon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)2:20:29
17 Dave Buzza Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)2:20:34
18 José Luis Molina Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica  (CRC)2:20:55
19 Nikolaos Polias Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)2:21:03
20 Mostafa El Damaoui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)2:21:05
21 Ahmed Hussein Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)2:21:08
22 Akira Manai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)2:21:23
23 Vanderlei de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)2:21:48
24Daher Gadid OmarFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI)2:21:57
25 Shinji Kawashima Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)2:22:33
26 Baek Seung-Do Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR)2:22:40
27 Sean Quilty Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)2:23:10
28João LopesFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)2:23:15
29 Jean Pierre Monciaux Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2:23:19
30 Francesco Ingargiola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2:23:30
31 Stéphane Franke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)2:23:53
32 Karel David Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)2:24:42
33 Adam Motlagale Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)2:24:49
34 Katsuhiko Hanada Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)2:25:00
35 Max Wenisch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)2:25:12
36 Osmiro Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)2:25:37
37 António Zeferino Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde  (CPV)2:25:56
38 Dominique Chauvelier Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2:26:06
39 Abner Chipu Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)2:26:06
40 Takahiro Hattori Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)2:26:33
41 Valdenor dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)2:27:12
42 Girma Daba Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)2:27:30
43 Sérgio Jimenez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)2:27:30
44 Pascal Zilliox Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2:27:50
45 Knut Hegvold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)2:27:54
46 Klaus Peter Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)2:28:29
47 Terje Naess Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)2:29:04
48 Pavel Loskutov Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)2:29:10
49 Jean-Paul Gahimbaré Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi  (BDI)2:30:56
50 Luis Martínez Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)2:31:11
51 Hsu Gi-sheng Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)2:31:31
52 Woliye Jara Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)2:31:44
53 Raymond Boyd Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)2:32:07
54 Azzedine Sakhri Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)2:34:26
55 Molatlhegi Segobaetso Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)2:34:47
56 Dan Held Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2:35:19
57 Éder Fialho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)2:36:14
58 Koji Shimizu Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)2:37:11
59 Asaf Bimro Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)2:37:45
60 Mpakeletsa Sephali Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg  Lesotho  (LES)2:38:37
61 Isaac Simelane Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland  (SWZ)2:40:32
62 Marco Ochoa Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2:44:21
63 Jon Warren Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2:45:56
64 Marcos Juarez Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)2:55:14
65 Emilio Velasquez Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)2:56:07
66 Sergey Zabavski Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan  (TJK)3:02:49
67 Alain Nkulu Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo  (COD)3:08:32
68 Zebedayo Bayo Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania  (TAN)3:11:19
69 Roderic De Highden Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3:13:44
70 Errol Peters Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana  (GUY)3:14:30
— Sophuong Vanh Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia  (CAM) DNF
— Patrick Ntambwe Ngoie Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg  DR Congo  (COD) DNF
— Tumo Turbo Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia  (ETH) DNF
— Dale Rixon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR) DNF
— George Karagiannis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE) DNF
— Ioannis Perifanos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE) DNF
— Marcello Curioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) DNF
— Cosmas Ndeti Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN) DNF
— Mbarak Hussein Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN) DNF
— Trpe Martinovski Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia  (MKD) DNF
— Vitor Vasco Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR) DNF
— Abel Mokibe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA) DNF
— Francis Naali Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania  (TAN) DNF
— Petro Meta Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania  (TAN) DNF
— Rubén Maza Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela  (VEN) DNF
— Luketz Swartbooi Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia  (NAM) DNF
— Paulo Catarino Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR) DNF
— Chang Ki-Shik Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR) DNF
— Salah Qoqaiche Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR) DNF
— Alberto Juzdado Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP) DNF
— António Pinto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR) DNF
— Andrés Espinosa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX) DNF
— Faustino Reynoso Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX) DNF
— Lawrence Peu Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA) DNF
— Abdelkader El Mouaziz Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR) DNF
— Moges Taye Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia  (ETH) DNF
— Isidro Rico Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX) DNF
— Don Janicki Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) DNF
— Diego García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP) DNF
— Bruno Leger Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA) DNF
— Joseph Tjitunga Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia  (NAM) DNF
— Benjamín Paredes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX) DNF
— Vincenzo Modica Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA) DNF
— Abdillahi Bouh Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI) DNF
— William Koech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN) DNF
— Panagiotis Charamis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE) DNF
— Yayeh Aden Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI) DNF
— Spyros Andriopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE) DNF
— Sonam Tobgay Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan  (BHU) DNS
— Marco Condori Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia  (BOL) DNS
— Darren Wilson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) DNS

See also

References

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