1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, held on Saturday August 28, 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Abel Antón Spain (ESP)
Silver	Vincenzo Modica Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Nobuyuki Sato Japan (JPN)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Ronaldo da Costa  (BRA)	2:06:05	September 20, 1998	Berlin, Germany
Event Record	Robert de Castella  (AUS)	2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best	Gert Thys  (RSA)	2:06:33	February 14, 1999	Tokyo, Japan

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	965	Mostafa El Damaoui  (MAR)	17:03
2	1372	Luke Magongo  (SWZ)	17:06
3	960	Abdelfattah Aïtzouri  (MAR)	17:12
4	848	Nobuyuki Sato  (JPN)	17:13
5	1178	António Salvador  (POR)	17:13
10 KILOMETRES
1	965	Mostafa El Damaoui  (MAR)	32:30
2	859	Simon Biwott  (KEN)	33:06
3	848	Nobuyuki Sato  (JPN)	33:06
4	362	Francisco Javier Cortés  (ESP)	33:12
5	793	Vincenzo Modica  (ITA)	33:12
15 KILOMETRES
1	965	Mostafa El Damaoui  (MAR)	48:01
2	793	Vincenzo Modica  (ITA)	48:41
3	782	Danilo Goffi  (ITA)	48:41
4	770	Daniele Caimmi  (ITA)	48:41
5	960	Abdelfattah Aïtzouri  (MAR)	48:41
20 KILOMETRES
1	965	Mostafa El Damaoui  (MAR)	1:03:55
2	793	Vincenzo Modica  (ITA)	1:04:55
3	859	Simon Biwott  (KEN)	1:04:55
4	770	Daniele Caimmi  (ITA)	1:04:56
5	960	Abdelfattah Aïtzouri  (MAR)	1:04:56
HALF MARATHON
1	965	Mostafa El Damaoui  (MAR)	1:07:24
2	1228	Gert Thys  (RSA)	1:08:13
3	859	Simon Biwott  (KEN)	1:08:17
4	848	Nobuyuki Sato  (JPN)	1:08:17
5	1206	Makhosonke Fika  (RSA)	1:08:18
25 KILOMETRES
1	965	Mostafa El Damaoui  (MAR)	1:19:49
2	859	Simon Biwott  (KEN)	1:20:16
3	793	Vincenzo Modica  (ITA)	1:20:16
4	848	Nobuyuki Sato  (JPN)	1:20:17
5	770	Daniele Caimmi  (ITA)	1:20:17
30 KILOMETRES
1	848	Nobuyuki Sato  (JPN)	1:35:30
2	793	Vincenzo Modica  (ITA)	1:35:48
3	859	Simon Biwott  (KEN)	1:35:48
4	1206	Makhosonke Fika  (RSA)	1:35:49
5	782	Danilo Goffi  (ITA)	1:35:49
35 KILOMETRES
1	848	Nobuyuki Sato  (JPN)	1:51:10
2	793	Vincenzo Modica  (ITA)	1:51:34
3	354	Abel Antón  (ESP)	1:51:34
4	859	Simon Biwott  (KEN)	1:51:34
5	1228	Gert Thys  (RSA)	1:51:35
40 KILOMETRES
1	354	Abel Antón  (ESP)	2:06:55
2	848	Nobuyuki Sato  (JPN)	2:07:09
3	793	Vincenzo Modica  (ITA)	2:07:11
4	1174	Luis Novo  (POR)	2:07:27
5	782	Danilo Goffi  (ITA)	2:07:39

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Abel Antón  (ESP)	2:13:36
	Vincenzo Modica  (ITA)	2:14:03
	Nobuyuki Sato  (JPN)	2:14:07
4	Luis Novo  (POR)	2:14:27	SB
5	Danilo Goffi  (ITA)	2:14:50
6	Atsushi Fujita  (JPN)	2:15:45
7	Koji Shimizu  (JPN)	2:15:50
8	Martín Fiz  (ESP)	2:16:17
9	Simon Biwott  (KEN)	2:16:20
10	Daniele Caimmi  (ITA)	2:16:23
11	Gezahegne Abera  (ETH)	2:16:42
12	Gemechu Kebede  (ETH)	2:16:44
13	Ambesse Tolosa  (ETH)	2:16:45
14	Mostafa El Damaoui  (MAR)	2:16:49
15	Gert Thys  (RSA)	2:17:13
16	Simon Mphulanyane  (RSA)	2:17:38
17	Makhosonke Fika  (RSA)	2:17:47
18	Akira Manai  (JPN)	2:17:56
19	Jean Pierre Monciaux  (FRA)	2:18:07
20	Roberto Barbi  (ITA)	2:18:13
21	Hyung Jae-Young  (KOR)	2:18:19
22	Nikolaos Pollias  (GRE)	2:18:27
23	Mohamed Ouaadi  (FRA)	2:18:45
24	Rod DeHaven  (USA)	2:19:06	SB
25	Giovanni Ruggiero  (ITA)	2:19:34
26	Eddy Hellebuyck  (USA)	2:20:18
27	Bruce Deacon  (CAN)	2:20:25
28	Alfred Shemweta  (SWE)	2:20:27
29	Steve Moneghetti  (AUS)	2:20:32
30	Belaye Wolashe  (ETH)	2:21:04
31	Dube Jillo  (ETH)	2:23:04
32	Anders Szalkai  (SWE)	2:23:18
33	Azzedine Sakhri  (ALG)	2:23:39
34	Jonathan Hume  (USA)	2:23:50
35	Valeriu Vlas  (MDA)	2:24:22
36	Tadayuki Ojima  (JPN)	2:24:29
37	John Monyatso  (RSA)	2:25:03
38	Juan Camacho  (MEX)	2:25:18
39	António Zeferino  (CPV)	2:26:03
40	Alejandro Gómez  (ESP)	2:26:40
41	Faustino Reynoso  (MEX)	2:26:57
42	Alejandro Cruz  (MEX)	2:27:31
43	Rachid Aitbensalem  (MAR)	2:27:51
44	Mohamed Guennani  (FRA)	2:28:59
45	Vicente Chura  (PER)	2:29:27
46	Abner Chipu  (RSA)	2:29:51
47	Steve Swift  (USA)	2:30:04
48	Patrick Carroll  (AUS)	2:31:26
49	Willy Kalombo Mwenze  (COD)	2:31:55
50	Francisco Javier Cortés  (ESP)	2:32:06
51	Sergey Zabavski  (TJK)	2:32:22
52	Andreiy Gordeyev  (BLR)	2:33:09
53	Mpakeletsa Sephali  (LES)	2:33:21
54	William Ramirez  (COL)	2:36:18
55	Zvade Vodage  (ISR)	2:36:19
56	Luke Magongo  (SWZ)	2:38:26
57	Andrew Smith  (GUY)	2:39:45
58	Lwan Thu  (MYA)	2:45:34
59	Georges Richmond  (TAH)	2:45:36
60	Trpe Martinovski  (MKD)	2:48:36
61	Sean Quilty  (AUS)	2:48:58
62	Bouh Omar Moussa  (DJI)	2:52:33
63	Daviano Aviles  (MEX)	2:53:24
64	Richard Rodriguez  (ARU)	2:53:51
65	To Rithya  (CAM)	2:59:20
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Philippe Rémond  (FRA)	DNF
—	Luis Soares  (FRA)	DNF
—	Roman Kejžar  (SLO)	DNF
—	Manukau Teuribaki  (KIR)	DNF
—	Patrick Ntambwe  (COD)	DNF
—	Vilayvanh Phachansili  (LAO)	DNF
—	Ali Mohamed Abdi  (DJI)	DNF
—	Antoni Peña  (ESP)	DNF
—	Keith Brantly  (USA)	DNF
—	Zebedayo Bayo  (TAN)	DNF
—	Ghadid Omar Daher (DJI)	DNF
—	Fabián Roncero  (ESP)	DNF
—	Shaun Creighton  (AUS)	DNF
—	Abdelfattah Aïtzouri  (MAR)	DNF
—	António Salvador  (POR)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Nazirdin Akylbekov  (KGZ)	DNS
—	Benjamín Paredes  (MEX)	DNS
—	Ahmed Salah  (DJI)	DNS

See also

• 1999 World Marathon Cup
• Men's Olympic Marathon (2000)

References

• Results
• Results - World Athletics
• IAAF results
• trackandfieldnews