1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon

The Men's Marathon at the 1993 World Championships

1993 World Championships in Athletics

The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22 with the participation of 187 nations....

in Stuttgart, Germany was held on Saturday August 14, 1993.

Medalists

Gold	Mark Plaatjes Mark Plaatjes Mark Plaatjes was the marathon champion at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart.Born in South Africa under apartheid, Plaatjes won two national titles at the marathon and two at cross country... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA)
Silver	Luketz Swartbooi Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March... (NAM)
Bronze	Bert van Vlaanderen Bert van Vlaanderen Albert van Vlaanderen is a retired long-distance runner from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics. At the 1992 Olympic Marathon in Barcelona he finished in fifteenth position with a time of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 47 seconds... Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... (NED)

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

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 1993 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....	2:06:50	April 17, 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record	2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best	2:09:25	March 21, 1993	Kyong-Ju, South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		2:13:57
		2:14:11
		2:15:12
4		2:17:14
5		2:17:54
6		2:18:28
7		2:18:52
8		2:18:52
9		2:18:54
10		2:19:26
11		2:19:30
12		2:19:53
13		2:20:04
14		2:20:40
15		2:22:17
16		2:22:17
17		2:23:00
18		2:23:02
19		2:23:31
20		2:24:07
21		2:24:23
22		2:24:26
23		2:24:35
24		2:25:30
25		2:27:26
26		2:27:30
27		2:27:56
28		2:28:04
29		2:28:05
30		2:28:07
31		2:28:56
32		2:29:28
33		2:29:37
34		2:29:46
35		2:30:37
36		2:30:40
37		2:30:56
38		2:33:03
39		2:34:26
40		2:34:47
41		2:37:48
42		2:42:10
43		2:55:17
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Medalists

Abbreviations

Records

Final ranking

See also