| Men's marathon at the 2023 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Athletics Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 27 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 85 from 42 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:08:53 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Events at the 2023 World Championships | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | women |
| 35 km walk | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| World Team event | ||
| World Team | ||
The men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 27 August 2023.
Before the competition records were as follows: [1]
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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| World record | 2:01:09 | Berlin, Germany | 25 September 2022 | |
| Championship record | 2:05:36 | Eugene, United States | 17 July 2022 | |
| World Leading | 2:01:25 | London, United Kingdom | 23 April 2023 | |
| African Record | 2:01:09 | Berlin, Germany | 25 September 2022 | |
| Asian Record | 2:04:43 | Valencia, Spain | 2 December 2018 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 2:05:36 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 March 2023 | |
| South American Record | 2:04:51 | Seoul, South Korea | 17 April 2022 | |
| European Record | 2:03:36 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 24 October 2021 | |
| Oceanian record | 2:07:31 | Fukuoka, Japan | 4 December 2022 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:09:40. [2]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 27 August | 07:00 | Final |
The final was started on 27 August at 06:59. [3]