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

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

RankNumberAthleteCountryTime
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

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
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

See also

References