Last three sets of World Athletics Championships medallists

2023 – 1 Álvaro Martín (ESP) 1:17:32, 2 Perseus Karlström (SWE) 1:17:39, 3 Caio Bonfim (BRA) 1:17:47

2022 – 1 Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 1:19:07, 2 Koki Ikeda (JPN) 1:19:14, 3 Perseus Karlström (SWE) 1:19:18
2019 – 1 Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 1:26:34, 2 Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA/RUS) 1:26:49, 3 Perseus Karlström (SWE) 1:27:00

Last two sets of Olympic medallists

2024 – 1 Brian Pintado (ECU) 1:18:55, 2 Caio Bonfim (BRA) 1:19:09, 3 Álvaro Martín (ESP) 1:19:11
2020 – 1 Massimo Stano (ITA) 1:21:05, 2 Koki Ikeda (JPN) 1:21:14, 3 Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 1:21:28

Fastest winning times in World Athletics Championships history

Jefferson Pérez (ECU) – 1:17:21 (2003)
Álvaro Martín (ESP) – 1:17:32 (2023)
Jefferson Pérez (ECU) – 1:18:35 (2005)

Slowest winning time in World Athletics Championships history

Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) – 1:26:34 (2019)

Best marks on Japanese/Asian soil

1:16:10 1 Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) – Kobe 16.02.2025
1:16:36 1 Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) – Nomi 15.03.2015
1:16:51 1 Koki Ikeda (JPN) – Kobe 18.02.2024

Biggest winning margins

1:01 2005 – 1:18:35 Jefferson Pérez (ECU), 1:19:36 Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP)
0:45 1999 – 1:23:34 Ilya Markov (RUS), 1:24:19 Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
0:39 2003 – 1:17:31 Jefferson Pérez (ECU), 1:18:00 Francisco Javier Fernández (ESP)

​​Smallest winning margins

0:02 2001 – 1:20:31 Roman Rasskazov (RUS), 1:20:33 Ilya Markov (RUS)
0:02 2017 – 1:18:53 Eider Arévalo (COL), 1:18:55 Sergey Shirobokov (ANA/RUS)
0:07 2022 – 1:19:07 Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN), 1:19:14 Koki Ikeda (JPN)
0:07 2023 – 1:17:32 Álvaro Martín (ESP), 1:17:39 Perseus Karlström (SWE)

Multiple winners

1987/91 – Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
2003/05/07 – Jefferson Perez (ECU)
2019/22 – Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)

Winners by country

3 – Ecuador
3 – Italy
3 – Spain
2 – Mexico
2 – China
2 – Russia
2 – Japan
2 – Colombia