Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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]

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
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru  Kenya
Jaouad Gharib  Morocco
Tsegay Kebede  Ethiopia
Athletics at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)2:04:26Berlin, Germany28 September 2007
Olympic record Carlos Lopes (POR)2:09:21Los Angeles, United States12 August 1984

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

DateEventAthleteTimeORWR
24 AugustSamuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya2:06:32OR

Results
RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes[4]
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya2:06:32OR
Jaouad Gharib Morocco2:07:16
Tsegay Kebede Ethiopia2:10:00
4Deriba Merga Ethiopia2:10:21
5Martin Lel Kenya2:10:24
6Viktor Röthlin Switzerland2:10:35
7Gashaw Asfaw Ethiopia2:10:52
8Yared Asmerom Eritrea2:11:11
9Dathan Ritzenhein United States2:11:59
10Ryan Hall United States2:12:33
11Mike Fokoroni Zimbabwe2:13:17PB
12Stefano Baldini Italy2:13:25
13Tsuyoshi Ogata Japan2:13:26SB
14Grigoriy Andreyev Russia2:13:33
15Ruggero Pertile Italy2:13:39
16José Manuel Martínez Spain2:14:00
17Francis Kirwa Finland2:14:22
18Lee Myong-Seung South Korea2:14:37
19Janne Holmén Finland2:14:44
20Abderrahim Goumri Morocco2:15:00
21Aleksey Sokolov Russia2:15:57
22Brian Sell United States2:16:07
23Ottaviano Andriani Italy2:16:10
24Dan Robinson Great Britain2:16:14
25Deng Haiyang China2:16:17
26Abderrahime Bouramdane Morocco2:17:42
27Vasyl Matviychuk Ukraine2:17:50
28Lee Bong-Ju South Korea2:17:56
29Oleg Kulkov Russia2:18:11
30Paulo Gomes Portugal2:18:15
31Alex Malinga Uganda2:18:26
32Carlos Cordero Mexico2:18:40
33Ri Kum-Song North Korea2:19:08
34Henryk Szost Poland2:19:43
35José Amado García Guatemala2:20:15
36Yonas Kifle Eritrea2:20:23
37Nasar Sakar Saeed Bahrain2:20:24
38José de Souza Brazil2:20:25
39Kamiel Maase Netherlands2:20:30
40Pak Song-Chol North Korea2:21:16
41Iaroslav Musinschi Moldova2:21:18
42Kim Il-Nam North Korea2:21:51
43Juan Carlos Cardona Colombia2:21:57
44Hendrick Ramaala South Africa2:22:43
45Arjun Kumar Basnet Nepal2:23:09PB
46Hélder Ornelas Portugal2:23:20
47Procopio Franco Mexico2:23:24
48Nelson Cruz Cape Verde2:23:47
49Roberto Echeverría Chile2:23:54
50Kim Yi-Yong South Korea2:23:57
51Li Zhuhong China2:24:08
52Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od Mongolia2:24:19
53Norman Dlomo South Africa2:24:28
54Arkadiusz Sowa Poland2:24:48
55Samson Ramadhani Tanzania2:25:03
56Ndabili Bashingili Botswana2:25:11
57Simon Munyutu France2:25:50
58Antoni Bernadó Andorra2:26:29
59Wu Wen-Chien Chinese Taipei2:26:55
60Lee Troop Australia2:27:17
61Constantino León Peru2:28:04
62Goran Stojiljković Montenegro2:28:14
63Alfredo Arévalo Guatemala2:28:26
64Yousf Othman Qader Qatar2:28:40
65Franklin Tenorio Ecuador2:29:05
66Francisco Bautista Mexico2:29:28
67Roman Kejžar Slovenia2:29:37
68Joachim Nshimirimana Burundi2:29:55
69Seteng Ayele Israel2:30:07
70Takhir Mamashayev Kazakhstan2:30:26
71Abdil Ceylan Turkey2:31:43
72José Ríos Spain2:32:35
73Hem Bunting Cambodia2:33:32
74Marcel Tschopp Liechtenstein2:35:06
75Pavel Loskutov Estonia2:39:01
76Atsushi Sato Japan2:41:08
–Tesfayohannes Mesfen EritreaDNF
–Julio Rey SpainDNF
–Martin Fagan IrelandDNF
–Al Mustafa Riyadh BahrainDNF
–Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi LibyaDNF
–Marilson dos Santos BrazilDNF
–Luke Kibet Bowen[lower-alpha 1] KenyaDNF
–Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria BahrainDNF
–Luis Fonseca VenezuelaDNF
–Oleksandr Sitkovskyy UkraineDNF
–Franck de Almeida BrazilDNF
–Andrei Gordeev BelarusDNF
–João N'Tyamba AngolaDNF
–Moses Moeketsi Mosuhli LesothoDNF
–Getuli Bayo TanzaniaDNF
–Mubarak Hassan Shami QatarDNF
–Simon Tsotang Maine LesothoDNF
–Clement Mabothile Lebopo LesothoDNF
–Olexandr Kuzin UkraineDNF
–Mohamed Ikoki Msandeki TanzaniaDNS
–Satoshi Osaki JapanDNS
–Augusto Soares East TimorDNS

Intermediates
IntermediateAthleteCountryMark
10 km1. José Manuel Martínez Spain29:25
2. Deriba Merga Ethiopias.t.
3. Martin Lel Kenyas.t.
4. Yared Asmerom Eritreas.t.
5. Yonas Kifle Eritrea+0:01
20 km1. Deriba Merga Ethiopia59:10
2. Yonas Kifle Eritreas.t.
3. Martin Lel Kenyas.t.
4. Jaouad Gharib Moroccos.t.
5. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenyas.t.
30 km1. Deriba Merga Ethiopia1:29:14
2. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenyas.t.
3. Jaouad Gharib Morocco+0:04
4. Martin Lel Kenya+0:09
5. Yonas Kifle Eritrea+0:15
40 km1. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Kenya1:59:54
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
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  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.
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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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