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Men's marathon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Samuel Wanjiru
VenueBeijing
DatesAugust 24
Competitors98 from 57 nations
Winning time2:06:32 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Samuel Kamau Wanjiru  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaouad Gharib  Morocco
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tsegay Kebede  Ethiopia
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The men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 24 August at 7:30am in Beijing, ending in the Beijing National Stadium.[1] The winner of the event was Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya, who set an Olympic record in the 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

It began in the early morning instead of the traditional late at night start. Through 10k, a group of 8 was at front. They were all broken down to five at 20k. At the front was Eritrean Yonas Kifle, Ethiopian Deriba Merga, Kenya's Martin Lel and Sammy Wanjiru, and Moroccan Jaouad Gharib. over the next 10k Deriba Merga started to press the pace, dropping Lel and Kifle. Just after 30k, Sammy Wanjiru attacked Deriba Merga who would crack and fade out of the medals. Sammy Wanjiru continued to sustain his gap back to Gharib. Gharib slowly reeled the deficit back but Wanjiru won the gold medal in an Olympic record 2:06:32. Gharib got silver, and Tsegaye Kebede pulled himself into third to take the bronze.

Records

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

World record Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:04:26 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2007
Olympic record  Carlos Lopes (POR) 2:09:21 Los Angeles, United States 12 August 1984

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Time OR WR
24 August Samuel Kamau Wanjiru  Kenya 2:06:32 OR

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes[4]
1st place, gold medalist(s) Samuel Kamau Wanjiru  Kenya 2:06:32 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jaouad Gharib  Morocco 2:07:16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tsegay Kebede  Ethiopia 2:10:00
4 Deriba Merga  Ethiopia 2:10:21
5 Martin Lel  Kenya 2:10:24
6 Viktor Röthlin  Switzerland 2:10:35
7 Gashaw Asfaw  Ethiopia 2:10:52
8 Yared Asmerom  Eritrea 2:11:11
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 Ri Kum-Song  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
40 Pak Song-Chol  North Korea 2:21:16
41 Iaroslav Musinschi  Moldova 2:21:18
42 Kim Il-Nam  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 Constantino León  Peru 2:28:04
62 Goran Stojiljković  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
– Tesfayohannes Mesfen  Eritrea DNF
– Julio Rey  Spain DNF
– Martin Fagan  Ireland DNF
– Al Mustafa Riyadh  Bahrain DNF
– Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi  Libya DNF
– Marilson dos Santos  Brazil DNF
– Luke Kibet Bowen[a]  Kenya DNF
– Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria  Bahrain DNF
– Luis Fonseca  Venezuela DNF
– Oleksandr Sitkovskyy  Ukraine DNF
– Franck de Almeida  Brazil DNF
– Andrei Gordeev  Belarus DNF
– João N'Tyamba  Angola DNF
– Moses Moeketsi Mosuhli  Lesotho DNF
– Getuli Bayo  Tanzania DNF
– Mubarak Hassan Shami  Qatar DNF
– Simon Tsotang Maine  Lesotho DNF
– Clement Mabothile Lebopo  Lesotho DNF
– Olexandr Kuzin  Ukraine DNF
– Mohamed Ikoki Msandeki  Tanzania DNS
– Satoshi Osaki  Japan DNS
– Augusto Soares  East Timor DNS

Intermediates

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

s.t. - same time.

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. ^ "Kenyan wins marathon gold". Associated Press via Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
  3. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Marathon. Sports Reference. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  6. ^ Luke Kibet. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  7. ^ Kenyan marathon star to replace injured Cheruiyot at Olympics. China Olympics (2008-08-17). Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  8. ^ Olympics Day 16 Athletics. Zimbio. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
Notes
  1. ^ Note that some sources, such as Sports Reference and the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, suggest that the Kenyan competitor Luke Kibet was Luke Kibet Chebii (born 1973) rather than Luke Kibet Bowen (born 1983).[5][6] This is incorrect, as it was the younger, reigning world champion who was called from the reserve pool to compete and was clearly visible at the race.[7][8]


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