Felix Kipchirchir Kandie won the marathon in Athens with a time of 2:10:37. With this time, he set a new corse record. The previous record had been set during the olympic Games in 2004 by Italian runner Stefano Baldini. Kandie lead a group of Kenyan on the finish line. Raymond Kimutai Bett took the second place in 2:12:34 and Josphat Kiptanui Too Chobei the third in 2:15:38.
In the women’s race, the winner was Maiyo Naomi Jepkogei in 3:41:06. The second place went to Rotich Nancy Joan (2:41:29) and the third to Chobei Linah Jerop (2:42:41).
Top 10 Men
| 1 | KANDIE FELIX KIPCHIRCHIR | 02:10:37 |
| 2 | BETT RAYMOND KIMUTAI | 02:12:34 |
| 3 | CHOBEI JOSPHAT KIPTANUI TOO | 02:15:38 |
| 4 | KORIR JULIUS KIPLAGAT | 02:15:51 |
| 5 | ABEBE AMARE ENEAYEHU | 02:16:31 |
| 6 | GEZU BELETE MEKONEN | 02:19:46 |
| 7 | NEGEWO URGA ARARISA | 02:20:21 |
| 8 | MATSUMOTO SHO | 02:20:51 |
| 9 | MWANGI ROBERT MATU | 02:21:18 |
| 10 | MEROUSIS CHRISTOFOROS | 02:25:15 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 | MAIYO NAOMI JEPKOGEI | 02:41:06 |
| 2 | ROTICH NANCY JOAN | 02:41:29 |
| 3 | CHIRCHIR LINAH JEROP | 02:42:41 |
| 4 | TEDLA KIDIST FISEHA | 02:43:46 |
| 5 | KINOSHITA YUMIKO | 02:44:15 |
| 6 | RIGA SOFIA | 02:45:38 |
| 7 | GAZEA MAGDALINI | 02:46:39 |
| 8 | REMPOULI OURANIA | 02:51:23 |
| 9 | HAYAKARI MINORI | 02:53:43 |
| 10 | SHAMSUTDINOVA KAMILA | 02:56:05 |