Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-W0801-0138, Moskau, XXII. Olympiade, Nijboer, Cierpinski.jpg
Waldemar Cierpinski celebrating his gold medal. Left behind him Gerard Nijboer.
Venue Central Lenin Olympic Stadium, Moscow
Date1 August
Competitors74 from 40 nations
Winning time2:11:03
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Waldemar Cierpinski
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Gerard Nijboer
Olympic flag.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Satymkul Dzhumanazarov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1976
1984  
Runners pass in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Winner Waldemar Cierpinski is on the left. Bundesarchiv Bild 183-W0801-0120, Moskau, XXII. Olympiade, Marathon, Cierpinski, Chun Son Kon,.jpg
Runners pass in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Winner Waldemar Cierpinski is on the left.

The men's marathon at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR had an entry list of 76 competitors, with 74 athletes from 40 nations starting and 53 runners finishing the race held on Friday 1 August 1980. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at three since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany, the second man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the marathon (after Abebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964). Both the Netherlands (Gerard Nijboer's silver) and the Soviet Union (Satymkul Dzhumanazarov's bronze) won their first men's Olympic marathon medals. The winning margin was 17 seconds.

Background

This was the 19th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 1976 marathon included defending champion Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany, bronze medalist (and 1972 silver medalist) Karel Lismont of Belgium, fifth-place finisher (and two-time doubler in the 5000 metres and 10000 metres) Lasse Virén of Finland, seventh-place finisher Leonid Moseyev of the Soviet Union, and tenth-place finisher Henri Schoofs of Belgium. The two strongest challengers against a Cierpinski repeat were Bill Rodgers of the United States (1975 and 1978–80 Boston winner, 1976–79 New York winner, 1977 Fukuoka winner, and 1976 Olympian) and Toshihiko Seko of Japan (1979–1980 Fukuoka winner). Both men, however, were kept out of the games due to the American-led boycott. [2]

Algeria, the Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, the Seychelles, and Zimbabwe each made their first appearance in Olympic men's marathons. Great Britain made its 17th appearance, most of any nation competing but one behind the boycotting United States.

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 "very flat" out-and-back route along the Moskva river. [2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Derek Clayton  (AUS)2:08:33.6 Antwerp, Belgium 30 May 1969
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Waldemar Cierpinski  (GDR)2:09:55.0 Montreal, Canada 31 July 1976

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

Schedule

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 1 August 198017:15Final

Results

RankAthleteNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Waldemar Cierpinski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:11:03
Silver medal icon.svg Gerard Nijboer Olympic flag.svg  Netherlands 2:11:20
Bronze medal icon.svg Satymkul Dzhumanazarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:11:35
4 Vladimir Kotov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:12:05
5 Leonid Moseyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:12:14
6 Rodolfo Gómez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:12:39
7 Dereje Nedi Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 2:12:44
8 Massimo Magnani Olympic flag.svg  Italy 2:13:12
9 Karel Lismont Olympic flag.svg  Belgium 2:13:27
10 Robert de Castella Olympic flag.svg  Australia 2:14:31
11 Hans-Joachim Truppel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:14:55
12 Ferenc Szekeres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:15:18
13 Marc Smet Olympic flag.svg  Belgium 2:16:00
14 Emmanuel Ndiemandoi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:16:47
15 Gidamis Shahanga Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:16:47
16 Anacleto Pinto Flag of Portugal-1980-Olympics.svg  Portugal 2:17:04
17 Domingo Tibaduiza Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:17:06
18 Rik Schoofs Olympic flag.svg  Belgium 2:17:28
19 Kjell-Erik Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:17:44
20 Michael Koussis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:18:02
21 Jürgen Eberding Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:18:04
22 Eleuterio Antón Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Spain 2:18:16
23 Leodigard Martin Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:18:21
24 Moges Alemayehu Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 2:18:40
25 Jules Randrianarivelo Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 2:19:23
26 Zbigniew Pierzynka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:20:03
27 Koh Chun-Son Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 2:20:08
28 Chris Wardlaw Olympic flag.svg  Australia 2:20:42
29 Li Jong-hyung Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 2:21:10
30 Tommy Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:21:11
31 Hari Chand Flag of India.svg  India 2:22:08
32 Håkan Spik Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:22:24
33 Choe Chang-Sop Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 2:22:42
34 Luis Barbosa Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:22:58
35 Marco Marchei Olympic flag.svg  Italy 2:23:21
36 Vincent Rakabaele Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho 2:23:29
37 Baikuntha Manandhar Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 2:23:51
38 Dick Hooper Olympic flag.svg  Ireland 2:23:53
39 Josef Steiner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:24:24
40 Joseph Peter Olympic flag.svg  Switzerland 2:24:53
41 Cor Vriend Olympic flag.svg  Netherlands 2:26:41
42 Pat Hooper Olympic flag.svg  Ireland 2:30:28
43 Buumba Halwand Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 2:36:51
44 Issa Chetoui Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 2:38:01
45 Mukunda Hari Shrestha Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 2:38:52
46 Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 2:41:20
47 Soe Khin Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Burma 2:41:41
48 Damiano Musonda Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 2:42:11
49 Enemri Najem Al-Marghani Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 2:42:27
50 Nguyễn Quyễn Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2:44:37
51 Tapfumaneyi Jonga Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:47:17
52 Emmanuel M'Pioh Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 2:48:17
53 Abel Nkhoma Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:53:35
Shivnath Singh Flag of India.svg  India DNF
Ryszard Marczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF
Andrzej Sajkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland DNF
Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNF
Radamés González Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba DNF
Dave Black Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain DNF
Bernie Ford Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain DNF
Lasse Virén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
Jean-Michel Charbonnel Olympic flag.svg  France DNF
Albert Marie Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles DNF
Abdelmadjid Mada Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria DNF
Gerard Barrett Olympic flag.svg  Australia DNF
Göran Högberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF
Josef Jánský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNF
Nabil Chouéry Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon DNF
Ian Thompson Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain DNF
Jouni Kortelainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
Patrick Chiwala Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia DNF
Kebede Balcha Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia DNF
Jørn Lauenborg Olympic flag.svg  Denmark DNF
Kenneth Hlasa Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Lesotho DNF
Laswell Ngoma Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe DNS
John Treacy Olympic flag.svg  Ireland DNS

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