The Men's marathon at the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

was held starting and finishing at Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park on September 4. Abel Kirui was the defending champion.Weerawansa, Dinesh (2011-09-03)
Nine gold medallists to be decided today
. Dailynews.lk. Retrieved on 2011-09-04 The story was all Kirui. Running a casual pace to 15 km, first the Moroccan contingent tried to test the field. The pace picked up and the field strung out. After 25 km, it was down to Kirui,

Vincent Kipruto Vincent Kipruto Limo (born 13 September 1987) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He made his debut in the event in 2008 and won the Paris Marathon a year later. He then placed top three at the Chicago Marathon a ...

, Eliud Kiptanui, Feyisa Lilesa and Abderrahime Bouramdane. Then Kirui put the hammer down, running 14:18 between 25 and 30 km. Nobody could go with him and he ran all alone, extending his lead for the remainder of the race to finish in 2:07:38. The 2:28 gap was the largest winning margin in World Championship history. After dropping Bouramdane and Kiptanui. Kipruto and Lilesa ran tactically for the remainder of the race, with Kipruto getting silver. The race was also the World Cup team competition. In that competition, the scoring is based on the cumulative time of the top three finishers for each team. Each country participating in the World Cup was allowed 5 entries into the marathon. The event was clearly won by Kenya, with 1st, 2nd and 5th-place finishers (Kenya also had the 6th-place finisher). Perennial champion Japan finished second, a cumulative minute ahead of Morocco.

Medalists

World Marathon Cup

*Note: Marathon Cup medals are not listed in the championships medal table

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Final

World Cup scoring

References

External links

Marathon results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon Marathon Marathons at the World Athletics Championships

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Men's marathons Marathons in South Korea