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.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
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
| Gold | Switzerland (SUI)
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| Silver | Spain (ESP)
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| Bronze | Russia (RUS)
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Records
| Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
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2:03:59 | Berlin, Germany | 28 September 2008 |
| European record |  Benoît Zwierzchiewski (FRA)
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2:06.36 | Paris, France | 6 April 2003 |
| Championship record |  Martín Fiz (ESP)
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2:10:31 | Helsinki, Finland | 14 August 1994 |
| World Leading |  Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN)
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2:04:48 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 11 April 2010 |
| European Leading |  Iaroslav Musinschi (MDA)
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2:08:32 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 2 May 2010 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2010 | 10:05 | Final |
Results
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Viktor Röthlin |  Switzerland (SUI) |
2:15:31 | |
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José Manuel Martínez |  Spain (ESP) |
2:17:50 | |
 |
Dmitriy Safronov |
 Russia (RUS) |
2:18:16 | |
| 4 | Ruggero Pertile |  Italy (ITA) |
2:19:33 | |
| 5 | Pablo Villalobos | Spain (ESP) |
2:19:56 | |
| 6 | Rafael Iglesias | Spain (ESP) |
2:20:14 | |
| 7 | Migidio Bourifa | Italy (ITA) |
2:20:35 | |
| 8 | Lee Merrien |  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
2:20:42 | |
| 9 | Aleksey Sokolov | Russia (RUS) |
2:20:49 | |
| 10 | Luís Feiteira |  Portugal (POR) |
2:21:28 | |
| 11 | Ottaviano Andriani | Italy (ITA) |
2:21:32 | |
| 12 | Mariusz Giżyński |  Poland (POL) |
2:21:54 | |
| 13 | Rens Dekkers |  Netherlands (NED) |
2:22:03 | |
| 14 | Hugo van den Broek | Netherlands (NED) |
2:22:06 | |
| 15 | Oleg Kulkov | Russia (RUS) |
2:22:24 | |
| 16 | Dave Webb |
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
2:23:04 | |
| 17 | Koen Raymaekers | Netherlands (NED) |
2:23:24 | |
| 18 | Günther Weidlinger |  Austria (AUT) |
2:23:37 | |
| 19 | Dan Robinson |
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
2:24:06 | |
| 20 | Alberto Chaíça | Portugal (POR) |
2:24:14 | |
| 21 | Erik Petersson |  Sweden (SWE) |
2:24:29 | |
| 22 | Wodage Zwadya |  Israel (ISR) |
2:24:39 | |
| 23 | Ayele Setegne |
Israel (ISR) |
2:26:26 | |
| 24 | Ben Moreau | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
2:27:08 | |
| 25 | Oleksiy Rybalchenko |  Ukraine (UKR) |
2:27:34 | |
| 26 | Patrick Stitzinger | Netherlands (NED) |
2:28:02 | |
| 27 | Vasyl Matviychuk | Ukraine (UKR) |
2:28:26 | |
| 28 | Martin Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
2:28:30 | |
| 29 | Jesper Faurschou |  Denmark (DEN) |
2:28:34 | |
| 30 | Dastaho Svnech | Israel (ISR) |
2:28:36 | |
| 31 | Daniele Caimmi | Italy (ITA) |
2:29:18 | |
| 32 | Anton Kosmac |
 Slovenia (SLO) |
2:29:56 | |
| 33 | Toni Bernadó |
 Andorra (AND) |
2:30:52 | |
| 34 | Brihun Weve | Israel (ISR) |
2:31:47 | |
| 35 | Primoz Kobe |
Slovenia (SLO) |
2:31:47 | |
| 36 | Kristoffer Österlund | Sweden (SWE) |
2:32:16 | |
| 37 | Ronald Schröer | Netherlands (NED) |
2:33:18 | |
| 38 | Zohar Zemiro |
Israel (ISR) |
2:36:58 | |
| 39 | Marcel Tschopp |  Liechtenstein (LIE) |
2:37:14 | |
| 40 | Robert Kotnik | Slovenia (SLO) |
2:40:57 | |
| 41 | Javier Díaz | Spain (ESP) |
2:42:41 | |
| 42 | José Moreira | Portugal (POR) |
2:43:56 | |
| 43 | Ivan Ramirez | Andorra (AND) |
2:51:42 | |
| 44 | Christian Pflügl | Austria (AUT) |
2:53:15 | |
| 45 | Alan 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
- ^ "Biggest number of athletes to compete at B10 Marathon events". Barcelona 2010. 2010-07-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "Barcelona 2010 Marathon runners face "very hot and humid event"". Barcelona 2010. 19 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "Road events". Barcelona 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d "European Athletics Championships Barcelona, Spain 27 July - 1 August 2010 Marathon Men Results Final" (PDF). 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
- ^ a b c d "Röthlin wins marathon gold". swissinfo. 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
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