2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada was held on August 3, 2001.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gezahegne Abera Ethiopia (ETH) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Simon Biwott Kenya (KEN) |
| Bronze | Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA) |

## Abbreviations

* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

| DNS | did not start |
| - | - |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships :

| World Record | Khalid Khannouchi | United States (USA) | 2:05:42 | October 24, 1999 | Chicago, United States |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event Record | Robert de Castella | Australia (AUS) | 2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Season Best | Josephat Kiprono | Kenya (KEN) | 2:06:50 | April 22, 2001 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |

## Intermediates

| Rank | Number | Athlete | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1101 | Ronnie Holassie | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 15:31 |
| 2 | 1153 | Josh Cox | United States (USA) | 15:31 |
| 3 | 1249 | Elijah Mutandiro | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 15:31 |
| 4 | 572 | Asaf Bimro | Israel (ISR) | 15:51 |
| 5 | 654 | Takayuki Nishida | Japan (JPN) | 15:51 |
| 10 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1101 | Ronnie Holassie | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 30:54 |
| 2 | 334 | Simretu Alemayehu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 31:18 |
| 3 | 598 | Giacomo Leone | Italy (ITA) | 31:18 |
| 4 | 1179 | Khalid Khannouchi | United States (USA) | 31:18 |
| 5 | 696 | Lee Bong-Ju | South Korea (KOR) | 31:18 |
| 15 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1101 | Ronnie Holassie | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 47:01 |
| 2 | 672 | Simon Biwott | Kenya (KEN) | 47:32 |
| 3 | 999 | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda (RWA) | 47:32 |
| 4 | 696 | Lee Bong-Ju | South Korea (KOR) | 47:32 |
| 5 | 951 | Laban Nkete | South Africa (RSA) | 47:32 |
| 20 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 1101 | Ronnie Holassie | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1:03:27 |
| 2 | 959 | Ian Syster | South Africa (RSA) | 1:03:28 |
| 3 | 334 | Simretu Alemayehu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:03:28 |
| 4 | 1179 | Khalid Khannouchi | United States (USA) | 1:03:28 |
| 5 | 672 | Simon Biwott | Kenya (KEN) | 1:03:28 |
| HALF MARATHON ||||
| 1 | 334 | Simretu Alemayehu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:06:59 |
| 2 | 959 | Ian Syster | South Africa (RSA) | 1:06:59 |
| 3 | 761 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco (MAR) | 1:06:59 |
| 4 | 598 | Giacomo Leone | Italy (ITA) | 1:06:59 |
| 5 | 696 | Lee Bong-Ju | South Korea (KOR) | 1:06:59 |
| 25 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 598 | Giacomo Leone | Italy (ITA) | 1:19:14 |
| 2 | 761 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco (MAR) | 1:19:14 |
| 3 | 654 | Takayuki Nishida | Japan (JPN) | 1:19:14 |
| 4 | 696 | Lee Bong-Ju | South Korea (KOR) | 1:19:14 |
| 5 | 959 | Ian Syster | South Africa (RSA) | 1:19:15 |
| 30 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 761 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco (MAR) | 1:34:51 |
| 2 | 332 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:35:00 |
| 3 | 581 | Stefano Baldini | Italy (ITA) | 1:35:00 |
| 4 | 672 | Simon Biwott | Kenya (KEN) | 1:35:00 |
| 5 | 630 | Shigeru Aburaya | Japan (JPN) | 1:35:01 |
| 35 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 581 | Stefano Baldini | Italy (ITA) | 1:50:46 |
| 2 | 341 | Tesfaye Tola | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:50:46 |
| 3 | 332 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:50:46 |
| 4 | 672 | Simon Biwott | Kenya (KEN) | 1:50:47 |
| 5 | 630 | Shigeru Aburaya | Japan (JPN) | 1:50:48 |
| 40 KILOMETRES ||||
| 1 | 672 | Simon Biwott | Kenya (KEN) | 2:06:10 |
| 2 | 332 | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:06:11 |
| 3 | 581 | Stefano Baldini | Italy (ITA) | 2:06:25 |
| 4 | 341 | Tesfaye Tola | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:06:34 |
| 5 | 630 | Shigeru Aburaya | Japan (JPN) | 2:06:55 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Gezahegne Abera | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:12:42 | SB |
| | Simon Biwott | Kenya (KEN) | 2:12:43 | |
| | Stefano Baldini | Italy (ITA) | 2:13:18 | |
| 4 | Tesfaye Tola | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:13:58 | |
| 5 | Shigeru Aburaya | Japan (JPN) | 2:14:07 | |
| 6 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco (MAR) | 2:15:41 | |
| 7 | Tesfaye Jifar | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:16:52 | |
| 8 | Yoshiteru Morishita | Japan (JPN) | 2:17:05 | |
| 9 | Takayuki Nishida | Japan (JPN) | 2:17:24 | |
| 10 | Simretu Alemayehu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:17:35 | |
| 11 | Giacomo Leone | Italy (ITA) | 2:17:54 | |
| 12 | Atsushi Fujita | Japan (JPN) | 2:18:23 | |
| 13 | Benoît Zwierzchiewski | France (FRA) | 2:18:29 | |
| 14 | Ian Syster | South Africa (RSA) | 2:19:38 | |
| 15 | Óscar Fernández | Spain (ESP) | 2:19:45 | |
| 16 | Abdelhakim Bagy | France (FRA) | 2:20:43 | |
| 17 | Alberico di Cecco | Italy (ITA) | 2:20:44 | |
| 18 | Olexandr Kuzin | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:21:26 | |
| 19 | Benjamín Paredes | Mexico (MEX) | 2:22:07 | |
| 20 | Asaf Bimro | Israel (ISR) | 2:22:36 | |
| 21 | Andrés Espinosa | Mexico (MEX) | 2:23:06 | |
| 22 | Lim Jin-Soo | South Korea (KOR) | 2:23:16 | |
| 23 | Nicholas Harrison | Australia (AUS) | 2:23:24 | |
| 24 | Antoni Peña | Spain (ESP) | 2:23:29 | |
| 25 | Pamenos Ballantyne | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) | 2:24:36 | |
| 26 | Kenichi Takahashi | Japan (JPN) | 2:24:41 | |
| 27 | Franklin Tenorio | Ecuador (ECU) | 2:25:15 | |
| 28 | Luketz Swartbooi | Namibia (NAM) | 2:25:40 | |
| 29 | Kamal Ziani | Spain (ESP) | 2:25:43 | |
| 30 | Thabiso Moqhali | Lesotho (LES) | 2:25:44 | |
| 31 | Mykola Rudyk | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:26:04 | |
| 32 | Diego Colorado | Colombia (COL) | 2:26:13 | |
| 33 | Ahmed Adam Saleh | Qatar (QAT) | 2:26:32 | |
| 34 | Larbi Zeroual | France (FRA) | 2:26:45 | |
| 35 | Josh Cox | United States (USA) | 2:26:52 | |
| 36 | Rod de Highden | Australia (AUS) | 2:27:42 | |
| 37 | Julio Rey | Spain (ESP) | 2:27:59 | |
| 38 | Eddy Hellebuyck | United States (USA) | 2:28:01 | |
| 39 | Anders Szalkai | Sweden (SWE) | 2:28:33 | |
| 40 | Magnus Michelsson | Australia (AUS) | 2:28:36 | |
| 41 | Francisco Javier Cortés | Spain (ESP) | 2:28:48 | |
| 42 | Steve Bohan | Canada (CAN) | 2:29:22 | |
| 43 | Ernest Ndjissipou | Central African Republic (CAF) | 2:29:25 | |
| 44 | Tesfit Berhe | Eritrea (ERI) | 2:29:50 | |
| 45 | Francisco Bautista | Mexico (MEX) | 2:29:56 | |
| 46 | Bruce Deacon | Canada (CAN) | 2:30:22 | |
| 47 | Vasiliy Medvedev | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2:30:28 | |
| 48 | Michael Dudley | United States (USA) | 2:30:45 | |
| 49 | Vasilios Zabelis | Greece (GRE) | 2:31:34 | |
| 50 | Andriy Naumov | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:31:42 | |
| 51 | António Zeferino | Cape Verde (CPV) | 2:32:46 | |
| 52 | Kim Gillard | Australia (AUS) | 2:33:11 | |
| 53 | Rafael Yax | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:33:21 | |
| 54 | Kim Yi-Yong | South Korea (KOR) | 2:33:28 | |
| 55 | Isaac García | Mexico (MEX) | 2:33:32 | |
| 56 | Alfredo Arevalo | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:34:16 | |
| 57 | Gregorio Domínguez | Mexico (MEX) | 2:35:15 | |
| 58 | Jean-Paul Niyonsaba | Burundi (BDI) | 2:35:43 | |
| 59 | Ðuro Kodžo | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 2:35:47 | PB |
| 60 | Zigmund Zilbershtein | Georgia (GEO) | 2:36:01 | |
| 61 | Kopamo Pekile | Lesotho (LES) | 2:36:24 | |
| 62 | Juan Eulogio Ramos | Guatemala (GUA) | 2:37:15 | |
| 63 | Honest Mutsakani | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2:37:44 | |
| 64 | Oliver Utting | Canada (CAN) | 2:39:53 | |
| 65 | Nestor Jami | Ecuador (ECU) | 2:41:18 | |
| 66 | Abdellah Béhar | France (FRA) | 2:41:42 | |
| 67 | Laban Nkete | South Africa (RSA) | 2:42:21 | |
| 68 | Sergey Zabavski | Tajikistan (TJK) | 2:42:22 | |
| 69 | José Jami | Ecuador (ECU) | 2:42:23 | |
| 70 | Leonardo Vieira Guedes | Brazil (BRA) | 2:43:11 | |
| 71 | Christian Marmen | Canada (CAN) | 2:44:44 | |
| 72 | Fraser Bertram | Canada (CAN) | 2:45:10 | |
| — | Roberto Barbi | Italy (ITA) | DQ | |
| — | Andreas Erm | Germany (GER) | DNF | |
| — | Abukar Mohamed | Somalia (SOM) | DNF | |
| — | Gert Thys | South Africa (RSA) | DNF | |
| — | Josiah Bembe | South Africa (RSA) | DNF | |
| — | Abdelfattah Aïtzouri | Morocco (MAR) | DNF | |
| — | Lee Bong-Ju | South Korea (KOR) | DNF | |
| — | Josephat Kiprono | Kenya (KEN) | DNF | |
| — | Samson Kandie | Kenya (KEN) | DNF | |
| — | Theodoros Zachos | Greece (GRE) | DNF | |
| — | Ahmed Saeed Hassan | Somalia (SOM) | DNF | |
| — | Elijah Mutandiro | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | DNF | |
| — | Elson Williams | Guyana (GUY) | DNF | |
| — | Arkadi Tolstyh | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | DNF | |
| — | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda (RWA) | DNF | |
| — | Stephen Bwire Mlingi | Tanzania (TAN) | DNF | |
| — | Luis Novo | Portugal (POR) | DNF | |
| — | Roman Kejžar | Slovenia (SLO) | DNF | |
| — | Ronnie Holassie | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | DNF | |
| — | Azzedine Sakhri | Algeria (ALG) | DNF | |
| — | Fekadu Degefu | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | |
| — | Mohamed Ezzher | France (FRA) | DNF | |
| — | Giovanni Ruggiero | Italy (ITA) | DNF | |
| — | David Morris | United States (USA) | DNF | |
| — | Khalid Khannouchi | United States (USA) | DNF | |
| — | Josiah Thugwane | South Africa (RSA) | DNS | |
| — | Mustapha Riad | Morocco (MAR) | DNS | |
| — | Percy Sephoda | Lesotho (LES) | DNS | |
| — | Pedro Ventura Jiménez | Honduras (HON) | DNS | |
| — | Emiliano Lemus | Honduras (HON) | DNS | |
| — | Daher Gadid Omar | Djibouti (DJI) | DNS | |
| — | Ntoka Kapinga | DR Congo (COD) | DNS | |
