Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Atlanta
Dates	August 4
Competitors	124 from 79 nations
Medalists
Josia Thugwane   South Africa   Lee Bong-Ju   South Korea   Erick Wainaina   Kenya
«1992	2000»

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10000 m		men		women
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
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
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

The official results of the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, held on Sunday August 4, 1996. The race started on 07.05h local time. A total number of 111 athletes completed the race, with an injured and limping Abdel Baser Wasiqi from Afghanistan finishing in last position in 4'24:17.^[1] There were 124 competitors from 79 countries. Thirteen competitors did not finish. The medal ceremony took place during the Closing Ceremony which they did again in Athens 8 years later.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2'06:50	Belayneh Densamo	Rotterdam (NED)	April 17, 1988
Olympic Record	2'09:21	Carlos Lopes	Los Angeles (USA)	August 12, 1984

Results

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
	Josia Thugwane (RSA)	2'12:36
	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	2'12:39
	Erick Wainaina (KEN)	2'12:44
4.	Martín Fiz (ESP)	2'13:20
5.	Richard Nerurkar (GBR)	2'13:39
6.	Germán Silva (MEX)	2'14:29
7.	Steve Moneghetti (AUS)	2'14:35
8.	Benjamin Paredes (MEX)	2'14:55
9.	Danilo Goffi (ITA)	2'15:08
10.	Luiz Antonio dos Santos (BRA)	2'15:55
11.	Carlos Grisales (COL)	2'15:56
12.	Kim Yi-Yong (KOR)	2'16:17
13.	Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM)	2'16:31
14.	António Pinto (POR)	2'16:41
15.	Dionicio Cerón (MEX)	2'16:48
16.	Mwenze Kalombo (ZAI)	2'17:01
17.	Leszek Bebło (POL)	2'17:04
18.	Alberto Juzdado (ESP)	2'17:24
19.	Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)	2'17:26
20.	Salvatore Bettiol (ITA)	2'17:27
21.	Peter Fonseca (CAN)	2'17:28
22.	Rolando Vera (ECU)	2'17:40
23.	Roderic De Highden (AUS)	2'17:42
24.	José Luis Molina (CRC)	2'17:49
25.	Domingos Castro (POR)	2'18:03
26.	Tahar Mansouri (TUN)	2'18:06
27.	Lawrence Peu (RSA)	2'18:09
28.	Keith Brantly (USA)	2'18:17
29.	Thabiso Relekhetla (LES)	2'18:26
30.	Hristo Stefanov (BUL)	2'18:29
31.	Bob Kempainen (USA)	2'18:38
32.	Harri Hänninen (FIN)	2'18:41
33.	Gert Thys (RSA)	2'18:55
34.	Sean Quilty (AUS)	2'19:35
35.	Carey Nelson (CAN)	2'19:39
36.	Spyridon Andriopoulos (GRE)	2'19:41
37.	Oleg Strizhakov (RUS)	2'19:51
38.	Kim Jung-Won (PRK)	2'19:54
39.	Bruce Deacon (CAN)	2'19:56
40.	Kim Jong-Su (PRK)	2'20:19
41.	Mark Coogan (USA)	2'20:27
42.	Hussein Ahmed Saleh (DJI)	2'20:33
43.	Pyotro Sarafinyuk (UKR)	2'20:37
44.	Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)	2'20:39
45.	Bert van Vlaanderen (NED)	2'20:48
46.	Manuel Matias (POR)	2'20:58
47.	Vanderlei de Lima (BRA)	2'21:01
48.	Konrad Dobler (GER)	2'21:12
49.	Borislav Dević (YUG)	2'21:22
50.	Davide Milesi (ITA)	2'21:45
51.	Aleksandrs Prokopčuks (LAT)	2'21:50
52.	Lameck Aguta (KEN)	2'22:04
53.	Diego García (ESP)	2'22:11
54.	Masaki Oya (JPN)	2'22:13
55.	Peter Whitehead (GBR)	2'22:37
56.	Ezekiel Bitok (KEN)	2'23:03
57.	Hsu Gi-Sheng (TPE)	2'23:04
58.	Pavel Loskutov (EST)	2'23:14
59.	Rubén Maza (VEN)	2'23:24
60.	Steve Brace (GBR)	2'22:28
61.	Grzegorz Gajdus (POL)	2'23:41
62.	Isaac Simelane (SWZ)	2'23:43
63.	Nazerdin Akylbekov (KGZ)	2'23:59
64.	Anders Szalkai (SWE)	2'24:27
65.	John Mwathiwa (MAW)	2'24:45
66.	Leonid Shvetsov (RUS)	2'24:49
67.	Eddy Hellebuyck (BEL)	2'25:04
68.	Ahmad Adam (QAT)	2'25:12
69.	Ikaji Salum (TAN)	2'25:29
70.	Pavelas Fedorenka (LTU)	2'25:41
71.	Miguel Mallqui (PER)	2'25:56
72.	Ethel Hudson (INA)	2'26:02
73.	Diamantino dos Santos (BRA)	2'26:53
74.	Tika Bahadur Bogate (NEP)	2'27:04
75.	Ronnie Holassie (TRI)	2'27:20
76.	Joseph Tjitunga (NAM)	2'27:52
77.	Valeriu Vlas (MDA)	2'28:36
78.	Tonado Daniel Sibandze (SWZ)	2'28:49
79.	Waldemar Cotelo (URU)	2'28:50
80.	Petko Stefanov (BUL)	2'29:06
81.	Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	2'29:45
82.	Luis Martínez (GUA)	2'29:55
83.	Sean Wade (NZL)	2'30:35
84.	Abderrahim ben Redouane (MAR)	2'30:49
85.	Abdou Monzo (NIG)	2'30:57
86.	Marcelo Barrientos (CHI)	2'31:05
87.	Antoni Bernardo (AND)	2'31:28
88.	Adel Adili (LBA)	2'32:12
89.	Carlos Tarazona (VEN)	2'32:35
90.	Tharcisse Gashaka (BDI)	2'32:55
91.	Policarpio Calizaya (BOL)	2'33:08
92.	Simon Qamunga (TAN)	2'33:11
93.	Kenjiro Jitsui (JPN)	2'33:27
94.	Antonio Carlos Zeferino (CPV)	2'34:13
95.	Pamenos Ballantyne (VIN)	2'34:16
96.	Kaleka Mutoke (ZAI)	2'34:40
97.	Ernest Ndissipou (CAF)	2'35:55
98.	Ali El Tounsi (MAR)	2'36:01
99.	William Aguirre (NCA)	2'37:02
100.	Roy Vence (PHI)	2'37:10
101.	Mohamed Al-Saadi (YEM)	2'40:41
102.	Julio Hernández (COL)	2'41:56
103.	Ajay Chuttoo (MRI)	2'42:07
104.	Nils Antonio (JAM)	2'44:10
105.	Rithya To (CAM)	2'47:10
106.	Maximo Oliveras (PUR)	2'47:15
107.	Islam Djugum (BIH)	2'47:38
108.	Marlon Selwyn Williams (ISV)	2'48:26
109.	Eugene Muslar (BIZ)	2'51:41
110.	Abdi Isak (SOM)	2'59:55
111.	Abdel Baser Wasiqi (AFG)	4'24:17
—	Belayneh Densamo (ETH)	DNF
—	Stephan Freigang (GER)	DNF
—	Patrick Ishyaka (RWA)	DNF
—	Benjamin Keleketu (BOT)	DNF
—	Kim Wan-Ki (KOR)	DNF
—	Česlovas Kundrotas (LTU)	DNF
—	Omar Moussa (DJI)	DNF
—	Victor Razafindrakoto (MAD)	DNF
—	Antonio Silio (ARG)	DNF
—	Julius Sumawe (TAN)	DNF
—	Tumo Turbo (ETH)	DNF
—	Risto Ulmala (FIN)	DNF
—	Dainius Virbickas (LTU)	DNF

See also

• 1995 Men's World Championships Marathon
• 1997 Men's World Championships Marathon

Notes

References

• (English) Official Report
• (French) Marathon Info