The men's marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The weather conditions were difficult, with 28 °C (82 °F) and 72% humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 °C (86 °F) towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.
Medallists
| Gold | Luke Kibet Kenya (KEN)
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| Silver | Mubarak Hassan Shami Qatar (QAT)
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| Bronze | Viktor Röthlin Switzerland (SUI)
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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 records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record |  Paul Tergat (KEN) |
2:04:55 | September 28, 2003 |  Berlin, Germany
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| Event Record |  Jaouad Gharib (MAR) |
2:08:31 | August 30, 2003 |  Paris, France
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| Season Best |  Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) |
2:07:19 | April 15, 2007 | Paris, France
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Final ranking
Marathon World Cup
| Place | Country | Athletes | Time |
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| 1 |  Japan (JPN) |
Tsuyoshi Ogata Satoshi Osaki Toshinari Suwa (Tomoyuki Sato) (Mitsuru Kubota) Total |
2:17:42 2:18:06 2:18:35 (2:20:53) (2:59:40) 6:54:23 |
| 2 |  South Korea (KOR) |
Park Ju-Young Kim Young-Chun Lee Myong-Seung Total |
2:21:49 2:24:25 2:25:54 7:12:08 |
| 3 | Kenya (KEN) |
Luke Kibet William Kiplagat Laban Kagika Total |
2:15:59 2:19:21 2:37:13 7:12:33 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) |
Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein Mike Morgan Kyle O'Brien (Fernando Cabada Jr) Total |
2:23:04 2:23:28 2:28:28 (2:35:48) 7:15:00 |
| 5 |  Ethiopia (ETH) |
Gashaw Asfaw Dejene Berhanu Ambesse Tolosa Total |
2:20:58 2:27:50 2:30:20 7:19:08 |
| 6 |  Tanzania (TAN) |
Samson Ramadhani Getuli Bayo Michael Tluway Mislay Total |
2:25:51 2:26:56 2:30:33 7:23:20 |
| 7 |  Israel (ISR) |
Ayele Seteng Zvadya Wodage Asaf Bimro Total |
2:22:27 2:29:21 2:31:34 7:23:22 |
| 8 |  Portugal (POR) |
Alberto Chaíça Luís Feiteira Paulo Gomes Total |
2:23:22 2:29:34 2:32:02 7:24:58 |
| 9 |  China (CHN) |
Su Wei Deng Haiyang Li Zhuhong (Ren Longyun) Total |
2:28:41 2:29:37 2:32:44 (2:35:22) 7:31:02 |
See also
References
- Full results - IAAF.org
- Event report - IAAF.org
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