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According to IAAF statistics, the top ten fastest men's marathon times prior to the 2012 Olympics are as follows:<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=MAR/detail.html 0 Toplists mar m – o]. iaaf.org. Retrieved on 27 April 2012.</ref><ref>http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=W/all=y/legal=A/disc=MAR/detail.html iaaf.org. Retrieved on 27 April 2012.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Men
!Time
!Athlete
!Country
!Date
!Location
|-
|2h03:38
|[[Patrick Makau]]
|{{KEN}}
|25 September 2011
|[[Berlin Marathon|Berlin]]
|-
|2h03:42
|[[Wilson Kipsang]]
|{{KEN}}
|30 October 2011
|[[Frankfurt Marathon|Frankfurt]]
|-
|2h03:59
|[[Haile Gebrselassie]]<!-- Do not list Geoffrey Mutai's 2:03:02 mark at the 2011 Boston Marathon. Read the reasons above -->
|{{ETH}}
|28 September 2008
|[[Berlin Marathon|Berlin]]
|-
|2h04:23
|[[Ayele Abshero]]<!-- Do not list Geoffrey Mutai's 2:03:02 mark at the 2011 Boston Marathon. Read the reasons above -->
|{{ETH}}
|27 January 2012
|[[Dubai Marathon|Dubai]]
|-
|2h04:27
|[[Duncan Kibet]]
|{{KEN}}
|5 April 2009
|[[Rotterdam Marathon|Rotterdam]]
|-
|2h04:27
|[[James Kwambai]]
|{{KEN}}
|5 April 2009
|[[Rotterdam Marathon|Rotterdam]]
|-
|2h04:40
|[[Emmanuel Mutai]]
|{{KEN}}
|17 April 2011
|[[London Marathon|London]]
|-
|2h04:48
|[[Yemane Tsegay]]
|{{ETH}}
|15 April 2012
|[[Rotterdam Marathon|Rotterdam]]
|-
|2h04:50
|[[Getu Feleke]]
|{{ETH}}
|15 April 2012
|[[Rotterdam Marathon|Rotterdam]]
|-
|2h04:50
|[[Dino Sefir]]
|{{ETH}}
|27 January 2012
|[[Dubai Marathon|Dubai]]
|}
|}


Revision as of 18:44, 4 August 2012

Men's marathon
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueMarathon course, central London
Date12 August
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The men's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, will be held on the Olympic marathon street course on 12 August.[1] The format of the race is such that the first runner to cross the finish line is the winner.[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 12 August 2012 11:00 Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN) 2:03:38 Berlin, Germany 25 September 2011
Olympic record  Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:32 Beijing, China 24 August 2008
2012 World leading  Ayele Abshero (ETH) 2:04:23 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 27 January 2012


According to IAAF statistics, the top ten fastest men's marathon times prior to the 2012 Olympics are as follows:[3][4]

Men
Time Athlete Country Date Location
2h03:38 Patrick Makau  Kenya 25 September 2011 Berlin
2h03:42 Wilson Kipsang  Kenya 30 October 2011 Frankfurt
2h03:59 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 28 September 2008 Berlin
2h04:23 Ayele Abshero  Ethiopia 27 January 2012 Dubai
2h04:27 Duncan Kibet  Kenya 5 April 2009 Rotterdam
2h04:27 James Kwambai  Kenya 5 April 2009 Rotterdam
2h04:40 Emmanuel Mutai  Kenya 17 April 2011 London
2h04:48 Yemane Tsegay  Ethiopia 15 April 2012 Rotterdam
2h04:50 Getu Feleke  Ethiopia 15 April 2012 Rotterdam
2h04:50 Dino Sefir  Ethiopia 27 January 2012 Dubai

Entrants (Partial)

  • Entrants as of 27 July 2012 (partial list).[5]
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Marílson Gomes dos Santos  Brazil
Samuel Tsegay  Eritrea
Yonas Kifle  Eritrea
Yared Asmerom  Eritrea
Ayele Abshero  Ethiopia
Getu Feleke  Ethiopia
Dino Sefir  Ethiopia
Abraham Kiprotich  France
Abdellatif Meftah  France
Patrick Tambwe  France
Ram Singh Yadav  India
Reggero Pertile  Italy
Arata Fujiwara  Japan
Ryo Yamamoto  Japan
Kentaro Nakamoto  Japan
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich  Kenya
Abel Kirui  Kenya
Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai  Kenya
Jinhyeok Jeong  South Korea
Adil Annani  Morocco
Abderrahime Bouramdane  Morocco
Rachid Kisri  Morocco
Iaroslav Muşinschi  Moldova
Urige Buta  Norway
Henryk Szost  Poland
Lusapho April  South Africa
Stephen Mokoka  South Africa
Aleksey Reunkov  Russia
Dmitriy Safranov  Russia
Viktor Röthlin  Switzerland
Samson Ramadhani  Tanzania
Stephen Kiprotich  Uganda
Olexandr Sitkovskyy  Ukraine
Abdihakem Abdirahman  United States
Ryan Hall  United States
Mebrahtom Keflezighi  United States

References

  1. ^ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. ^ Format Competition – Athletics
  3. ^ 0 Toplists mar m – o. iaaf.org. Retrieved on 27 April 2012.
  4. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=W/all=y/legal=A/disc=MAR/detail.html iaaf.org. Retrieved on 27 April 2012.
  5. ^ Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-08-02.


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