2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon

The men's marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on the streets of Barcelona on 1 August.

Background

A total of 70 runners were declared for the race.[1] Of those, 20 were identified as contenders for medal positions, with Switzerland's Viktor Röthlin and Spain's José Ríos among the favourites. Also a contender was defending champion Italian Stefano Baldini, with the race billed as his return to racing after two years, since finishing 12th in the Olympic marathon. José Manuel Martínez, another Spaniard, was the leading European in the previous year's World Championships marathon where he finished eighth.[2] Four of the Spanish runners warned before the race that heat and humidity would be the main handicaps to the competitors and force a slow and tactical race.[3] The race would be run over four relatively flat laps of 10 km around the city of Barcelona.[4]

Race details

The race started at 10:05 CEST with a field of 64 taking to the start line.[5] It was run in hot conditions[6] with the temperature at the start of the race 25 °C (77 °F) and the humidity rated at 74 per cent.[5] The early pace was set by Russian Yuriy Abramov, winner of the 2010 Moscow Marathon. However, when he fell back, Röthlin was among the leading pack. The Swiss runner set a pace that the rest of the field could not compete with and he ran the final quarter of the race by himself to win by two minutes 19 seconds[2] on Swiss National Day.[6] Second place was home runner Martínez, who said he could not compete with Röthlin's pace so instead decided to hold a steady rhythm and not get involved in any counter-attacks. Bronze medal winner was Russian Dmitriy Safronov.[2] Röthlin's victory was only the fourth gold for Switzerland at the European championships and their first since shot putter Werner Günthör won in the 1986 championships. Baldini's attempt to defend his title ended when he pulled out half-way through the race.[6] Only 45 of the athletes finished the race.[5]

The race also counted for the European Cup team result, with the teams decided on the fastest sum time of their first three athletes. Hosts Spain won the gold, ahead of Russia and Italy.[5]

Reaction

Röthlin said after the race: "It's fantastic to do this on Swiss National Day. After everything that's happened over the past two years, this is incredible. I wouldn't have come had I not been in with a medal chance." He also made light of the warm weather, saying it was cool compared to the 2007 World Championships marathon in Osaka, Japan.[6] Silver medalist Martínez said: "I just tried ... not [to] get involved with any counter-attacks as I've tried in the past and I'm very satisfied with my silver."[2]

Medalists

GoldSwitzerland Viktor Röthlin
Switzerland (SUI)
SilverSpain José Manuel Martínez
Spain (ESP)
BronzeRussia Dmitriy Safronov
Russia (RUS)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:03:59 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2008
European record  Benoît Zwierzchiewski (FRA) 2:06.36 Paris, France 6 April 2003
Championship record  Martín Fiz (ESP) 2:10:31 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 1994
World Leading  Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN) 2:04:48 Rotterdam, Netherlands 11 April 2010
European Leading  Iaroslav Musinschi (MDA) 2:08:32 Düsseldorf, Germany 2 May 2010

Schedule

Date Time Round
1 August 201010:05 Final

Results

Final

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Viktor Röthlin Switzerland (SUI)2:15:31
2nd, silver medalist(s)José Manuel Martínez Spain (ESP)2:17:50
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Dmitriy Safronov Russia (RUS)2:18:16
4Ruggero Pertile Italy (ITA)2:19:33
5Pablo Villalobos Spain (ESP)2:19:56
6Rafael Iglesias Spain (ESP)2:20:14
7Migidio Bourifa Italy (ITA)2:20:35
8Lee Merrien Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)2:20:42
9Aleksey Sokolov Russia (RUS)2:20:49
10Luís Feiteira Portugal (POR)2:21:28
11Ottaviano Andriani Italy (ITA)2:21:32
12Mariusz Giżyński Poland (POL)2:21:54
13Rens Dekkers Netherlands (NED)2:22:03
14Hugo van den Broek Netherlands (NED)2:22:06
15Oleg Kulkov Russia (RUS)2:22:24
16Dave Webb Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)2:23:04
17Koen Raymaekers Netherlands (NED)2:23:24
18Günther Weidlinger Austria (AUT)2:23:37
19Dan Robinson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)2:24:06
20Alberto Chaíça Portugal (POR)2:24:14
21Erik Petersson Sweden (SWE)2:24:29
22Wodage Zwadya Israel (ISR)2:24:39
23Ayele Setegne Israel (ISR)2:26:26
24Ben Moreau Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)2:27:08
25Oleksiy Rybalchenko Ukraine (UKR)2:27:34
26Patrick Stitzinger Netherlands (NED)2:28:02
27Vasyl Matviychuk Ukraine (UKR)2:28:26
28Martin Williams Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)2:28:30
29Jesper Faurschou Denmark (DEN)2:28:34
30Dastaho Svnech Israel (ISR)2:28:36
31Daniele Caimmi Italy (ITA)2:29:18
32Anton Kosmac Slovenia (SLO)2:29:56
33Toni Bernadó Andorra (AND)2:30:52
34Brihun Weve Israel (ISR)2:31:47
35Primoz Kobe Slovenia (SLO)2:31:47
36Kristoffer Österlund Sweden (SWE)2:32:16
37Ronald Schröer Netherlands (NED)2:33:18
38Zohar Zemiro Israel (ISR)2:36:58
39Marcel Tschopp Liechtenstein (LIE)2:37:14
40Robert Kotnik Slovenia (SLO)2:40:57
41Javier Díaz Spain (ESP)2:42:41
42José Moreira Portugal (POR)2:43:56
43Ivan Ramirez Andorra (AND)2:51:42
44Christian Pflügl Austria (AUT)2:53:15
45Alan Manchado Andorra (AND)3:12:40
Tobias Sauter Germany (GER)DNF
Adam Draczyński Poland (POL)DNF
Denis Curzi Italy (ITA)DNF
Ignacio Cáceres Spain (ESP)DNF
Fernando Silva Portugal (POR)DNF
Yuriy Abramov Russia (RUS)DNF
Oleksandr Sitkobskyy Ukraine (UKR)DNF
Henryk Szost Poland (POL)DNF
Tilahun Aliyev Azerbaijan (AZE)DNF
José Ríos Spain (ESP)DNF
Adil Bouafif Sweden (SWE)DNF
Martin Beckmann Germany (GER)DNF
Øystein Sylta Norway (NOR)DNF
Andi Jones Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)DNF
Hermano Ferreira Portugal (POR)DNF
James Theuri France (FRA)DNF
Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)DNF
Florian Prüller Austria (AUT)DNF
Jordi Royo Lozano Andorra (AND)DNF

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Biggest number of athletes to compete at B10 Marathon events". Barcelona 2010. 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "European Athletics Championships 2010: Viktor Rothlin wins marathon gold". Daily Telegraph. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  3. ↑ "Barcelona 2010 Marathon runners face "very hot and humid event"". Barcelona 2010. 2010-07-19. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  4. ↑ "Road events". Barcelona 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "European Athletics Championships Barcelona, Spain 27 July - 1 August 2010 Marathon Men Results Final" (PDF). 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Röthlin wins marathon gold". swissinfo. 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
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