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.

Medalists

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

Abbreviations

• 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

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

Intermediates

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

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Gezahegne Abera (ETH)	2:12:42	SB
	Simon Biwott (KEN)	2:12:43
	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:13:18
4	Tesfaye Tola (ETH)	2:13:58
5	Shigeru Aburaya (JPN)	2:14:07
6	Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)	2:15:41
7	Tesfaye Jifar (ETH)	2:16:52
8	Yoshiteru Morishita (JPN)	2:17:05
9	Takayuki Nishida (JPN)	2:17:24
10	Simretu Alemayehu (ETH)	2:17:35
11	Giacomo Leone (ITA)	2:17:54
12	Atsushi Fujita (JPN)	2:18:23
13	Benoît Zwierzchiewski (FRA)	2:18:29
14	Ian Syster (RSA)	2:19:38
15	Óscar Fernández (ESP)	2:19:45
16	Abdelhakim Bagy (FRA)	2:20:43
17	Alberico di Cecco (ITA)	2:20:44
18	Olexandr Kuzin (UKR)	2:21:26
19	Benjamín Paredes (MEX)	2:22:07
20	Asaf Bimro (ISR)	2:22:36
21	Andrés Espinosa (MEX)	2:23:06
22	Lim Jin-Soo (KOR)	2:23:16
23	Nicholas Harrison (AUS)	2:23:24
24	Antoni Peña (ESP)	2:23:29
25	Pamenos Ballantyne (VIN)	2:24:36
26	Kenichi Takahashi (JPN)	2:24:41
27	Franklin Tenorio (ECU)	2:25:15
28	Luketz Swartbooi (NAM)	2:25:40
29	Kamal Ziani (ESP)	2:25:43
30	Thabiso Moqhali (LES)	2:25:44
31	Mykola Rudyk (UKR)	2:26:04
32	Diego Colorado (COL)	2:26:13
33	Ahmed Adam Saleh (QAT)	2:26:32
34	Larbi Zeroual (FRA)	2:26:45
35	Josh Cox (USA)	2:26:52
36	Rod de Highden (AUS)	2:27:42
37	Julio Rey (ESP)	2:27:59
38	Eddy Hellebuyck (USA)	2:28:01
39	Anders Szalkai (SWE)	2:28:33
40	Magnus Michelsson (AUS)	2:28:36
41	Francisco Javier Cortés (ESP)	2:28:48
42	Steve Bohan (CAN)	2:29:22
43	Ernest Ndjissipou (CAF)	2:29:25
44	Tesfit Berhe (ERI)	2:29:50
45	Francisco Bautista (MEX)	2:29:56
46	Bruce Deacon (CAN)	2:30:22
47	Vasiliy Medvedev (UZB)	2:30:28
48	Michael Dudley (USA)	2:30:45
49	Vasilios Zabelis (GRE)	2:31:34
50	Andriy Naumov (UKR)	2:31:42
51	António Zeferino (CPV)	2:32:46
52	Kim Gillard (AUS)	2:33:11
53	Rafael Yax (GUA)	2:33:21
54	Kim Yi-Yong (KOR)	2:33:28
55	Isaac García (MEX)	2:33:32
56	Alfredo Arevalo (GUA)	2:34:16
57	Gregorio Domínguez (MEX)	2:35:15
58	Jean-Paul Niyonsaba (BDI)	2:35:43
59	Ðuro Kodžo (BIH)	2:35:47	PB
60	Zigmund Zilbershtein (GEO)	2:36:01
61	Kopamo Pekile (LES)	2:36:24
62	Juan Eulogio Ramos (GUA)	2:37:15
63	Honest Mutsakani (ZIM)	2:37:44
64	Oliver Utting (CAN)	2:39:53
65	Nestor Jami (ECU)	2:41:18
66	Abdellah Béhar (FRA)	2:41:42
67	Laban Nkete (RSA)	2:42:21
68	Sergey Zabavski (TJK)	2:42:22
69	José Jami (ECU)	2:42:23
70	Leonardo Vieira Guedes (BRA)	2:43:11
71	Christian Marmen (CAN)	2:44:44
72	Fraser Bertram (CAN)	2:45:10
DISQUALIFIED (DSQ)
—	Roberto Barbi (ITA)	DSQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Andreas Erm (GER)	DNF
—	Abukar Mohamed (SOM)	DNF
—	Gert Thys (RSA)	DNF
—	Josiah Bembe (RSA)	DNF
—	Abdelfattah Aïtzouri (MAR)	DNF
—	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	DNF
—	Josephat Kiprono (KEN)	DNF
—	Samson Kandie (KEN)	DNF
—	Theodoros Zahos (GRE)	DNF
—	Ahmed Saeed Hassan (SOM)	DNF
—	Elijah Mutandiro (ZIM)	DNF
—	Elson Williams (GUY)	DNF
—	Arkadi Tolstyh (KGZ)	DNF
—	Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)	DNF
—	Stephen Bwire Mlingi (TAN)	DNF
—	Luis Novo (POR)	DNF
—	Roman Kejžar (SLO)	DNF
—	Ronnie Holassie (TRI)	DNF
—	Azzedine Sakhri (ALG)	DNF
—	Fekadu Degefu (ETH)	DNF
—	Mohamed Ezzher (FRA)	DNF
—	Giovanni Ruggiero (ITA)	DNF
—	David Morris (USA)	DNF
—	Khalid Khannouchi (USA)	DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
—	Josiah Thugwane (RSA)	DNS
—	Mustapha Riad (MAR)	DNS
—	Percy Sephoda (LES)	DNS
—	Pedro Ventura Jiménez (HON)	DNS
—	Emiliano Lemus (HON)	DNS
—	Daher Gadid Omar (DJI)	DNS
—	Ntoka Kapinga (COD)	DNS

See also

• 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)
• 2001 Marathon Year Ranking
• 2001 World Marathon Cup

References

• Results
• IAAF