| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2:06:50 | Belayneh Dinsamo | ETH | 28Jun1965 | 1 | Rotterdam | 17Apr1988 | PB | Mar | |||
| 2 | 2 | 2:07:07 | Houssein Ahmed Salah | DJI | 31Dec1956 | 2 | Rotterdam | 17Apr1988 | 180/56 | NR | Mar | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2:07:35 | Abebe Mekonnen | ETH | 9Jan1964 | 1 | Beijing | 16Oct1988 | 158/59 | PB | Mar | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2:07:40 | Hiromi Taniguchi | JPN | 5Apr1960 | 2 | Beijing | 16Oct1988 | 171/55 | PB | Mar | ||
| 5 | 5 | 2:08:20 | Steve Jones | GBR | 4Aug1955 | 1 | New York | 6Nov1988 | 178/61 | Mar | |||
| 6 | 2:08:33 | Abebe Mekonnen | 1 | Tokyo | 14Feb1988 | Mar | |||||||
| 6 | 7 | 2:08:42 | Juma Ikangaa | TAN | 19Jul1957 | 2 | Tokyo | 14Feb1988 | 163/58 | Mar | |||
| 7 | 8 | 2:08:43 | Ibrahim Kipk. Hussein | KEN | 3Jun1958 | 1 | Boston MA | 18Apr1988 | 170/57 | Mar | |||
| 8 | 9 | 2:08:44 | Wodajo Bulti | ETH | 11Mar1957 | 3 | Rotterdam | 17Apr1988 | 185/60 | PB | Mar | ||
| 10 | 2:08:44 | Juma Ikangaa | 2 | Boston MA | 18Apr1988 | Mar | |||||||
| 9 | 11 | 2:08:47 | Jörg Peter | GDR | 23Oct1955 | 3 | Tokyo | 14Feb1988 | 173/65 | NR | Mar | ||
| 10 | 12 | 2:08:49 | Robert De Castella | AUS | 27Feb1957 | 4 | Tokyo | 14Feb1988 | 180/65 | Mar | |||
| 13 | 2:08:49 | Robert De Castella | 3 | Boston MA | 18Apr1988 | Mar | |||||||
| 11 | 14 | 2:08:57 | Alejandro Cruz | MEX | 10Feb1968 | 1 | Chicago IL | 30Oct1988 | 170/58 | PB | Mar | ||
| 12 | 15 | 2:09:15 | John Treacy | IRL | 4Jun1957 | 4 | Boston MA | 18Apr1988 | 181/61 | NR | Mar | ||
| 13 | 16 | 2:09:20 | Yakov Tolstikov | URS | 20May1959 | 2 | Chicago IL | 30Oct1988 | Mar | ||||
| 14 | 17 | 2:09:27 | Gelindo Bordin | ITA | 2Apr1959 | 5 | Boston MA | 18Apr1988 | 180/68 | Mar | |||
| 15 | 18 | 2:09:30A | John Burra | TAN | 8Aug1965 | 1 | Arusha | 13Mar1988 | PB | Mar | |||
| 19 | 2:09:33 | Abebe Mekonnen | 4 | Rotterdam | 17Apr1988 | Mar | |||||||
| 16 | 20 | 2:09:33 | Pier Giovanni Poli | ITA | 5Nov1957 | 6 | Boston MA | 18Apr1988 | 180/68 | PB | Mar | ||
| 17 | 21 | 2:09:39 | Richard Kaitany | KEN | 17Jun1958 | 3 | Chicago IL | 30Oct1988 | 170/66 | PB | Mar | ||
| 18 | 22 | 2:10:10 | Ralf Salzmann | FRG | 6Feb1955 | 5 | Tokyo | 14Feb1988 | 172/58 | PB | Mar | ||
| 19 | 23 | 2:10:18 | Willie Mtolo | RSA | 5May1964 | 1 | Cape Town | 30Apr1988 | 178/62 | Mar | |||
| 20 | 24 | 2:10:19 | Martin Mondragon | MEX | 11Nov1953 | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 6Mar1988 | PB | Mar | |||
| 21 | 25 | 2:10:19 | Manuel Matias | POR | 30Mar1962 | 4 | Chicago IL | 30Oct1988 | 172/58 | Mar | |||
| 22 | 26 | 2:10:20 | Henrik Jørgensen | DEN | 10Oct1961 | 1 | London | 17Apr1988 | 178/59 | Mar | |||
| 27 | 2:10:32 | Gelindo Bordin | 1 | OG | Seoul | 2Oct1988 | Mar | ||||||
| 23 | 28 | 2:10:40 | Jesús Herrera | MEX | 22Mar1962 | 2 | Los Angeles CA | 6Mar1988 | 175/59 | PB | Mar | ||
| 24 | 29 | 2:10:40 | Takeshi Soh | JPN | 9Jan1953 | 3 | Beijing | 16Oct1988 | 178/58 | Mar | |||
| 25 | 30 | 2:10:41 | Mark Plaatjes | RSA | 2Jun1961 | 3 | Los Angeles CA | 6Mar1988 | 173/64 | Mar | |||
| 26 | 31 | 2:10:44 | Patrick Carroll | AUS | 17Aug1961 | 1 | Surfers Paradise | 24Jul1988 | 177/68 | Mar | |||
| 27 | 32 | 2:10:47 | Douglas Wakiihuri | KEN | 26Sep1963 | 2 | OG | Seoul | 2Oct1988 | 186/65 | Mar | ||
| 28 | 33 | 2:10:52 | Kevin Forster | GBR | 27Sep1958 | 2 | London | 17Apr1988 | PB | Mar | |||
| 29 | 34 | 2:10:59 | Isamu Sennai | JPN | 11Aug1960 | 6 | Tokyo | 14Feb1988 | PB | Mar | |||
| 30 | 35 | 2:10:59 | Kazuyoshi Kudo | JPN | 27Feb1961 | 3 | London | 17Apr1988 | PB | Mar | |||
| 36 | 2:10:59 | Houssein Ahmed Salah | 3 | OG | Seoul | 2Oct1988 | Mar | ||||||
| 31 | 37 | 2:11:04 | Toshihiro Shibutani | JPN | 30Aug1962 | 1 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1988 | 160/49 | PB | Mar | ||
| 32 | 38 | 2:11:05 | Takeyuki Nakayama | JPN | 20Dec1959 | 4 | OG | Seoul | 2Oct1988 | 180/58 | Mar | ||
| 33 | 39 | 2:11:08 | Hugh Jones | GBR | 1Nov1955 | 4 | London | 17Apr1988 | 180/64 | Mar | |||
| 34 | 40 | 2:11:08 | John Campbell | NZL | 6Feb1949 | 7 | Boston MA | 18Apr1988 | Mar | ||||
| 41 | 2:11:09 | Belayneh Dinsamo | 2 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1988 | Mar | |||||||
| 35 | 42 | 2:11:19 | Ravil Kashapov | URS | 15Nov1956 | 3 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1988 | 170/61 | Mar | |||
| 36 | 43 | 2:11:30 | Carlos Retiz | MEX | 13Aug1961 | 4 | Los Angeles CA | 6Mar1988 | 170/53 | PB | Mar | ||
| 37 | 44 | 2:11:30 | John Woods | IRL | 8Dec1955 | 1 | Wexford | 24Apr1988 | 170/60 | PB | Mar | ||
| 45 | 2:11:30 | Ravil Kashapov | 1 | Huy, BEL | 30Apr1988 | Mar | |||||||
| 38 | 46 | 2:11:33 | David Long | GBR | 21Nov1960 | 5 | London | 17Apr1988 | 180/71 | Mar | |||
| 39 | 47 | 2:11:34 | Michael Heilmann | GDR | 26Oct1961 | 1 | Novo Mesto | 9Jul1988 | 175/54 | Mar | |||
| 40 | 48 | 2:11:38 | Taisuke Kodama | JPN | 26Jul1958 | 4 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1988 | 165/49 | Mar | |||
| 41 | 49 | 2:11:41 | Salvatore Bettiol | ITA | 28Nov1961 | 2 | New York | 6Nov1988 | 170/57 | Mar | |||
| 42 | 50 | 2:11:42 | Allister Hutton | GBR | 18Jul1954 | 6 | London | 17Apr1988 | 167/54 | Mar | |||
| 43 | 51 | 2:11:44 | Geir Kvernmo | NOR | 29Oct1955 | 1 | Houston TX | 17Jan1988 | 184/66 | Mar | |||
| 44 | 52 | 2:11:45 | Suleiman Nyambui | TAN | 13Feb1953 | 1 | Berlin | 9Oct1988 | 182/68 | Mar | |||
| 45 | 2:11:52 | Alessio Faustini | ITA | 10Jun1960 | 2 | Huy, BEL | 30Apr1988 | 165/48 | Mar | ||||
| 46 | 2:11:58 | Cai Shangyan | CHN | 25Sep1962 | 8 | London | 17Apr1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 47 | 2:12:04 | Spirídon "Spyros" Andriópoulos | GRE | 1Aug1962 | 2 | West Berlin | 9Oct1988 | 176/62 | NR | Mar | |||
| 48 | 2:12:08 | Carlos Rivas | MEX | 4Nov1962 | 1 | San Diego CA | 11Dec1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 49 | 2:12:11 | Gerardo Alcala | MEX | 28Jun1961 | 7 | Chicago IL | 30Oct1988 | 170/57 | PB | Mar | |||
| 50 | 2:12:13 | John Wheway | GBR | 8Aug1951 | 9 | London | 17Apr1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 51 | 2:12:19 | Omar Aguilar | CHI | 1Dec1959 | 8 | Rotterdam | 17Apr1988 | 175/64 | NR | Mar | |||
| 52 | 2:12:19 | Richard Hooper | IRL | 26Aug1956 | 2 | Wexford | 24Apr1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 53 | 2:12:19 | Charles Spedding | GBR | 19May1952 | 6 | OG | Seoul | 2Oct1988 | 172/64 | Mar | |||
| 54 | 2:12:22 | Toshihiro Inahara | JPN | 8Sep1958 | 4 | Oita | 7Feb1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 55 | 2:12:26 | Mark Conover | USA | 28Mar1960 | 1 | Jersey City | 24Apr1988 | 178/60 | PB | Mar | |||
| 56 | 2:12:29 | Tulu Mekonnen | ETH | 1968 | 3 | West Berlin | 9Oct1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 57 | 2:12:32 | Orlando Pizzolato | ITA | 30Jul1958 | 8 | Boston MA | 18Apr1988 | 179/61 | Mar | ||||
| 58 | 2:12:33 | Nikolay Tabak | URS | 15Apr1956 | 4 | Huy, BEL | 30Apr1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 59 | 2:12:45 | Richard McCandless | USA | 16Dec1955 | 1 | Sacramento CA | 4Dec1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 60 | 2:12:49 | Ryu Chae-Song | PRK | 20Mar1960 | 2 | Seoul | 20Mar1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 61 | 2:12:51 | Chae Song-rak | KOR | 29May1951 | 3 | Seoul | 20Mar1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 62 | 2:12:51 | Yutaka Kanai | JPN | 16Oct1959 | 9 | Fukuoka | 4Dec1988 | 178/64 | PB | Mar | |||
| 63 | 2:12:52 | Alexandre Gonzalez | FRA | 16Mar1951 | 5 | Huy, BEL | 30Apr1988 | 182/69 | PB | Mar | |||
| 64 | 2:12:53 | Elísio Rios | POR | 3Apr1961 | 9 | Chicago IL | 30Oct1988 | 167/58 | PB | Mar | |||
| 65 | 2:12:59 | Pavel Klimeš | GBR | 27Oct1958 | 1 | Sevilla | 6Mar1988 | 177/60 | PB | Mar | |||
| 66 | 2:13:06 | Han Chae-ho | KOR | 6Mar1965 | 4 | Seoul | 20Mar1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 67 | 2:13:08 | Kim Yong-gil | KOR | 5 | Seoul | 20Mar1988 | PB | Mar | |||||
| 68 | 2:13:08 | Helmuth Stuhlpfarrer | AUT | 19Mar1959 | 1 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 3Sep1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 69 | 2:13:08 | Radamés González | CUB | 4Feb1956 | 1 | Palma de Mallorca | 11Dec1988 | NR | Mar | ||||
| 70 | 2:13:08 | Walter Bassi | ITA | 12Jul1964 | 1 | Palermo | 18Dec1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 71 | 2:13:12 | Manuel Vera | MEX | 19Mar1951 | 5 | Los Angeles CA | 6Mar1988 | 165/51 | PB | Mar | |||
| 72 | 2:13:12 | Cornelius Saelmans | BEL | 1960 | 1 | Maassluis | 9Apr1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 73 | 2:13:16 | Jos Sasse | NED | 1957 | 1 | Frankfurt | 30Oct1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 74 | 2:13:20 | Tadeusz Lawicki | POL | 1Jan1956 | 1 | Debno | 27Mar1988 | PB | Mar | ||||
| 75 | 2:13:25 | Alfonso Abellán | ESP | 21Jul1951 | Huy, BEL | 30Apr1988 | PB | Mar | |||||
| 76 | 2:13:27 | Wieslaw Furmanek | POL | 1959 | Debno | 27Mar1988 | PB | Mar | |||||
| 77 | 2:13:32 | Steve Binns | GBR | 25Aug1960 | 10 | Chicago IL | 30Oct1988 | 170/55 | PB | Mar | |||
| 78 | 2:13:33 | Tadesse Gebre | ETH | 1968 | 16Oct1988 | Mar |