The three runners who made up the USA team were Daniel Tapia, Carlos Trujillo and Jeffrey Eggleston. The World Championships were held August 17 in Moscow. Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich from Uganda was the overall winner in a time of 2:09:51. First American was Jeff Eggleston in 2:14:23 in 13th place. Daniel Tapia placed 27th in 2:18:32 and Carlos Trujillo was 37th in 2:23:13.
No Kenyans were in the top three for the first time since 2005.