2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon explained

The Men's Marathon race at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 13 in the streets of Helsinki with the goal line situated in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Eventual winner Jaouad Gharib attacked just before 30 km mark, getting Italian Olympic champion Stefano Baldini with him. Baldini had cramps few kilometres later and he retired after 35 kilometres.

Medalists

Gold Jaouad Gharib
Morocco (MAR)
Silver Christopher Isengwe
Tanzania (TAN)
Bronze Tsuyoshi Ogata
Japan (JPN)

Abbreviations

DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
WL world leading
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
2:04:55 September 28, 2003 Berlin, Germany
2:08:31 August 30, 2003 Paris, France
2:07:26 April 17, 2005 London, United Kingdom

Finishing times

  1. Jaouad Gharib, Morocco 2:10:10
  2. Christopher Isengwe, Tanzania 2:10:21 (PB)
  3. Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japan 2:11:16 (SB)
  4. Toshinari Takaoka, Japan 2:11:53
  5. Samson Ramadhani, Tanzania 2:12:08 (SB)
  6. Alex Malinga, Uganda 2:12:12 (NR)
  7. Paul Biwott, Kenya 2:12:39
  8. Julio Rey, Spain 2:12:51
  9. Brian Sell, United States 2:13:27 (SB)
  10. Marilson Gomes dos Santos, Brazil 2:13:40 (SB)
  11. Robert Cheboror, Kenya 2:14:08 (SB)
  12. Dan Robinson, Great Britain 2:14:26 (SB)
  13. Gudisa Shentama, Ethiopia 2:15:13
  14. Wataru Okutani, Japan 2:15:30
  15. Luc Krotwaar, Netherlands 2:15:47 (SB)
  16. Rafał Wójcik, Poland 2:16:24
  17. Ottaviano Andriani, Italy 2:16:29
  18. Luís Jesus, Portugal 2:16:33 (SB)
  19. Ambesse Tolosa, Ethiopia 2:16:36
  20. Satoshi Irifune, Japan 2:17:22
  21. Haile Satayin, Israel 2:17:26 (SB)
  22. Clinton Verran, United States 2:17:42 (SB)
  23. Abdelkebir Lamachi, Morocco 2:17:53
  24. Luís Novo, Portugal 2:18:36 (SB)
  25. Yared Asmerom, Eritrea 2:18:46 (SB)
  26. Antoni Bernadó, Andorra 2:19:06
  27. Scott Westcott, Australia 2:19:18
  28. Scott Winton, New Zealand 2:19:41
  29. Joseph Riri, Kenya 2:19:51
  30. José Manuel Martínez, Spain 2:20:07
  31. Hailu Negussie, Ethiopia 2:20:25
  32. Ri Kyong-Chol, North Korea 2:20:35
  33. André Luiz Ramos, Brazil 2:21:06
  34. Juan Vargas, Mexico 2:21:29
  35. Ruggero Pertile, Italy 2:21:34
  36. Abdelhakim Bagy, France 2:21:49 (SB)
  37. Wodage Zvadya, Israel 2:21:57 (SB)
  38. Nelson Cruz, Cape Verde 2:22:12 (NR)
  39. Francis Kirwa, Finland 2:22:22
  40. Jason Lehmkuhle, United States 2:22:46 (SB)
  41. Claudir Rodrigues, Brazil 2:23:11 (SB)
  42. Pamenos Ballantyne, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2:23:18 (SB)
  43. Jonathan Wyatt, New Zealand 2:23:19
  44. Huw Lobb, Great Britain 2:23:38
  45. Alberto Chaíça, Portugal 2:23:42 (SB)
  46. Grigoriy Andreyev, Russia 2:23:50
  47. Asaf Bimro, Israel 2:23:58
  48. Michitaka Hosokawa, Japan 2:24:38
  49. Clodoaldo da Silva, Brazil 2:25:02
  50. Kamal Ziani, Spain 2:25:06
  51. Peter Gilmore, United States 2:25:17
  52. Alfredo Arévalo, Guatemala 2:25:37 (SB)
  53. Yrjö Pesonen, Finland 2:25:39
  54. Je In-Mo, South Korea 2:26:39
  55. Ismaïl Sghyr, France 2:27:07
  56. Oleg Bolkhovets, Russia 2:27:08
  57. Cristian Villavicencio, Nicaragua 2:27:50
  58. Jeroen van Damme, Netherlands 2:29:22
  59. Chad Johnson, United States 2:30:45
  60. Cho Keun-Hyung, South Korea 2:31:59
  61. Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od, Mongolia 2:36:31

Athletes who did not finish

Athletes who did not start

See also

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