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1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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The men's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan was held on September 1, 1991. The race started at 18:00 local time.

Medalists

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Gold Hiromi Taniguchi
 Japan
Silver Hussein Ahmed Salah
 Djibouti
Bronze Steve Spence
 United States

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record Belayneh Dinsamo  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:06:50 April 17, 1988 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Championships tecord Robert de Castella  Australia (AUS) 2:10:03 August 14, 1983 Helsinki, Finland
Season best Kōichi Morishita  Japan (JPN) 2:08:53 February 3, 1991 Ōita, Japan

Intermediates

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Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hiromi Taniguchi  Japan (JPN) 2:14:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hussein Ahmed Salah  Djibouti (DJI) 2:15:26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steve Spence  United States (USA) 2:15:36
4 Jan Huruk  Poland (POL) 2:15:47
5 Futoshi Shinohara  Japan (JPN) 2:15:52
6 Salvatore Bettiol  Italy (ITA) 2:15:58
7 Maurilio Castillo  Mexico (MEX) 2:16:15
8 Gelindo Bordin  Italy (ITA) 2:17:03
9 Tekeye Gebrselassie  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:18:37
10 Konrad Dobler  Germany (GER) 2:19:01
11 Steve Moneghetti  Australia (AUS) 2:19:18
12 Sam Carey  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:20:02
13 Peter Maher  Canada (CAN) 2:20:31
14 Diego García  Spain (ESP) 2:21:16
15 Dominique Chauvelier  France (FRA) 2:21:37
16 Tonnie Dirks  Netherlands (NED) 2:22:17
17 Elphas Ginindza  Eswatini (SWZ) 2:22:43
18 Stephan Freigang  Germany (GER) 2:23:13
19 Kim Won-tak  South Korea (KOR) 2:23:14
20 Dave Buzza  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:23:24
21 Vladimir Bukhanov  Soviet Union (URS) 2:24:26
22 Motsemme Kgaotsang  Botswana (BOT) 2:25:28
23 Kim Reynierse  Aruba (ARU) 2:26:50
24 Martin Vrábeľ  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 2:26:56
25 Gian Luigi Macina  San Marino (SMR) 2:28:40
26 Steve Taylor  United States (USA) 2:29:09
27 Myint Kan  Myanmar (MYA) 2:29:14
28 William Aguirre  Nicaragua (NCA) 2:29:35
29 Aleksandr Vychuzhanin  Soviet Union (URS) 2:32:37
30 Alberto Cuba  Cuba (CUB) 2:32:57
31 Krishna Bahadur Basnet  Nepal (NEP) 2:33:13
32 Fai Yeung Ng  Hong Kong (HKG) 2:34:26
33 Freddy Lujan  Bolivia (BOL) 2:36:54
34 Hsu Gi-sheng  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:37:20
35 Roland Wille  Liechtenstein (LIE) 2:48:12
36 Abdillah Soilihi  Comoros (COM) 2:56:36
Faasalele Fuauli  Western Samoa (WSM) DNF
Alessio Faustini  Italy (ITA) DNF
Manuel Matias  Portugal (POR) DNF
Abebe Mekonnen  Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
Takeyuki Nakayama  Japan (JPN) DNF
Antoni Niemczak  Poland (POL) DNF
Jörg Peter  Germany (GER) DNF
Joaquim Pinheiro  Portugal (POR) DNF
Francisco Romera  Spain (ESP) DNF
Yakov Tolstikov  Soviet Union (URS) DNF
Carlos Ayala  Mexico (MEX) DNF
Alfredo Shahanga  Tanzania (TAN) DNF
Nivaldo Vieira  Brazil (BRA) DNF
Åke Eriksson  Sweden (SWE) DNF
Brad Hudson  United States (USA) DNF
Mohamed Kamel Selmi  Algeria (ALG) DNF
Ahmed Al Hamshani  Jordan (JOR) DNF
Simon Mrashani  Tanzania (TAN) DNF
Kim Wan-ki  South Korea (KOR) DNF
Laurenio Beserra  Brazil (BRA) DNF
Jean-Luc Assemat  France (FRA) DNF
Tesfaye Dadi  Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
Daniel Böltz  Switzerland (SUI) DNF
Manny Lolin  Malaysia (MAS) DNF

See also

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References

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