Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's Marathon
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Beginning of the competition in the rain
VenueSambódromo
Date21 August 2016
Competitors155 from 79 nations
Winning time2:08:44
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Feyisa Lilesa
 Ethiopia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Galen Rupp
 United States
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The men's marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on the Sambódromo on 21 August, the final day of the Games.[1] One hundred fifty-five athletes from 79 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, the nation's second victory in the event in three Games. Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia took silver, while Galen Rupp of the United States took bronze. The defending champion going into the marathon was Ugandan Stephen Kiprotich.

Background

This was the 28th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Seven of the top ten runners from the 2012 marathon returned: gold medalist (and 2013 world champion)

Marilson Dos Santos of Brazil, seventh-place finisher Cuthbert Nyasango of Zimbabwe, eighth-place finisher Paulo Roberto Paula of Brazil, ninth-place finisher Henryk Szost of Poland, and tenth-place finisher Ruggero Pertile of Italy. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea was the reigning world champion. Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya was the favorite, with six major wins in the past four years after moving to the road from the track.[2]

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Panama, the Refugee Olympic Team, and Uzbekistan each made their first appearance in Olympic men's marathons. South Sudan made its first formal appearance, though it had had one runner appear as an Independent Olympic Athlete in 2012. The United States made its 27th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Summary

The race began at the Sambódromo in a light rain, with temperatures about 24 °C (75 °F). The field size of 155 starters was an Olympic Games record as well as the 140 finishers. The previous record was 124 starters and 111 finishers at the 1996 Olympic marathon in Atlanta. The 2016 race also had the most countries represented of any Olympic marathon and despite the weather conditions a record 62 men finished under 2:20:00 to show the quality and depth of the field.

The lead pack jogged comfortably through almost the first 15 kilometers, when

Lemi Berhanu seemed to be leading the increase of speed, calling back for his teammate Feyisa Lilesa to keep up. Within 2 km, the lead pack was down to four, the two Ethiopians, Kipchoge and Galen Rupp. In the next kilometer, Berhanu fell off the back. By 33K, the medalists were decided. At 35K, Rupp was just behind Lilesa and Kipchoge. Rupp lost contact at the following water station. Shortly after losing Rupp, Lilesa was immediately behind Kipchoge and apparently clipped his heels. Kipchoge was angry, motioning to Lilesa to run next to him, to use the rest of the street. Lilesa didn't respond, Kipchoge accelerated away. From that point, as the course snaked around buildings, the three leaders lost sight of each other as the gaps between them increased. Slightly less than a minute behind the leaders, Ghebreslassie was speeding past the other stragglers. At 40K, Kipchoge had 36 seconds over Lilesa, Rupp another 12 seconds back and Ghebreslassie 59 seconds behind Rupp. Over the lengthy straight finish, Kipchoge expanded his lead to 1:10, giving the thumbs up to the crowd as he finished at 2:08:44. Lilesa struggled but still held 11 seconds ahead of Rupp. Lilesa crossed his arms several times before crossing the finish line at 2:09:54 in solidarity of the protests of his ethnic Oromo people. Rupp finished at 2:10:05 still 59 seconds up on Ghebreslassie.[3]

Eliud Kipchoge had previously won medals on the track in 2004 and 2008; this race marked the continuation of his successful transition to the marathon distance. The difference between this and his last half marathon was 1:02:49. Kipchoge was the only Kenyan finisher in the marathon.[4]

The sky remained overcast throughout the race. The streets remained wet. As Athens 2004 silver medalist Meb Keflezighi, aged 41, was about to cross the finish line in thirty-third place, he slipped. Head and shoulders crossing the finish line, he did a couple of push ups on the ground before righting himself and walking over the line. Later Mohammad Jafar Moradi's hamstring seized up before he reached the finish line. He ended up crawling across the line unassisted. Federico Bruno also cramped up before the entrance of the Sambadrome. He had to finish the entire distance hopping sideways. Derlis Ayala stopped several times to assist Bruno.

The gifts were presented by

IAAF immediately after the race. At the closing ceremony, the athletes were presented with the medals by Thomas Bach, IOC President and Sebastian Coe
, President of the IAAF.

Abdelmajid El Hissouf (originally 68th) was found guilty of a doping offence by the IAAF in 2017, and his sanction resulted in the annulment of this result; all those finishing behind him were moved up one place.

Demonstration

Oromo protests in Ethiopia. After the race he stated: "the Ethiopian government is killing my people so I stand with all protests anywhere as Oromo is my tribe. My relatives are in prison and if they talk about democratic rights they are killed."[5]

Competition format and course

As all Olympic marathons, the competition was a single race. The marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards was run over a course that started and finished at the Sambódromo.[2]

Records

Prior to this event, the existing world and Olympic records stood as follows.

World record  
Dennis Kimetto
 (KEN)
2:02:57 Berlin, Germany 28 September 2014
Olympic record  Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:32 Beijing, China 24 August 2008

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

Time is in accordance with Brasília Time UTC−03:00

Date Time Round
21 August 2016 09:30 Final

Results

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 2:08:44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Feyisa Lilesa  Ethiopia 2:09:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Galen Rupp  United States 2:10:05 PB
4 Ghirmay Ghebreslassie  Eritrea 2:11:04
5 Alphonce Simbu  Tanzania 2:11:15
6 Jared Ward  United States 2:11:30 PB
7 Tadesse Abraham  Switzerland 2:11:42
8
Munyo Mutai
 Uganda 2:11:49 SB
9 Callum Hawkins  Great Britain 2:11:52
10 Eric Gillis  Canada 2:12:29
11 Abdi Nageeye  Netherlands 2:13:01
12 Mumin Gala  Djibouti 2:13:04 PB
13
Lemi Berhanu
 Ethiopia 2:13:29
14 Stephen Kiprotich  Uganda 2:13:32
15 Paulo Roberto Paula  Brazil 2:13:56 SB
16 Satoru Sasaki  Japan 2:13:57
17 Kaan Kigen Özbilen  Turkey 2:14:11
18 Bayron Piedra  Ecuador 2:14:12 PB
19 Sondre Nordstad Moen  Norway 2:14:17
20
Oleksandr Sitkovskyy
 Ukraine 2:14:24
21 Amanuel Mesel  Eritrea 2:14:37
22 Koen Naert  Belgium 2:14:53
23 Reid Coolsaet  Canada 2:14:58
24 Lusapho April  South Africa 2:15:24
25
Thanackal Gopi
 India 2:15:25 PB
26 Kheta Ram  India 2:15:26 PB
27 Pak Chol  North Korea 2:15:27
28 Evans Kiplagat Barkowet  Azerbaijan 2:15:31
29 Dong Guojian  China 2:15:32
30 Ihor Olefirenko  Ukraine 2:15:36
31 Liam Adams  Australia 2:16:12
32 Paul Pollock  Ireland 2:16:24
33 Meb Keflezighi  United States 2:16:46
34
Anuradha Indrajith Cooray
 Sri Lanka 2:17:06
35 Abdi Hakin Ulad  Denmark 2:17:06
36 Suehiro Ishikawa  Japan 2:17:08
37 Marius Ionescu  Romania 2:17:27
38 Ruggero Pertile  Italy 2:17:30
39
Artur Kozłowski
 Poland 2:17:34
40
Nicolas Cuestas
 Uruguay 2:17:44
41 Pardon Ndhlovu  Zimbabwe 2:17:48
42 Víctor Aravena  Chile 2:17:49
43
Saidi Juma Makula
 Tanzania 2:17:49
44 Florent Caelen  Belgium 2:17:59
45
Raul Machacuay
 Peru 2:18:00
46 Richer Pérez  Cuba 2:18:05
47
Michael Shelley
 Australia 2:18:06
48 Ihor Russ  Ukraine 2:18:19
49 Carles Castillejo  Spain 2:18:34
50
Ernesto Andres Zamora
 Uruguay 2:18:36 PB
51 Ercan Muslu  Turkey 2:18:40
52 Cristhian Pacheco  Peru 2:18:41
53 Mariano Mastromarino  Argentina 2:18:44
54
Daniel Vargas
 Mexico 2:18:51
55 Philipp Pflieger  Germany 2:18:56
56 Willem Van Schuerbeeck  Belgium 2:18:56 SB
57 Stefano La Rosa  Italy 2:18:57
58 Cuthbert Nyasango  Zimbabwe 2:18:58
59
Marilson Dos Santos
 Brazil 2:19:09
60 Tewelde Estifanos  Eritrea 2:19:12
61 Roman Fosti  Estonia 2:19:26
62 Atef Saad  Tunisia 2:19:50
63 Tiidrek Nurme  Estonia 2:20:01
64 Kevin Seaward  Ireland 2:20:06
65 Jesús España  Spain 2:20:08
66 Raúl Pacheco  Peru 2:20:13
67
Juan Carlos Trujillo
 Guatemala 2:20:24
68 Stsiapan Rahautsou  Belarus 2:20:34
69
Mynhardt Mbeumuna Kawanivi
 Namibia 2:20:45 SB
70 Julian Flügel  Germany 2:20:47
71 Daviti Kharazishvili  Georgia 2:20:47
72 Rachid Kisri  Morocco 2:21:00
73
Marhu Teferi
 Israel 2:21:06
74 Remigijus Kančys  Lithuania 2:21:10
75
Christian Kreienbuhl
 Switzerland 2:21:13
76 Mohamed Hrezi  Libya 2:21:17
77 Solonei da Silva  Brazil 2:22:05
78
Andres Ruiz
 Colombia 2:22:09
79 Jackson Kiprop  Uganda 2:22:09
80 Scott Westcott  Australia 2:22:19
81 Guor Marial  South Sudan 2:22:45 SB
82 Uladzislau Pramau  Belarus 2:22:48
83 Nitendra Singh Rawat  India 2:22:52
84 Miguel Ángel Almachi  Ecuador 2:23:00
85 Ilya Tyapkin  Kyrgyzstan 2:23:19
86
Gabor Jozsa
 Hungary 2:23:22
87
Gerald Giraldo
 Colombia 2:23:48
88
Luis Ariel Molina
 Argentina 2:23:55
89 Yonas Kinde  Refugee Olympic Team 2:24:08
90 Duo Bujie  China 2:24:22
91 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od  Mongolia 2:24:26
92 Jordan Chipangama  Zambia 2:24:58
93 Hisanori Kitajima  Japan 2:25:11
94 Lebenya Nkoka  Lesotho 2:25:13
95 Zhu Renxue  China 2:25:31
96 Sibusiso Nzima  South Africa 2:25:33
97 Daniel Estrada  Chile 2:25:33
98 Ambroise Uwiragiye  Rwanda 2:25:57
99 Ho Chin-ping  Chinese Taipei 2:26:00
100 Mihail Krassilov  Kazakhstan 2:26:11
101 David Carver  Mauritius 2:26:16
102 Mick Clohisey  Ireland 2:26:34
103 Hakim Sadi  Algeria 2:26:47
104 Roman Prodius  Moldova 2:27:01
105
Luis Alberto Orta
 Venezuela 2:27:05
106
Gantulga Dambadarjaa
 Mongolia 2:27:42
107
Enzo Yanez
 Chile 2:27:47
108 Gáspár Csere  Hungary 2:28:03
109
Martin Esteban Cuestas
 Uruguay 2:28:10
110 Valdas Dopolskas  Lithuania 2:28:21
111 Fabiano Joseph Naasi  Tanzania 2:28:31
112 Makorobondo Salukombo  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2:28:54
113
Derek Hawkins
 Great Britain 2:29:24
114 Pierre-Célestin Nihorimbere  Burundi 2:29:38
115
Hristoforos Merousis
 Greece 2:29:39
116
Anton Kosmac
 Slovenia 2:29:48
117 José Amado García  Guatemala 2:30:11
118
Andjelko Risticevic
 Serbia 2:30:17
119 Ricardo Ramos  Mexico 2:30:20
120 Tesama Moogas  Israel 2:30:30
121 Ageze Guadie  Israel 2:30:45
122 Rui Pedro Silva  Portugal 2:30:52
123 Segundo Jami  Ecuador 2:31:07
124 Diego Colorado  Colombia 2:31:20
125 Bekir Karayel  Turkey 2:31:27
126
Nicolae-Alexandru Soare
 Romania 2:31:53
127 Yared Shegumo  Poland 2:31:54
128 Mohammad Jafar Moradi  Iran 2:31:58
129
Byambajav Tseveenravdan
 Mongolia 2:36:14
130 Son Myeong-jun  South Korea 2:36:21
131 Michael Kalomiris  Greece 2:37:03
132 Boonthung Srisung  Thailand 2:37:46
133 Ricardo Ribas  Portugal 2:38:29
134 Jorge Castelblanco  Panama 2:39:25
135 Derlis Ayala  Paraguay 2:39:40
136 Federico Bruno  Argentina 2:40:05
137 Shim Jung-sub  South Korea 2:42:42
138 Kuniaki Takizaki  Cambodia 2:45:55
139 Methkal Abu Drais  Jordan 2:46:18
Wesley Korir  Kenya DNF
Stanley Kipleting Biwott
 Kenya DNF
Isaac Korir  Bahrain DNF
Tsepo Mathibelle  Lesotho DNF
Wissem Hosni  Tunisia DNF
Henryk Szost  Poland DNF
Lungile Gongqa  South Africa DNF
El Hadi Laameche
 Algeria DNF
Alemu Bekele  Bahrain DNF
Abraham Niyonkuru  Burundi DNF
Wirimai Juwawo  Zimbabwe DNF
Tesfaye Abera  Ethiopia DNF
Tsegai Tewelde  Great Britain DNF
Daniele Meucci  Italy DNF
Andrey Petrov  Uzbekistan DNF
Abdelmajid El Hissouf  Morocco 2:20:29 DSQ

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Marathon, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins men's marathon". BBC Sport. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Eliud Kipchoge powers to marathon gold as Callum Hawkins finishes ninth". Guardian. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ^ Ethiopian runner makes protest sign as he crosses line in Rio. BBC News (2016-08-21). Retrieved on 2016-08-21.

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