The men's marathon at the

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, as part of the athletics programme, was held in Victoria Square,

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on 30 July 2022.

Field

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named the favourite as the Tanzanian

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, who finished third at the

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and had a season best of 2:06:20. Kenya's Jonathan Korir held the fastest personal best in the field; 2:04:32 achieved in Amsterdam in 2021 but his best time for 2022 was 2:08:04 at the

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on 6 March. Ugandan

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ran 2:05:09 in Hamburg which gave him the fastest season best in the field.

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and Motlokoa Nkhaunutlane all had personal bests under 2:10 while the sole Englishman,

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had run 2:10:46 in the trials for the games in

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. Other runners in the field included Australians Andrew Buchanan and Liam Adams who had personal bests of 2:12:23 and 2:10:48, respectively, Lesotho runners Lebenya Nkoka and Tsepo Mathibelle and Norther Irish runner Kevin Seaward.

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was due to race but pulled out due to injury before the start. Athletics Weekly predicted a top three finish of Simbu, Korir and Kiplangat in times of 2:09:45, 2:09:50 and 2:10:15, respectively. they also noted a lack of "quality of depth" in the field while suggesting that Kenya had struggled to find athletes to compete.

Course

The marathon distance is long as sanctioned by

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. The course started in Smithfield, Birmingham, headed down Sherlock Street and on to Pershore Road (

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). Passing Edgbaston Stadium, the course took a detour through

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before rejoining Pershore Road and continuing in a southerly direction. The course left Pershore Road and passed through

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and by

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, took a turn on to Heath Road then Kingsley Road, Woodlands Park Road, Hay Green Lane, and back on to Bournville Lane to head north back through Bournville. The course rejoined Pershore Road via Warwards Lane and headed in the opposite direction up to the roundabout where the road meets Sherlock Street. At the roundabout the runners would make a u-turn to repeat the above section for a second time. When reaching the roundabout again, the runners would proceed on to Sherlock Street, then take a left on to

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towards the city centre. The course then passed by the town hall and the central library before heading into the

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via Newhall Hill and Frederick Street. The course then turned on to Warstone Lane, Caroline Street and George Street before turning left back towards the centre. The course finally ran along

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and

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before finishing next to

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World and Games records were as follows:

Summary

The race started at 9:00 a.m.

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) on 30 July 2022, the second day of the games. The temperature was , humidity was at 85% and the conditions were overcast. Adams led the race through the first , passing through in 31:07 and halfway in 1:04:34. 25 kilometres into the race, Michael Githae, Kiplangat, Simbu, Korir, and Hamisi Misai were all still with Adams. An hour and 25 minutes into the race, Kiplangat, Githae, and Simbu pulled away from the others before Adams and Misai were able to rejoin the group. Kiplangat and Simbu then opened up a lead on the others with Adams in third before Kiplangat then pulled away from Simbu to pass through in 1:32:45. Kiplangat proceeded to lead through in 2:02:57. He then took a wrong turn in the final stages of the race, but had such a lead on Simbu that he was still the "comfortable" winner, crossing the line in 2:10:55

Results

The results were as follows:Results
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References

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