2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the 2015 World Championships
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (3) Beijing 2015.jpg
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates22 August
Competitors67 from 38 nations
Winning time2:12:27
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
  2013
2017  

The men's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August. [1] [2]

Contents

The name Gebrselassie is familiar in running circles, but this race was won by Haile's sound alike Ghirmay Ghebreslassie from a different country, neighboring Eritrea. Not only was he the youngest winner of a World Championship marathon, he was the first gold medalist for his country ever.

The early leader was Ser-Od Bat-Ochir, then Daniele Meucci and Ruggero Pertile getting camera time to the half way mark while the favorites including defending champion Stephen Kiprotich stayed slightly off the pace. Ghebreslassie marked the more experienced runners. Tsepo Ramonene made a breakaway at 25 km opening up a 30-second lead. As he watched two Kenyans drop out and other favorites struggle, Ghebreslassie decided to set loose at 34 km. Over the next couple of kilometers, he made up the gap and passed Ramonene with authority. But a couple of kilometers later Yemane Tsegay passed Ghebreslassie. Tsegay's lead only lasted two minutes until Ghebreslassie took the lead for good. Over the final kilometers, he extended his lead to 40 seconds. Running relaxed and fast like an exuberant teenager, he was handed an Eritrean flag as he entered the stadium. [3] He held his flag but kept on running past the finish line until officials were able to tell him he was done. “I’ve never finished in a stadium before.” Behind him, in comparison, Tsegay, Solomon Mutai and the other runners finished looking as if they had just finished a marathon. [4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [5]

World record Flag of Kenya.svg  Dennis Kipruto Kimetto  (KEN)2:02:57 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
Championship record Flag of Kenya.svg  Abel Kirui  (KEN)2:06:54Berlin, Germany22 August 2009
World LeadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Eliud Kipchoge  (KEN)2:04:42 London, Great Britain 26 April 2015
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Dennis Kipruto Kimetto  (KEN)2:02:57Berlin, Germany28 September 2014
Asian Record Flag of Japan.svg  Toshinari Takaoka  (JPN)2:06:16 Chicago, United States 13 October 2002
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Khalid Khannouchi  (USA)2:05:38London, Great Britain14 April 2002
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Ronaldo da Costa  (BRA)2:06:05Berlin, Germany20 September 1998
European Record Flag of France.svg  Benoit Zwierzchiewski  (FRA)2:06:36 Paris, France 6 April 2003
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robert de Castella  (AUS)2:07:51 Boston, United States21 April 1986

Qualification standards

Time [6]
2:18:00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
22 August 201507:35 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 07:35. [7]

KEY:NRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ghirmay Ghebreslassie Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)2:12:27
Silver medal icon.svg Yemane Tsegay Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)2:13:07 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Solomon Mutai Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)2:13:29
4 Ruggero Pertile Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2:14:22 SB
5 Shumi Dechasa Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)2:14:35
6 Stephen Kiprotich Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)2:14:42
7 Lelisa Desisa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)2:14:53
8 Daniele Meucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)2:14:53
9 Amanuel Mesel Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)2:15:06
10 Jackson Kiprop Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)2:15:15
11 Pak Chol Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)2:15:44 SB
12 Alphonce Felix Simbu Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania  (TAN)2:16:58
13 Javier Guerra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2:17:00
14 Tsepo Mathibelle Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho  (LES)2:17:17 SB
15 Berhanu Lemi Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)2:17:37
16 Abdelhadi El Hachimi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)2:17:41
17 Aleksey Reunkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)2:18:12
18 Solonei da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)2:19:20
19 Tadesse Abraham Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)2:19:25
20 Roman Fosti Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)2:20:35
21 Masakazu Fujiwara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)2:21:06 SB
22 Mark Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)2:21:20
23 Cuthbert Nyasango Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe  (ZIM)2:22:15 SB
24 Xu Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)2:23:08
25 Ian Burrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2:23:17 SB
26 Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi  (BDI)2:23:29
27 Ezekiel Jafary Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania  (TAN)2:23:43 SB
28 Scott Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2:23:53 SB
29 Anuradha Cooray Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka  (SRI)2:25:04
30 Cephas Pasipamiri Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe  (ZIM)2:25:05 SB
31 Roman Prodius Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)2:26:46
32 Edwin Kipchirchir Kemboi Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)2:28:06
33 Ho Chin-ping Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)2:28:14
34 Guan Siyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)2:30:17
35 Henri Manninen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)2:30:22 SB
36 David Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)2:31:24
37 Gilbert Mutandiro Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe  (ZIM)2:31:35
38 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)2:32:09
39 Noh Si-hwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)2:32:35
40 Kazuhiro Maeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)2:32:49
41 Desmond Mokgobu Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)2:34:11
42 Fabiano Joseph Naasi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania  (TAN)2:35:27 SB
Wissem Hosni Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN) DNF
Bekir Karayel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR) DNF
Abraham Kiplimo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA) DNF
Edmilson Santana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA) DNF
Ivan Babaryka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR) DNF
Oleksandr Babarynka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR) DNF
Jeffrey Eggleston Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) DNF
Sibusiso Nzima Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA) DNF
Gilberto Lopes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA) DNF
Muhan Hasi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN) DNF
Richer Pérez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB) DNF
Beraki Beyene Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI) DNF
Carles Castillejo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP) DNF
Mihail Krassilov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ) DNF
Yu Seung-yeop Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR) DNF
Dennis Kipruto Kimetto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN) DNF
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN) DNF
Mohammad Jafar Moradi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI) DNF
Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR) DNF
Hasan Mahboob Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR) DNF
Adil Annani Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR) DNF
Rachid Kisri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR) DNF
Abel Villanueva Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER) DNF
Marius Ionescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM) DNF
Thabiso Benedict Moeng Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA) DNF
Guor Marial Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan  (SSD) DNS

References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Start list
  3. "REPORT: MEN'S MARATHON – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. "Eritrea's Ghirmay Ghebreslassie Wins World Championships Men's Marathon - Competitor.com". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. "Records & Lists – Marathon". IAAF . Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  6. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2012, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. Final results