Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

The official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, held on Saturday July 31, 1976. The race started at 17.30 local time. There were 67 competitors from 36 countries. Seven of them did not finish.[1]

Men's marathon
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Waldemar Cierpinski, 1976 Summer Olympics Men's Marathon winner
VenueOlympic Stadium, Montreal
DatesJuly 31
Competitors67 from 36 nations
Winning time2:09:55
Medalists
Waldemar Cierpinski
 East Germany
Frank Shorter
 United States
Karel Lismont
 Belgium
Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Final ranking
PlaceAthleteTime
1 Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR) 2:09:55
2 Frank Shorter (USA) 2:10:45
3 Karel Lismont (BEL) 2:11:12
4.  Don Kardong (USA) 2:11:15
5.  Lasse Virén (FIN) 2:13:10
6.  Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:13:30
7.  Leonid Moseyev (URS) 2:13:33
8.  Franco Fava (ITA) 2:14:24
9.  Aleksandr Gotsky (URS) 2:15:34
10.  Henri Schoofs (BEL) 2:15:52
11.  Shivnath Singh (IND) 2:16:22
12.  Chang Sop-choe (PRK) 2:16:33
13.  Massimo Magnani (ITA) 2:16:56
14.  Göran Bengtsson (SWE) 2:17:39
15.  Kazimierz Orzeł (POL) 2:17:43
16.  Håkan Spik (FIN) 2:17:50
17.  Jack Foster (NZL) 2:17:53
18.  Mario Cuevas (MEX) 2:18:08
19.  Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) 2:18:21
20.  Shigeru So (JPN) 2:18:26
21.  Noriyasu Mizukami (JPN) 2:18:44
22.  Anacleto Pinto (POR) 2:18:53
23.  José de Jesús (PUR) 2:19:34
24.  Yuri Velikorodny (URS) 2:19:45
25.  Jos Hermens (NED) 2:19:48
26.  Jeffrey Norman (GBR) 2:20:04
27.  Jukka Toivola (FIN) 2:20:46
28.  Jørgen Jensen (DEN) 2:20:44
29.  Mikhail Koussis (GRE) 2:21:42
30.  Tom Howard (CAN) 2:22:08
31.  Keith Angus (GBR) 2:22:18
32.  Akio Usami (JPN) 2:22:29
33.  Rigoberto Mendoza (CUB) 2:22:43
34.  Fernand Kolbeck (FRA) 2:22:56
35.  Chris Wardlaw (AUS) 2:23:56
36.  Wayne Yetman (CAN) 2:24:17
37.  Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR) 2:24:30
38.  Veli Balli (TUR) 2:24:47
39.  James McNamara (IRL) 2:24:57
40.  Bill Rodgers (USA) 2:25:14
41.  Hipólito López (HON) 2:26:00
42.  Danny McDaid (IRL) 2:27:07
43.  Eusebio Cardoso (PAR) 2:27:22
44.  Kim Chang-Son (PRK) 2:27:38
45.  Barry Watson (GBR) 2:28:32
46.  Agustin Fernández-Diaz (ESP) 2:28:37
47.  Jerzy Gros (POL) 2:28:45
48.  Jairo Cubillos (COL) 2:29:04
49.  Luis Raudales (HON) 2:29:25
50.  Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP) 2:30:07
51.  Antonio Baños (ESP) 2:31:01
52.  Koh Chun-son (PRK) 2:31:54
53.  Víctor Serrano (PUR) 2:34:59
54.  Günter Mielke (FRG) 2:35:44
55.  Neil Cusack (IRL) 2:35:47
56.  Tau John Tokwepota (PNG) 2:38:04
57.  Víctor Idava (PHI) 2:38:23
58.  Raymond Swan (BER) 2:39:18
59.  John Kokinai (PNG) 2:41:49
60.  Lucio Guachalla (BOL) 2:45:31
—  David Chettle (AUS) DNF
—  Ross Haywood (AUS) DNF
—  Rafael Mora (COL) DNF
—  Santiago Manguan (ESP) DNF
—  Thancule Dezart (HAI) DNF
—  Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA) DNF
—  Kevin Ryan (NZL) DNF

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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