| Host City: Stuttgart, Germany |
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| Dates: August 13 – August 22 |
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| Nations participating: 187 |
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| Athletes participating: 1689 |
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Main venue: Gottlieb Daimler Stadium
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| The race developed into a two-way battle between two runners with South African origins, Namibia’s Swartbooi and Plaatjes, who was born in Johnannesburg but became an American citizen in July 1992. The Namibian, third in the Boston marathon the previous April, made a decisive break at 25Km. By 30Km he had a lead of almost one minute. At this point Plaatjes was running conservatively in the second chasing pack, but he improved to catch the group behind Swartbooi at 35Km. He was still 90 seconds behind the leader but closing. At 40Km he could see the Namibian, and it was only after another kilometre that he felt he could catch the leader. This he did with just 1000m remaining. “I felt horrible passing Lucketz,” said Plaatjes. “He did so much work and was brave to take the race out and destroy the field.” |
| The Men's Marathon at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, was held on Saturday August 14, 1993. |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships |
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| World Record |
 Belayneh Densamo (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 |
 Kim Wan-Ki (KOR) |
2:09:25 |
March 21, 1993 |
Kyong-Ju, South Korea |
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Marathon |
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14 August |
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Final |
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| 1 |
Mark Plaatjes |
USA |
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2.13.57 |
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| 2 |
Luketz Swartbooi |
NAM |
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2.14.11 |
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| 3 |
Bert Van Vlaanderen |
NED |
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2.15.12 |
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| 4 |
Jae-Ryong Kim |
KOR |
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2.17.14 |
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| 5 |
Tadao Uchikoshi |
JPN |
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2.17.54 |
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| 6 |
Konrad Dobler |
GER |
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2.18.28 |
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| 7 |
Boniface Merande |
KEN |
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2.18.52 |
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| 8 |
Aleksey Zhelonkin |
RUS |
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2.18.52 |
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| 9 |
Tahar Mansouri |
TUN |
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2.18.54 |
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| 10 |
Peter Maher |
CAN |
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2.19.26 |
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| 11 |
Simon Robert Naali |
TAN |
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2.19.30 |
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| 12 |
Kurt Stenzel |
GER |
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2.19.53 |
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| 13 |
Steve Jones |
GBR |
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2.20.04 |
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| 14 |
Ki-Shik Chang |
KOR |
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2.20.40 |
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| 15 |
Said Ermili |
MAR |
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2.22.17 |
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| 16 |
Hitoshi Saotome |
JPN |
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2.22.17 |
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| 17 |
Elphas Ginindza |
SWZ |
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2.23.00 |
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| 18 |
Cihangir Demirel |
TUR |
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2.23.02 |
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| 19 |
Mirko Vindis |
SLO |
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2.23.31 |
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| 20 |
Mukhamet Nazipov |
RUS |
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2.24.07 |
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| 21 |
Juma Ikangaa |
TAN |
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2.24.23 |
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| 22 |
Vladimir Kotov |
BLR |
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2.24.26 |
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| 23 |
Sid-Ali Sakhri |
ALG |
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2.24.35 |
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| 24 |
Raf Wyns |
BEL |
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2.25.30 |
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| 25 |
Dominique Chauvelier |
FRA |
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2.27.26 |
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| 26 |
Art Boileau |
CAN |
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2.27.30 |
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| 27 |
Alejandro Aros |
CHI |
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2.27.56 |
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| 28 |
Roy Dooney |
IRL |
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2.28.04 |
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| 29 |
Petr Pipa |
SVK |
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2.28.05 |
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| 30 |
Harri Hanninen |
FIN |
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2.28.07 |
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| 31 |
Igor Salamun |
SLO |
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2.28.56 |
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| 32 |
Omar Abdillahi |
DJI |
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2.29.28 |
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| 33 |
Chad Bennion |
USA |
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2.29.37 |
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| 34 |
Tena Negere |
ETH |
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2.29.46 |
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| 35 |
Martin Vrabel |
SVK |
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2.30.37 |
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| 36 |
Moses Matabane |
LES |
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2.30.40 |
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| 37 |
Gi-Sheng Hsu |
TPE |
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2.30.56 |
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| 38 |
Negash Dube |
ETH |
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2.33.03 |
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| 39 |
Alberto Cuba |
CUB |
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2.34.26 |
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| 40 |
Kuruppu Karunaratne |
SRI |
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2.34.47 |
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| 41 |
Takeharu Honda |
JPN |
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2.37.48 |
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| 42 |
Mothusi Tsiana |
BOT |
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2.42.10 |
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| 43 |
Yeung Ng Fai |
HKG |
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2.55.17 |
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| - |
Chaouki Achour |
ALG |
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DNF |
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| - |
Marnix Goegebeur |
BEL |
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DNF |
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| - |
Peter Fonseca |
CAN |
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DNF |
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| - |
Eladio Fernandez |
PAR |
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DNF |
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| - |
Roland Wille |
LIE |
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DNF |
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| - |
Brad Hudson |
USA |
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DNF |
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| - |
John Vermeule |
NED |
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DNF |
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| - |
Stephan Freigang |
GER |
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DNF |
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| - |
Abebe Mekonnen |
ETH |
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DNF |
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| - |
Malcolm Norwood |
AUS |
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DNF |
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| - |
Fred Schumann |
GUM |
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DNF |
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| - |
Willie Mtolo |
RSA |
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DNF |
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| - |
Salvatore Bettiol |
ITA |
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DNF |
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| - |
Artur de Freitas Castro |
BRA |
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DNF |
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| - |
Mohamed Kamel Selmi |
ALG |
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DNF |
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| - |
Carlos Patricio |
POR |
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DNF |
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| - |
Thierry Constantin |
SUI |
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DNF |
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| - |
Leszek Beblo |
POL |
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DNF |
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| - |
Juan Torres |
ESP |
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DNF |
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| - |
Paul Evans |
GBR |
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DNF |
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| - |
Thomas Robert Naali |
TAN |
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DNF |
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| - |
Derek Froude |
NZL |
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DNF |
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| - |
Bertrand Itsweire |
FRA |
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DNF |
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| - |
Slawomir Gurny |
POL |
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DNF |
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| - |
Cosmas Ndeti |
KEN |
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DNF |
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| - |
Joaquim Pinheiro |
POR |
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DNF |
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| - |
Dave Lewis |
GBR |
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DNS |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 |
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Martin Vrábel |
 SVK |
2:12:40 |
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| 2 |
Igor Šalamun |
 SLO |
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| 3 |
Marnix Goegebeur |
 BEL |
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| 4 |
Mothusi Tsiana |
 BOT |
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| 5 |
Peter Fonseca |
 CAN |
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| 6 |
Simon Robert Naali |
 TAN |
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| 7 |
Mukhamet Nazipov |
 RUS |
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| 8 |
Eladio Fernandez |
 PAR |
2:21:45 |
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| 9 |
Gi-Sheng Hsu |
 TPE |
2:30:31 |
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| 10 |
Kuruppu Karunaratne |
 SRI |
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| 11 |
Chad Bennion |
 USA |
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| 12 |
Ki-Shik Chang |
 KOR |
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| 13 |
Roland Wille |
 LIE |
2:24:18 |
2:24:18 |
| 14 |
Petr Pipa |
SVK |
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| 15 |
Brad Hudson |
USA |
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| 16 |
John Vermeule |
 NED |
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| 17 |
Ignacio Alberto Cuba |
 CUB |
2:10:53 |
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| 18 |
Bert Van Vlaanderen |
NED |
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| 19 |
Stephan Freigang |
 GER |
2:23:13 |
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| 20 |
Abebe Mekonnen |
 ETH |
2:07:35 |
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| 21 |
Sid-Ali Sakhri |
 ALG |
2:11:09 |
2:11:09 |
| 22 |
Malcolm Norwood |
 AUS |
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| 23 |
Fred Schumann |
 GUM |
2:37:08 |
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| 24 |
Roy Dooney |
 IRL |
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| 25 |
Alejandro Aros |
 CHI |
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| 26 |
Art Boileau |
CAN |
2:11:30 |
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| 27 |
Willie Mtolo |
 RSA |
2:08:15 |
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| 28 |
Salvatore Bettiol |
 ITA |
2:15:58 |
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| 29 |
Peter Maher |
CAN |
2:20:31 |
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| 30 |
Negash Dube |
ETH |
2:12:49 |
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| 31 |
Takeharu Honda |
 JPN |
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| 32 |
Aleksey Zhelonkin |
RUS |
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| 33 |
Konrad Dobler |
GER |
2:19:01 |
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| 34 |
Dominique Chauvelier |
 FRA |
2:11:24 |
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| 35 |
Moses Matabane |
 LES |
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| 36 |
Boniface Merande |
 KEN |
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| 37 |
Tahar Mansouri |
 TUN |
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| 38 |
Tena Negere |
ETH |
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| 39 |
Joaquim Pinheiro |
 POR |
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| 40 |
Artur Castro |
 BRA |
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| 41 |
Mirko Vindiš |
SLO |
2:13:39 |
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| 42 |
Harri Hänninen |
 FIN |
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| 43 |
Mohamed Kamel Selmi |
ALG |
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| 44 |
Fai Yeung Ng |
 HKG |
2:24:51 |
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| 45 |
Kurt Stenzel |
GER |
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| 46 |
Luketz Swartbooi |
 NAM |
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| 47 |
Juma Ikangaa |
TAN |
2:08:01 |
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| 48 |
Omar Abdillahi |
 DJI |
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| 49 |
Carlos Patrício |
POR |
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| 50 |
Saïd Ermili |
 MAR |
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| 51 |
Dave Lewis |
 GBR |
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| 52 |
Thierry Constantin |
 SUI |
2:14:07 |
2:14:07 |
| 53 |
Tadao Uchikoshi |
JPN |
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| 54 |
Chaouki Achour |
ALG |
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| 55 |
Steve Jones |
GBR |
2:07:13 |
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| 56 |
Leszek Beblo |
 POL |
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| 57 |
Jae-Ryong Kim |
KOR |
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| 58 |
Cihangir Demirel |
 TUR |
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| 59 |
Mark Plaatjes |
USA |
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| 60 |
Raf Wyns |
BEL |
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| 61 |
Juan Torres |
 ESP |
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| 62 |
Paul Evans |
GBR |
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| 63 |
Hitoshi Saotome |
JPN |
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| 64 |
Vladimir Kotov |
 BLR |
2:10:58 |
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| 65 |
Thomas Robert Naali |
TAN |
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| 66 |
Derek Froude |
 NZL |
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| 67 |
Bertrand Itsweire |
FRA |
2:11:40 |
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| 68 |
Elphas Ginindza |
 SWZ |
2:22:43 |
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| 69 |
Slawomir Gurny |
POL |
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| 70 |
Cosmas N'Deti |
KEN |
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