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Olympic Games 1896-2004
Men's Marathon Results

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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 2004

1. Stefano Baldini           (ITA)   2:10.55
2. Mebrahtom Keflezighi      (USA)   2:11.29
3. Vanderlei de Lima         (BRA)   2:12.11
4. Jon Brown                 (GBR)   2:12.26 
5. Shigeru Aburaya           (JPN)   2:13.11
6. Toshinari Suwa            (JPN)   2:13.24
7. Erick Wainaina            (KEN)   2:13.30
8. Alberto Chaica            (POR)   2:14.17
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 2000

1. Gezahgne Abera            (ETH)   2:10:11
2. Eric Wainaina             (KEN)   2:10:31
3. Tesfaye Tola              (ETH)   2:11:10
4. Jon Brown                 (GBR)   2:11:17
5. Giacomo Leone             (ITA)   2:12:14
6. Martin Fiz                (SPA)   2:13:06
7. Abdelkader El Mouaziz     (MOR)   2:13:49
8. Mohamed Ouaadi            (FRA)   2:14:04
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1996

1. Josia Thugwane            (RSA)   2:12:36
2. Bong-Ju Lee               (KOR)   2:12:39
3. Eric Wainaina             (KEN)   2:12:44
4. Martin Fiz                (ESP)   2:13:20
5. Richard Nerurkar          (GBR)   2:13:39
6. German Silva              (MEX)   2:14:29
7. Steve Moneghetti          (AUS)   2:14:35
8. Benjamin Paredes          (MEX)   2:14:55
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1992

1. Young Cho Hwang           (KOR)  2:13.23
2. Koichi Morishita          (JPN)  2:13.45
3. Stephan Freigang          (GER)  2:14.00
4. Takeyuki Nakayama         (JPN)  2:14.02
5. Salvatore Bettiol         (ITA)  2:14.15
6. Salah Kokaich             (MOR)  2:14.25
7. Jan Huruk                 (POL)  2:14.32
8. Hiromi Taniguchi          (JPN)  2:14.42
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1988

1. Gelindo Bordin            (ITA)   2:10.32
2. Douglas Wakiihuri         (KEN)   2:10.47
3. Ahmed Saleh               (DJI)   2:10.59
4. Takeyuki Nakayama         (JPN)   2:11.05
5. Stephen Moneghetti        (AUS)   2:11.49
6. Charlie Spedding          (GBR)   2:12.19
7. Juma Ikangaa              (TAN)   2:13.06
8. Robert de Castella        (AUS)   2:13.07
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1984

1. Carlos LOPES              (POR)   2:09:21
2. John TREACY               (IRE)   2:09:56
3. Charlie SPEDDING          (GBR)   2:09:58
4. Takeshi SOH               (JAP)   2:10:55
5. Rob de CASTELLA           (AUS)   2:11:09
6. Juma IKANGAA              (TAN)   2:11:10
7. Joseph NZAU               (KEN)   2:11:28
8. Djama ROBLEH              (DJI)   2:11:39
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1980

1. Waldemar CIERPINSKI       (GDR)   2:11:03
2. Gerard NIJBOER            (HOL)   2:11:20
3. Satymkul DZHUMANAZAROV    (SOV)   2:11:35
4. Vladimir KOTOV            (SOV)   2:12:05
5. Leonid MOSEYEV            (SOV)   2:12:14
6. Rodolfo GOMEZ             (MEX)   2:12:39
7. Dereje NEDI               (ETH)   2:12:44
8. Massimo MAGNANI           (ITA)   2:13:12
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1976

1. Waldemar CIERPINSKI       (GDR)   2:09:55.0   OR
2. Frank SHORTER             (USA)   2:10:45.8
3. Karel LISMONT             (BEL)   2:11:12.6
4. Donald KARDONG            (USA)   2:11:15.8
5. Lasse VIREN               (FIN)   2:13:10.8
6. Jerome DRAYTON            (CAN)   2:13:30.0
7. Leonid MOSEYEV            (SOV)   2:13:33.4
8. Franco FAVA               (ITA)   2:14:24.8
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1972

1. Frank SHORTER             (USA)   2:12:19.8
2. Karel LISMONT             (BEL)   2:14:31.8
3. Mamo WOLDE                (ETH)   2:15:08.4
4. Kenneth MOORE             (USA)   2:15:39.8
5. Kenji KIMIHARA            (JPN)   2:16:27.0
6. Ron HILL                  (GBR)   2:16:30.6
7. Donald McGREGOR           (GBR)   2:16:34.4   
8. Jack FOSTER               (NZL)   2:16:56.2
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1968

1. Mamo WOLDE                (ETH)   2:20:26.4
2. Kenji KIMIHARA            (JPN)   2:23:31.0
3. Michael RYAN              (NZL)   2:23:45.0
4. Ismail AKCAY              (TUR)   2:25:18.8
5. William ADCOCKS           (GBR)   2:25:33.0
6. Merawi GEBRU              (ETH)   2:27:16.8
7. Derek CLAYTON             (AUS)   2:27:23.8
8. Timothy JOHNSTON          (GBR)   2:28:04.4
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1964

1. Abebe BIKILA              (ETH)   2:12:11.2   WB
2. Basil HEATLEY             (GBR)   2:16:19.2
3. Kokichi TSUBURAYA         (JPN)   2:16:22.8
4. Brian KILBY               (GBR)   2:17:02.4
5. Jozsef SUTO               (HUN)   2:17:55.8
6. Buddy EDELEN              (USA)   2:18:12.4
7. Aurele VANDENDRIESSCHE    (BEL)   2:18:42.6
8. Kenji KIMIHARA            (JPN)   2:19:49.0
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1960

1. Abebe BIKILA              (ETH)   2:15:16.2   WB
2. Rhadi Ben ABDESSELEM      (MOR)   2:15:41.6
3. Barry MAGEE               (NZL)   2:17.18.2
4. Konstantin VOROBYEV       (SOV)   2:19:09.6     
5. Sergei POPOV              (SOV)   2:19:18.8
6. Thyge TOGERSEN            (DEN)   2:21:03.4
7. Abebe WAKGIRA             (ETH)   2:21:10.0
8. Bakir BENAISSA            (MOR)   2:21.22.0
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1956

1. Alain MIMOUN              (FRA)   2:25:00
2. Franjo MIHALIC            (YUG)   2:26:32
3. Veikko KARVONEN           (FIN)   2:27:47
4. Lee CHANG-HOON            (KOR)   2:28:45
5. Yoshiaki KAWASHIMA        (JPN)   2:29:19
6. Emil ZATOPEK              (CZE)   2:29:34
7. Ivan FILIN                (SOV)   2:30:27
8. Evert NYBERG              (SWE)   2:31:12
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1952

1. Emil ZATOPEK              (CZE)   2:23:03.2   OR
2. Reinaldo GORNO            (ARG)   2:25:35.0
3. Gustav JANSSON            (SWE)   2:26:07.0
4. Choi YOON-CHIL            (KOR)   2:26:36.0
5. Veikko KARVONEN           (FIN)   2:26:41.8
6. Delfo CABRERA             (ARG)   2:26:42.4
7. Jozsef DOBRONYI           (HUN)   2:28:04.8
8. Erkki PUOLAKKA            (FIN)   2:29:35.0
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1948

1. Delfo CABRERA             (ARG)   2:34:51.6
2. Thomas RICHARDS           (GBR)   2:35:07.6
3. Etienne GAILLY            (BEL)   2:35:33.6
4. Johannes COLEMAN          (SAF)   2:36:06.0
5. Eusebio GUINEZ            (ARG)   2:36:36.0
6. Thomas Sidney LUYT        (SAF)   2:38:11.0
7. Gustav OSTLING            (SWE)   2:38:40.6
8. John SYSTAD               (NOR)   2:38:41.0
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1936

1. Sohn KEE-CHUNG            (JPN)   2.29.19.2	
2. Ernest HARPER             (GBR)   2.31.23.2	
3. Nam SEUNG-YONG            (JPN)   2.31.42.0
4. Erkki TAMILA              (FIN)   2.32.45.0
5. Vaino MUINONEN            (FIN)   2.33.46.0
6. Johannes COLEMAN          (SAF)   2.36.17.0
7. Donald ROBERTSON          (GBR)   2.37.06.2
8. Henry GIBSON              (SAF)   2.38.04.0
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1932

1. Juan Carlos ZABALA        (ARG)   2.31.36   OR	
2. Samuel FERRIS             (GBR)   2.31.55	
3. Armas TOIVONEN            (FIN)   2.32.12
4. Duncan McLEOD WRIGHT      (GBR)   2.32.41
5. Seiichiro TSUDA           (JPN)   2.35.42
6. Kim EUN-BAE               (JPN)   2.37.28
7. Albert MICHELSEN          (USA)   2.39.38
8. Oskar HEKS                (CZE)   2.41.35
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1928

1. Mohamed EL QUAFI          (FRA)   2.32.57	
2. Miguel Plaza REYES        (CHI)   2.33.23	
3. Martti MARTTELIN          (FIN)   2.35.20
4. Kanematsu YAMADA          (JPN)   2.35.29
5. Joie RAY                  (USA)   2.36.04
6. Seiichiro TSUDA           (JPN)   2.36.20
7. Yrjo KORHOLIN-KOSKI       (FIN)   2.36.40
8. Samuel FERRIS             (GBR)   2.37.41
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1924

1. Albin STENROOS            (FIN)   2.41.22.6
2. Romeo BERTINI             (ITA)   2.47.19.6
3. Clarence DeMAR            (USA)   2.48.14.0
4. Lauri HALONEN             (FIN)   2.49.47.4
5. Samuel FERRIS             (GBR)   2.52.26.0
6. Miguel PLAZA REYES        (CHI)   2.52.54.0
7. M. Boughera EL OUAFI      (FRA)   2.54.19.6
8. Gustave KINN              (SWE)   2.54.33.4
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1920

1. Hannes KOLEHMAIMEN        (FIN)   2.32.35.8   WB 
2. Juri LOSSMANN             (URS)   2.32.48.6
3. Valerio ARRI              (ITA)   2.36.32.8
4. Auguste BROOS             (BEL)   2.39.25.8
5. Juho TUOMIKOSKI           (FIN)   2.40.18.8
6. Sufos ROSE                (DEN)   2.41.18.0
7. Joseph ORGAN              (USA)   2.41.30.0
8. Rudolf HANSEN             (DEN)   2.41.39.4
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1912

1. Kenneth McARTHUR          (SAF)   2.36.54.8
2. Christian GITSHAM         (SAF)   2.37.52.0
3. Gaston STROBINO           (USA)   2.38.42.4
4. Andrew SOCKALEXIS         (USA)   2.42.07.9
5. James DUFFY               (CAN)   2.42.18.8 
6. Sigge JACOBSSEN           (SWE)   2.43.24.9
7. John GALLAGHER            (USA)   2.44.19.4
8. Joseph ERXLEBEN           (USA)   2.45.47.4
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1908

1. John HAYES                (USA)   2.55.18.4   OR
2. Charles HEFFERON          (SAF)   2.56.06.0
3. Joseph FORSHAW            (USA)   2.57.10.4
4. Alton WELTON              (USA)   2.59.44.4
5. William WOOD              (CAN)   3.01.44.0
6. Frederick SIMPSON         (CAN)   3.04.28.2 
7. Harry LAWSON              (CAN)   3.06.47.2
8. John SVANBERG             (SWE)   3.07.50.8
   Dorando PIETRI            (ITA)   DSQ
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1906

1. William SHERRING          (CAN)   2.51.23.6
2. John SVANBERG             (SWE)   2.58.20.8
3. William FRANK             (USA)   3.00.46.8
4. Gustaf TORNROS            (SWE)   3.01.00.0
5. John ALEPOUS              (GRE)   3.09.35.0
6. George BLAKE              (AUS)   3.09.35.0
7. Constantinos KARVELAS     (GRE)   3.15.54.0
8. Joseph Roffi FARRADE      (FRA)   3.17.49.8
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1904

1. Thomas HICKS              (USA)   3.28.53
2. Albert CORAY              (FRA)   3.34.52
3. Arthur NEWTON             (USA)   3.37.33
4. Felix Carvajal de SOTO    (CUB)   N/A
5. Demetrios VELOUIS         (GRE)   N/A
6. David KNEELAND            (USA)   N/A
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1900

1. Michel THEATO             (FRA)   2.59.45
2. Emile CHAMPION            (FRA)   3.04.17
3. Ernst FAST                (SWE)   3.37.14
4. Eugene BESSEMAR           (FRA)   4.00.43
5. Arthur NEWTON             (USA)   4.04.12
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1896

1. Spiridon LOUIS            (GRE)   2.58.50
2. Charilaos VASILAKOS       (GRE)   3.06.03
3. Gyula KELLNER             (HUN)   3.06.35
4. Ioannis VRETTOS           (GRE)   N/A
5. Eleveitherios PAPASIMEON  (GRE)   N/A
6. Demetrios DELIGANNIS      (GRE)   N/A
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