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1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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The Men's Marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy was held on Sunday September 6, 1987.

Medalists edit

Gold   Douglas Wakiihuri
Kenya (KEN)
Silver   Hussein Ahmed Salah
Djibouti (DJI)
Bronze   Gelindo Bordin
Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations edit

  • 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 edit

Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Carlos Lopes (POR) 2:07:12 April 20, 1985   Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record   Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:10:03 August 14, 1983   Helsinki, Finland
Season Best   Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 2:09:50 May 10, 1987   London, United Kingdom

Final ranking edit

RANK FINAL TIME
    Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 2:11:48
    Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI) 2:12:30
    Gelindo Bordin (ITA) 2:12:40
4.   Steve Moneghetti (AUS) 2:12:49
5.   Hugh Jones (GBR) 2:12:54
6.   Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 2:13:43
7.   Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) 2:14:03
8.   Ravil Kashapov (URS) 2:14:41
9.   Henrik Jørgensen (DEN) 2:14:58
10.   Dirk Vanderherten (BEL) 2:16:42
11.   Yakov Tolstikov (URS) 2:16:55
12.   Martin Vrabel (TCH) 2:16:58
13.   Salvatore Bettiol (ITA) 2:17:45
14.   Mirko Vindiš (YUG) 2:18:09
15.   Tefera Guta (ETH) 2:18:27
16.   Vicente Antón (ESP) 2:19:00
17.   Herbert Steffny (FRG) 2:19:24
18.   Honorato Hernández (ESP) 2:20:00
19.   Michael Spottel (FRG) 2:20:43
20.   Graham Macky (NZL) 2:20:43
21.   Don Janicki (USA) 2:20:46
22.   Masayuki Nishi (JPN) 2:20:51
23.   Eloi Rodrigues (BRA) 2:21:03
24.   Marti ten Kate (NED) 2:22:21
25.   Kingston Mills (IRL) 2:22:52
26.   Yuichiro Osuda (JPN) 2:23:25
27.   Sam Hlawe (SWZ) 2:24:09
28.   Alfonso Abellán (ESP) 2:24:20
29.   Bigboy Matlapeng (BOT) 2:24:43
30.   Fumiaki Abe (JPN) 2:24:47
31.   Jeong Man-Hwa (KOR) 2:25:41
32.   Peter Maher (CAN) 2:26:40
33.   William Aguirre (NCA) 2:27:19
34.   Vithanakande Samarasinghe (SRI) 2:28:35
35.   José Jami (ECU) 2:29:04
36.   Peter Mitchell (AUS) 2:30:04
37.   Francis Mukuka (ZAM) 2:30:05
38.   Justin Gloden (LUX) 2:30:08
39.   Hsu Gi-sheng (TPE) 2:30:31
40.   Moacir Marconi (BRA) 2:31:39
41.   Stanimir Nenov (BUL) 2:32:44
42.   Hari Singh (IND) 2:34:20
43.   Albert Marie (SEY) 2:40:48
44.   Veselin Vasilev (BUL) 2:43:14
45.   Salvator Sahabo (BRU) 2:43:43
46.   Chandra Bahadur Gurung (NEP) 2:43:54
47.   William Abrams (GUY) 3:12:33
—   Ralf Salzmann (FRG) DNF
—   Bruno Lafranchi (SUI) DNF
—   Policarpio Calizaya (BOL) DNF
—   Robert de Castella (AUS) DNF
—   Christos Papachristos (GRE) DNF
—   El Mostafa Nechchadi (MAR) DNF
—   Dan Grimes (USA) DNF
—   Geoff Smith (GBR) DNF
—   Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) DNF
—   Delfim Moreira (POR) DNF
—   Martti Vainio (FIN) DNF
—   Mehmet Terzi (TUR) DNF
—   Alain Lazare (FRA) DNF
—   Dave Gordon (USA) DNF
—   Jorge Yeber (ARG) DNF
—   Djama Robleh (DJI) DNF
—   James Walker (GUM) DNF
—   Samu Samuelu (WSM) DNF
—   Bogusław Psujek (POL) DNF
—   Allan Zachariassen (DEN) DNF

See also edit

References edit

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