title: 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's marathon
text: # 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's marathon
  
  The men's marathon at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of London on 26 April as part of the 2015 London Marathon.
  
  ## Classification
  
  Athletes were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allowed athletes to compete against others with a similar level of function.
  
  The athletics classifications are:
  
  * 11–13: Blind (11) and visually impaired (12, 13) athletes
  * 31–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy
  * 51–58: Athletes with a spinal cord disability
  
  The class numbers were given prefixes of "T", "F" and "P" for track, field and pentathlon events, respectively.
  
  Visually impaired athletes classified 11 run with full eye shades and a guide runner; those classified 12 have the option of using a guide; those classified 13 did not use a guide runner.
  
  ## Events
  
  ### T12
  
  The T12 classification marathon was contested by T12 and T11 athletes. Up to two guide runners were allowed to support each competitor.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | El Amin Chentouf | Morocco | 2:21:33 | WR |
  | | Alberto Suárez Laso | Spain | 2:21:47 | |
  | | Tadashi Horikoshi | Japan | 2:27:42 | |
  | 4 | Masahiro Okamura | Japan | 2:31:40 | |
  | 5 | Yutaka Kumagai | Japan | 2:37:48 | |
  | 6 | Gabriel Macchi | Portugal | 2:38:11 | |
  | 7 | Oleg Antipin | Spain | 2:42:14 | |
  | 8 | Joaquim Machado | Portugal | 2:44:02 | |
  | 9 | Nicolas Bompard | France | 2:44:27 | |
  | 10 | Jorge Pina | Portugal | 2:44:29 | |
  | 11 | Igor Khavlin | Russia | 2:44:37 | |
  | 12 | Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno | Colombia | 2:48:16 | |
  | 13 | Masato Hatate | Japan | 2:49:12 | |
  | 14 | Sandi Novak | Slovenia | 2:51:38 | |
  | 15 | Csaba Orban | Hungary | 2:59:14 | |
  | 16 | Ralf Arnold | Germany | 2:59:56 | |
  
  ### T13
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Aniceto Antonio Dos Santos | Brazil | 2:35:42 |
  | | Youssef Benibrahim | Morocco | 2:36:07 |
  | | Tim Prendergast | New Zealand | 2:47:23 |
  | 4 | Jason Romero | United States | 2:51:53 |
  | 5 | Stephen Marklew | Great Britain | 3:01:03 |
  
  ### T46
  
  The T46 classification marathon was contested by T46 and T45 athletes.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Abderrahman Ait Khamouch | Spain | 2:26:54 | WR |
  | | Alex Pires Da Silva | Brazil | 2:27:36 | |
  | | Alessandro Di Lello | Italy | 2:31:25 | |
  | 4 | Ahmed Farhat | Morocco | 2:40:21 | |
  | 5 | Derek Rae | Great Britain | 2:40:40 | |
  | 6 | Ezequiel Da Costa | Brazil | 2:41:35 | |
  | 7 | Mario Bauer | Austria | 2:41:50 | |
  | 8 | Manuel Mendes | Portugal | 2:44:35 | |
  | 9 | Pedro Meza | Austria | 2:44:52 | |
  | 10 | José Monteiro | Portugal | 3:11:34 | |
  | 11 | Isidro Vildosola | Philippines | 3:20:04 | |
  
  ### T52
  
  The T52 classification marathon was contested by T52 and T51 athletes.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Raymond Martin | United States | 1:52:27 |
  | | Santiago Sanz | Spain | 1:53:33 |
  | | Cristian Torres | Colombia | 2:08:52 |
  | 4 | Rob Smith | Great Britain | 2:12:43 |
  | 5 | Hirokazu Ueyonabaru | Japan | 2:40:08 |
  | 6 | Stefan Strobel | Germany | 3:08:00 |
  
  ### T54
  
  The T54 classification marathon was contested by T54 and T53 athletes.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Joshua George | United States | 1:31:31 |
  | | David Weir | Great Britain | 1:31:32 |
  | | Masazumi Soejima | Japan | 1:31:33 |
  | 4 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 1:31:33 |
  | 5 | Ernst Van Dyk | South Africa | 1:31:38 |
  | 6 | Tomasz Hamerlak | Poland | 1:31:56 |
  | 7 | Kota Hokinoue | Japan | 1:32:22 |
  | 8 | Jordi Madera | Spain | 1:33:22 |
  | 9 | Heinz Frei | Switzerland | 1:32:23 |
  | 10 | Simon Lawson | Great Britain | 1:34:21 |
  | 11 | Ryota Yoshida | Japan | 1:35:35 |
  | 12 | Alhassane Balde | Germany | 1:38:31 |
  | 13 | Tobias Loetscher | Switzerland | 1:38:32 |
  | 14 | Laurens Molina | Costa Rica | 1:38:32 |
  | 15 | Denis Lemeunier | France | 1:38:33 |
  | 16 | Ebbe Blichfeldt | Denmark | 1:38:34 |
  | 17 | Hiroki Nishida | Japan | 1:41:48 |
  | 18 | Hiroyuki Yamamoto | Japan | 1:43:29 |
  | 19 | Alexey Bychenok | Russia | 1:46:06 |
  | 20 | John Smith | Great Britain | 1:46:17 |
  | 21 | Cornel Villiger | Switzerland | 1:46:18 |
  | 22 | Justin Levene | Great Britain | 1:46:20 |
  | 23 | Patrick Monahan | Ireland | 1:46:47 |
  | 24 | Alexandrino Silva | Portugal | 1:47:07 |
  | 25 | Mark Telford | Great Britain | 1:50:49 |
  | | Josh Cassidy | Canada | DNF |
  | | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | DNF |
  | | Rafael Botello Jimenez | Spain | DNF |
  