1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon
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The men's marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, Japan was held on September 1, 1991. The race started at 18:00 local time.
Medalists
| Gold | Hiromi Taniguchi Japan |
| Silver | Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti |
| Bronze | Steve Spence United States |
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | Belayneh Dinsamo |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 2:06:50 | April 17, 1988 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Championships record | Robert de Castella |  Australia (AUS) | 2:10:03 | August 14, 1983 | Helsinki, Finland |
| Season best | Kōichi Morishita | Japan (JPN) | 2:08:53 | February 3, 1991 | Ōita, Japan |
Intermediates
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Hiromi Taniguchi |  Japan |
2:14:57 |
 |
Hussein Ahmed Salah | Djibouti |
2:15:26 |
 |
Steve Spence | United States |
2:15:36 |
| 4 | Jan Huruk |  Poland |
2:15:47 |
| 5 | Futoshi Shinohara | Japan |
2:15:52 |
| 6 | Salvatore Bettiol |  Italy |
2:15:58 |
| 7 | Maurilio Castillo |  Mexico |
2:16:15 |
| 8 | Gelindo Bordin | Italy |
2:17:03 |
| 9 | Tekeye Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
2:18:37 |
| 10 | Konrad Dobler |  Germany |
2:19:01 |
| 11 | Steve Moneghetti |  Australia |
2:19:18 |
| 12 | Sam Carey |  Great Britain & N.I. |
2:20:02 |
| 13 | Peter Maher |  Canada |
2:20:31 |
| 14 | Diego García |  Spain |
2:21:16 |
| 15 | Dominique Chauvelier |  France |
2:21:37 |
| 16 | Tonnie Dirks |  Netherlands |
2:22:17 |
| 17 | Elphas Ginindza |  Eswatini |
2:22:43 |
| 18 | Stephan Freigang | Germany |
2:23:13 |
| 19 | Kim Won-tak |  South Korea |
2:23:14 |
| 20 | Dave Buzza | Great Britain & N.I. |
2:23:24 |
| 21 | Vladimir Bukhanov |  Soviet Union |
2:24:26 |
| 22 | Motsemme Kgaotsang |  Botswana |
2:25:28 |
| 23 | Kim Reynierse |  Aruba |
2:26:50 |
| 24 | Martin Vrábeľ |  Czechoslovakia |
2:26:56 |
| 25 | Gian Luigi Macina |  San Marino |
2:28:40 |
| 26 | Steve Taylor | United States |
2:29:09 |
| 27 | Myint Kan |  Myanmar |
2:29:14 |
| 28 | William Aguirre |  Nicaragua |
2:29:35 |
| 29 | Aleksandr Vychuzhanin | Soviet Union |
2:32:37 |
| 30 | Alberto Cuba |  Cuba |
2:32:57 |
| 31 | Krishna Bahadur Basnet |  Nepal |
2:33:13 |
| 32 | Fai Yeung Ng |  Hong Kong |
2:34:26 |
| 33 | Freddy Lujan |  Bolivia |
2:36:54 |
| 34 | Hsu Gi-sheng |  Chinese Taipei |
2:37:20 |
| 35 | Roland Wille |  Liechtenstein |
2:48:12 |
| 36 | Abdillah Soilihi |  Comoros |
2:56:36 |
| — | Faasalele Fuauli |  Western Samoa (WSM) |
DNF |
| — | Alessio Faustini | Italy |
DNF |
| — | Manuel Matias |  Portugal |
DNF |
| — | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia |
DNF |
| — | Takeyuki Nakayama | Japan |
DNF |
| — | Antoni Niemczak | Poland |
DNF |
| — | Jörg Peter | Germany |
DNF |
| — | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal |
DNF |
| — | Francisco Romera | Spain |
DNF |
| — | Yakov Tolstikov | Soviet Union |
DNF |
| — | Carlos Ayala | Mexico |
DNF |
| — | Alfredo Shahanga |  Tanzania |
DNF |
| — | Nivaldo Vieira |  Brazil |
DNF |
| — | Åke Eriksson |  Sweden |
DNF |
| — | Brad Hudson | United States |
DNF |
| — | Mohamed Kamel Selmi |  Algeria |
DNF |
| — | Ahmed Al Hamshani |  Jordan |
DNF |
| — | Simon Mrashani | Tanzania |
DNF |
| — | Kim Wan-ki | South Korea |
DNF |
| — | Laurenio Beserra | Brazil |
DNF |
| — | Jean-Luc Assemat | France |
DNF |
| — | Tesfaye Dadi | Ethiopia |
DNF |
| — | Daniel Böltz |  Switzerland |
DNF |
| — | Manny Lolin |  Malaysia |
DNF |