title: 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
text: # 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
  
  The Men's Marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 22, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Abel Kirui (KEN) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (KEN) |
  | Bronze | Tsegay Kebede (ETH) |
  
  ## Abbreviations
  
  * All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
  
  | 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 top times prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships :
  
  | World record | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:03:59 | 28-09-2008 | Berlin, Germany |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event record | Jaouad Gharib (MAR) | 2:08:31 | 30-08-2003 | Paris, France |
  | Season Best | Duncan Kibet (KEN) | 2:04:27 | 05-04-2009 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
  | Standing continental records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships |||||
  | African record | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:03:59 | 28-09-2008 | Berlin, Germany |
  | Asian record | Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) | 2:06:16 | 13-10-2002 | Chicago, United States |
  | North American record | Khalid Khannouchi (USA) | 2:05:38 | 14-05-2002 | London, United Kingdom |
  | South American record | Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) | 2:06:05 | 20-09-1998 | Berlin, Germany |
  | European record | António Pinto (POR) | 2:06:36 | 16-04-2000 | London, United Kingdom |
  | Oceanian record | Robert de Castella (AUS) | 2:07:51 | 21-04-1986 | Boston, United States |
  | Broken records at the 2009 World Athletics Championships |||||
  | Event Record | Abel Kirui (KEN) | 2:06:54 | 22-08-2009 | Berlin, Germany |
  
  ## Qualification standard
  
  * Standard
  * 2:18:00
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | August 22, 2009 | 11:45 | Final |
  
  ## Intermediates
  
  | Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 km | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:09 |
  | 10 km | Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | 30:08 |
  | 15 km | Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | 44:57 |
  | 20 km | Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai | Kenya | 59:42 |
  | Half Marathon | Tsegay Kebede | Ethiopia | 1:03:03 |
  | 25 km | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 1:14:38 |
  | 30 km | Abel Kirui | Kenya | 1:29:43 |
  | 35 km | Abel Kirui | Kenya | 1:44:56 |
  | 40 km | Abel Kirui | Kenya | 2:00:10 |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Abel Kirui | Kenya (KEN) | 2:06:54 | CR |
  | | Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai | Kenya (KEN) | 2:07:48 | |
  | | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:08:35 | |
  | 4 | Yemane Tsegay | Ethiopia | 2:08:42 | |
  | 5 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 2:10:46 | SB |
  | 6 | Atsushi Sato | Japan (JPN) | 2:12:05 | |
  | 7 | Adil Ennani | Morocco (MAR) | 2:12:12 | |
  | 8 | José Manuel Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 2:14:04 | SB |
  | 9 | José Moreira | Portugal (POR) | 2:14:05 | PB |
  | 10 | Luís Feiteira | Portugal (POR) | 2:14:06 | |
  | 11 | Masaya Shimizu | Japan (JPN) | 2:14:06 | |
  | 12 | Norman Dlomo | South Africa (RSA) | 2:14:39 | SB |
  | 13 | Fernando Silva | Portugal (POR) | 2:14:48 | |
  | 14 | Satoshi Irifune | Japan (JPN) | 2:14:54 | SB |
  | 15 | Dejene Yirdaw | Ethiopia | 2:15:09 | |
  | 16 | Marilson dos Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 2:15:13 | SB |
  | 17 | Johannes Kekana | South Africa (RSA) | 2:15:28 | SB |
  | 18 | André Pollmächer | Germany (GER) | 2:15:36 | |
  | 19 | Adriano Bastos | Brazil (BRA) | 2:15:39 | PB |
  | 20 | Oleg Kulkov | Russia (RUS) | 2:15:40 | |
  | 21 | Martin Dent | Australia (AUS) | 2:16:05 | |
  | 22 | Coolboy Ngamole | South Africa (RSA) | 2:16:20 | SB |
  | 23 | José de Souza | Brazil (BRA) | 2:16:40 | |
  | 24 | Daniel Browne | United States (USA) | 2:16:49 | SB |
  | 25 | Reid Coolsaet | Canada (CAN) | 2:16:53 | PB |
  | 26 | Rachid Kisri | Morocco (MAR) | 2:17:01 | |
  | 27 | Yuriy Abramov | Russia (RUS) | 2:17:04 | |
  | 28 | Phaustin Baha Sulle | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:17:11 | |
  | 29 | Ser-Od Bat-Ochir | Mongolia (MGL) | 2:17:22 | SB |
  | 30 | Andrew Letherby | Australia (AUS) | 2:17:29 | SB |
  | 31 | Daniel Kipkorir Chepyegon | Uganda (UGA) | 2:17:47 | SB |
  | 32 | Simon Munyutu | France (FRA) | 2:17:53 | SB |
  | 33 | Dylan Wykes | Canada (CAN) | 2:18:00 | SB |
  | 34 | Martin Beckmann | Germany (GER) | 2:18:08 | |
  | 35 | George Majaji | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2:18:37 | SB |
  | 36 | Matt Gabrielson | United States (USA) | 2:18:41 | SB |
  | 37 | Alejandro Suárez | Mexico (MEX) | 2:18:55 | |
  | 38 | Chang Chia-Che | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2:19:32 | SB |
  | 39 | Kazuhiro Maeda | Japan (JPN) | 2:19:59 | |
  | 40 | Khalid Kamal Yaseen | Bahrain (BHR) | 2:20:11 | |
  | 41 | James Kibocha Theuri | France (FRA) | 2:20:24 | |
  | 42 | Roman Kejžar | Slovenia (SLO) | 2:20:25 | SB |
  | 43 | Pak Song-Chol | North Korea (PRK) | 2:21:12 | |
  | 44 | Driss El Himer | France (FRA) | 2:21:19 | |
  | 45 | Lee Myong-Seung | South Korea (KOR) | 2:21:54 | SB |
  | 46 | Mark Tucker | Australia (AUS) | 2:21:57 | SB |
  | 47 | José Amado García | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:22:00 | SB |
  | 48 | Carlos Cordero | Mexico (MEX) | 2:22:16 | |
  | 49 | Falk Cierpinski | Germany (GER) | 2:22:36 | |
  | 50 | Hyon U Ri | North Korea (PRK) | 2:22:48 | |
  | 51 | Costantino León | Peru (PER) | 2:23:34 | SB |
  | 52 | Andrew Smith | Canada (CAN) | 2:24:48 | |
  | 53 | Samir Baala | France (FRA) | 2:25:12 | |
  | 54 | Juan Gualberto Vargas | Mexico (MEX) | 2:25:26 | |
  | 55 | Giitah Macharia | Canada (CAN) | 2:25:40 | SB |
  | 56 | Getuli Bayo | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:25:52 | SB |
  | 57 | Scott Westcott | Australia (AUS) | 2:26:02 | |
  | 58 | Nelson Cruz | Cape Verde (CPV) | 2:27:16 | SB |
  | 59 | Andrea Silvini | Tanzania (TAN) | 2:28:48 | |
  | 60 | Arata Fujiwara | Japan (JPN) | 2:31:06 | SB |
  | 61 | Valery Pisarev | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 2:31:32 | SB |
  | 62 | Nate Jenkins | United States (USA) | 2:32:16 | SB |
  | 63 | Wodage Zvadya | Israel (ISR) | 2:34:58 | |
  | 64 | Lee Myong-Ki | South Korea (KOR) | 2:35:12 | |
  | 65 | Tobias Sauter | Germany (GER) | 2:35:43 | |
  | 66 | Pedro Nimo | Spain (ESP) | 2:36:39 | |
  | 67 | Tesfayohannes Mesfin | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:39:51 | |
  | 68 | Yook Geuntae | South Korea (KOR) | 2:40:47 | |
  | 69 | Sangay Wangchuk | Bhutan (BHU) | 2:47:55 | NR |
  | | Mikhail Lemaev | Russia (RUS) | (2:21:47) | DQ (doping) |
  | | Stephen Loruo Kamar | Bahrain (BHR) | | DNF |
  | | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador (ECU) | | DNF |
  | | Yared Asmerom | Eritrea (ERI) | | DNF |
  | | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea (ERI) | | DNF |
  | | Rafael Iglesias | Spain (ESP) | | DNF |
  | | Deressa Chimsa | Ethiopia | | DNF |
  | | Deriba Merga | Ethiopia | | DNF |
  | | Loïc Letellier | France (FRA) | | DNF |
  | | Benjamin Kolum Kiptoo | Kenya (KEN) | | DNF |
  | | Ji Young-Jun | South Korea (KOR) | | DNF |
  | | Sechaba Bohosi | Lesotho (LES) | | DNF |
  | | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco (MAR) | | DNF |
  | | Reinhold Ndalikokule Iita | Namibia (NAM) | | DNF |
  | | Michael Aish | New Zealand (NZL) | | DNF |
  | | Mubarak Hassan Shami | Qatar (QAT) | | DNF |
  | | Dieudonné Disi | Rwanda (RWA) | | DNF |
  | | Lucian Disdery Hombo | Tanzania (TAN) | | DNF |
  | | Christopher Isengwe | Tanzania (TAN) | | DNF |
  | | Nicholas Kiprono | Uganda (UGA) | | DNF |
  | | Amos Masai | Uganda (UGA) | | DNF |
  | | Justin Young | United States (USA) | | DNF |
  | | Ruggero Pertile | Italy (ITA) | | DNS |
  | | Kensuke Takahashi | Japan (JPN) | | DNS |
  | | Daniel Rono | Kenya (KEN) | | DNS |
  | | Hwang Jun-Hyeon | South Korea (KOR) | | DNS |
  | | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi | Libya | | DNS |
  | | Jaouad Gharib | Morocco (MAR) | | DNS |
  | | Edwardo Torres | United States (USA) | | DNS |
  