1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
The Men's Marathon at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, was held on Saturday August 14, 1993.
Medalists
| Gold |  Mark PlaatjesUnited States (USA) |
| Silver |  Luketz SwartbooiNamibia (NAM) |
| Bronze |  Bert van VlaanderenNetherlands (NED) |
Abbreviations
- 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
| Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Belayneh Densamo (ETH) |
2:06:50 | April 17, 1988 | Rotterdam, Netherlands
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| Event Record |  Robert de Castella (AUS) |
2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 |  Helsinki, Finland
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| Season Best |  Kim Wan-Ki (KOR) |
2:09:25 | March 21, 1993 | Kyong-Ju, South Korea
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Intermediates
Final ranking
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Mark Plaatjes (USA)
|
2:13:57 | |
 |
Luketz Swartbooi (NAM)
|
2:14:11 | |
 |
Bert van Vlaanderen (NED)
|
2:15:12 | |
| 4 | Kim Jae-ryong (KOR)
|
2:17:14 | |
| 5 |  Tadao Uchikoshi (JPN)
|
2:17:54 | |
| 6 |  Konrad Dobler (GER)
|
2:18:28 | |
| 7 |  Boniface Merande (KEN)
|
2:18:52 | |
| 8 |  Aleksey Zhelonkin (RUS)
|
2:18:52 | |
| 9 |  Tahar Mansouri (TUN)
|
2:18:54 | |
| 10 |  Peter Maher (CAN)
|
2:19:26 | |
| 11 |  Simon Robert Naali (TAN)
|
2:19:30 | |
| 12 | Kurt Stenzel (GER)
|
2:19:53 | |
| 13 |  Steve Jones (GBR)
|
2:20:04 | |
| 14 | Chang Ki-Shik (KOR)
|
2:20:40 | |
| 15 |  Said Ermili (MAR)
|
2:22:17 | |
| 16 | Hitoshi Saotome (JPN)
|
2:22:17 | |
| 17 |  Elphas Ginindza (SWZ)
|
2:23:00 | |
| 18 |  Cihangir Demirel (TUR)
|
2:23:02 | |
| 19 |  Mirko Vindiš (SLO)
|
2:23:31 | |
| 20 | Mukhamet Nazipov (RUS)
|
2:24:07 | |
| 21 | Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
|
2:24:23 | |
| 22 |  Vladimir Kotov (BLR)
|
2:24:26 | |
| 23 |  Sid-Ali Sakhri (ALG)
|
2:24:35 | |
| 24 |  Raf Wyns (BEL)
|
2:25:30 | |
| 25 |  Dominique Chauvelier (FRA)
|
2:27:26 | |
| 26 | Art Boileau (CAN)
|
2:27:30 | |
| 27 |  Alejandro Aros (CHI)
|
2:27:56 | |
| 28 |  Roy Dooney (IRL)
|
2:28:04 | |
| 29 |  Petr Pipa (SVK)
|
2:28:05 | |
| 30 | Harri Hänninen (FIN)
|
2:28:07 | |
| 31 | Igor Salamun (SLO)
|
2:28:56 | |
| 32 |  Omar Abdillahi (DJI)
|
2:29:28 | |
| 33 | Chad Bennion (USA)
|
2:29:37 | |
| 34 |  Tena Negere (ETH)
|
2:29:46 | |
| 35 | Martin Vrabel (SVK)
|
2:30:37 | |
| 36 |  Moses Matabane (LES)
|
2:30:40 | |
| 37 |  Hsu Gi-sheng (TPE)
|
2:30:56 | |
| 38 | Negash Dube (ETH)
|
2:33:03 | |
| 39 |  Alberto Cuba (CUB)
|
2:34:26 | |
| 40 |  Kuruppu Karunaratne (SRI)
|
2:34:47 | |
| 41 | Takeharu Honda (JPN)
|
2:37:48 | |
| 42 |  Mothusi Tsiana (BOT)
|
2:42:10 | |
| 43 |  Yeung Ng Fai (HKG)
|
2:55:17 | |
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | |||
| — | Chaouki Achour (ALG)
|
DNF | |
| — | Marnix Goegebeur (BEL)
|
DNF | |
| — | Peter Fonseca (CAN)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Eladio Fernandez (PAR)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Roland Wille (LIE)
|
DNF | |
| — | Brad Hudson (USA)
|
DNF | |
| — | John Vermeule (NED)
|
DNF | |
| — | Stephan Freigang (GER)
|
DNF | |
| — | Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
|
DNF | |
| — | Malcolm Norwood (AUS)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Fred Schumann (GUM)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Willie Mtolo (RSA)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Salvatore Bettiol (ITA)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Artur de Freitas (BRA)
|
DNF | |
| — | Mohamed Kamel Selmi (ALG)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Carlos Patricio (POR)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Thierry Constantin (SUI)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Leszek Bebło (POL)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Juan Torres (ESP)
|
DNF | |
| — | Paul Evans (GBR)
|
DNF | |
| — | Thomas Robert Naali (TAN)
|
DNF | |
| — |  Derek Froude (NZL)
|
DNF | |
| — | Bertrand Itsweire (FRA)
|
DNF | |
| — | Sławomir Gurny (POL)
|
DNF | |
| — | Cosmas Ndeti (KEN)
|
DNF | |
| — | Joaquim Pinheiro (POR)
|
DNF | |
| DID NOT START (DNS) | |||
| — | Dave Lewis (GBR)
|
DNS | |
See also
References
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