2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon explained

The men's marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, was held on Saturday, August 30, 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Jaouad Gharib Morocco (MAR)
Silver	Julio Rey Spain (ESP)
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 2003 World Athletics Championships
		2:05:38	April 14, 2002
		2:10:03	August 14, 1983
		2:06:33	April 6, 2003
Broken records at the 2003 World Athletics Championships
		2:08:31	August 30, 2003

Intermediates

Rank	Number	Athlete	Time
5 kilometres
1	25		15:00
2	1268		15:01
3	403		15:01
4	798		15:05
5	430		15:05
10 kilometres
1	796		30:20
2	25		30:20
3	403		30:20
4	818		30:20
5	1120		30:21
15 kilometres
1	818		45:40
2	796		45:40
3	403		45:40
4	834		45:40
5	1120		45:40
20 kilometres
1	798		1:01:34
2	912		1:01:36
3	432		1:01:36
4	834		1:01:36
5	387		1:01:36
Half marathon
1	798		1:04:45
2	431		1:04:45
3	818		1:04:45
4	19		1:04:46
5	403		1:04:46
25 kilometres
1	403		1:17:07
2	494		1:17:07
3	834		1:17:07
4	912		1:17:07
5	917		1:17:07
30 kilometres
1	19		1:32:32
2	818		1:32:32
3	912		1:32:32
4	403		1:32:32
5	395		1:32:32
35 kilometres
1	912		1:47:16
2	818		1:47:16
3	403		1:47:17
4	688		1:47:30
5	692		1:47:30
40 kilometres
1	912		2:02:05
2	403		2:02:05
3	688		2:02:42
4	818		2:02:43
5	756		2:02:46

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		2:08:31	CR
		2:08:38
		2:09:14
4		2:09:25	PB
5		2:09:26	SB
6		2:09:29	SB
7		2:10:17
8		2:10:35
9		2:10:37
10		2:10:38
11		2:10:38
12		2:10:39	SB
13		2:10:56	PB
14		2:11:14
15		2:11:21
16		2:11:31
17		2:11:46
18		2:11:58	SB
19		2:12:19	SB
20		2:12:28	SB
21		2:13:19
22		2:13:36
23		2:13:45
24		2:13:53	PB
25		2:14:29
26		2:14:32
27		2:14:52	NR
28		2:14:52
29		2:14:57	SB
30		2:15:00
31		2:15:20	NR
32		2:15:38
33		2:16:00	SB
34		2:16:06
35		2:16:12	SB
36		2:16:19
37		2:16:31	NR
38		2:16:34	PB
39		2:16:42
40		2:16:46
41		2:16:56
42		2:17:35	SB
43		2:17:53
44		2:18:02	PB
45		2:18:06	NR
46		2:18:12
47		2:18:17	SB
48		2:18:34
49		2:18:44
50		2:20:03
51		2:20:16
52		2:20:21
53		2:21:12
54		2:22:34	SB
55		2:23:12
56		2:23:38	PB
57		2:23:40	PB
58		2:24:03
59		2:24:20
60		2:24:23
61		2:24:33	PB
62		2:25:49	SB
63		2:26:39	NR
64		2:26:59	PB
65		2:29:03	PB
66		2:29:53
67		2:30:44	SB
68		2:31:29	PB
69		2:33:31	PB
Did not finish (DNF)
-		DNF
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Did not start (DNS)
-		DNS
-		DNS
-		DNS
-		DNS
-		DNS

See also

References

Results
IAAF