From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

None

The men's marathon podium at the 2011 World Championships

The Men's marathon at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park on September 4. Abel Kirui was the defending champion.

The story was all Kirui. Running a casual pace to 15 km, first the Moroccan contingent tried to test the field. The pace picked up and the field strung out. After 25 km, it was down to Kirui, Vincent Kipruto, Eliud Kiptanui, Feyisa Lilesa and Abderrahime Bouramdane. Then Kirui put the hammer down, running 14:18 between 25 and 30 km. Nobody could go with him and he ran all alone, extending his lead for the remainder of the race to finish in 2:07:38. The 2:28 gap was the largest winning margin for the men's marathon in World Championship history, and as of 2024 it remains the only time the men's marathon has been won by more than two minutes. After dropping Bouramdane and Kiptanui, Kipruto and Lilesa ran tactically for the remainder of the race, with Kipruto getting silver.

The race was also the World Cup team competition. In that competition, the scoring is based on the cumulative time of the top three finishers for each team. Each country participating in the World Cup was allowed 5 entries into the marathon. The event was clearly won by Kenya, with 1st, 2nd and 5th-place finishers (Kenya also had the 6th-place finisher). Perennial champion Japan finished second, a cumulative minute ahead of Morocco.

Medalists

Abel Kirui
KEN	Vincent Kipruto
KEN	Feyisa Lilesa
ETH

World Marathon Cup

KEN
Abel Kirui
Vincent Kipruto
David Barmasai Tumo	JPN
Hiroyuki Horibata
Kentaro Nakamoto
Yuki Kawauchi	MAR
Abderrahime Bouramdane
Rachid Kisri
Ahmed Baday

Note: Marathon Cup medals are not listed in the championships medal table

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Oceanian record	Robert de Castella	2:07:51	Boston, United States	21 April 1986

Qualification standards

A time	B time
2:17:00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
September 4, 2011	09:00	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abel Kirui	Kenya	2:07:38	SB
	Vincent Kipruto	Kenya	2:10:06
	Feyisa Lilesa	Ethiopia	2:10:32	SB
	Abderrahime Bouramdane	Morocco	2:10:55
	David Barmasai Tumo	Kenya	2:11:39
	Eliud Kiptanui	Kenya	2:11:50
	Hiroyuki Horibata	Japan	2:11:52
	Ruggero Pertile	Italy	2:11:57
	Stephen Kiprotich	Uganda	2:12:57
10	Kentaro Nakamoto	Japan	2:13:10
11	Rachid Kisri	Morocco	2:13:24
12	Eshetu Wendimu	Ethiopia	2:13:37
13	Marius Ionescu	Romania	2:15:32	PB
14	Dong Guojian	China	2:15:45	SB
15	David Webb	Great Britain	2:15:48	SB
16	Cuthbert Nyasango	Zimbabwe	2:15:56	SB
17	Beraki Beyene	Eritrea	2:16:03	SB
18	Yuki Kawauchi	Japan	2:16:11
19	Aleksey Sokolov	Russia	2:16:23
20	Ser-Od Bat-Ochir	Mongolia	2:16:41
21	Aleksey Sokolov	Russia	2:16:48
22	Lee Merrien	Great Britain	2:16:59
23	Jeong Jin-hyeok	South Korea	2:17:04
24	Li Zicheng	China	2:17:35
25	José Manuel Martínez	Spain	2:17:44
26	Rafael Iglesias	Spain	2:17:45	SB
27	Ahmed Baday	Morocco	2:17:59
28	Lee Myong-seung	South Korea	2:18:05
29	Yoshinori Oda	Japan	2:18:05
30	Pablo Villalobos	Spain	2:18:12
31	Mike Morgan	United States	2:18:30	SB
32	Urige Buta	Norway	2:20:16
33	Wu Shiwei	China	2:21:12
34	Jesper Faurschou	Denmark	2:21:15
35	Hwang Jun-Hyeon	South Korea	2:21:54	SB
36	Mike Tebulo	Malawi	2:22:45	SB
37	Mike Sayenko	United States	2:22:49	SB
38	Yukihiro Kitaoka	Japan	2:23:11	SB
39	Jeff Eggleston	United States	2:23:33
40	Hwang Jun-Suk	South Korea	2:23:47
41	Nicholas Arciniaga	United States	2:24:06
42	Anton Kosmac	Slovenia	2:24:16
43	Samuel Goitom	Eritrea	2:25:42	SB
44	Kim Min	South Korea	2:27:20	SB
45	Sergio Reyes	United States	2:29:15	SB
46	Coolboy Ngamole	South Africa	2:30:01
47	Bekir Karayel	Turkey	2:33:20	SB
48	Ruben Sança	Cape Verde	2:34:40
49	Jhon Lennon Casallo	Peru	2:36:43
50	Modike Lucky Mohale	South Africa	2:38:22	SB
51	Sangay Wangchuk	Bhutan	2:38:33	NR
	Jeff Hunt	Australia
	Khalid Kamal Yaseen	Bahrain
	Yared Asmerom	Eritrea
	Yonas Kifle	Eritrea
	Michael Tesfay	Eritrea
	Chala Dechase	Ethiopia
	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia
	Bazu Worku	Ethiopia
	Zohar Zemiro	Israel
	Benjamin Kiptoo	Kenya
	Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi	Libya
	Adil Ennani	Morocco
	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco
	David Ngakane	South Africa
	Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon	Uganda
	Nicholas Kiprono	Uganda

World Cup scoring

Rank	Country	Athlete	Time
1	KEN		6:29:23
1		Abel Kirui	2:07:38
2		Vincent Kipruto	2:10:06
5		David Barmasai Tumo	2:11:39
6		Eliud Kiptanui	(2:11:50)
		Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo	()
2	JPN		6:41:13
7		Hiroyuki Horibata	2:11:52
10		Kentaro Nakamoto	2:13:10
18		Yuki Kawauchi	2:16:11
29		Yoshinori Oda	(2:18:05)
38		Yukihiro Kitaoka	(2:23:11)
3	ESP		6:53:41
25		José Manuel Martínez	2:17:44
26		Rafael Iglesias	2:17:45
30		Pablo Villalobos	2:18:12
4	CHN		6:54:32
14		Dong Guojian	2:15:45
24		Li Zicheng	2:17:35
33		Wu Shiwei	2:21:12
5	KOR		6:57:03
23		Jeong Jin-hyeok	2:17:04
28		Lee Myong-seung	2:18:05
35		Hwang Jun-hyeon	2:21:54
40		Hwang Jun-suk	(2:23:47)
44		Kim Min	(2:27:20)
6	USA		7:04:52
31		Mike Morgan	2:18:30
37		Mike Sayenko	2:22:49
39		Jeff Eggleston	2:23:33
41		Nicholas Arciniaga	(2:24:06)
45		Sergio Reyes	(2:29:15)

References

Weerawansa, Dinesh (2011-09-03). [http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/03/spo01.asp Nine gold medallists to be decided today] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-10-21 . Dailynews.lk. Retrieved on 2011-09-04)

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

events-at-the-2011-world-championships-in-athletics 2011-in-men's-sport-of-athletics men's-events-at-the-world-athletics-championships marathons-at-the-world-athletics-championships 2011-marathons men's-marathons marathons-in-south-korea

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report