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2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada was held on August 3, 2001.

The winning margin was one second. As of 2024, this is the only time the men's marathon has been won by less than four seconds at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold   Gezahegne Abera
Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver   Simon Biwott
Kenya (KEN)
Bronze   Stefano Baldini
Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record Khalid Khannouchi   United States (USA) 2:05:42 October 24, 1999   Chicago, United States
Event Record Robert de Castella   Australia (AUS) 2:10:03 August 14, 1983   Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Josephat Kiprono   Kenya (KEN) 2:06:50 April 22, 2001   Rotterdam, Netherlands

Intermediates

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Rank Number Athlete Country Time
5 KILOMETRES
1 1101 Ronnie Holassie   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 15:31
2 1153 Josh Cox   United States (USA) 15:31
3 1249 Elijah Mutandiro   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 15:31
4 572 Asaf Bimro   Israel (ISR) 15:51
5 654 Takayuki Nishida   Japan (JPN) 15:51
10 KILOMETRES
1 1101 Ronnie Holassie   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 30:54
2 334 Simretu Alemayehu   Ethiopia (ETH) 31:18
3 598 Giacomo Leone   Italy (ITA) 31:18
4 1179 Khalid Khannouchi   United States (USA) 31:18
5 696 Lee Bong-Ju   South Korea (KOR) 31:18
15 KILOMETRES
1 1101 Ronnie Holassie   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 47:01
2 672 Simon Biwott   Kenya (KEN) 47:32
3 999 Mathias Ntawulikura   Rwanda (RWA) 47:32
4 696 Lee Bong-Ju   South Korea (KOR) 47:32
5 951 Laban Nkete   South Africa (RSA) 47:32
20 KILOMETRES
1 1101 Ronnie Holassie   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 1:03:27
2 959 Ian Syster   South Africa (RSA) 1:03:28
3 334 Simretu Alemayehu   Ethiopia (ETH) 1:03:28
4 1179 Khalid Khannouchi   United States (USA) 1:03:28
5 672 Simon Biwott   Kenya (KEN) 1:03:28
HALF MARATHON
1 334 Simretu Alemayehu   Ethiopia (ETH) 1:06:59
2 959 Ian Syster   South Africa (RSA) 1:06:59
3 761 Abdelkader El Mouaziz   Morocco (MAR) 1:06:59
4 598 Giacomo Leone   Italy (ITA) 1:06:59
5 696 Lee Bong-Ju   South Korea (KOR) 1:06:59
25 KILOMETRES
1 598 Giacomo Leone   Italy (ITA) 1:19:14
2 761 Abdelkader El Mouaziz   Morocco (MAR) 1:19:14
3 654 Takayuki Nishida   Japan (JPN) 1:19:14
4 696 Lee Bong-Ju   South Korea (KOR) 1:19:14
5 959 Ian Syster   South Africa (RSA) 1:19:15
30 KILOMETRES
1 761 Abdelkader El Mouaziz   Morocco (MAR) 1:34:51
2 332 Gezahegne Abera   Ethiopia (ETH) 1:35:00
3 581 Stefano Baldini   Italy (ITA) 1:35:00
4 672 Simon Biwott   Kenya (KEN) 1:35:00
5 630 Shigeru Aburaya   Japan (JPN) 1:35:01
35 KILOMETRES
1 581 Stefano Baldini   Italy (ITA) 1:50:46
2 341 Tesfaye Tola   Ethiopia (ETH) 1:50:46
3 332 Gezahegne Abera   Ethiopia (ETH) 1:50:46
4 672 Simon Biwott   Kenya (KEN) 1:50:47
5 630 Shigeru Aburaya   Japan (JPN) 1:50:48
40 KILOMETRES
1 672 Simon Biwott   Kenya (KEN) 2:06:10
2 332 Gezahegne Abera   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:06:11
3 581 Stefano Baldini   Italy (ITA) 2:06:25
4 341 Tesfaye Tola   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:06:34
5 630 Shigeru Aburaya   Japan (JPN) 2:06:55

Final ranking

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Rank Athlete Country Time Note
  Gezahegne Abera   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:12:42 SB
  Simon Biwott   Kenya (KEN) 2:12:43
  Stefano Baldini   Italy (ITA) 2:13:18
4 Tesfaye Tola   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:13:58
5 Shigeru Aburaya   Japan (JPN) 2:14:07
6 Abdelkader El Mouaziz   Morocco (MAR) 2:15:41
7 Tesfaye Jifar   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:16:52
8 Yoshiteru Morishita   Japan (JPN) 2:17:05
9 Takayuki Nishida   Japan (JPN) 2:17:24
10 Simretu Alemayehu   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:17:35
11 Giacomo Leone   Italy (ITA) 2:17:54
12 Atsushi Fujita   Japan (JPN) 2:18:23
13 Benoît Zwierzchiewski   France (FRA) 2:18:29
14 Ian Syster   South Africa (RSA) 2:19:38
15 Óscar Fernández   Spain (ESP) 2:19:45
16 Abdelhakim Bagy   France (FRA) 2:20:43
17 Alberico di Cecco   Italy (ITA) 2:20:44
18 Olexandr Kuzin   Ukraine (UKR) 2:21:26
19 Benjamín Paredes   Mexico (MEX) 2:22:07
20 Asaf Bimro   Israel (ISR) 2:22:36
21 Andrés Espinosa   Mexico (MEX) 2:23:06
22 Lim Jin-Soo   South Korea (KOR) 2:23:16
23 Nicholas Harrison   Australia (AUS) 2:23:24
24 Antoni Peña   Spain (ESP) 2:23:29
25 Pamenos Ballantyne   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) 2:24:36
26 Kenichi Takahashi   Japan (JPN) 2:24:41
27 Franklin Tenorio   Ecuador (ECU) 2:25:15
28 Luketz Swartbooi   Namibia (NAM) 2:25:40
29 Kamal Ziani   Spain (ESP) 2:25:43
30 Thabiso Moqhali   Lesotho (LES) 2:25:44
31 Mykola Rudyk   Ukraine (UKR) 2:26:04
32 Diego Colorado   Colombia (COL) 2:26:13
33 Ahmed Adam Saleh   Qatar (QAT) 2:26:32
34 Larbi Zeroual   France (FRA) 2:26:45
35 Josh Cox   United States (USA) 2:26:52
36 Rod de Highden   Australia (AUS) 2:27:42
37 Julio Rey   Spain (ESP) 2:27:59
38 Eddy Hellebuyck   United States (USA) 2:28:01
39 Anders Szalkai   Sweden (SWE) 2:28:33
40 Magnus Michelsson   Australia (AUS) 2:28:36
41 Francisco Javier Cortés   Spain (ESP) 2:28:48
42 Steve Bohan   Canada (CAN) 2:29:22
43 Ernest Ndjissipou   Central African Republic (CAF) 2:29:25
44 Tesfit Berhe   Eritrea (ERI) 2:29:50
45 Francisco Bautista   Mexico (MEX) 2:29:56
46 Bruce Deacon   Canada (CAN) 2:30:22
47 Vasiliy Medvedev   Uzbekistan (UZB) 2:30:28
48 Michael Dudley   United States (USA) 2:30:45
49 Vasilios Zabelis   Greece (GRE) 2:31:34
50 Andriy Naumov   Ukraine (UKR) 2:31:42
51 António Zeferino   Cape Verde (CPV) 2:32:46
52 Kim Gillard   Australia (AUS) 2:33:11
53 Rafael Yax   Guatemala (GUA) 2:33:21
54 Kim Yi-Yong   South Korea (KOR) 2:33:28
55 Isaac García   Mexico (MEX) 2:33:32
56 Alfredo Arevalo   Guatemala (GUA) 2:34:16
57 Gregorio Domínguez   Mexico (MEX) 2:35:15
58 Jean-Paul Niyonsaba   Burundi (BDI) 2:35:43
59 Ðuro Kodžo   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 2:35:47 PB
60 Zigmund Zilbershtein   Georgia (GEO) 2:36:01
61 Kopamo Pekile   Lesotho (LES) 2:36:24
62 Juan Eulogio Ramos   Guatemala (GUA) 2:37:15
63 Honest Mutsakani   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:37:44
64 Oliver Utting   Canada (CAN) 2:39:53
65 Nestor Jami   Ecuador (ECU) 2:41:18
66 Abdellah Béhar   France (FRA) 2:41:42
67 Laban Nkete   South Africa (RSA) 2:42:21
68 Sergey Zabavski   Tajikistan (TJK) 2:42:22
69 José Jami   Ecuador (ECU) 2:42:23
70 Leonardo Vieira Guedes   Brazil (BRA) 2:43:11
71 Christian Marmen   Canada (CAN) 2:44:44
72 Fraser Bertram   Canada (CAN) 2:45:10
— Roberto Barbi   Italy (ITA) DQ
— Andreas Erm   Germany (GER) DNF
— Abukar Mohamed   Somalia (SOM) DNF
— Gert Thys   South Africa (RSA) DNF
— Josiah Bembe   South Africa (RSA) DNF
— Abdelfattah Aïtzouri   Morocco (MAR) DNF
— Lee Bong-Ju   South Korea (KOR) DNF
— Josephat Kiprono   Kenya (KEN) DNF
— Samson Kandie   Kenya (KEN) DNF
— Theodoros Zachos   Greece (GRE) DNF
— Ahmed Saeed Hassan   Somalia (SOM) DNF
— Elijah Mutandiro   Zimbabwe (ZIM) DNF
— Elson Williams   Guyana (GUY) DNF
— Arkadi Tolstyh   Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) DNF
— Mathias Ntawulikura   Rwanda (RWA) DNF
— Stephen Bwire Mlingi   Tanzania (TAN) DNF
— Luis Novo   Portugal (POR) DNF
— Roman Kejžar   Slovenia (SLO) DNF
— Ronnie Holassie   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) DNF
— Azzedine Sakhri   Algeria (ALG) DNF
— Fekadu Degefu   Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
— Mohamed Ezzher   France (FRA) DNF
— Giovanni Ruggiero   Italy (ITA) DNF
— David Morris   United States (USA) DNF
— Khalid Khannouchi   United States (USA) DNF
— Josiah Thugwane   South Africa (RSA) DNS
— Mustapha Riad   Morocco (MAR) DNS
— Percy Sephoda   Lesotho (LES) DNS
— Pedro Ventura Jiménez   Honduras (HON) DNS
— Emiliano Lemus   Honduras (HON) DNS
— Daher Gadid Omar   Djibouti (DJI) DNS
— Ntoka Kapinga   DR Congo (COD) DNS

See also

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References

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