1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon

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

Medalists Gold Douglas WakiihuriKenya (KEN)Silver Hussein Ahmed SalahDjibouti (DJI)Bronze Gelindo BordinItaly (ITA)

Abbreviations All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds DNS did not startNM no markWR world recordWL world leadingAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record 2:07:12 April 20, 1985 Rotterdam, Netherlands Event Record 2:10:03 August 14, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Season Best 2:09:50 May 10, 1987 London, United Kingdom

Final ranking RANKFINALTIME2:11:482:12:302:12:404.2:12:495.2:12:546.2:13:437.2:14:038.2:14:419.2:14:5810.2:16:4211.2:16:5512.2:16:5813.2:17:4514.2:18:0915.2:18:2716.2:19:0017.2:19:2418.2:20:0019.2:20:4320.2:20:4321.2:20:4622.2:20:5123.2:21:0324.2:22:2125.2:22:5226.2:23:2527.2:24:0928.2:24:2029.2:24:4330.2:24:4731.2:25:4132.2:26:4033.2:27:1934.2:28:3535.2:29:0436.2:30:0437.2:30:0538.2:30:0839.2:30:3140.2:31:3941.2:32:4442.2:34:2043.2:40:4844.2:43:1445.2:43:4346.2:43:5447.3:12:33—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF—DNF

See also 1987 Marathon Year Ranking Men's Olympic Marathon (1988)

References Results Results at World Athletics IAAF