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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men’s
marathon
Men’s marathon 4 × 100 m relay men women
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Samuel Wanjiru Triple jump men women
Venue Beijing High jump men women
Dates August 24 Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Competitors 98 from 57 nations
Discus throw men women
Medalists
Javelin throw men women
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Jaouad Gharib Morocco
Heptathlon women
Tsegay Kebede Ethiopia Decathlon men
«2004 2012»
The Men’s marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took
place on 24 August at 7:30am in Beijing, ending in the Bei-
jing National Stadium.[1] The winner of the event was Sa-
Athletics at the
muel Wanjiru of Kenya, who set an Olympic record in the
2008 Summer Olympics
time of two hours, six minutes, and 32 seconds. [2]
The qualifying standards were 2:15:00 (A standard)
and 2:18:00 (B standard).[3]
The Race
Track events It began in the early morning instead of the tradi-
100 m men women tional late at night start. Through 10k, a group of 8 was
at front. They were all broken down to five at 20k. At
200 m men women
the front was Eritrean Yonas Kifle, Ethiopian Deriba Mer-
400 m men women ga, Kenya’s Martin Lel and Sammy Wanjiru, and Morac-
800 m men women can Jaouad Gharib. over the next 10k Deriba Merga start-
1500 m men women ed to press the pace, dropping Lel and Kifle. Just after
30k, Sammy Wanjiru attacked Deriba Merga who would
5000 m men women
crack and fade out of the medals. Sammy Wanjiru con-
10,000 m men women tinued to sustain his gap back to Gharib. Gharib slowly
100 m hurdles women reeled the deficit back but Wanjiru won the gold medal in
an Olympic record 2:06:32. Gharib got silver, and Tsegaye
110 m hurdles men
Kebede pulled himself into third to take the bronze.
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m men women
steeplechase
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World record Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:04:26 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2007
Olympic record Carlos Lopes (POR) 2:09:21 Los Angeles, USA 12 August 1984
Date Event Athlete Time OR WR
24 August Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya 2:06:32 OR
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic
records were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set during this
competition.
Results
Key: OR = Olympic record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal
Best, DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS = Did Not Start
Intermediates
s.t. - same time.
References
[1] "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF.
http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/
eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html.
Retrieved 2008-08-04.
[2] "Kenyan wins marathon gold". Associated Press via
Sportsnet.ca. http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/
2008/08/23/kenya_wansiru/. Retrieved
2008-08-24.
[3] "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games -
Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF.
http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/
index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
[4] http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/
eventCode=3659/racedate=08-17-2008/sex=M/
discCode=MAR/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/
results.html#det
External links
• Detailed Results of the Men’s Marathon - The Official
Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• sports-reference
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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes[4]
01 ! Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya 2:06:32 OR
02 ! Jaouad Gharib Morocco 2:07:16
03 ! Tsegay Kebede Ethiopia 2:10:00
04 !4 Deriba Merga Ethiopia 2:10:21
05 !5 Martin Lel Kenya 2:10:24
06 !6 Viktor Röthlin Switzerland 2:10:35
07 !7 Gashaw Asfaw Ethiopia 2:10:52
08 !8 Yared Asmerom Eritrea 2:11:11
09 !9 Dathan Ritzenhein United States 2:11:59
10 Ryan Hall United States 2:12:33
11 Mike Fokoroni Zimbabwe 2:13:17 PB
12 Stefano Baldini Italy 2:13:25
13 Tsuyoshi Ogata Japan 2:13:26 SB
14 Grigoriy Andreyev Russia 2:13:33
15 Ruggero Pertile Italy 2:13:39
16 José Manuel Martínez Spain 2:14:00
17 Francis Kirwa Finland 2:14:22
18 Lee Myong-Seung South Korea 2:14:37
19 Janne Holmén Finland 2:14:44
20 Abderrahim Goumri Morocco 2:15:00
21 Aleksey Sokolov Russia 2:15:57
22 Brian Sell United States 2:16:07
23 Ottaviano Andriani Italy 2:16:10
24 Dan Robinson Great Britain 2:16:14
25 Deng Haiyang China 2:16:17
26 Abderrahime Bouramdane Morocco 2:17:42
27 Vasyl Matviychuk Ukraine 2:17:50
28 Lee Bong-Ju South Korea 2:17:56
29 Oleg Kulkov Russia 2:18:11
30 Paulo Gomes Portugal 2:18:15
31 Alex Malinga Uganda 2:18:26
32 Carlos Cordero Mexico 2:18:40
33 Kum-Song Ri North Korea 2:19:08
34 Henryk Szost Poland 2:19:43
35 José Amado García Guatemala 2:20:15
36 Yonas Kifle Eritrea 2:20:23
37 Nasar Sakar Saeed Bahrain 2:20:24
38 José de Souza Brazil 2:20:25
39 Kamiel Maase Netherlands 2:20:30
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40 Song-Chol Pak North Korea 2:21:16
41 Iaroslav Musinschi Moldova 2:21:18
42 Il-Nam Kim North Korea 2:21:51
43 Juan Carlos Cardona Colombia 2:21:57
44 Hendrick Ramaala South Africa 2:22:43
45 Arjun Kumar Basnet Nepal 2:23:09 PB
46 Hélder Ornelas Portugal 2:23:20
47 Procopio Franco Mexico 2:23:24
48 Nelson Cruz Cape Verde 2:23:47
49 Roberto Echeverría Chile 2:23:54
50 Kim Yi-Yong South Korea 2:23:57
51 Li Zhuhong China 2:24:08
52 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od Mongolia 2:24:19
53 Norman Dlomo South Africa 2:24:28
54 Arkadiusz Sowa Poland 2:24:48
55 Samson Ramadhani Tanzania 2:25:03
56 Ndabili Bashingili Botswana 2:25:11
57 Simon Munyutu France 2:25:50
58 Antoni Bernadó Andorra 2:26:29
59 Wu Wen-Chien Chinese Taipei 2:26:55
60 Lee Troop Australia 2:27:17
61 Costantino León Peru 2:28:04
62 Goran Stojiljkovic Montenegro 2:28:14
63 Alfredo Arévalo Guatemala 2:28:26
64 Yousf Othman Qader Qatar 2:28:40
65 Franklin Tenorio Ecuador 2:29:05
66 Francisco Bautista Mexico 2:29:28
67 Roman Kejžar Slovenia 2:29:37
68 Joachim Nshimirimana Burundi 2:29:55
69 Seteng Ayele Israel 2:30:07
70 Takhir Mamashayev Kazakhstan 2:30:26
71 Abdil Ceylan Turkey 2:31:43
72 José Ríos Spain 2:32:35
73 Hem Bunting Cambodia 2:33:32
74 Marcel Tschopp Liechtenstein 2:35:06
75 Pavel Loskutov Estonia 2:39:01
76 Atsushi Sato Japan 2:41:08
77 !DNF Tesfayohannes Mesfen Eritrea 9:99:99 !
78 !DNF Julio Rey Spain 9:99:99 !
79 !DNF Martin Fagan Ireland 9:99:99 !
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80 !DNF Al Mustafa Riyadh Bahrain 9:99:99 !
81 !DNF Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi Libya 9:99:99 !
82 !DNF Marilson dos Santos Brazil 9:99:99 !
83 !DNF Luke Kibet Kenya 9:99:99 !
84 !DNF Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria Bahrain 9:99:99 !
85 !DNF Luis Fonseca Venezuela 9:99:99 !
86 !DNF Oleksandr Sitkovskyy Ukraine 9:99:99 !
87 !DNF Franck de Almeida Brazil 9:99:99 !
88 !DNF Andrei Gordeev Belarus 9:99:99 !
89 !DNF João N’Tyamba Angola 9:99:99 !
90 !DNF Moses Moeketsi Mosuhli Lesotho 9:99:99 !
91 !DNF Getuli Bayo Tanzania 9:99:99 !
92 !DNF Mubarak Hassan Shami Qatar 9:99:99 !
93 !DNF Simon Tsotang Maine Lesotho 9:99:99 !
94 !DNF Clement Mabothile Lebopo Lesotho 9:99:99 !
95 !DNF Olexandr Kuzin Ukraine 9:99:99 !
96 !DNS Mohamed Ikoki Msandeki Tanzania 9:99:99 !
97 !DNS Satoshi Osaki Japan 9:99:99 !
98 !DNS Augusto Soares Timor-Leste 9:99:99 !
Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
10 km 1. José Manuel Martínez Spain 29:25
2. Deriba Merga Ethiopia s.t.
3. Martin Lel Kenya s.t.
4. Yared Asmerom Eritrea s.t.
5. Yonas Kifle Eritrea +0:01
20 km 1. Deriba Merga Ethiopia 59:10
2. Yonas Kifle Eritrea s.t.
3. Martin Lel Kenya s.t.
4. Jaouad Gharib Morocco s.t.
5. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya s.t.
30 km 1. Deriba Merga Ethiopia 1:29:14
2. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya s.t.
3. Jaouad Gharib Morocco +0:04
4. Martin Lel Kenya +0:09
5. Yonas Kifle Eritrea +0:15
40 km 1. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya 1:59:54
2. Jaouad Gharib Morocco +0:18
3. Deriba Merga Ethiopia +1:57
4. Tsegay Kebede Ethiopia +2:43
5. Martin Lel Kenya +3:04
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