1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon
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The Men's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships
in Athens, Greece was held on Sunday August 10, 1997.
1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...
in Athens, Greece was held on Sunday August 10, 1997.
Medalists
| Gold |  Abel AntónAbel Antón Abel Antón Rodrigo is a Spanish long-distance runner. He won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In 1998 Antón became the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon... Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... (ESP) |
| Silver | Martín Fiz Martín Fiz Martín Fiz Martín is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg... Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... (ESP) |
| Bronze |  Steve MoneghettiSteve Moneghetti Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti is an Australian long-distance runner. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in education and an honorary doctorate from the University of Ballarat... Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... (AUS) |
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 1997 World Athletics Championships | ||||
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| 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 |
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| Event Record | 2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 |  Helsinki, Finland |
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| Season Best | 2:07:51 | April 20, 1997 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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Final ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
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| 4 | 2:14:47 | ||
| 5 | 2:15:31 | ||
| 6 | 2:16:53 | ||
| 7 | 2:17:16 | ||
| 8 | 2:17:44 | ||
| 9 | 2:17:44 | ||
| 10 | 2:17:54 | ||
| 11 | 2:18:19 | ||
| 12 | 2:18:37 | ||
| 13 | 2:18:41 | ||
| 14 | 2:19:18 | ||
| 15 | 2:19:31 | ||
| 16 | 2:20:29 | ||
| 17 | 2:20:34 | ||
| 18 | 2:20:55 | ||
| 19 | 2:21:03 | ||
| 20 | 2:21:05 | ||
| 21 | 2:21:08 | ||
| 22 | 2:21:23 | ||
| 23 | 2:21:48 | ||
| 24 | 2:21:57 | ||
| 25 | 2:22:33 | ||
| 26 | 2:22:40 | ||
| 27 | 2:23:10 | ||
| 28 | 2:23:15 | ||
| 29 | 2:23:19 | ||
| 30 | 2:23:30 | ||
| 31 | 2:23:53 | ||
| 32 | 2:24:42 | ||
| 33 | 2:24:49 | ||
| 34 | 2:25:00 | ||
| 35 | 2:25:12 | ||
| 36 | 2:25:37 | ||
| 37 | 2:25:56 | ||
| 38 | 2:26:06 | ||
| 39 | 2:26:06 | ||
| 40 | 2:26:33 | ||
| 41 | 2:27:12 | ||
| 42 | 2:27:30 | ||
| 43 | 2:27:30 | ||
| 44 | 2:27:50 | ||
| 45 | 2:27:54 | ||
| 46 | 2:28:29 | ||
| 47 | 2:29:04 | ||
| 48 | 2:29:10 | ||
| 49 | 2:30:56 | ||
| 50 | 2:31:11 | ||
| 51 | 2:31:31 | ||
| 52 | 2:31:44 | ||
| 53 | 2:32:07 | ||
| 54 | 2:34:26 | ||
| 55 | 2:34:47 | ||
| 56 | 2:35:19 | ||
| 57 | 2:36:14 | ||
| 58 | 2:37:11 | ||
| 59 | 2:37:45 | ||
| 60 | 2:38:37 | ||
| 61 | 2:40:32 | ||
| 62 | 2:44:21 | ||
| 63 | 2:45:56 | ||
| 64 | 2:55:14 | ||
| 65 | 2:56:07 | ||
| 66 | align=left | | 3:02:49 | |
| 67 | align=left | | 3:08:32 | |
| 68 | align=left | |3:11:19 | |
| 69 | align=left | |3:13:44 | |
| 70 | align=left | |3:14:30 | |
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See also
- Men's Olympic Marathon (1996)Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's marathonThe Men's Marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia was held on Sunday August 4, 1996. The race started at 07.05h local time to avoid excessively hot and humid conditions...
- 1997 Marathon Year Ranking