2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon
at the 2015 World Championships

Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 22 August
Competitors 67 from 38 nations
Winning time 2:12:27
Medalists
   Eritrea
   Ethiopia
   Uganda
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The men's marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August.[1][2]

The name Gebrselassie is familiar in running circles, but this race was won by Haile's sound alike Ghirmay Ghebreslassie from a different country, neighboring Eritrea. Not only was he the youngest winner of a World Championship marathon, he was the first gold medalist for his country ever.

The early leader was Ser-Od Bat-Ochir, then Daniele Meucci and Ruggero Pertile getting camera time to the half way mark while the favorites including defending champion Stephen Kiprotich stayed slightly off the pace. Ghebreslassie marked the more experienced runners. Tsepo Ramonene made a breakaway at 25Km opening up a 30 second lead. As he watched two Kenyans drop out and other favorites struggle, Ghebreslassie decided to set loose at 34Km. Over the next couple of kilometers, he made up the gap and passed Ramonene with authority. But a couple of kilometers later Yemane Tsegay passed Ghebreslassie. Tsegay's lead only lasted two minutes until Ghebreslassie took the lead for good. Over the final kilometers, he extended his lead to 40 seconds. Running relaxed and fast like an exuberant teenager, he was handed an Eritrean flag as he entered the stadium.[3] He held his flag but kept on running past the finish line until officials were able to tell him he was done. “I’ve never finished in a stadium before.” Behind him, in comparison, Tsegay, Solomon Mutai and the other runners finished looking as if they had just finished a marathon.[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (KEN) 2:02:57 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
Championship record  Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:06:54 Berlin, Germany 22 August 2009
World Leading  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 2:04:42 London, Great Britain 26 April 2015
African Record  Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (KEN) 2:02:57 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
Asian Record  Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 2:06:16 Chicago, United States 13 October 2002
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Khalid Khannouchi (USA) 2:05:38 London, Great Britain 14 April 2002
South American Record  Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) 2:06:05 Berlin, Germany 20 September 1998
European Record  Benoit Zwierzchiewski (FRA) 2:06:36 Paris, France 6 April 2003
Oceanian record  Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:07:51 Boston, United States 21 April 1986

Qualification standards

Time[6]
2:18:00

Schedule

Date Time Round
22 August 2015 07:35 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

The race was started at 07:35.[7]

KEY: NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Ghirmay Ghebreslassie  Eritrea (ERI) 2:12:27
2nd Yemane Tsegay  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:13:07 SB
3rd Solomon Mutai  Uganda (UGA) 2:13:29
4 Ruggero Pertile  Italy (ITA) 2:14:22 SB
5 Shumi Dechasa  Bahrain (BHR) 2:14:35
6 Stephen Kiprotich  Uganda (UGA) 2:14:42
7 Lelisa Desisa  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:14:53
8 Daniele Meucci  Italy (ITA) 2:14:53
9 Amanuel Mesel  Eritrea (ERI) 2:15:06
10 Jackson Kiprop  Uganda (UGA) 2:15:15
11 Pak Chol  North Korea (PRK) 2:15:44 SB
12 Alphonce Felix Simbu  Tanzania (TAN) 2:16:58
13 Javier Guerra  Spain (SPA) 2:17:00
14 Tsepo Mathibelle  Lesotho (LES) 2:17:17 SB
15 Berhanu Lemi  Ethiopia (ETH) 2:17:37
16 Abdelhadi El Hachimi  Belgium (BEL) 2:17:41
17 Aleksey Reunkov  Russia (RUS) 2:18:12
18 Solonei da Silva  Brazil (BRA) 2:19:20
19 Tadesse Abraham   Switzerland (SUI) 2:19:25
20 Roman Fosti  Estonia (EST) 2:20:35
21 Masakazu Fujiwara  Japan (JPN) 2:21:06 SB
22 Mark Korir  Kenya (KEN) 2:21:20
23 Cuthbert Nyasango  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:22:15 SB
24 Xu Wang  China (CHN) 2:23:08
25 Ian Burrell  United States (USA) 2:23:17 SB
26 Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere  Burundi (BDI) 2:23:29
27 Ezekiel Jafary  Tanzania (TAN) 2:23:43 SB
28 Scott Smith  United States (USA) 2:23:53 SB
29 Anuradha Cooray  Sri Lanka (SRI) 2:25:04
30 Cephas Pasipamiri  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:25:05 SB
31 Roman Prodius  Moldova (MDA) 2:26:46
32 Edwin Kipchirchir Kemboi  Austria (AUT) 2:28:06
33 Ho Chin-ping  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2:28:14
34 Guan Siyang  China (CHN) 2:30:17
35 Henri Manninen  Finland (FIN) 2:30:22 SB
36 David Nilsson  Sweden (SWE) 2:31:24
37 Gilbert Mutandiro  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 2:31:35
38 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od  Mongolia (MGL) 2:32:09
39 Noh Si-hwan  South Korea (KOR) 2:32:35
40 Kazuhiro Maeda  Japan (JPN) 2:32:49
41 Desmond Mokgobu  South Africa (RSA) 2:34:11
42 Fabiano Joseph Naasi  Tanzania (TAN) 2:35:27 SB
Wissem Hosni  Tunisia (TUN) DNF
Bekir Karayel  Turkey (TUR) DNF
Abraham Kiplimo  Uganda (UGA) DNF
Edmilson Santana  Brazil (BRA) DNF
Ivan Babaryka  Ukraine (UKR) DNF
Oleksandr Babarynka  Ukraine (UKR) DNF
Jeffrey Eggleston  United States (USA) DNF
Sibusiso Nzima  South Africa (RSA) DNF
Gilberto Lopes  Brazil (BRA) DNF
Muhan Hasi  China (CHN) DNF
Richer Pérez  Cuba (CUB) DNF
Beraki Beyene  Eritrea (ERI) DNF
Carles Castillejo  Spain (SPA) DNF
Mihail Krassilov  Kazakhstan (KAZ) DNF
Yu Seung-yeop  South Korea (KOR) DNF
Dennis Kipruto Kimetto  Kenya (KEN) DNF
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich  Kenya (KEN) DNF
Mohammad Jafar Moradi  Iran (IRI) DNF
Aadam Ismaeel Khamis  Bahrain (BHR) DNF
Hasan Mahboob  Bahrain (BHR) DNF
Adil Annani  Morocco (MAR) DNF
Rachid Kisri  Morocco (MAR) DNF
Abel Villanueva  Peru (PER) DNF
Marius Ionescu  Romania (ROM) DNF
Thabiso Benedict Moeng  South Africa (RSA) DNF
Guor Marial  South Sudan (SSD) DNS

References

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