The men's marathon event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan. The weather conditions were difficult, with and 72% humidity at the start of the race. The temperature rose to towards the end of the race, and many competitors failed to finish the race.
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| Silver | ||
| Bronze |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| WR | world record | |
| WL | world leading | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 2007 World Athletics Championships | |||||
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| 2:04:55 | September 28, 2003 | Berlin, Germany | |||
| 2:08:31 | August 30, 2003 |  Paris, France | |||
| 2:07:19 | April 15, 2007 | Paris, France | |||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note | |
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| 2:15:59 | |||||
| 2:17:18 | |||||
| 2:17:25 | |||||
| 4 | 2:17:41 | ||||
| 5 | 2:17:42 | SB | |||
| 6 | 2:18:06 | SB | |||
| 7 | 2:18:35 | SB | |||
| 8 | 2:19:21 | ||||
| 9 | 2:19:36 | ||||
| 10 | 2:20:25 | ||||
| 11 | 2:20:30 | ||||
| 12 | 2:20:36 | ||||
| 13 | 2:20:53 | ||||
| 14 | 2:20:58 | ||||
| 15 | 2:21:49 | ||||
| 16 | 2:21:52 | ||||
| 17 | 2:22:21 | SB | |||
| 18 | 2:22:24 | ||||
| 19 | 2:22:27 | ||||
| 20 | 2:22:50 | ||||
| 21 | 2:23:04 | SB | |||
| 22 | 2:23:22 | SB | |||
| 23 | 2:23:28 | SB | |||
| 24 | 2:24:25 | ||||
| 25 | 2:25:51 | ||||
| 26 | 2:25:54 | ||||
| 27 | 2:26:00 | ||||
| 28 | 2:26:22 | ||||
| 29 | 2:26:32 | SB | |||
| 30 | 2:26:56 | ||||
| 31 | 2:27:50 | SB | |||
| 32 | 2:28:28 | SB | |||
| 33 | 2:28:41 | SB | |||
| 34 | 2:29:21 | ||||
| 35 | 2:29:34 | ||||
| 36 | 2:29:37 | SB | |||
| 37 | 2:30:03 | ||||
| 38 | 2:30:20 | ||||
| 39 | 2:30:33 | ||||
| 40 | 2:31:34 | ||||
| 41 | 2:32:00 | ||||
| 42 | 2:32:02 | ||||
| 43 | 2:32:44 | ||||
| 44 | 2:32:57 | ||||
| 45 | 2:33:26 | ||||
| 46 | 2:33:40 | ||||
| 47 | 2:33:42 | ||||
| 48 | 2:34:28 | ||||
| 49 | 2:35:22 | ||||
| 50 | 2:35:48 | SB | |||
| 51 | 2:36:00 | SB | |||
| 52 | 2:37:13 | ||||
| 53 | 2:40:22 | ||||
| 54 | 2:45:26 | ||||
| 55 | 2:49:06 | SB | |||
| 56 | 2:59:40 | ||||
| 57 | 3:03:47 | ||||
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| Place | Country | Athletes | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsuyoshi Ogata Satoshi Osaki Toshinari Suwa (Tomoyuki Sato) (Mitsuru Kubota) Total | 2:17:42 2:18:06 2:18:35 (2:20:53) (2:59:40) 6:54:23 | ||
| 2 | Park Ju-Young Kim Young-Chun Lee Myong-Seung Total | 2:21:49 2:24:25 2:25:54 7:12:08 | ||
| 3 | Luke Kibet William Kiplagat Laban Kagika Total | 2:15:59 2:19:21 2:37:13 7:12:33 | ||
| 4 | Mbarak Kipkorir Hussein Mike Morgan Kyle O'Brien (Fernando Cabada Jr) Total | 2:23:04 2:23:28 2:28:28 (2:35:48) 7:15:00 | ||
| 5 | Gashaw Asfaw Dejene Berhanu Ambesse Tolosa Total | 2:20:58 2:27:50 2:30:20 7:19:08 | ||
| 6 | Samson Ramadhani Getuli Bayo Michael Tluway Mislay Total | 2:25:51 2:26:56 2:30:33 7:23:20 | ||
| 7 | Ayele Seteng Zvadya Wodage Asaf Bimro Total | 2:22:27 2:29:21 2:31:34 7:23:22 | ||
| 8 | Alberto Chaíça Luís Feiteira Paulo Gomes Total | 2:23:22 2:29:34 2:32:02 7:24:58 | ||
| 9 | Su Wei Deng Haiyang Li Zhuhong (Ren Longyun) Total | 2:28:41 2:29:37 2:32:44 (2:35:22) 7:31:02 |