Here are some of the favourites, at least based on their personal best times, but others who have not achieved these times may also contend:
The marathon is a notoriously difficult event to predict. I am somewhat disappointed by the decision to make the starting time 11:30 am in Munich because this summer in Europe the temperatures have been very high with heat waves, and it is predicted that the temperature will be around 90 degrees I believe today in Munich at that time.
Navarro, France, 2:08:30
Amare, Israel, 2:07:35
Teferi, Israel, 2:06:58
Arikan, Turkey, 2:08:14
Lamdassem, Spain, 2:06:25
Mateo, Spain, 2:08:22
Petros, Germany, 2:06:27
Ringer, Germany, 2:08:49
Tesfamariam, Sweden, 2:06:53
Naert, Belgium, 2:07:39
Aouani, Italy, 2:08:34
Meucci, Italy, 2:09:25