2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon explained

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

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

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

	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
			2:05:42	October 24, 1999
			2:10:03	August 14, 1983
			2:06:50	April 22, 2001

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Time
5 KILOMETRES
1	1101	15:31
2	1153	15:31
3	1249	15:31
4	572	15:51
5	654	15:51
10 KILOMETRES
1	1101	30:54
2	334	31:18
3	598	31:18
4	1179	31:18
5	696	31:18
15 KILOMETRES
1	1101	47:01
2	672	47:32
3	999	47:32
4	696	47:32
5	951	47:32
20 KILOMETRES
1	1101	1:03:27
2	959	1:03:28
3	334	1:03:28
4	1179	1:03:28
5	672	1:03:28
HALF MARATHON
1	334	1:06:59
2	959	1:06:59
3	761	1:06:59
4	598	1:06:59
5	696	1:06:59
25 KILOMETRES
1	598	1:19:14
2	761	1:19:14
3	654	1:19:14
4	696	1:19:14
5	959	1:19:15
30 KILOMETRES
1	761	1:34:51
2	332	1:35:00
3	581	1:35:00
4	672	1:35:00
5	630	1:35:01
35 KILOMETRES
1	581	1:50:46
2	341	1:50:46
3	332	1:50:46
4	672	1:50:47
5	630	1:50:48
40 KILOMETRES
1	672	2:06:10
2	332	2:06:11
3	581	2:06:25
4	341	2:06:34
5	630	2:06:55

Final ranking

Rank	Time	Note
	2:12:42	SB
	2:12:43
	2:13:18
4	2:13:58
5	2:14:07
6	2:15:41
7	2:16:52
8	2:17:05
9	2:17:24
10	2:17:35
11	2:17:54
12	2:18:23
13	2:18:29
14	2:19:38
15	2:19:45
16	2:20:43
17	2:20:44
18	2:21:26
19	2:22:07
20	2:22:36
21	2:23:06
22	2:23:16
23	2:23:24
24	2:23:29
25	2:24:36
26	2:24:41
27	2:25:15
28	2:25:40
29	2:25:43
30	2:25:44
31	2:26:04
32	2:26:13
33	2:26:32
34	2:26:45
35	2:26:52
36	2:27:42
37	2:27:59
38	2:28:01
39	2:28:33
40	2:28:36
41	2:28:48
42	2:29:22
43	2:29:25
44	2:29:50
45	2:29:56
46	2:30:22
47	2:30:28
48	2:30:45
49	2:31:34
50	2:31:42
51	2:32:46
52	2:33:11
53	2:33:21
54	2:33:28
55	2:33:32
56	2:34:16
57	2:35:15
58	2:35:43
59	2:35:47	PB
60	2:36:01
61	2:36:24
62	2:37:15
63	2:37:44
64	2:39:53
65	2:41:18
66	2:41:42
67	2:42:21
68	2:42:22
69	2:42:23
70	2:43:11
71	2:44:44
72	2:45:10
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2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon explained

Medalists

Abbreviations

Records

Intermediates

Final ranking

See also

References