The Men's Marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 22, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany.
- 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 |
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
[edit] Date | Time | Round |
August 22, 2009 | 11:45 | Final |