The men's marathon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 January.
British athlete David Weir, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to traffic.[1] He was to compete in the classification T54 event.
British athlete and world record holder Richard Whitehead did not get to compete in a marathon event. He has a double leg amputation and is classified as T42. There was no T42 marathon event, because there were too few marathon runners with a single or double leg amputation. He was not allowed to run in the marathon T46 event (athletes with single above or below elbow amputation).[2] [3] [4]
| Class | width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| T11 | Cristian Valenzuela | Andrea Cionna | Shinya Wada | |||
| T12 | Alberto Suarez Laso | Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno | Masahiro Okamura | |||
| T46 | Mario Santillan Hernandez | Tito Sena | Ozivam Bonfim | |||
| T54 | Kurt Fearnley | Heinz Frei | Masazumi Soejima |
The Men's marathon, T11 was held on January 30
T11 = visual impairment: may range from no light perception in either eye to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:41:04 | CR | ||||
| 2:41:39 | |||||
| 2:43:26 | PB | ||||
| 2:44:22 | SB | ||||
| 2:44:38 | PB | ||||
| 2:54:36 | |||||
| 2:55:38 |
Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best
The Men's marathon, T12 was held on January 30
T12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand and have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of under 5 degrees.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:28:10 | WR | ||||
| 2:32:42 | |||||
| 2:34:03 | |||||
| 2:34:47 | PB | ||||
| 2:35:59 | PB | ||||
| 2:40:56 | PB | ||||
| 2:49:51 | PB | ||||
| 3:44:35 | |||||
| DNF |
Key: WR = World Record, PB = Personal Best
The Men's marathon, T46 was held on January 30
T46 = single above or below elbow amputation or equivalent impairments.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:30:59 | |||||
| 2:32:01 | |||||
| 2:33:50 | SB | ||||
| 2:36:38 | |||||
| Chris Hammer | 2:50:10 | ||||
| 2:53:16 | |||||
| DNF | |||||
| DNF |
The Men's marathon, T54 was held on January 30
T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function, may have significant function of the lower limbs.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:31:09 | |||||
| 1:31:09 | |||||
| 1:31:10 | |||||
| 1:31:10 | |||||
| 1:31:10 | SB | ||||
| 1:31:10 | |||||
| 1:31:11 | SB | ||||
| 1:31:14 | |||||
| 1:34:24 | |||||
| 1:34:24 | SB | ||||
| 1:34:24 | SB | ||||
| 1:34:25 | |||||
| 1:34:27 | SB | ||||
| 1:36:09 | |||||
| 1:36:40 | |||||
| 1:36:40 | |||||
| 1:36:40 | |||||
| 1:39:58 | SB | ||||
| 1:40:53 | |||||
| 1:42:14 | |||||
| 1:42:31 | |||||
| 1:45:40 | |||||
| 1:47:09 | |||||
| 1:49:05 | |||||
| DNF | |||||
| DNF | |||||
| DNF | |||||
| DNF | |||||
| DNF | |||||
| DNS | |||||
| DNS | |||||
| DNS | |||||
| DNS | |||||
| DNS |
Key: SB = Season Best, DNF = Did not Finish, DNS = Did not Start