World Rankings — Men’s

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1947 1948 1...... Bok-suh Yun () 1...... () 2...... () 2...... () 3...... (US) 3...... Étienne Gailly () 4...... Charles Heirendt (Luxembourg) 4...... Johannes Coleman () 5...... (Great Britain) 5...... Gösta Leandersson () 6...... Salvatore Constantino () 6...... Gérard Côté () 7...... Gérard Côté (Canada) 7...... Eusebio Guiñez (Argentina) 8...... Shinzo Koga () 8...... Sid Lyut (South Africa) 9...... Tom Richards (Great Britain) 9...... Gustav Ostling (Sweden) 10...... Olle Larsson (Sweden) 10...... John Systad (Norway)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1949 1953 1...... Matti Urpalainen (Finland) 1...... (Great Britain) 2...... Gösta Leandersson (Sweden) 2...... (Japan) 3...... Jack Holden (Great Britain) 3...... (Finland) 4...... Salomon Könönen (Finland) 4...... Hideo Hamamura (Japan) 5...... Paavo Laine (Finland) 5...... Kurao (Japan) 6...... Aarne Jung (Finland) 6...... Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (Japan) 7...... Vic Dyrgall (US) 7...... Gösta Leandersson (Sweden) 8...... Jaroslav Fiala () 8...... Katsuo Nishida (Japan) 9...... Tom Richards (Great Britain) 9...... Stan Cox (Great Britain) 10...... Vilho Partanen (Finland) 10...... Victor Olsen (Norway) 1950 1954 1...... Jack Holden (Great Britain) 1...... Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 2...... Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 2...... Jim Peters (Great Britain) 3...... Fyedosiy Vanin () 3...... Reinaldo Gorno (Argentina) 4...... Gösta Leandersson (Sweden) 4...... Boris Grishayev (Soviet Union) 5...... Vasiliy Gordiyenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 6...... Yong-ham Kee (South Korea) 6...... Erkki Puolakka (Finland) 7...... Gustaf Jansson (Sweden) 7...... Gustaf Jansson (Sweden) 8...... Veikko Timonen (Finland) 8...... Chil-choi Yoon (South Korea) 9...... Vilho Partanen (Finland) 9...... Yoshitaka Uchikawa (Japan) 10...... Shunji Koyanagi (Japan) 10...... Joe McGhee (Great Britain) 1951 1955 1...... Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 1...... Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 2...... Shigeki Tanaka (Japan) 2...... Kurao Hiroshima (Japan) 3...... Jim Peters (Great Britain) 3...... Hideo Hamamura (Japan) 4...... Gustaf Jansson (Sweden) 4...... Paavo Kotila (Finland) 5...... Vilho Partanen (Finland) 5...... Eino Pulkkinen (Finland) 6...... Delfo Cabrera (Argentina) 6...... (Sweden) 7...... Chhota Singh (India) 7...... Katsuo Nishida (Japan) 8...... Veikko Timonen (Finland) 8...... Nick Costes (US) 9...... Charles Cerou () 9...... Reinaldo Gorno (Argentina) 10...... Tom Richards (Great Britain) 10...... Doroteo Flores (Guatemala) 1952 1956 1...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 1...... (France) 2...... Reinaldo Gorno (Argentina) 2...... Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 3...... Gustaf Jansson (Sweden) 3...... Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 4...... Chil-choi Yoon (South Korea) 4...... Hoon-lee Chang (South Korea) 5...... Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 5...... Yoshiaki Kawashima (Japan) 6...... Jim Peters (Great Britain) 6...... Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 7...... Delfo Cabrera (Argentina) 7...... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 8...... József Dobronyi (Hungary) 8...... Thomas Nilsson (Sweden) 9...... Erkki Puolakka (Finland) 9...... (Finland) 10...... Katsuo Nishida (Japan) 10...... Paavo Kotila (Finland)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1957 1961 1...... Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 1...... () 2...... Kurao Hiroshima (Japan) 2...... Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Paavo Kotila (Finland) 3...... Eino Oksanen (Finland) 4...... John Kelley (US) 4...... Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (Japan) 5...... Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 5...... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) 6...... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 6...... Peter Wilkinson (Great Britain) 7...... Eddie Kirkup (Great Britain) 7...... John Kelley (US) 8...... Aleksey Ivanov (Soviet Union) 8...... () 9...... Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 9..... Václav Chudomel (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Franjo Skrinjar (Yugoslavia) 10.... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 1958 1962 1...... Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 1...... (Great Britain) 2...... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 2...... (Japan) 3...... Fred Norris (Great Britain) 3...... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) 4...... () 4...... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 5...... Peter Wilkinson (Great Britain) 5...... Viktor Baikov (Soviet Union) 6...... Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (Japan) 6...... Alastair Wood (Great Britain) 7...... Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 7...... (Japan) 8...... Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 8...... Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 9...... (US) 10...... John Kelley (US) 10...... Eino Oksanen (Finland) 1959 1963 1...... Eino Oksanen (Finland) 1...... Buddy Edelen (US) 2...... Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 2...... (New Zealand) 3...... Kurao Hiroshima (Japan) 3...... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 4...... John Kelley (US) 4...... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 5...... Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Toru Terasawa (Japan) 6...... Dennis O’Gorman (Great Britain) 6...... Brian Kilby (Great Britain) 7...... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 7...... Kazumi Watanabe (Japan) 8...... Olavi Manninen (Finland) 8...... Viktor Baikov (Soviet Union) 9..... Chris Fleming-Smith (Great Britain) 9...... Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 10...... Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (Japan) 10... Václav Chudomel (Czechoslovakia) 1960 1964 1...... Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 1...... Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 2...... Rhadi Ben Abdesselem () 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Barry Magee (New Zealand) 3...... Kokichi Tsuburaya (Japan) 4.... Konstantin Vorobyov (Soviet Union) 4...... Brian Kilby (Great Britain) 5...... Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 5...... József Sütö (Hungary) 6...... Paavo Kotila (Finland) 6...... Buddy Edelen (US) 7...... Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 7...... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 8...... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) 8...... Toru Terasawa (Japan) 9...... Thyge Törgersen () 9...... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 10...... Franjo Skrinjar (Yugoslavia) 10...... Takayuki Nakao (Japan)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1965 1969 1...... Morio Shigematsu (Japan) 1...... (Canada) 2...... Toru Terasawa (Japan) 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) 3...... (Australia) 4...... Hideaki Shisido (Japan) 4...... Akio Usami (Japan) 5...... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 5...... Hayami Tanimura (Japan) 6...... Hidekuni Hiroshima (Japan) 6...... (Great Britain) 7...... Buddy Edelen (US) 7...... (Great Britain) 8...... Bill Adcocks (Great Britain) 8...... Pablo Garrido () 9...... Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 9...... Yoshiaki Unetani (Japan) 10...... Hirokazu Okabe (Japan) 10...... Toshiharu Sasaki (Japan) 1966 1970 1...... (New Zealand) 1...... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 2...... Hidekuni Hiroshima (Japan) 2...... Akio Usami (Japan) 3...... Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 3...... (US) 4...... Toru Terasawa (Japan) 4...... Jim Alder (Great Britain) 5...... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 5...... Yoshiaki Unetani (Japan) 6...... Hirokazu Okabe (Japan) 6...... (New Zealand) 7...... (Great Britain) 7...... Don Faircloth (Great Britain) 8...... Jim Alder (Great Britain) 8...... Bill Adcocks (Great Britain) 9...... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 9...... John Farrington (Australia) 10...... Gyula Tóth (Hungary) 10...... Yuriy Volkov (Soviet Union) 1967 1971 1...... Derek Clayton (Australia) 1...... (US) 2...... Seiichiro Sasaki (Japan) 2...... Akio Usami (Japan) 3...... Dave McKenzie (New Zealand) 3...... (Belgium) 4...... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 4...... Derek Clayton (Australia) 5...... Masatsuga Futsuhara (Japan) 5...... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 6...... Jim Alder (Great Britain) 6...... Trevor Wright (Great Britain) 7...... Akio Usami (Japan) 7...... John Farrington (Australia) 8...... Jürgen Busch (East ) 8...... Jack Foster (New Zealand) 9...... Yoshiro Mifune (Japan) 9...... Colin Kirkham (Great Britain) 10...... Andy Boychuk (Canada) 10...... Seppo Nikkari (Finland) 1968 1972 1...... Bill Adcocks (Great Britain) 1...... Frank Shorter (US) 2...... Yoshiaki Unetani (Japan) 2...... John Farrington (Australia) 3...... (Ethiopia) 3...... Karel Lismont (Belgium) 4...... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 4...... Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 5...... Mike Ryan (New Zealand) 5...... Kenny Moore (US) 6...... İsmail Akçay (Turkey) 6...... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 7...... Akio Usami (Japan) 7...... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 8...... Gebru Merawi (Ethiopia) 8...... Don Macgregor (Great Britain) 9...... Derek Clayton (Australia) 9...... Seppo Nikkari (Finland) 10...... Tim Johnston (Great Britain) 10...... Lutz Philipp (West Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1973 1977 1...... Frank Shorter (US) 1...... (US) 2...... Eckhard Lesse (East Germany) 2...... Jerome Drayton (Canada) 3...... Brian Armstrong (Canada) 3...... Brian Maxwell (Canada) 4...... Derek Clayton (Australia) 4...... Leonid Moseyev (Soviet Union) 5...... (Great Britain) 5...... (Italy) 6...... Yoshinobu Kitayama (Japan) 6...... Chris Stewart (Great Britain) 7...... John Farrington (Australia) 7...... So Go Chung (North Korea) 8...... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 8...... Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 9...... Jack Foster (New Zealand) 9...... Veli Ballı (Turkey) 10...... Colin Kirkham (Great Britain) 10...... Essa Tikkanen (Finland) 1974 1978 1...... Ian Thompson (Great Britain) 1...... Leonid Moseyev (Soviet Union) 2...... Frank Shorter (US) 2...... Bill Rodgers (US) 3...... Eckhard Lesse (East Germany) 3...... (Japan) 4...... Jack Foster (New Zealand) 4...... (Japan) 5...... Richard Mabuza (Swaziland) 5...... Shigeru Soh (Japan) 6...... Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 6...... Nikolay Penzin (Soviet Union) 7...... (New Zealand) 7...... Karel Lismont (Belgium) 8...... Akio Usami (Japan) 8... (East Germany) 9...... Bernie Plain (Great Britain) 9...... (Tanzania) 10...... (Belgium) 10...... Trevor Wright (Great Britain) 1975 1979 1...... Bill Rodgers (US) 1...... Bill Rodgers (US) 2...... Jerome Drayton (Canada) 2...... Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 3...... David Chettle (Australia) 3...... Leonid Moseyev (Soviet Union) 4...... Steve Hoag (US) 4...... Shigeru Soh (Japan) 5...... (US) 5...... Kebede Balcha (Ethiopia) 6...... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 6...... Takeshi Soh (Japan) 7...... (Italy) 7...... Bernie Ford (Great Britain) 8...... Eckhard Lesse (East Germany) 8...... Sop Choe Chang (North Korea) 9...... Takeshi Soh (Japan) 9...... (Australia) 10...... Jerzy Gross (Poland) 10...... Kirk Pfeffer (US) 1976 1980 1...Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany) 1...Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany) 2...... Frank Shorter (US) 2...... () 3...... Karel Lismont (Belgium) 3...... Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 4...... (US) 4...... (US) 5...... Jerome Drayton (Canada) 5...... (Soviet Union) 6...... Bill Rodgers (US) 6... Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (Soviet Union) 7...... Lasse Viren (Finland) 7...... (Mexico) 8...... Leonid Moseyev (Soviet Union) 8...... Tony Sandoval (US) 9...... (Italy) 9...... Takeshi Soh (Japan) 10...... Aleksandr Gotzkiy (Soviet Union) 10...... Kunimitsu Itoh (Japan)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1981 1985 1...... Alberto Salazar (US) 1...... (Great Britain) 2...... Rob de Castella (Australia) 2...... () 3...... Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 3...... Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 4...... Kunimitsu Itoh (Japan) 4...... (Japan) 5...... Shigeru Soh (Japan) 5...... Djama Robleh (Djibouti) 6...... (US) 6...... (Great Britain) 7...... Bill Rodgers (US) 7...... Rob de Castella (Australia) 8...... Takeshi Soh (Japan) 8...... Michael Heilmann (East Germany) 9...... (US) 9...... (Italy) 10...... (Finland) 10...... Shigeru Soh (Japan) 1982 1986 1...... Alberto Salazar (US) 1...... (Tanzania) 2...... Rob de Castella (Australia) 2...... Rob de Castella (Australia) 3...... Rodolfo Gómez (Mexico) 3...... Taisuke Kodama (Japan) 4...... Gerard Nijboer (Netherlands) 4...... Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 5...... Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 5...... Kunimitsu Itoh (Japan) 6...... (New Zealand) 6...... (Ethiopia) 7...... Benji Durden (US) 7...... (Ethiopia) 8...... Dick Beardsley (US) 8...... Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 9...... (Great Britain) 9...... (Italy) 10...... Armand Parmentier (Belgium) 10...... (Italy) 1983 1987 1...... Rob de Castella (Australia) 1...... Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 2...... Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 2...... (Japan) 3...... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 3...... () 4...... Takeshi Soh (Japan) 4...... Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 5...... Rodolfo Gómez (Mexico) 5...... Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 6...... Kebede Balcha (Ethiopia) 6...... Hisatoshi Shintaku (Japan) 7...... Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 7...... Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 8...Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... (Kenya) 9...... Jörg Peter (East Germany) 10...... Hugh Jones (Great Britain) 10...... (Australia) 1984 1988 1...... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 1...... Belayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia) 2...... Steve Jones (Great Britain) 2...... Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 3...... (Ireland) 3...... Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 4...... Charlie Spedding (Great Britain) 4...... Abebe Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 5...... Takeshi Soh (Japan) 5...... Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 6...... Rob de Castella (Australia) 6...... Douglas Wakiihuri (Kenya) 7...... Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 7...... Steve Jones (Great Britain) 8...... Joseph Nzau (Kenya) 8...... Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 9...... Dereje Nedi (Ethiopia) 9...... Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 10...... Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 10...... Toshihiro Shibutani (Japan)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1989 1993 1...... Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 1...... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) 2...... Abebe Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 2...... (US) 3...... Douglas Wakiihuri (Kenya) 3...... Lucketz Swartbooi (Namibia) 4...... Belayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia) 4...... Jae-ryong Kim (South Korea) 5...... Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 5...... Cosmas Ndeti (Kenya) 6...... (Tanzania) 6...... (Great Britain) 7...... Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 7...... Sevarino Bernardini (Italy) 8...... (Portugal) 8...... Andrés Espinosa (Mexico) 9...... Ravil Kashapov (Soviet Union) 9...... (Belgium) 10...... Zeleke Metafaria (Ethiopia) 10.... Bert van Vlaanderen (Netherlands) 1990 1994 1...... Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 1...... Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 2...... Douglas Wakiihuri (Kenya) 2...... Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) 3...... Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 3...... Cosmas Ndeti (Kenya) 4...... Gidamis Shahanga (Tanzania) 4...... Andrés Espinosa (Mexico) 5...... Simon Robert (Tanzania) 5...... Boay Akonay (Turkey) 6...... Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 6...... Manuel Matias (Portugal) 7...... Martin Pitayo (Mexico) 7...... Germán Silva (Mexico) 8...... Antoni Niemczak (Poland) 8...... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) 9...... Belayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia) 9...... António Pinto (Portugal) 10...... Jörg Peter (East Germany) 10...... Martín Fiz () 1991 1995 1...... Hiromi Taniguchi (Japan) 1...... Martín Fiz (Spain) 2...... Abebe Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 2...... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) 3...... Jan Huruk (Poland) 3...... Luiz dos Santos (Brazil) 4...... Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 4...... Sammy Lelei (Kenya) 5...... (US) 5...... Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) 6...... Shuichi Morita (Japan) 6...... Cosmas Ndeti (Kenya) 7...... Salvador García (Mexico) 7...... António Pinto (Portugal) 8...... Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 8...... Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 9...... Rob de Castella (Australia) 9...... (Kenya) 10...... Koichi Morishita (Japan) 10...... (Portugal) 1992 1996 1...... Young-cho Hwang (South Korea) 1...... Bong-ju Lee (South Korea) 2...... Koichi Morishita (Japan) 2...... Josiah Thugwane (South Africa) 3...... (Germany) 3...... Martín Fiz (Spain) 4...... Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 4...... Eric Wainaina (Kenya) 5...... Jan Huruk (Poland) 5...... (Great Britain) 6...... Tena Negere (Ethiopia) 6...... Moses Tanui (Kenya) 7...... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) 7...... (Spain) 8...... (South Africa) 8...... António Pinto (Portugal) 9...... Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 9...... (Brazil) 10...... (Italy) 10...... Dionicio Céron (Mexico)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1997 2001 1...... Abel Antón (Spain) 1...... (Ethiopia) 2...... Josiah Thugwane (South Africa) 2...... (Morocco) 3...... Martín Fiz (Spain) 3...... (Kenya) 4...... (Kenya) 4...... (Kenya) 5...... (Italy) 5...... (Ethiopia) 6...... António Pinto (Portugal) 6...... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 7...... (Morocco) 7...... (France) 8...... (Kenya) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... Elijah Lagat (Kenya) 9...... (Japan) 10...... Eric Kimaiyo (Kenya) 10...... Tesfaye Tolla (Ethiopia) 1998 2002 1...... (Kenya) 1...... Khalid Khannouchi (US) 2...... (Brazil) 2...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 3...... Moses Tanui (Kenya) 3...... (Kenya) 4...... Joseph Chebet (Kenya) 4...... (Japan) 5...... Fabián Roncero (Spain) 5...... Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco) 6...... John Kagwe (Kenya) 6...... Rodgers Rop (Kenya) 7...... (South Africa) 7...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 8...... Khalid Khannouchi (Morocco) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... Jackson Kabiga (Kenya) 9...... Simon Biwott (Kenya) 10...... Abel Antón (Spain) 10...... Christopher Cheboiboch (Kenya) 1999 2003 1...... Joseph Chebet (Kenya) 1...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2...... Khalid Khannouchi (Morocco) 2...... (Morocco) 3...... Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco) 3...... (Spain) 4...... Abel Antón (Spain) 4...... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 5...... Josephat Kiprono (Kenya) 5...... Gezahegne Abera (Ethiopia) 6...... Gert Thys (South Africa) 6...... (Kenya) 7...... (Kenya) 7...... Michael Rotich (Kenya) 8...... Julius Rutto (Kenya) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... Fred Kiprop (Kenya) 9...... (Kenya) 10...... Moses Tanui (Kenya) 10...... (Kenya) 2000 2004 1...... Gezahegne Abera (Ethiopia) 1...... Evans Rutto (Kenya) 2...... Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco) 2...... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 3...... Khalid Khannouchi (US) 3...... (Kenya) 4...... António Pinto (Portugal) 4...... (US) 5...... (Japan) 5...... Vanderlei de Lima (Brazil) 6...... Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 6...... Timothy Cherigat (Kenya) 7...... Elijah Lagat (Kenya) 7...... (Kenya) 8...... Eric Wainaina (Kenya) 8...... (South Africa) 9...... Bong-ju Lee (South Korea) 9...... Sammy Korir (Kenya) 10...... Simon Biwott (Kenya) 10...... Jaouad Gharib (Morocco)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 2005 2009 1...... Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 1...... Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) 2...... (Kenya) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3...... (Ethiopia) 4...... (Kenya) 4...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 5...... Felix Limo (Kenya) 5...... Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 6...... Philip Manyim (Kenya) 6...... (Kenya) 7...... Jackson Koech (Kenya) 7...... (Kenya) 8...... Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... Paul Tergat (Kenya) 9...... Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 10...... Christopher Isegwe (Tanzania) 10...... (Kenya) 2006 2010 1...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 1...... Patrick Makau (Kenya) 2.....Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (Kenya) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Felix Limo (Kenya) 3...... Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 4...... Martin Lel (Kenya) 4...... Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) 5...... Marílson dos Santos (Brazil) 5...... Wilson Kiprotich (Kenya) 6...... Benson Cherono (Kenya) 6...... Tadesse Tola (Ethiopia) 7...... Ambesse Tolossa (Ethiopia) 7...... Feyisa Lelisa (Ethiopia) 8...... Sammy Korir (Kenya) 8...... Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (Kenya) 9...... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 9...... Vincent Kipruto (Kenya) 10...... Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 10...... Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 2007 2011 1...... Martin Lel (Kenya) 1...... Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 2...... (Morocco) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3...... Patrick Makau (Kenya) 4...... Luke Kibet (Kenya) 4...... Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 5...... Mubarak Shami (Qatar) 5...... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 6...... Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 6...... (Kenya) 7...... (Kenya) 7...... Abel Kirui (Kenya) 8...... (Kenya) 8...... Vincent Kipruto (Kenya) 9...... Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 9...... Martin Lel (Kenya) 10...... Viktor Röthlin (Switzerland) 10...... Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 2008 2012 1...... Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) 1...... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 2...... Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2...... (Uganda) 3...... Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 3...... Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 4...... Martin Lel (Kenya) 4...... Abel Kirui (Kenya) 5...... Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 5...... Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 6...... Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) 6...... Dennis Kimetto (Kenya) 7...... Deribe Merga (Ethiopia) 7...... (Ethiopia) 8...... Viktor Röthlin (Switzerland) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... (Kenya) 9...... Yemane Adhane (Ethiopia) 10...... Marílson dos Santos (Brazil) 10...... Martin Lel (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 2013 2017 1...... (Ethiopia) 1...... (Kenya) 2...... Dennis Kimetto (Kenya) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 3...... Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) 4...... Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 4...... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 5...... Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 6...... (US) 7...... Tadesse Tola (Ethiopia) 7...... (Kenya) 8...... Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 8...... Tola Shura (Ethiopia) 9...... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 9...... Abel Kirui (Kenya) 10...... Berhanu Shiferaw (Ethiopia) 10...... (Kenya) 2014 2018 1...... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 1...... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2...... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Dennis Kimetto (Kenya) 3...... (Ethiopia) 4...... (Kenya) 4...... Tola Shura (Ethiopia) 5...... (Kenya) 5...... Leul Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 6...... (Ethiopia) 6...... Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) 7...... Tadesse Tola (Ethiopia) 7...... (Kenya) 8...... Tsegaye Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 8...... Sisay Lemma (Ethiopia) 9...... Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 9...... Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) 10...... (Kenya) 10...... Lawrence Cherono (Kenya) 2015 2019 1...... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 1...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2...... Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) 2...... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 3...... Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 3...... Lawrence Cherono (Kenya) 4...... () 4...... Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) 5...... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 5...... Berhanu Legesse (Ethiopia) 6...... Yemane Adhane (Ethiopia) 6...... Mosinet Geremew (Ethiopia) 7...... Lemi Berhanu (Ethiopia) 7...... (Ethiopia) 8...... Dickson Chumba (Kenya) 8...... Vincent Torotich (Kenya) 9...... Solomon Mutai (Uganda) 9...... Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 10...... Sisay Lemma (Ethiopia) 10...... Getaneh Tamire (Ethiopia) 2016 1...... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2...... Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 3...... (Ethiopia) 4...... Galen Rupp (US) 5...... Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 6...... Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (Eritrea) 7...... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 8...... (Ethiopia) 9...... Lemi Berhanu (Ethiopia) 10...... (Kenya)

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