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2009 World Championships Men's Marathon - Announced Runners
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

In Progress, but note that there will be some drops...

Here is our best list of the men who are announced for the 2009 Men's World Championships Marathon. Besides the list of the men, we've also included some of their best and recent marathon performances. We think this is the best list available anywhere.

AUS
DENT, Martin	2:14:46 (13 Fukuoka 12/7/08) 2:16:05 (21 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
LETHERBY, Andrew	2:13:50 (14 London 4/13/08) 2:17:29 (30 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:18:00 (3 Duluth 6/16/07) 2:19:53 (19 New York City 11/5/06) 2:25:30 (6 Honolulu 12/14/08)
TUCKER, Mark	2:21:57 (47 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:24:12 (1 Canberra 4/13/08) 2:24:49 (2 Cities Marathon 7/25/10) 2:26:11 (6 Perth CIty to Surf Marathon 8/29/10)
WESTCOTT, Scott	2:26:02 (58 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
BHU
WANGCHUK, Sangay
BRA
BASTOS, Adriano	2:15:39 (19 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:19:24 (1 Disney World Marathon 1/7/07) 2:19:43 (1 Disney World Marathon 1/8/06) 2:20:38 (1 Disney World Marathon 1/11/09) 2:20:56 (1 Disney World Marathon 1/13/08)
DE SOUZA, José	2:16:40 (23 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
DOS SANTOS, Marilson	2:06:34 (4 London 4/17/11) 2:08:37 (8 London 4/22/07) 2:08:43 (1 New York City 11/2/08) 2:08:46 (6 London 4/25/10) 2:08:48 (6 Chicago 10/10/04)
BRN
SAEED, Nasar Sakar	2:20:24 (37 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
YASEEN, Khalid Kamal	2:15:23 (3 Los Angeles 3/2/08) 2:20:11 (40 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
CAN
COOLSAET, Reid	2:10:54 (3 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 10/16/11) 2:16:53 (25 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:17:08 (8 Ottawa 5/24/09)
MACHARIA, Giitah	2:16:54 (14 Ottawa 5/25/08) 2:21:27 (6 Houston 1/18/09) 2:25:40 (56 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
SMITH, Andrew	2:16:14 (5 Houston 1/18/09) 2:19:58 (20 Ottawa 5/25/08) 2:24:48 (53 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:27:35 (2 Road2Hope Hamilton Marathon 11/2/08) 2:27:52 (1 Niagara Falls International Marathon 10/25/09)
WYKES, Dylan	2:12:39 (1 Sacramento 12/5/10) 2:12:56 (6 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 10/16/11) 2:16:20 (11 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 9/28/08) 2:18:00 (33 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
CPV
CRUZ, Nelson	2:23:47 (48 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:27:16 (59 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
ECU
TENORIO, Franklin	2:10:22 (3 Rome 3/29/98)
ERI
ASMEROM, Yared	2:11:11 (8 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:17:41 (4 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
KIFLE, Yonas	2:07:34 (5 Amsterdam 10/21/07) 2:08:28 (7 London 4/26/09) 2:08:51 (7 London 4/13/08) 2:14:39 (9 London 4/25/10) 2:20:23 (36 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
MESFIN, Tesfayohannes
ESP
IGLESIAS, Rafael	2:17:45 (26 World Championships Men's Marathon 2011 9/4/11)
MARTÍNEZ, José Manuel	2:14:04 (8 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
NIMO, Pedro
ETH
EDAE, Deressa
KEBEDE, Tsegaye
MERGA, Deriba	2:06:38 (6 London 4/13/08) 2:06:50 (2 Fukuoka 12/2/07) 2:07:52 (1 Houston 1/18/09) 2:08:39 (3 Boston 4/19/10) 2:08:42 (1 Boston 4/20/09)
TSEGAY, Yemane	2:09:34 (1 Otsu 3/7/10)
YIRDAWE, Dejene	2:11:08 (3 Dublin 10/29/07) 2:14:11 (2 Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon 1/13/08)
FRA
BAALA, Samir	2:25:12 (54 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
BELHADJ, Hamid	2:14:32 (20 Paris 4/5/09)
EL HIMER, Driss	2:06:48 (4 Paris 4/6/03) 2:07:02 (1 Amsterdam 10/21/01) 2:21:19 (44 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
LETELLIER, Loïc
MUNYUTU, Simon	2:09:24 (11 Paris 4/6/08) 2:17:53 (32 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:25:50 (57 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
THEURI, James Kibocha	2:20:24 (41 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
GER
BECKMANN, Martin	2:18:08 (34 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
CIERPINSKI, Falk	2:22:36 (50 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:24:27 (4 Sydney Marathon 9/17/06)
KOCH, Stefan
POLLMÄCHER, André	2:15:36 (18 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
SAUTER, Tobias
GUA
GARCÍA, José Amado	2:22:00 (48 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
ISR
ZVADYA, Wodage
ITA
PERTILE, Ruggero	2:09:53 (2 Turin 4/19/09) 2:10:12 (1 Rome 3/28/04) 2:10:22 (3 Carpi 10/17/01) 2:11:57 (8 World Championships Men's Marathon 2011 9/4/11) 2:13:01 (6 New York City 11/4/07)
JPN
FUJIWARA, Arata	2:08:40 (2 Tokyo 2/17/08) 2:09:33 (1 Ottawa 5/30/10) 2:09:47 (3 Fukuoka 12/7/08) 2:23:10 (16 Chicago 10/12/08)
IRIFUNE, Satoshi	2:09:23 (2 Fukuoka 12/7/08) 2:09:40 (5 Tokyo 2/17/08) 2:09:58 (1 Beppu-Oita 2/6/05) 2:14:54 (14 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:19:25 (16 London 4/25/10)
MAEDA, Kazuhiro	2:10:29 (3 Beppu-Oita 2/6/11) 2:19:59 (39 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
SATO, Atsushi	2:07:13 (3 Fukuoka 12/2/07) 2:08:36 (4 Otsu 3/7/04) 2:08:50 (5 Otsu 3/2/03) 2:09:16 (8 London 4/26/09) 2:09:50 (4 Otsu 3/5/00)
SHIMIZU, Masaya	2:14:06 (11 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
TAKAHASHI, Kensuke
KEN
CHERUIYOT, Robert Kipkoech	2:07:14 (1 Boston 4/17/06) 2:07:35 (1 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:07:46 (1 Boston 4/21/08) 2:08:59 (1 Milan 12/1/02) 2:09:56 (2 New York City 11/1/09)
KIPTOO, Benjamin Kolum
KIRUI, Abel	2:05:04 (3 Rotterdam 4/5/09) 2:06:51 (2 Berlin 9/30/07) 2:06:54 (1 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:07:38 (1 Daegu 9/4/11) 2:07:38 (1 Vienna 4/27/08)
MUTAI, Emmanuel	2:04:40 (1 London 4/17/11) 2:06:15 (4 London 4/13/08) 2:06:23 (2 London 4/25/10) 2:06:29 (1 Amsterdam 10/21/07) 2:06:53 (4 London 4/26/09)
RONO, Daniel	2:06:58 (2 Rotterdam 4/13/08) 2:08:15 (3 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 9/26/10) 2:09:32 (2 Boston 4/20/09) 2:09:36 (2 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 9/30/07) 2:09:49 (7 Rotterdam 4/11/10)
KGZ
PISAREV, Valery
KOR
HWANG, Joon-hyun
JI, Young-joon
LEE, Myong-Ki	2:14:37 (18 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:18:05 (28 World Championships Men's Marathon 2011 9/4/11) 2:21:54 (46 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
YUK, Gun-Tae
LBA
EL ZAIDI, Ali Mabrouk	2:22:50 (20 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
LES
BOHOSI, Sechaba
MAR
BADAY, Ahmed	2:10:14 (1 Beppu-Oita 2/6/11) 2:13:53 (3 Ottawa 5/24/09) 2:17:59 (27 World Championships Men's Marathon 2011 9/4/11)
ENNANI, Adil	2:12:12 (7 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
GHARIB, Jaouad	2:05:27 (3 London 4/26/09) 2:06:55 (3 London 4/25/10) 2:07:12 (3 London 4/18/04) 2:07:16 (2 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:07:19 (3 Fukuoka 12/3/06)
GOUMRI, Abderrahim	2:05:30 (3 London 4/13/08) 2:06:04 (2 Chicago 10/11/09) 2:07:44 (2 London 4/22/07) 2:08:25 (6 London 4/26/09) 2:09:07 (2 New York City 11/2/08)
KISRI, Rachid	2:06:48 (5 Paris 4/5/09) 2:09:10 (2 Dar-el-Beida 10/24/10) 2:09:42 (4 Prague 5/8/11) 2:13:24 (11 World Championships Men's Marathon 2011 9/4/11) 2:17:01 (26 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
MEX
CORDERO, Carlos	2:13:13 (12 London 4/17/11) 2:18:40 (32 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:22:16 (49 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
SUÁREZ, Alejandro	2:18:55 (37 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
VARGAS, Juan Gualberto	2:25:26 (55 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
MGL
BAT-OCHIR, Ser-Od	2:16:41 (20 World Championships Men's Marathon 2011 9/4/11) 2:17:22 (29 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:24:19 (52 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
NAM
ITA, Reinhold
NZL
AISH, Michael	2:18:18 (1 Christchurch 5/31/09) 2:26:40 (3 Sydney Marathon 9/18/11)
PER
LEÓN, Costantino	2:23:34 (52 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
POL
SZOST, Henryk	2:09:39 (12 Frankfurt 10/30/11) 2:10:27 (4 Vienna 4/18/10) 2:19:43 (34 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
POR
FEITEIRA, Luís	2:14:06 (10 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
MOREIRA, José	2:14:05 (9 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
SILVA, Fernando	2:14:48 (13 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
PRK
PAK, Song-Chol	2:21:12 (43 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
RI, Hyon U	2:22:48 (51 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
QAT
SHAMI, Mubarak Hassan	2:07:19 (1 Paris 4/15/07) 2:08:23 (1 Otsu 3/2/08) 2:09:22 (1 Venice 10/23/05)
RSA
DLOMO, Norman	2:14:39 (12 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:24:28 (53 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
KEKANA, Johannes	2:15:28 (17 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
NGAMOLE, Coolboy	2:16:20 (22 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
RUS
ABRAMOV, Yuriy	2:12:21 (3 Houston 1/18/09) 2:17:04 (27 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
KULKOV, Oleg	2:10:13 (3 Seoul 3/20/11) 2:10:13 (2 Zurich 4/26/09) 2:15:34 (4 Nashville 4/28/07) 2:15:40 (20 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:18:11 (29 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
LEMAEV, Mikhail	2:21:47 (45 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
SLO
KEJŽAR, Roman	2:20:25 (42 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
TAN
BAYO, Getuli	2:25:52 (57 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
HOMBO, Lucian Disdery
NJUNGUDA, Christopher Isegwe
SILVINI, Andrea
SULLE, Phaustin Baha	2:10:08 (1 Karstadt 4/25/04) 2:17:11 (28 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
TPE
CHANG, Chia-Che	2:19:32 (38 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
UGA
CHEPYEGON, Daniel Kipkorir	2:08:24 (5 Frankfurt 10/31/10) 2:17:47 (31 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
KIPRONO, Nicholas	2:17:13 (5 Baltimore 10/11/08)
MASAI, Amos
USA
BROWNE, Dan
GABRIELSON, Matt	2:17:38 (2 Twin Cities 10/5/08) 2:18:41 (36 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:19:53 (20 New York City 11/5/06)
JENKINS, Nate	2:14:56 (7 New York City Trials 11/3/07) 2:15:28 (7 Austin 2/19/06) 2:25:37 (29 New York City 11/2/08)
TORRES, Edwardo	2:17:54 (3 Twin Cities 10/5/08) 2:22:07 (61 Chicago 10/22/06)
YOUNG, Justin	2:14:05 (5 Sacramento 12/5/10) 2:19:25 (31 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:19:45 (6 Las Vegas Marathon 12/6/09) 2:23:06 (56 New York City Trials 11/3/07) 2:27:04 (25 Twin Cities 10/5/08)
ZIM
MAJAJI, George	2:14:53 (7 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 9/28/08) 2:18:37 (35 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)