Medalists

Gold	Douglas Wakiihuri Douglas Wakiihuri Douglas Wakiihuri is a former Kenyan long-distance runner, who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. No other male Kenyan runner had ever won the marathon at World Championships or Olympic Games until 2007, when Luke Kibet became a world champion... Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...  (KEN)
Silver	Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...  (DJI)
Bronze	Gelindo Bordin Gelindo Bordin Gelindo Bordin is an Italian former athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Born at Vicenza, Bordin made his first breakthrough at the 1986 European Championships, where he won a gold medal.... Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...  (ITA)

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 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		2:07:12	April 20, 1985	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record		2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best		2:09:50	May 10, 1987	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... , United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

Final ranking

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		2:11:48
		2:12:30
		2:12:40
4.		2:12:49
5.		2:12:54
6.		2:13:43
7.		2:14:03
8.		2:14:41
9.		2:14:58
10.		2:16:42
11.		2:16:55
12.		2:16:58
13.		2:17:45
14.		2:18:09
15.		2:18:27
16.		2:19:00
17.		2:19:24
18.		2:20:00
19.		2:20:43
20.		2:20:43
21.		2:20:46
22.		2:20:51
23.		2:21:03
24.		2:22:21
25.		2:22:52
26.		2:23:25
27.		2:24:09
28.		2:24:20
29.		2:24:43
30.		2:24:47
31.		2:25:41
32.		2:26:40
33.		2:27:19
34.		2:28:35
35.		2:29:04
36.		2:30:04
37.		2:30:05
38.		2:30:08
39.		2:30:31
40.		2:31:39
41.		2:32:44
42.		2:34:20
43.		2:40:48
44.		2:43:14
45.		2:43:43
46.		2:43:54
47.		3:12:33
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See also

• 1987 Marathon Year Ranking
• Men's Olympic Marathon (1988)
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon
  The Men's Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Sunday October 2, 1988. The race started on 14.30h local time. A total number of 98 athletes completed the race, with Polin Belisle from Belize finishing in last position in 3'14:02. There were 118 competitors from 70...