2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the 2025 World Championships
Venue National Stadium
Dates15 September
Competitors90 from 47 nations
Winning time2:09:48
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2023
2027  

The men's marathon at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 15 September 2025. [1] This edition had the smallest margin of victory in World Championships marathon history, at only 0.03 seconds. [2]

Contents

Summary

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [3]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Kenya.svg  Kelvin Kiptum  (KEN)2:00:35 Chicago, United States8 October 2023
Championship record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tamirat Tola  (ETH)2:05:36 Eugene, United States17 July 2022
World LeadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Sabastian Sawe  (KEN)2:02:27 London, United Kingdom27 April 2025
African Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Kelvin Kiptum  (KEN)2:00:35 Chicago, United States8 October 2023
Asian Record Flag of Bahrain.svg  El Hassan El Abbassi  (BHR)2:04:43 Valencia, Spain2 December 2018
European Record Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Bashir Abdi  (BEL)2:03:36 Rotterdam, Netherlands24 October 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cameron Levins  (CAN)2:05:36 Tokyo, Japan5 March 2023
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Andrew Buchanan  (AUS)2:06:22 Valencia, Spain1 December 2024
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Daniel Ferreira do Nascimento  (BRA)2:04:51 Seoul, South Korea17 April 2022

Qualification Standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:06:30. [4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
15 September07:30 Final

Results

The race was started on 15 September at 7:30.

PlaceAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Alphonce Simbu Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:09:48 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Amanal Petros Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:09:48
Bronze medal icon.svg Iliass Aouani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:09:53
4 Haimro Alame Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:10:03
5 Abel Chelangat Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2:10:11
6 Yohanes Chiappinelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:10:15 SB
7 Gashau Ayale Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:10:27
8 Samsom Amare Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:10:34
9 Clayton Young Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10:43 SB
10 Isaac Mpofu Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:10:46 SB
11 Ryota Kondo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10:53
12 Cameron Levins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11:07 SB
13 Richard Ringer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:11:14
14 Suldan Hassan Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:11:18
15 Victor Kiplangat Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2:11:33 SB
16 Kennedy Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:11:45
17 Koen Naert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:12:52
18 Abderrazak Charik Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:13:06 SB
19 Kaan Kigen Özbilen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:13:27
20 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:13:29
21 Yaseen Abdalla Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2:13:32 SB
22 Vincent Kipkemoi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:13:38
23 Naoki Koyama  [ ja ]Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:13:42
24 Peter Lynch Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:14:12
25 Ebba Tulu Chala Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:14:40
26 He Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:14:52
27 Oqbe Kibrom Ruesom Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:15:01
28 Reed Fischer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:15:17 SB
29 Jacob Simonsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:15:31 SB
30 Yang Shaohui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:15:35
31 Wu Xiangdong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:16:01
32 Cristhian Zamora Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:16:09 SB
33 Elroy Gelant Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:16:32
34 Yuya Yoshida  [ ja ]Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:16:58 SB
35 Justin Kent Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:17:12
36 Ben Preisner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:17:32
37 Shokhrukh Davlatov  [ ru ]Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2:18:04 SB
38 Johnatas de Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:18:22
39 Kiruhura Emmanuel Ntagunga ART flag (2022).svg  Athlete Refugee Team 2:19:11
40 CJ Albertson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:19:25
41 Omar Hassan  [ da ]ART flag (2022).svg  Athlete Refugee Team 2:19:47
42 Rui Pinto  [ de ]Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:19:50
43 Tom Hendrikse  [ simple ]Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:19:57 SB
44 Tim Vincent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:20:12 SB
45 Paulo Roberto Paula Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:20:18
46 Ablelom Maryo Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:20:46
47 Mohammed Benyettou Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:20:51 SB
48 Marcelo Laguera  [ de ]Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:20:56
49 Sondre Nordstad Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:21:22
50 Mateusz Kaczor Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:21:51 SB
51 Tiidrek Nurme Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:21:58
52 Aaron Gruen Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:22:07
53 Josephat Joshua Gisemo  [ de ]Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:22:47 SB
54 Hugo Catrileo  [ es ]Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:23:29
55 İlham Tanui Özbilen Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:23:35
56 Ferdinand Cereceda Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:23:46 SB
57 Liam Boudin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:24:39
58 Dario Ivanovski Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 2:26:31
59 Samuel Freire  [ no ]Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 2:27:26 SB
60 Segundo Jami Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:28:07
61 Tendai Zimuto Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:28:10
62 Nicolás Cuestas Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:28:37
63 Ederson Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:28:40
64 Leonid Latsepov  [ et ]Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:29:59
65 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2:30:09
66 Maxim Răileanu Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2:32:15
Sezgin Ataç Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNF
Therence Bizoza Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
Soufiyan Bouqantar Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Emile Cairess Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.
Rene Champi Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Yemaneberhan Crippa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Tesfaye Deriba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Othmane El Goumri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Deresa Geleta Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Hiko Tonosa Haso Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Hillary Kipkoech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Stephen Kissa Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Zerei Kbrom Mezngi Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Solomon Mutai Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Yves Nimubona Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Juan Pacheco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Park Min-ho Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Daniel Nghidinwa Paulus Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Tadese Takele Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Maru Teferi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Tseveenravdangiin Byambajav Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti
Ibrahim Hassan Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti DNS
Félicien Muhitira Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men Marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  2. Pierce, Zack. "Incredible men's marathon ending goes to a photo finish to decide world champion". The Athletic. The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  3. "Marathon − Records". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  4. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  5. "Results Marathon Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.