The marathon at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious global title in the discipline after the marathon at the Olympics. From 1997 to 2011 it hosted the World Marathon Cup team event. It currently forms part of the World Marathon Majors circuit, which includes the six top annual races. The competition format has separate men's and women's races, which both serve as a straight final. Participation typically numbers between sixty and eighty runners per race. The event usually starts and ends in the main stadium, with the rest of the race taking place on the surrounding roads of the host city.
The championship records for the event are 2:06:54 hours for men, set by Abel Kirui in 2009, and 2:20:57 hours for women, set by Paula Radcliffe in 2005.[1] The world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition by either men or women, reflecting the lack of pacemaking and athletes' more tactical approach to championship races.[2]
Catherine Ndereba and Edna Kiplagat are the most successful athletes of the event, having each won two gold medals and one silver medal in the women's marathon. In addition, Kiplagat finished top five in five consecutive World Athletics Championship Marathons from 2011-2019. Three other athletes have won the World Championships marathon twice: Abel Antón, Jaouad Gharib, and Abel Kirui – all of whom along with Edna Kiplagat had back-to-back victories.
Kenya is the most successful nation in the discipline, having won eight gold medals overall (four in each division). Japan is the next most successful, with three gold medallists, and shares the highest medal total of fourteen with Kenya. Spain has won three gold medals, while Ethiopia has won ten medals in the men's race (the highest).
Patrick Dupouy of French Polynesia became the oldest male competitor of World Championships history in 2007, at the age of 46 years and 85 days.[3] Under current regulations, the records for the youngest participants will remain indefinitely as any athlete in the junior category (under-20) that year, or younger, is ineligible to enter the marathon.[4]
nb1Ayele Seteng of Israel was originally stated as the oldest competitor, but this was due to an administrative error on his passport, which lists his date of birth as understood under the Ethiopian calendar (showing some seven to eight years less than the Gregorian calendar).[3]
Dopingedit
The first doping ban to effect the World Championships marathon came in 2001, when Italy's Roberto Barbi (60th in the men's race) was disqualified. Original eighth-placer Nailiya Yulamanova was disqualified from the 2009 women's race and another Russian, Mikhail Lemayev, had his result annulled from the men's race that year. Biological passport irregularities saw Abderrahim Goumri's runs in 2009 and 2011 retrospectively annulled.[5] The anti-doping programme at the 2013 championships saw Jeremías Saloj disqualified from the men's race for doping.[6]
^More than 1900 blood samples collected – Moscow 2013. IAAF (2013-09-20). Retrieved on 2015-08-16.
^Main > Men, marathon > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2015-07-07.
^Main > Women, marathon > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2015-07-07.
Bibliographyedit
Butler, Mark (2013). (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2014.
External linksedit
Official IAAF website
April 12, 2024
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The marathon at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983 It is the second most prestigious global title in the discipline after the marathon at the Olympics From 1997 to 2011 it hosted the World Marathon Cup team event It currently forms part of the World Marathon Majors circuit which includes the six top annual races The competition format has separate men s and women s races which both serve as a straight final Participation typically numbers between sixty and eighty runners per race The event usually starts and ends in the main stadium with the rest of the race taking place on the surrounding roads of the host city Marathonat the World Athletics ChampionshipsWomen starting the 2013 marathon on the trackOverviewGenderMen and womenYears heldMen 1983 2023 Women 1983 2023Championship recordMen2 06 54 Abel Kirui 2009 Women2 20 57 Paula Radcliffe 2005 Reigning championMen Lelisa Desisa ETH Women Ruth Chepngetich KEN The championship records for the event are 2 06 54 hours for men set by Abel Kirui in 2009 and 2 20 57 hours for women set by Paula Radcliffe in 2005 1 The world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition by either men or women reflecting the lack of pacemaking and athletes more tactical approach to championship races 2 Catherine Ndereba and Edna Kiplagat are the most successful athletes of the event having each won two gold medals and one silver medal in the women s marathon In addition Kiplagat finished top five in five consecutive World Athletics Championship Marathons from 2011 2019 Three other athletes have won the World Championships marathon twice Abel Anton Jaouad Gharib and Abel Kirui all of whom along with Edna Kiplagat had back to back victories Kenya is the most successful nation in the discipline having won eight gold medals overall four in each division Japan is the next most successful with three gold medallists and shares the highest medal total of fourteen with Kenya Spain has won three gold medals while Ethiopia has won ten medals in the men s race the highest Contents 1 Age 2 Doping 3 Medalists 3 1 Men 3 1 1 Multiple medalists 3 1 2 Medalists by country 3 2 Women 3 2 1 Multiple medalists 3 2 2 Medalists by country 4 Championship record progression 4 1 Men 4 2 Women 5 Host cities 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External linksAge editPatrick Dupouy of French Polynesia became the oldest male competitor of World Championships history in 2007 at the age of 46 years and 85 days 3 Under current regulations the records for the youngest participants will remain indefinitely as any athlete in the junior category under 20 that year or younger is ineligible to enter the marathon 4 Distinction Male athlete Age Female athlete AgeYoungest champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie 19 years 281 days Bai Xue 20 years 251 daysYoungest medalist Ghirmay Ghebreslassie 19 years 281 days Bai Xue 20 years 251 daysYoungest participant Ahmed Hassan 18 years 187 days Su Su Ning 14 years 274 daysOldest champion Abel Anton 36 years 308 days Catherine Ndereba 35 years 43 daysOldest medalist Abel Anton 36 years 308 days Constantina Diță 35 years 203 daysOldest participant Patrick Dupouy 46 years 85 days nb1 Colleen de Reuck 47 years 136 daysnb1 Ayele Seteng of Israel was originally stated as the oldest competitor but this was due to an administrative error on his passport which lists his date of birth as understood under the Ethiopian calendar showing some seven to eight years less than the Gregorian calendar 3 Doping editThe first doping ban to effect the World Championships marathon came in 2001 when Italy s Roberto Barbi 60th in the men s race was disqualified Original eighth placer Nailiya Yulamanova was disqualified from the 2009 women s race and another Russian Mikhail Lemayev had his result annulled from the men s race that year Biological passport irregularities saw Abderrahim Goumri s runs in 2009 and 2011 retrospectively annulled 5 The anti doping programme at the 2013 championships saw Jeremias Saloj disqualified from the men s race for doping 6 Medalists editMen edit Championships Gold Silver Bronze1983 Helsinkidetails nbsp Robert de Castella AUS nbsp Kebede Balcha ETH nbsp Waldemar Cierpinski GDR 1987 Romedetails nbsp Douglas Wakiihuri KEN nbsp Hussein Ahmed Salah DJI nbsp Gelindo Bordin ITA 1991 Tokyodetails nbsp Hiromi Taniguchi JPN nbsp Hussein Ahmed Salah DJI nbsp Steve Spence USA 1993 Stuttgartdetails nbsp Mark Plaatjes USA nbsp Luketz Swartbooi NAM nbsp Bert van Vlaanderen NED 1995 Gothenburgdetails nbsp Martin Fiz ESP nbsp Dionicio Ceron MEX nbsp Luiz Antonio dos Santos BRA 1997 Athensdetails nbsp Abel Anton ESP nbsp Martin Fiz ESP nbsp Steve Moneghetti AUS 1999 Sevilledetails nbsp Abel Anton ESP nbsp Vincenzo Modica ITA nbsp Nobuyuki Sato JPN 2001 Edmontondetails nbsp Gezahegne Abera ETH nbsp Simon Biwott KEN nbsp Stefano Baldini ITA 2003 Saint Denisdetails nbsp Jaouad Gharib MAR nbsp Julio Rey ESP nbsp Stefano Baldini ITA 2005 Helsinkidetails nbsp Jaouad Gharib MAR nbsp Christopher Isengwe TAN nbsp Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN 2007 Osakadetails nbsp Luke Kibet Bowen KEN nbsp Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT nbsp Viktor Rothlin SUI 2009 Berlindetails nbsp Abel Kirui KEN nbsp Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai KEN nbsp Tsegaye Kebede ETH 2011 Daegudetails nbsp Abel Kirui KEN nbsp Vincent Kipruto KEN nbsp Feyisa Lilesa ETH 2013 Moscowdetails nbsp Stephen Kiprotich UGA nbsp Lelisa Desisa ETH nbsp Tadese Tola ETH 2015 Beijingdetails nbsp Ghirmay Ghebreslassie ERI nbsp Yemane Tsegay ETH nbsp Solomon Mutai UGA 2017 Londondetails nbsp Geoffrey Kirui KEN nbsp Tamirat Tola ETH nbsp Alphonce Simbu TAN 2019 Dohadetails nbsp Lelisa Desisa ETH nbsp Mosinet Geremew ETH nbsp Amos Kipruto KEN 2022 Eugenedetails nbsp Tamirat Tola ETH nbsp Mosinet Geremew ETH nbsp Bashir Abdi BEL 2023 Budapestdetails nbsp Victor Kiplangat UGA nbsp Maru Teferi ISR nbsp Leul Gebresilase ETH Multiple medalists edit Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Abel Anton nbsp Spain ESP 1997 1999 2 0 0 21 Jaouad Gharib nbsp Morocco MAR 2003 2005 2 0 0 21 Abel Kirui nbsp Kenya KEN 2009 2011 2 0 0 24 Martin Fiz nbsp Spain ESP 1995 1997 1 1 0 24 Lelisa Desisa nbsp Ethiopia ETH 2013 2019 1 1 0 24 Tamirat Tola nbsp Ethiopia ETH 2017 2022 1 1 0 27 Hussein Ahmed Salah nbsp Djibouti DJI 1987 1991 0 2 0 27 Mosinet Geremew nbsp Ethiopia ETH 2019 2022 0 2 0 29 Stefano Baldini nbsp Italy ITA 2001 2003 0 0 2 2Medalists by country edit Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total1 nbsp Kenya KEN 5 3 1 92 nbsp Ethiopia ETH 3 6 4 133 nbsp Spain ESP 3 2 0 54 nbsp Morocco MAR nbsp Uganda UGA 2 0 0 25 nbsp Japan JPN 1 0 2 36 nbsp Australia AUS 1 0 1 27 nbsp United States USA 1 0 1 28 nbsp Eritrea ERI 1 0 0 19 nbsp Djibouti DJI 0 2 0 210 nbsp Italy ITA 0 1 3 411 nbsp Tanzania TAN 0 1 1 212 nbsp Mexico MEX nbsp Namibia NAM nbsp Qatar QAT nbsp Israel ISR 0 1 0 113 nbsp Belgium BEL nbsp Brazil BRA nbsp East Germany GDR nbsp Netherlands NED nbsp Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1Women edit Championships Gold Silver Bronze1983 Helsinkidetails nbsp Grete Waitz NOR nbsp Marianne Dickerson USA nbsp Raisa Smekhnova URS 1987 Romedetails nbsp Rosa Mota POR nbsp Zoya Ivanova URS nbsp Jocelyne Villeton FRA 1991 Tokyodetails nbsp Wanda Panfil POL nbsp Sachiko Yamashita JPN nbsp Katrin Dorre GER 1993 Stuttgartdetails nbsp Junko Asari JPN nbsp Manuela Machado POR nbsp Tomoe Abe JPN 1995 Gothenburgdetails nbsp Manuela Machado POR nbsp Anuța Cătună ROU nbsp Ornella Ferrara ITA 1997 Athensdetails nbsp Hiromi Suzuki JPN nbsp Manuela Machado POR nbsp Lidia Slăvuțeanu ROU 1999 Sevilledetails nbsp Jong Song ok PRK nbsp Ari Ichihashi JPN nbsp Lidia Șimon ROU 2001 Edmontondetails nbsp Lidia Șimon ROU nbsp Reiko Tosa JPN nbsp Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2003 Saint Denisdetails nbsp Catherine Ndereba KEN nbsp Mizuki Noguchi JPN nbsp Masako Chiba JPN 2005 Helsinkidetails nbsp Paula Radcliffe GBR nbsp Catherine Ndereba KEN nbsp Constantina Diţă Tomescu ROU 2007 Osakadetails nbsp Catherine Ndereba KEN nbsp Zhou Chunxiu CHN nbsp Reiko Tosa JPN 2009 Berlindetails nbsp Bai Xue CHN nbsp Yoshimi Ozaki JPN nbsp Aselefech Mergia ETH 2011 Daegudetails nbsp Edna Kiplagat KEN nbsp Priscah Jeptoo KEN nbsp Sharon Cherop KEN 2013 Moscowdetails nbsp Edna Kiplagat KEN nbsp Valeria Straneo ITA nbsp Kayoko Fukushi JPN 2015 Beijingdetails nbsp Mare Dibaba ETH nbsp Helah Kiprop KEN nbsp Eunice Kirwa BHR 2017 Londondetails nbsp Rose Chelimo BHR nbsp Edna Kiplagat KEN nbsp Amy Cragg USA 2019 Dohadetails nbsp Ruth Chepng etich KEN nbsp Rose Chelimo BHR nbsp Helalia Johannes NAM 2022 Eugenedetails nbsp Gotytom Gebreslase ETH nbsp Judith Korir KEN nbsp Lonah Chemtai Salpeter ISR 2023 Budapestdetails nbsp Amane Beriso Shankule ETH nbsp Gotytom Gebreslase ETH nbsp Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi MAR Multiple medalists edit Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Catherine Ndereba nbsp Kenya KEN 2003 2007 2 1 0 3Edna Kiplagat nbsp Kenya KEN 2011 2017 2 1 0 33 Manuela Machado nbsp Portugal POR 1993 1997 1 2 0 34 Lidia Șimon nbsp Romania ROU 1997 2001 1 0 2 35 Reiko Tosa nbsp Japan JPN 2001 2007 0 1 1 2Medalists by country edit Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total1 nbsp Kenya KEN 5 5 1 112 nbsp Ethiopia ETH 3 1 1 33 nbsp Japan JPN 2 5 4 114 nbsp Portugal POR 2 2 0 45 nbsp Romania ROU 1 1 3 56 nbsp Bahrain BHR 1 1 1 37 nbsp China CHN 1 1 0 28 nbsp Norway NOR nbsp Poland POL nbsp North Korea PRK nbsp Great Britain GBR 1 0 0 19 nbsp Soviet Union URS nbsp Italy ITA nbsp United States USA 0 1 1 210 nbsp Russia RUS nbsp Israel ISR nbsp France FRA nbsp Morocco MAR nbsp Namibia NAM 0 0 1 1Championship record progression editMen edit Men s marathon World Championships record progression 7 Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date2 10 03 Robert De Castella nbsp Australia AUS 1983 Final 14 August2 08 31 Jaouad Gharib nbsp Morocco MAR 2003 Final 30 August2 06 54 Abel Kirui nbsp Kenya KEN 2009 Final 22 AugustWomen edit Women s marathon World Championships record progression 8 Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date2 28 08 Grete Waitz nbsp Norway NOR 1983 Final 7 August2 25 17 Rosa Mota nbsp Portugal POR 1987 Final 29 August2 23 55 Catherine Ndereba nbsp Kenya KEN 2003 Final 31 August2 20 57 Paula Radcliffe nbsp Great Britain GBR 2005 Final 14 AugustHost cities editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it March 2023 References edit Championships Records IAAF Retrieved on 2015 07 12 IAAF World Championships IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011 pp 595 6 archived IAAF Retrieved on 2015 07 06 a b Butler 2013 p 34 7 Technical Regulations for the IAAF World Championships Updated January 2015 IAAF Retrieved on 2015 08 16 Butler 2013 p 67 9 More than 1900 blood samples collected Moscow 2013 IAAF 2013 09 20 Retrieved on 2015 08 16 Main gt Men marathon gt World Championships Records Progression Track and Field Brinkster Retrieved on 2015 07 07 Main gt Women marathon gt World Championships Records Progression Track and Field Brinkster Retrieved on 2015 07 07 Bibliography editButler Mark 2013 IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 PDF IAAF Archived from the original PDF on 12 October 2014 External links editOfficial IAAF website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marathons at the World Athletics Championships amp oldid 1179844935, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
