Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles, California
Dates	August 12
Competitors	107 from 59 nations
Medalists
Carlos Lopes   Portugal   John Treacy   Ireland   Charlie Spedding   Great Britain
«1980	1988»

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday August 12, 1984. The race started on 17.00h local time. A total number of 78 athletes completed the race, with Dieudonné LaMothe from Haiti finishing in last position in 2:52:18. There were 107 competitors from 59 countries. Twenty-nine of them did not finish.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2'08:18	Robert de Castella	Fukuoka (JPN)	December 6, 1981
Olympic Record	2'09:55.0	Waldemar Cierpinski	Montreal (CAN)	July 31, 1976

Carlos Lopes set a new Olympic record.

Results

RANK	FINAL	DISTANCE
1	Carlos Lopes (POR)	2'09:21
2	John Treacy (IRL)	2'09:56
3	Charlie Spedding (GBR)	2'09:58
4	Takeshi So (JPN)	2'10:55
5	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2'11:09
6	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2'11:10
7	Joseph Nzau (KEN)	2'11:28
8	Djama Robleh (DJI)	2'11:39
9	Jerry Kiernan (IRL)	2'12:20
10	Rod Dixon (NZL)	2'12:57
11	Pete Pfitzinger (USA)	2'13:53
12	Hugh Jones (GBR)	2'13:57
13	Jorge González (PUR)	2'14:00
14	Toshihiko Seko (JPN)	2'14:13
15	Alberto Salazar (USA)	2'14:19
16	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2'14:20
17	Shigeru So (JPN)	2'14:38
18	Ralf Salzmann (FRG)	2'15:29
19	Henrik Jørgensen (DEN)	2'15:55
20	Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)	2'15:59
21	Agapius Masong (TAN)	2'16:25
22	Gidamis Shahanga (TAN)	2'16:27
23	Eloi Schleder (BRA)	2'16:35
24	Karel Lismont (BEL)	2'17:07
25	Allan Zachariasen (DEN)	2'17:10
26	Michail Koussis (GRE)	2'17:38
27	Pertti Tiainen (FIN)	2'17:43
28	Alain Lazare (FRA)	2'17:52
29	Vincent Ruguga (UGA)	2'17:54
30	Armand Parmentier (BEL)	2'18:10
31	César Mercado (PUR)	2'19:09
32	Charmarke Abdilahi (DJI)	2'19:11
33	Øyvind Dahl (NOR)	2'19:28
34	Derek Froude (NZL)	2'19:44
35	Giovanni d'Aleo (ITA)	2'20:12
36	Jesús Herrera (MEX)	2'20:33
37	Lee Hong-Yul (KOR)	2'20:56
38	Juan Camacho (BOL)	2'21:04
39	Cor Vriend (NED)	2'21:08
40	France Ntaole (LES)	2'21:09
41	Johan Geirnaert (BEL)	2'21:35
42	Jacques Boxberger (FRA)	2'22:00
43	Marco Marchei (ITA)	2'22:38
44	Art Boileau (CAN)	2'22:43
45	Samuel Hlawe (SWZ)	2'22:45
46	Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)	2'22:52
47	Ahmed Mohamed Ismail (SOM)	2'23:27
48	Chae Hong-Nak (KOR)	2'23:33
49	Joseph Maisiba Otieno (KEN)	2'24:13
50	Bruno Lafranchi (SUI)	2'24:38
51	Dick Hooper (IRL)	2'24:41
52	Derrick Adamson (JAM)	2'25:02
53	Claudio Cabán (PUR)	2'27:16
54	Marc Agoata (LUX)	2'27:41
55	Wilson Theleso (BOT)	2'29:20
56	Chang-Ming Chen (TPE)	2'29:53
57	Alejandro Silva (CHI)	2'29:53
58	Kim Won-Sick (KOR)	2'30:57
59	Rubén Aguiar (ARG)	2'31:18
60	Sabag Shemtov (ISR)	2'31:34
61	Vincent Rakabaele (LES)	2'32:15
62	Marios Kassianidis (CYP)	2'32:51
63	Arjun Pandit (NEP)	2'32:53
64	Ismael Mahmoud (JOR)	2'33:30
65	Alain Bordeleau (CAN)	2'34:27
66	Tau John Tokwepota (PNG)	2'36:36
67	Patric Nyambariro-Nhauro (ZIM)	2'37:18
68	Kimurgor Ngeny (KEN)	2'37:19
69	Amira Prasad Yadav (NEP)	2'38:10
70	Adolphe Ambowode (CAF)	2'41:26
71	Carloa Avila (HON)	2'42:03
72	Jules Randrianarivelo (MAD)	2'43:05
73	Ahmed Abdul Lahij (SOM)	2'44:39
74	George Mambosasa (MAW)	2'46:14
75	Marlon Williams (ISV)	2'46:50
76	Johnaon Mbangiwa (BOT)	2'48:12
77	Leonardo Illut (PHI)	2'49:39
78	Dieudonné LaMothe (HAI)	2'52:18
—	Awadh Shaban Al-Sameer (OMA)	DNF
—	Ahmet Altun (TUR)	DNF
—	David Edge (CAN)	DNF
—	Matthews Kambale (MAW)	DNF
—	Ronald Lanzoni (CRC)	DNF
—	Bigboy Matlapeng (BOT)	DNF
—	Tommy Persson (SWE)	DNF
—	Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)	DNF
—	Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)	DNF
—	Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)	DNF
—	Gerard Nijboer (NED)	DNF
—	Gerhard Hartmann (AUT)	DNF
—	Omar Aguilar (CHI)	DNF
—	Filippos Filippou (CYP)	DNF
—	Juan Trsapaderne (ESP)	DNF
—	Santiago de la Parte (ESP)	DNF
—	Martti Vainio (FIN)	DNF
—	Geoff Smith (GBR)	DNF
—	Nimley Twegbe (LBR)	DNF
—	Miguel Angel Cruz (MEX)	DNF
—	Cor Lambregts (NED)	DNF
—	Stig Roar Husby (NOR)	DNF
—	Cidálio Caetano (POR)	DNF
—	Delfim Moreira (POR)	DNF
—	Mehmet Yurdadön (TUR)	DNF
—	Wilaon Achia (UGA)	DNF
—	John Tuttle (USA)	DNF
—	Rumbanza Situ (ZAI)	DNF
—	Tommy Lazarua (ZIM)	DNF

See also

• 1982 Men's European Championships Marathon (Helsinki)
• 1983 Men's World Championships Marathon (Helsinki)
• 1986 Men's European Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships Marathon (Rome)

References

• (French) Marathon Info