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2007 World Championships in Athletics Osaka, Japan

2007 11th IAAF World Championships - Osaka - Men's Marathon

 

 

Host City: Osaka, Japan
Dates: 24 August - 2 September 2007
Nations participating: 200
Athletes participating: 1,978
    Main venue: Nagai Stadium
Overview by IAAF   nagai stadium01 
The race began at 7:00 when the temperature was already 28°, with 81% humidity. By the time the race ended the thermometer would be registering 33°. Sensibly, the athletes went off cautiously, with the first 5Km covered in 16:37. The time at halfway was 68:29, with some 30 runners in a bunch. At the 25Km mark, Kenyans Kiplagat and Kibet, and Shami of Qatar (formerly Richard Yatich of Kenya) led the field uphill towards Osaka Castle. Kibet took the lead for good just after 30Km, and reached 35Km with a 23-second lead over Shami. The margin was extended to well over a minute by the finish, as Röthlin, closing fastest of all over the last 2Km, improved from sixth to third, missing the silver by seven seconds. Although the slowest win in the meeting’s history, it was also the largest ever winning margin. Japan, with fifth, sixth and seventh positions, wound up an easy winner of the World Cup trophy
 The Men's Marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The weather conditions were difficult, with 28 degrees C (82 °F) and 72 per cent humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to 30 degrees C (86 °F) towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships
World Record  Paul Tergat (KEN) 2:04:55 September 28, 2003 Germany Berlin, Germany
Event Record  Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:31 August 30, 2003 France Paris, France
Season Best  Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) 2:07:19 April 15, 2007 France Paris, France
 
 
  Marathon 25 August
  Final

Event report - Men's Marathon

Luke Kibet became Kenya's second marathon winner in IAAF World Championship history when he emulated Douglas Wakiihuri 20 years ago to take gold here in 2hr 15min 59sec. The fastest man in the world this year, Hassan Mubarak Shami (QAT), held on for silver while Switzerland's Victor Rothlin decided an exciting tussle for bronze.

Considering the 30-degree heat and humidity approaching 70 percent, Kibet's performance was impressive as he scored the biggest winning margin (1min 19sec) in the history of these championships, crossing the finishing line after his 26-mile 385-yard tour of a hot and humid Osaka and then starting his victory lap well before the silver medallist entered the stadium. "I knew I could win at 35km," said Kibet.

The battle for bronze was epic as Rothlin, unheralded Yared Asmerom from Eritrea (PB 2:15:14) and Japanese favourite Tsuyoshi Ogata, the bronze medal-winner last time round in Helsinki, had a ding-dong struggle in the last four kilometres. "I stayed in the pack and tried to run consistently," said Rothlin. "In the last four kilometres it was just a question of strength."

In the World Marathon Cup team race, with three to score on accumulated times,  the Japanese were untouchable, finishing in 5th, 6th and 7th, clinching the title for the third time in a row.  

At 7am, it was Moroccan Khalid El Boumlili who led the field out of the Nagai Stadium in 28 degrees and 72 per cent humidity. Alongside was Italy's sole representative, Migidio Bourifa with one of the pre-race favourites, Hendrik Ramaala, trotting along ahead of a field that had decided this was neither the time nor the weather for heroics.

The first green 5km timing mat was crossed in a cautious 16:37 and in the sapping humidity, runners were already taking on fluids. Poised on Ramaala's shoulder was Abderrahim Goumri (MAR), runner-up in this year's London race and expected to be one of the front runners. Had the team-race been decided at this point, South Africa would have won with Morocco and Kenya in the minor medals.

After 20min of preamble, El Boumlili surged into a brief lead flanked by team-mates Rachid Kisri and Anderharrime Bouramdane. Shadowing the lead group were Laban Kipkemboi (KEN) and Ethiopia's Ambesse Tolosa, who is renowned for liking the heat and was fancied by the Ethiopian camp for a medal.  

Approaching 10km Kenya's William Kiplagat injected some pace and the second 5km was ticked off in a slightly more respectable 16:14 for a total 32:51. Not surprisingly at such a conservative pace, the leading group was large.

Between 12 and 13km, a Kenyan mini-surge made serious inroads into the lead group as Kibet put down an early marker together with his more fancied compatriot Kiplagat, second in Otsu this year. As they approached the first hill in the course, the 5km pace had been upped considerably to 15:48, for 15km in 48.39.

Meanwhile, Japan's No1, Ogata, was detached but looking in control while Toshinari Suwa led the home country charge. Fastest man in the world this year, Shami looked comfortable, biding his time. 

Once again the pace slowed as 20km was reached in 64:59(16.20). At the turn point Ramaala was gingerly bringing up the rear of the lead group and looking uncomfortable. Prominent was Alex Malinga (UGA), the man who at the World Championships two years ago improved by six minutes to finish sixth.

The halfway mark was passed in 68:30 as Spain's JosERios went to the front. Though twice winner of the Lake Biwa Marathon, he had dropped out this year, but was still one of Europe's most experienced runners in Japanese conditions. 

At 25km Kiplagat and Kibet once more stoked up the fires while European silver Rothlin put in an early appearace trying to close up to the leaders, including Asmeron and Shami, Tanzania's Samson Ramadhani reattaching himself as the pace slowed.

Kibet,, winner in Vienna this year, hit the 30km mat in 1:36:56 and had taken a clear lead from Kiplagat, Ramadhani, Shami and Asmeron. Rothlin was detached In the trailing group, meanwhile Ogata and Satoshi Osaki had taken Japan into a team lead they were to keep to the finish.

As the temperature rose to 30 degrees at 8.30 Shami and Kiplagat seemed laboured in comparison to Kibet's easy lope as he covered the latest 5km stretch in 15:45. At this stage the medals seemed settled.

With 20mins  of the race o go Ogata and Osaki suddenly surged from their positions of 8th and 9th and rapidly hauled in Ramadhani. Was this going to be a medal bid? As they passed 35km they had improved to 6th and 7th, but there was a big gap of 30sec to Rothlin. As they gathered momentum, however, the gap shrank alarmingly.

Up front Kibet seemed safe, but Kiplagat and Shami were having a tussle to settle silver that went first one way then the other. Osaki and Ogata continued to make inroads and at the two-hour mark Rothlin and Asmeron were within reach as the gap between the Japanese and the Swiss and Eritrean came down to 10sec. With four kilometres to go they were within reach and working well but Ogata suddenly broke away and, with the stadium in sight, he swept past the Rothlin and Esmerom. A repeat bronze was within touc hing distance.

Kibet continued to increase his lead, hitting 40km in 2:08:46 in cruise control, but Shami was suffering and Kiplagat's legs were starting to buckle. It was then that Ogata, Asmerom and Rothlin became locked in battle, constantly changing positions until the Swiss made the definitive break and settled the argument sweeping last Kiplagat to claim the final medal.  

Osaka 2007 News Team/mb
1 Luke Kibet KEN 12 Apr 83 2.15.59
2 Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT 2 Dec 80 2.17.18
3 Viktor Rothlin SUI 14 Oct 74 2.17.25
4 Yared Asmeron ERI 3 Feb 79 2.17.41
5 Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN 11 May 73 2.17.42
6 Satoshi Osaki JPN 4 Jun 76 2.18.06
7 Toshinari Suwa JPN 29 Jan 77 2.18.35
8 William Kiplagat KEN 21 Jun 72 2.19.21
9 Janne Holmen FIN 26 Sep 77 2.19.36
10 Jose Manuel Martinez ESP 22 Oct 71 2.20.25
11 Dan Robinson GBR 13 Jan 75 2.20.30
12 Alex Malinga UGA 27 Jul 74 2.20.36
13 Tomoyuki Sato JPN 31 Jan 81 2.20.53
14 Asfaws Gashaw Melese ETH 26 Sep 78 2.20.58
15 Park Ju-Young KOR 5 Jul 80 2.21.49
16 Mike Fokoroni ZIM 10 Jan 77 2.21.52
17 Jose Rios ESP 15 Mar 74 2.22.21
18 Jose de Souza BRA 22 Apr 71 2.22.24
19 Ayele Setegne ISR 11 Apr 62 2.22.27
20 Ali Zaied LBA 13 Jan 74 2.22.50
21 Mbarak Hussein USA 4 Apr 65 2.23.04
22 Alberto Chaica POR 17 Sep 73 2.23.22
23 Mike Morgan USA 20 Feb 80 2.23.28
24 Kim Young-Chun KOR 14 Mar 83 2.24.25
25 Samson Ramadhani TAN 25 Dec 82 2.25.51
26 Lee Myong-Seun KOR 14 Aug 79 2.25.54
27 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 2 Feb 72 2.26.00
28 Chang Chia-Che TPE 22 Apr 83 2.26.22
29 Khaled Kamal Khaled BRN 10 Oct 82 2.26.32
30 Getulo Bayo TAN 7 Jun 80 2.26.56
31 Dejene Berhanu ETH 12 Nov 80 2.27.50
32 Kyle O'Brien USA 3 Aug 80 2.28.28
33 Su Wei CHN 7 Oct 82 2.28.41
34 Wodage Zvadya ISR 7 Sep 73 2.29.21
35 Luis Feiteira POR 21 Apr 73 2.29.34
36 Deng Haiyang CHN 15 Oct 84 2.29.37
37 Uli Steidl GER 6 Mar 72 2.30.03
38 Ambesa Tolosa ETH 28 Aug 77 2.30.20
39 Michael Tluway Mislay TAN 11 Jul 77 2.30.33
40 Asaf Bimro ISR 1 Jan 69 2.31.34
41 Youssef Othman Qader QAT 5 Apr 85 2.32.00
42 Paulo Gomes POR 15 May 73 2.32.02
43 Li Zhuhong CHN 22 Oct 83 2.32.44
44 Rachid Kisri MAR 1 Mar 75 2.32.57
45 Abderrahim Bouramdane MAR 1 Jan 78 2.33.26
46 Pablo Olmedo MEX 8 May 75 2.33.40
47 Marcel Tschopp LIE 28 Apr 74 2.33.42
48 Toni Bernado AND 9 Dec 66 2.34.28
49 Ren Longyun CHN 12 Oct 87 2.35.22
50 Fernando Cabada USA 22 Apr 82 2.35.48
51 Peter Riley GBR 6 Jul 79 2.36.00
52 Laban Kagika KEN 17 Jul 78 2.37.13
53 George Mofokeng RSA 19 Feb 79 2.40.22
54 Rito Regules MEX 22 May 79 2.45.26
55 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir MGL 7 Oct 81 2.49.06
56 Mitsuru Kubota JPN 30 Sep 81 2.59.40
57 Malefetsane Tumi RSA 25 Feb 75 3.03.47
Tesfaye Tola ETH 19 Oct 74 DNF
Abdulhak Zakaria BRN 20 Jul 74 DNF
Nelson Cruz CPV 31 Dec 77 DNF
Pavel Loskutov EST 2 Dec 69 DNF
Julio Rey ESP 13 Jan 72 DNF
Abderrahim Goumri MAR 21 May 76 DNF
Giovanni Santos BRA 30 Jun 79 DNF
Abdil Ceylan TUR 30 Apr 83 DNF
Amos Masai KEN 16 Feb 84 DNF
Zongamele Dyubeni RSA 20 Jun 73 DNF
Laban Kipkemboi KEN 30 Dec 77 DNF
Norman Dlomo RSA 18 Apr 75 DNF
Takhir Mamashayev KAZ 24 Sep 79 DNF
Khalid Boumelili MAR 10 Apr 78 DNF
Iaroslav Musinschi MDA 8 Aug 76 DNF
Migidio Bourifa ITA 31 Jan 69 DNF
James Mwangi KEN DNF
Bethuel Netshifhefhe RSA 16 Mar 72 DNF
Zheng Yunshan CHN 20 Jun 79 DNF
Gudisa Shentema ETH 19 Jun 80 DNF
Martin Beckmann GER 15 Jul 77 DNF
Joachim Nshimirimana ITA 13 Jan 73 DNF
Helder Ornelas POR 6 May 74 DNF
Patrick Dupoy PYF 1 Jun 61 DNF
Juan Gualberto Vargas MEX 12 Jul 77 DNF
Oscar Martin ESP 28 Jul 74 DNF
Francis Kirwa FIN 28 Nov 74 DNF
Hicham Chatt MAR 18 Feb 69 DNF
- Luis Jesus POR DNS
- Simeon Kiplagat Sawe USA DNS

25 AUG 2007 07:00 

Order / LaneBibATHLETECOUNTRYPBSB 2007
1 1 Julio Rey ESP ESP 2:06:52 2:11:36
2 2 Hendrick Ramaala RSA RSA 2:06:55 2:07:56
3 4 Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT QAT 2:07:19 2:07:19
4 5 Abderrahim Goumri MAR MAR 2:07:44 2:07:44
5 7 Hicham Chatt MAR MAR 2:07:59  
6 8 Gashaw Melese ETH ETH 2:08:03 2:09:53
7 9 Viktor Röthlin SUI SUI 2:08:20 2:08:20
8 10 William Kiplagat KEN KEN 2:06:50 2:10:47
9 11 Laban Kipkemboi Kipsang KEN KEN 2:08:38 2:08:38
10 12 Dejene Berhanu ETH ETH 2:08:46  
11 14 Toshinari Suwa JPN JPN 2:07:55  
12 15 Luke Kibet Bowen KEN KEN 2:08:52 2:10:07
13 16 Luís Jesús POR POR 2:08:55  
14 17 Ambesse Tolosa ETH ETH 2:08:56 2:11:15
15 18 José Ríos ESP ESP 2:07:42  
16 19 Tesfaye Tola ETH ETH 2:06:57 2:10:45
17 21 Hélder Ornelas POR POR 2:10:00 2:11:49
18 22 José Manuel Martínez ESP ESP 2:08:09 2:10:12
19 23 James Mwangi Macharia KEN KEN 2:10:27 2:10:27
20 24 Migidio Bourifa ITA ITA 2:09:07 2:10:30
21 25 Abderrahime Bouramdane MAR MAR 2:10:41 2:10:41
22 26 Gudisa Shentema ETH ETH 2:09:46  
23 27 Samson Ramadhani TAN TAN 2:08:01 2:10:43
24 28 Getuli Amnaay Bayo TAN TAN 2:10:45 2:14:17
25 29 Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN JPN 2:08:37  
26 30 Satoshi Osaki JPN JPN 2:08:46  
27 32 Haiyang Deng CHN CHN 2:10:50  
28 33 Tomoyuki Sato JPN JPN 2:09:43 2:11:22
29 34 Pavel Loskutov EST EST 2:08:53 2:14:49
30 35 Pablo Olmedo MEX MEX 2:11:34 2:11:34
31 36 Khalid El Boumlili MAR MAR 2:10:49 2:11:40
32 37 Norman Dlomo RSA RSA 2:11:47 2:11:47
33 38 Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria BRN BRN 2:11:49  
34 40 Fernando Cabada Jr USA USA 2:12:27  
35 41 Laban Kagika KEN KEN 2:10:24 2:12:36
36 42 Rachid Kisri MAR MAR 2:12:46 2:12:46
37 43 Mitsuru Kubota JPN JPN 2:12:50 2:12:50
38 44 Paulo Gomes POR POR 2:12:51 2:12:51
39 45 Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein USA USA 2:08:10  
40 47 Alex Malinga UGA UGA 2:12:12 2:17:17
41 48 Francis Kirwa FIN FIN 2:13:09 2:14:38
42 49 Janne Holmén FIN FIN 2:12:10 2:14:20
43 50 Alberto Chaíça POR POR 2:09:25  
44 51 Zhuhong Li CHN CHN 2:10:46 2:13:17
45 52 Juan Gualberto Vargas MEX MEX 2:13:17 2:13:17
46 53 Yousf Othman Qader QAT QAT 2:13:18 2:13:18
47 54 Luís Feiteira POR POR 2:13:37 2:13:37
48 55 Iaroslav Musinschi MDA MDA 2:13:39  
49 56 Mike Fokoroni ZIM ZIM 2:14:01 2:14:01
50 57 Simeon Kiplagat Sawe USA USA 2:13:33 2:23:24
51 58 Joachim Nshimirimana BDI BDI 2:13:31 2:17:38
52 59 Dan Robinson GBR GBR 2:13:53 2:14:14
53 60 José de Souza BRA BRA 2:13:25 2:14:19
54 61 Rito Regules MEX MEX 2:14:23 2:14:23
55 62 Peter Riley GBR GBR 2:14:31  
56 63 Geovanni Santos BRA BRA 2:14:45 2:14:45
57 64 Wei Su CHN CHN 2:14:48  
58 65 Myongseung Lee KOR KOR 2:13:42 2:14:48
59 66 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi LBA LBA 2:14:49 2:14:49
60 67 Antoni Bernadó AND AND 2:14:25 2:14:52
61 68 Óscar Martín ESP ESP 2:14:24 2:14:55
62 69 Yunshan Zheng CHN CHN 2:13:20 2:18:15
63 70 Mike Morgan USA USA 2:15:11  
64 71 Longyun Ren CHN CHN 2:15:13 2:17:00
65 72 Kyle O'Brien USA USA 2:15:13  
66 73 Yared Asmerom ERI ERI 2:15:14 2:15:14
67 74 Martin Beckmann GER GER 2:15:06 2:15:22
68 75 Khalid Kamal Yaseen BRN BRN 2:15:36  
69 76 Young chun Kim KOR KOR 2:15:55 2:15:55
70 77 Takhir Mamashayev KAZ KAZ 2:15:20  
71 78 Michael Tluway Mislay TAN TAN 2:14:23 2:16:27
72 79 Ju-Young Park KOR KOR 2:14:07 2:16:58
73 80 Amos Masai UGA UGA 2:16:58 2:16:58
74 81 Seteng Ayele ISR ISR 2:14:21  
75 82 Chia-Che Chang TPE TPE 2:17:19 2:22:06
76 83 Asaf Bimro ISR ISR 2:14:52 2:17:35
77 84 Abdil Ceylan TUR TUR 2:17:43 2:17:43
78 85 Wodage Zvadya ISR ISR 2:16:04 2:17:45
79 86 Ulrich Steidl GER GER 2:13:56 2:19:47
80 87 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir MGL MGL 2:20:13  
81 88 Tumi Malefetsane LES LES 2:20:28 2:20:28
82 89 Nelson Cruz CPV CPV 2:19:15 2:22:43
83 90 Marcel Tschopp LIE LIE 2:26:56 2:26:56
84 91 Patrick Dupouy PYF PYF 2:54:03  
85 92 Zongamele Dyubeni RSA RSA 2:16:10 2:16:10
86 93 George Mofokeng RSA RSA 2:13:50 2:13:50
87 94 Bethuel Netshifhefhe RSA RSA 2:11:44 2:14:08

Event preview: Men’s Marathon

In one of the most wide open races of the championships, any number of potential medallists could emerge from the opening event of the nine-day programme.

Former New York Marathon winner Hendrick Ramaala will be one expected to figure prominently. The South African finished fifth in the 2007 London Marathon and has proved one of the most consistent marathon runners of the past few seasons.

The fastest in the field in 2007 is Mubarak Hassan Shami of Qatar. The Kenyan-born athlete, formerly known as Richard Yatich, signalled his pedigree when he posted a new national record of 2:07:19 to win the Paris Marathon in April.

The host nation will seek to retain its World Marathon Cup title through its main individual hope the consistent Tsuyoshi Ogata, a former winner of the Fukuoka Marathon and World Championship bronze medallist. Osaka-based Satoshi Osaki (who has a best of 2:08:46) will also receive plenty of home support.

No nation has enjoyed more success in the men’s marathon at the World Championships than Spain and once again the Iberian nation will pose a powerful challenge. Julio Rey won the World Championships silver in 2003 and, with a personal best of 2:06:52, he is another potential medallist.

The Ethiopian squad is led by Gashaw Asfaw, the 2006 Paris Marathon winner, who recorded 2:09:53 to finish second in this year’s race in the French capital.

Surprisingly, Kenya has only once won the Men’s Marathon gold medal at a World Championships – 20 years ago through Douglas Wakiihuri. Hoping to end the drought will be Laban Kipkemboi, who set a personal best of 2:08:38 to finish third in the Seoul Marathon earlier this year.

After the late withdrawal of two-time World champion Jaouad Gharib, Morocco’s main hope is Abderrahim Goumri, who recorded an impressive 2:07:44 to finish second in April’s London Marathon.

A potential dark horse could be European silver medallist Viktor Rothlin. The Swiss athlete set an impressive personal best of 2:08:20 to win in Zurich in March.
 
Osaka 2007 News Team

POSTeamCOUNTRYMARK
1 Japan Japan 6:54:23
2 Korea Korea 7:12:08
3 Kenya Kenya 7:12:33
4 United States United States 7:15:00
5 Ethiopia Ethiopia 7:19:08
6 Tanzania Tanzania 7:23:20
7 Israel Israel 7:23:22
8 Portugal Portugal 7:24:58
9 PR of China PR of China 7:31:02

 

 

 

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