Medalists

Gold	Hiromi Taniguchi Hiromi Taniguchi is a former Japanese long-distance runner best known for winning the gold medal in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo. The favourite to win the race, Olympic champion Gelindo Bordin, only finished eighth. The marathon was run under extremely adverse conditions of... Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...  (JPN)
Silver	Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...  (DJI)
Bronze	Steve Spence Steve Spence Steve Spence is a United States long-distance runner and coach. Among his accomplishments, he took a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. He graduated from Lower Dauphin High School in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania where he ran track... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

  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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1991 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		2:06:50	April 17, 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Event Record		2:10:03	August 14, 1983	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best		2:08:53	February 3, 1991	Oita, Japan

Results

Rank	Name	Result
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4.		2:15:47
5.		2:15:52
6.		2:15:58
7.		2:16:15
8.		2:17:03
9.		2:18:37
10.		2:19:01
11.		2:19:18
12.		2:20:02
13.		2:20:31
14.		2:21:16
15.		2:21:37
16.		2:22:17
17.		2:22:43
18.		2:23:13
19.		2:23:14
20.		2:23:24
21.		2:24:26
22.		2:25:28
23.		2:26:50
24.		2:26:56
25.		2:28:40
26.		2:29:09
27.		2:29:14
28.		2:29:35
29.		2:32:37
30.		2:32:57
31.		2:33:13
32.		2:34:26
33.		2:36:54
34.		2:37:20
35.		2:48:12
36.		2:56:36
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See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships Marathon (Split)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon
  These are the official results of the Men's Marathon event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. The final was held on 1 September 1990.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Final ranking:...
  
  
• 1991 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1992 Men's Olympic Marathon (Barcelona)
  Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon
  The Men's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, held on Sunday August 9, 1992. The race started on 18.30h local time. A total number of 87 athletes completed the race, with Pyambuugiin Tuul from Mongolia finishing in last position in 4:00:44...