marathon
| Rnk | Mark | Name | Nation | Born | Pos | Venue | Date | Best | Date/Best |
| 1 | 2.05.42 | Khalid Khannouchi | MAR | 711222 | 1 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 2 | 2.06.16 | Moses Tanui | KEN | 650820 | 2 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 3 | 2.06.33 | Gert Thys | RSA | 711112 | 1 | Tokyo | 0214 | | |
| 4 | 2.06.44 | Josephat Kiprono | KEN | 731212 | 1 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| 5 | 2.06.47 | Fred Kiprop | KEN | 74 | 1 | Amsterdam | 1017 | | |
| 6 | 2.06.49 | Tesfaye Jifar | ETH | 76 | 2 | Amsterdam | 1017 | | |
| 7 | 2.06.50 | William Kiplagat | KEN | 72 | 3 | Amsterdam | 1017 | | |
| 8 | 2.06.57 | Takayuki Inubushi | JPN | 720811 | 2 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| 9 | 2.06.57 | Tesfaye Tola | ETH | 74 | 4 | Amsterdam | 1017 | | |
| 10 | 2.07.09 | Japhet Kosgei | KEN | 68 | 1 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| 11 | 2.07.23 | Fabian Roncero | ESP | 701019 | 2 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| 12 | 2.07.41 | Simon Biwott | KEN | 700303 | 3 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| 13 | 2.07.49 | Kim Yi-yong | SKO | 730920 | 4 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| 14 | 2.07.54 | Abera Gezahegn | ETH | | 1 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | | |
| 15 | 2.07.55 | Mohamed Ouaadi | FRA | 690101 | 2 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | | |
| 16 | 2.07.57 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | MAR | 69 | 1 | London | 0418 | | |
| 17 | 2.08.00 | Ondoro Osoro | KEN | 671203 | 3 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | 2.06.54 | 981011 |
| 18 | 2.08.05 | Hiroshi Miki | JPN | 750610 | 2 | Tokyo | 0214 | | |
| 19 | 2.08.10 | Julius Rutto | KEN | 711226 | 1 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| + | 2.08.15 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | | | 1 | Marrakech | 0131 | | |
| 20 | 2.08.25 | Paul Kipsambu | KEN | 71 | 2 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 21 | 2.08.27 | Sammy Korir | KEN | 711212 | 1 | Torino | 0502 | 2.08.02 | 970420 |
| 22 | 2.08.31 | Samson Kandie | KEN | 710420 | 3 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| 23 | 2.08.33 | Philip Tarus | KEN | 740911 | 1 | San Diego, Ca | 0523 | | |
| 24 | 2.08.40 | Willy Kalombo Mwenze | COD | 700607 | 3 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 25 | 2.08.40 | Vanderlei de Lima | BRA | 690811 | 3 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | 2.08.31 | 980208 |
| + | 2.08.44 | Fred Kiprop | | | 4 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 26 | 2.08.46 | Muneyuki Ojima | JPN | 750925 | 5 | Rotterdam | 0418 | 2.08.43 | 980301 |
| 27 | 2.08.50 | Martin Fiz | ESP | 630303 | 1 | Otsu | 0307 | 2.08.05 | 970302 |
| 28 | 2.08.50 | Elijah Lagat | KEN | 660619 | 5 | Paris | 0404 | 2.07.41 | 970928 |
| 29 | 2.08.59 | Abdelsalam Serrokh | MAR | 70 | 6 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| 30 | 2.09.00 | Koji Shimizu | JPN | 691017 | 3 | Tokyo | 0214 | | |
| 31 | 2.09.00 | Antonio Pinto | POR | 660322 | 2 | London | 0418 | 2.07.55 | 970413 |
| 32 | 2.09.09 | Paul Kiptanui Chepkwony | KEN | 69 | 2 | Torino | 0502 | | |
| + | 2.09.09 | Muneyuki Ojima | | | 4 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | 2.08.43 | 980301 |
| 33 | 2.09.14 | Joseph Chebet | KEN | 700823 | 1 | New York, NY | 1107 | 2.07.37dh | 980420 |
| + | 2.09.17 | Mohamed Ouaadi | | | 6 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 34 | 2.09.20 | Domingos Castro | POR | 631122 | 2 | New York, NY | 1107 | 2.07.51 | 970420 |
| 35 | 2.09.24 | David Ngetich | KEN | 800519 | 1 | Eindhoven | 1010 | | |
| 36 | 2.09.25 | Simon Bor | KEN | 690213 | 1 | Los Angeles, Ca | 0314 | 2.08.47 | 981101 |
| 37 | 2.09.29 | John Kemboi | KEN | 710727 | 5 | Amsterdam | 1017 | | |
| 38 | 2.09.32 | Dmitriy Kapitonov | RUS | 680410 | 2 | Eindhoven | 1010 | | |
| 39 | 2.09.32 | David Morris | USA | 700517 | 4 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 40 | 2.09.32 | Shem Kororia | KEN | 720925 | 3 | New York, NY | 1107 | | |
| + | 2.09.35 | Simon Bor | | | 5 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | 2.08.47 | 981101 |
| 41 | 2.09.36 | Joseph Mereng | KEN | 710103 | 7 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| 42 | 2.09.36 | Eder Moreno Fialho | BRA | 730504 | 6 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 43 | 2.09.36 | Giacomo Leone | ITA | 710410 | 4 | New York, NY | 1107 | 2.08.41 | 000101 |
| 44 | 2.09.36 | Yoshiteru Morishita | JPN | 710526 | 5 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | | |
| 45 | 2.09.37 | Joseph Kahugu | KEN | 710607 | 7 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | 2.07.59 | 981011 |
| 46 | 2.09.38 | Leonid Shvetsov | RUS | 690328 | 3 | Eindhoven | 1010 | 2.09.16 | 970525 |
| 47 | 2.09.39 | John Kagwe | KEN | 690109 | 5 | New York, NY | 1107 | 2.08.12 | 971102 |
| 48 | 2.09.41 | Abel Anton | ESP | 621024 | 3 | London | 0418 | 2.07.57 | 980426 |
| 49 | 2.09.41 | Francisco Javier Cortés | ESP | 711025 | 8 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| 50 | 2.09.43 | Elijah Korir | KEN | 780415 | 1 | Lyon | 1003 | | |
| 51 | 2.09.44 | Jon Brown | GBR | 710227 | 4 | London | 0418 | | |
| + | 2.09.49 | Josephat Kiprono | | | 5 | London | 0418 | | |
| 52 | 2.09.50 | Simon Lopuyet | KEN | 721224 | 9 | Rotterdam | 0418 | 2.08.19 | 970420 |
| + | 2.09.52dh | Joseph Chebet | | | 1 | Boston, Ma | 0419 | 2.07.37dh | 980420 |
| + | 2.09.54 | Eder Moreno Fialho | | | 1 | Oita | 0207 | | |
| 53 | 2.09.56 | Philip Tanui | KEN | 751220 | 1 | Roma | 0321 | | |
| 54 | 2.09.56 | Hicham Chatt | MAR | 690218 | 4 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| + | 2.09.59 | Elijah Lagat | | | 6 | New York, NY | 1107 | 2.07.41 | 970928 |
| + | 2.10.03 | Giacomo Leone | | | 6 | London | 0418 | 2.08.41 | 000101 |
| 55 | 2.10.05 | Greg van Hest | NED | 730603 | 10 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| + | 2.10.05 | David Ngetich | | | 1 | Hamburg | 0425 | | |
| + | 2.10.05 | Elijah Korir | | | 3 | Torino | 0502 | | |
| 56 | 2.10.07 | Atsushi Fujita | JPN | 761106 | 2 | Otsu | 0307 | | |
| 57 | 2.10.07 | James Moiben | KEN | 77 | 7 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 58 | 2.10.08 | Alberto Juzdado | ESP | 660820 | 7 | London | 0418 | 2.08.01 | 980208 |
| 59 | 2.10.09 | Kamiel Maase | NED | 711020 | 11 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| + | 2.10.09 | Philip Tanui | | | 4 | Eindhoven | 1010 | | |
| + | 2.10.10 | Dmitriy Kapitonov | | | 2 | Roma | 0321 | | |
| 60 | 2.10.10 | Tomoaki Kunichika | JPN | 730422 | 6 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | | |
| + | 2.10.13 | Yoshiteru Morishita | | | 2 | Oita | 0207 | | |
| 61 | 2.10.15 | Philip Chirchir | KEN | 680311 | 3 | Roma | 0321 | 2.08.56 | 971019 |
| 62 | 2.10.18dh | Silvio Guerra | ECU | 680918 | 2 | Boston, Ma | 0419 | 2.09.49 | 971019 |
| 63 | 2.10.22 | Carsten Eich | GER | 700109 | 2 | Hamburg | 0425 | | |
| 64 | 2.10.24 | Ryuji Takei | JPN | 710518 | 3 | Oita | 0207 | 2.09.23 | 000305 |
| + | 2.10.24 | Domingos Castro | | | 8 | London | 0418 | 2.07.51 | 970420 |
| + | 2.10.28 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | | | 7 | New York, NY | 1107 | | |
| 65 | 2.10.34 | Julius Bitok | KEN | 760704 | 1 | Venice | 1024 | | |
| 66 | 2.10.37 | Henry Cherono | KEN | 78 | 5 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| 67 | 2.10.38 | Toshiyuki Hayata | JPN | 680502 | 7 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | 2.08.07 | 971207 |
| 68 | 2.10.39 | Makhosonke Fika | RSA | 730120 | 8 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 69 | 2.10.41 | Samuel Otieno | KEN | 730410 | 3 | Hamburg | 0425 | | |
| 70 | 2.10.43 | James Bungei | KEN | 680303 | 2 | Los Angeles, Ca | 0314 | | |
| 71 | 2.10.44 | Mark Saina | KEN | | 2 | Venice | 1024 | | |
| 72 | 2.10.46 | Roberto Barbi | ITA | 650325 | 4 | Roma | 0321 | 2.10.16 | 000101 |
| 73 | 2.10.49 | Osmiro de Souza Silva | BRA | 611009 | 5 | Roma | 0321 | 2.09.55 | 910113 |
| 74 | 2.10.52 | Elias Chebet | KEN | | 4 | Hamburg | 0425 | | |
| 75 | 2.10.56 | Simon Mphulanyane | RSA | 700910 | 9 | London | 0418 | | |
| 76 | 2.10.57 | Leszek Beblo | POL | 660708 | 9 | Paris | 0404 | 2.09.42 | 951022 |
| 77 | 2.11.03 | Takahiro Sunada | JPN | 730119 | 8 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | | |
| 78 | 2.11.06 | Takashi Munetake | JPN | | 4 | Oita | 0207 | | |
| 79 | 2.11.06 | Christopher Cheboiboch | KEN | 770303 | 6 | Amsterdam | 1017 | 2.10.53 | 980621 |
| 80 | 2.11.09 | William Koech | KEN | 611202 | 6 | Roma | 0321 | | |
| 81 | 2.11.13 | Luiz Antonio Dos Santos | BRA | 640906 | 4 | Tokyo | 0214 | 2.08.56 | 970420 |
| 82 | 2.11.13 | Yasuaki Tamamoto | JPN | | 10 | London | 0418 | | |
| 83 | 2.11.14 | James Kamau Kariuki | KEN | 720118 | 8 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 84 | 2.11.16 | Zebedayo Amnaa Bayo | TAN | 760520 | 10 | Paris | 0404 | 2.08.51 | 981101 |
| 85 | 2.11.19 | Eliud Keiring | KEN | | 1 | Praha | 0523 | | |
| 86 | 2.11.21 | Lee Troop | AUS | 730322 | 11 | London | 0418 | | |
| 87 | 2.11.24 | Wataru Okutani | JPN | 750109 | 5 | Tokyo | 0214 | | |
| 88 | 2.11.24 | Baek Seung-do | SKO | 680616 | 9 | Fukuoka, JPN | 1205 | 2.08.49 | 000213 |
| 89 | 2.11.29 | Danielle Caimmi | ITA | 721217 | 12 | Rotterdam | 0418 | | |
| 90 | 2.11.31 | Kenji Takao | JPN | 750323 | 6 | Oita | 0207 | | |
| 91 | 2.11.34 | Jimmy Mwangangi Muindi | KEN | 730814 | 3 | Praha | 0523 | | |
| 92 | 2.11.35 | John Bungei | KEN | | 4 | Venice | 1024 | | |
| 93 | 2.11.37 | Grzegorz Gajdus | POL | 670116 | 3 | Otsu | 0307 | 2.09.45 | 980524 |
| 94 | 2.11.37dh | Frank Pooe | RSA | 741202 | 3 | Boston, Ma | 0419 | | |
| 95 | 2.11.39 | Pat Carroll | AUS | 610817 | 7 | Oita | 0207 | 2.09.39 | 950205 |
| 96 | 2.11.40 | Josephat Kipchoge Rop | KEN | | 4 | Torino | 0502 | | |
| 97 | 2.11.41 | Andrew Eyapan | KEN | 651212 | 1 | Wien | 0530 | | |
| 98 | 2.11.42 | Ottavio Andriani | ITA | 740104 | 6 | Venice | 1024 | | |
| 99 | 2.11.51 | Jonah Koech | KEN | 680202 | 5 | Torino | 0502 | 2.11.09 | 981018 |
| 100 | 2.11.53 | Waldemar Glinka | POL | 680109 | 6 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| 101 | 2.11.57 | Kei Yokoyama | JPN | 740919 | 6 | Tokyo | 0214 | | |
| 102 | 2.11.58 | Mukhamet Nazhipov | RUS | 610910 | 11 | Paris | 0404 | 2.11.01 | 980405 |
| 103 | 2.12.06 | Wolley Jarra | ETH | | | | | | |
| 104 | 2.12.07 | Seiji Kobayashi | JPN | | 1 | Nobeoka | 0228 | | |
| 105 | 2.12.10 | Focus Wilbroad | TAN | 70 | 12 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 106 | 2.12.12 | Eduardo Do Nascimento | BRA | 720802 | 7 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| 107 | 2.12.13 | Jean-Pierre Monciaux | FRA | 621007 | 13 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 108 | 2.12.19 | Yukiyasu Ogura | JPN | | 2 | Nobeoka | 0228 | | |
| + | 2.12.20 | Takayuki Inubushi | | | 7 | Tokyo | 0214 | | |
| 109 | 2.12.20 | Michal Bartoszak | POL | 700621 | 11 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 110 | 2.12.25 | Kazuhiro Matsuda | JPN | 740624 | 4 | Otsu | 0307 | 2.10.24 | 000305 |
| 111 | 2.12.37 | Pavel Loskutov | EST | 691202 | | Frankfurt | 1031 | | |
| 112 | 2.12.38 | Salvatore Bettiol | ITA | 611128 | 7 | Venice | 1024 | 2.09.40 | 940417 |
| + | 2.12.40 | Frank Pooe | | | 1 | Cape Town | 0227 | | |
| 113 | 2.12.40 | Reuben Chebutich | KEN | 680424 | 7 | Amsterdam | 1017 | 2.10.39 | 980920 |
| 114 | 2.12.43 | Michael Buchleitner | AUT | 691014 | 6 | Hamburg | 0425 | | |
| 115 | 2.12.45dh | Abner Chipu | RSA | 720102 | 4 | Boston, Ma | 0419 | | |
| 116 | 2.12.48 | Nestor Garcia | URU | 750706 | | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 117 | 2.12.48 | Tefay Eticha | ETH | | 1 | Lausanne | 1024 | | |
| 118 | 2.12.56 | Jackson Omweri | KEN | | 5 | Eindhoven | 1010 | | |
| 119 | 2.12.58 | Mogaka Rolade Boraya | KEN | | 2 | Beijing | 1009 | | |
| 120 | 2.13.00 | John Monyatso | RSA | | 2 | Cape Town | 0227 | | |
| 121 | 2.13.04 | Yasuhiro Karasu | JPN | 751219 | 3 | Nobeoka | 0228 | | |
| 122 | 2.13.07 | Yuichi Tajiri | JPN | 710523 | 5 | Otsu | 0307 | 2.13.04 | 980201 |
| 123 | 2.13.08 | Sergey Lukin | RUS | 750103 | 6 | Eindhoven | 1010 | | |
| 124 | 2.13.14 | Patrick Ndayisenga | BUR | 711028 | 7 | Torino | 0502 | | |
| 125 | 2.13.15 | Stephen Rugut | KEN | | 8 | Hamburg | 0425 | | |
| 126 | 2.13.18 | Kazutaka Enoki | JPN | 740607 | 4 | Nobeoka | 0228 | 2.10.44 | 000206 |
| 127 | 2.13.19 | Anders Szalkai | SWE | 700417 | 14 | London | 0418 | | |
| 128 | 2.13.24 | Hillary Korir Kipkoskei | KEN | 761110 | 8 | Venice | 1024 | | |
| 129 | 2.13.25 | José Teles de Souza | BRA | 710422 | 10 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| 130 | 2.13.27 | Shimokawa | JPN | | 5 | Nobeoka | 0228 | | |
| 131 | 2.13.28 | Gabino Apolonio | MEX | 710829 | 16 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 132 | 2.13.30 | Eduardo Romano | ITA | 71 | 9 | Venice | 1024 | | |
| 133 | 2.13.31 | Giovanni Ruggiero | ITA | 740119 | 15 | London | 0418 | | |
| 134 | 2.13.33 | Stéphane Schweickhardt | SUI | 600914 | 16 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 135 | 2.13.33 | Ezekiel Kibiwot Sanga | KEN | | 8 | Torino | 0502 | | |
| 136 | 2.13.33 | Gideon Koech | KEN | | 8 | Amsterdam | 1017 | | |
| + | 2.13.36 | Abel Anton | | | 1 | Sevilla, ESP | 0828 | 2.07.57 | 980426 |
| 137 | 2.13.38 | Salaho Ngadi Laboa | TAN | 79 | 10 | Venice | 1024 | | |
| 138 | 2.13.41 | Nobyuki Kajiyama | JPN | 72 | 8 | Oita | 0207 | | |
| 139 | 2.13.42 | Dale Warrender | NZL | 730908 | 17 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |
| 140 | 2.13.48 | Palumbo Matteo | ITA | 730909 | 11 | Venice | 1024 | | |
| 141 | 2.13.50 | John Nada Saya | TAN | 780808 | 17 | Paris | 0404 | | |
| 142 | 2.13.53 | Kuniaki Kanno | JPN | 75 | 9 | Oita | 0207 | | |
| 143 | 2.13.55 | Sergey Kaledin | RUS | 680210 | 18 | Paris | 0404 | 2.12.14 | 971026 |
| 144 | 2.13.55 | Joe LeMay | USA | 661205 | 1 | Sacramento, Ca | 1205 | | |
| 145 | 2.13.58 | Joseph Kariuki | KEN | 70 | 11 | Berlin | 0926 | | |
| + | 2.13.59 | Abera Gezahegn | | | 4 | Los Angeles, Ca | 0314 | | |
| 146 | 2.14.03 | Vincenzo Modica | ITA | 710302 | 2 | Sevilla, ESP | 0828 | 2.11.39 | 961027 |
| 147 | 2.14.03 | Patrick Sang | KEN | 640411 | 9 | Amsterdam | 1017 | | |
| 148 | 2.14.07 | Nobuyuki Sato | JPN | 720808 | 3 | Sevilla, ESP | 0828 | 2.08.48 | 981206 |
| - | 2.07.37dq | Julio Rey | ESP | 720113 | 3 | Rotterdam | 0418 | 2.08.33 | 980426 |
| - | 2.11.17dq | Said Dogga | FRA | 69 | 9 | Chicago, Il | 1024 | | |