1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

The Men's Marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Saturday August 12, 1995.

Medalists

Gold	Martín Fiz Spain (ESP)
Silver	Dionicio Cerón Mexico (MEX)
Bronze	Luíz Antônio dos Santos Brazil (BRA)

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 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Belayneh Dinsamo (ETH)	2:06:50	April 17, 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best	Dionicio Cerón (MEX)	2:08:30	April 2, 1995	London, United Kingdom

Intermediates

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Martín Fiz (ESP)	2:11:41
	Dionicio Cerón (MEX)	2:12:13
	Luíz Antônio dos Santos (BRA)	2:12:49
4	Peter Whitehead (GBR)	2:14:08
5	Alberto Juzdado (ESP)	2:15:29
6	Diego García (ESP)	2:15:34
7	Richard Nerurkar (GBR)	2:15:47
8	Steve Moneghetti (AUS)	2:16:13
9	Andrés Espinosa (MEX)	2:16:44
10	Steve Plasencia (USA)	2:16:56
11	Bruce Deacon (CAN)	2:16:58
12	Yuji Nakamura (JPN)	2:17:30
13	Oleg Strizhakov (RUS)	2:17:50
14	Konrad Dobler (GER)	2:18:09
15	Isidro Rico (MEX)	2:18:29
16	Ikaji Salum (TAN)	2:18:39
17	Daisuke Tokunaga (JPN)	2:19:53
18	Erick Wainaina (KEN)	2:19:53
19	Terje Ness (NOR)	2:20:06
20	Abdelillah Zerdal (MAR)	2:20:10
21	Ed Eyestone (USA)	2:20:17
22	Lee Bong-ju (KOR)	2:20:31
23	John Andrews (AUS)	2:20:32
24	Tahar Mansouri (TUN)	2:20:44
25	Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)	2:20:50
26	Elphas Ginindza (SWZ)	2:21:01
27	Michael Mukoma (KEN)	2:21:08
28	Joseph Tjitunga (NAM)	2:21:57
29	Tumo Turbo (ETH)	2:22:01
30	Harri Hänninen (FIN)	2:22:43
31	Omar Abdillahi (DJI)	2:23:26
32	Martin Ndivheni (RSA)	2:23:42
33	Luca Barzaghi (ITA)	2:23:51
34	John Mwathiwa (MWI)	2:24:01
35	Roman Kejžar (SLO)	2:24:10
36	Isaac Tshabalala (RSA)	2:24:42
37	Stephen Langat (KEN)	2:25:49
38	Hsu Gi-sheng (TPE)	2:25:55
39	Dominique Chauvelier (FRA)	2:27:30
40	Nazirdin Akylbekov (KGZ)	2:27:44
41	Toshiaki Kurabayashi (JPN)	2:28:57
42	William Aguirre (NCA)	2:29:54
43	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2:30:53
44	Eduard Tukhbatullin (RUS)	2:31:19
45	Matthews Temane (RSA)	2:31:24
46	Idris Ibrahim (SWE)	2:31:31
47	Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	2:32:35
48	Mothusi Tsiana (BOT)	2:33:03
49	Pavel Loskutov (EST)	2:33:42
50	Jean-Marie Gehin (FRA)	2:34:10
51	Mimoun Lamhajar (MAR)	2:35:17
52	Sean Quilty (AUS)	2:37:01
53	Islam Dugum (BIH)	2:38:37
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	Paul Pilkington (USA)	DNF
—	Peter Maher (CAN)	DNF
—	Paul Kuete (CMR)	DNF
—	Abdelillah Sbaiti (MAR)	DNF
—	Pamenos Ballantyne (VIN)	DNF
—	Boay Akonay (TAN)	DNF
—	Mark Hudspith (GBR)	DNF
—	Antonio Vicente Neto (BRA)	DNF
—	Laurentiu Staicu (ROM)	DNF
—	Rainer Wachenbrunner (GER)	DNF
—	Sid-Ali Sakhri (ALG)	DNF
—	Karel David (CZE)	DNF
—	Asaf Bimro (ISR)	DNF
—	Åke Eriksson (SWE)	DNF
—	Luigi Di Lello (ITA)	DNF
—	Joaquim Silva (POR)	DNF
—	Aleksandr Vychuzhanin (RUS)	DNF
—	Yayeh Aden (DJI)	DNF
—	Valdenor dos Santos (BRA)	DNF
—	Joaquim Pinheiro (POR)	DNF
—	Poulo Makhoahle (LES)	DNF
—	Kim Yong-Bok (KOR)	DNF
—	Borislav Dević (YUG)	DNF
—	Tena Negere (ETH)	DNF
—	Kent Jensen (DEN)	DNF

See also

• 1995 Marathon Year Ranking
• Men's Olympic Marathon (1996)

References

• Results