Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Stephen Kiprotich at the London 2012 Men's Olympic Marathon, 12 August 2012.jpg
Winner Stephen Kiprotich near the end of the course.
Venue Marathon course, central London
Date12 August
Competitors105 from 67 nations
Winning time2:08:01
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Stephen Kiprotich
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Silver medal icon.svg Abel Kirui
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Wilson Kipsang
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
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The men's marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on the Olympic marathon street course on 12 August, the final day of the Games. [1] One hundred and five athletes from 67 nations competed. [2] The event was won by Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda, the nation's first Olympic men's marathon victory and the nation's only medal in 2012. Kenya earned its fourth and fifth medals in the event in five Games, with Abel Kirui's silver and Wilson Kipsang's bronze.

As is customary, the men's marathon medals were presented as part of the Closing Ceremony, which took place later that day, in the Olympic Stadium – the last medal presentation of the Games.

Summary

Stephen Kiprotich from Uganda won the gold medal — the country's only medal at the 2012 Games. Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang, both from Kenya, took silver and bronze respectively. [3] Twenty athletes did not finish the race, which took place on a warm and sunny day. [4] [5]

The race started off slowly. In the first 5 miles (8.0 km), Brazilian runner Franck Caldeira broke away on two occasions, only to get swallowed up by the pack. Between 10K and 12K, Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich moved to the front in a more serious breakaway. The large pack broke up into a small chase pack of eight, primarily East African, runners. With a fast 7 miles (11 km), Kipsang Kiprotich opened up a gap of about 15 seconds, which lasted for the next 10 miles but never increased significantly. [6] The chase group shrunk to Abel Kirui and Stephen Kiprotich, with Ayele Abshero just behind. While Abshero did not gain contact, the other three formed a lead pack. The two Kenyan teammates ran together, with the Ugandan trailing slightly. By 35K, the group of three had over a minute gap on the next competitor, Marilson dos Santos. At the 22 miles (35 km) marker, Kiprotich touched his leg as if he were struggling and he fell back a few seconds. At the 23 miles (37 km) marker, Kiprotich moved past the two Kenyans. His next mile was 4:42, opening up a 17-second gap on Kirui, with Kipsang falling back. Kiprotich extended his lead by 9 seconds and picked up a Ugandan flag before crossing the finish line. [7]

Background

This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 2008 marathon included sixth-place finisher Viktor Röthlin of Switzerland, eighth-place finisher Yared Asmerom of Eritrea, and tenth-place finisher Ryan Hall of the United States. The 2004 silver medalist Meb Keflezighi of the United States, who had not competed in Beijing, also returned. Abel Kirui of Kenya had won the past two world championships in 2009 and 2011. His countryman Patrick Makau Musyoki had set the world record in 2011, but could not finish the 2012 London Marathon due to injury and was not selected for the Kenyan team. Wilson Kipsang and Emmanuel Mutai joined Kirui on the Kenyan team instead; Kipsang was the favorite in the hundred-plus runner field. [2]

Iceland made its first appearance in Olympic men's marathons. South Sudan had one runner appear as an Independent Olympic Athlete. The United States made its 26th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games in Moscow.

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 on The Mall in central London. Runners completed one short circuit of 2.219 miles (3.571 km) around part of the City of Westminster and then three longer circuits of 8 miles (13 km) around Westminster, the Victoria Embankment and the City of London. The course was designed to pass many of London's best-known landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, St Paul's Cathedral, the Bank of England, Leadenhall Market, the Monument, the Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament. [8]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Kenya.svg  Patrick Makau Musyoki  (KEN)2:03:38 Berlin, Germany25 September 2011
Olympic recordFlag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Wanjiru  (KEN)2:06:32 Beijing, China24 August 2008

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

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 12 August 201211:00Final

Results

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Stephen Kiprotich Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2:08:01
Silver medal icon.svg Abel Kirui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:08:27
Bronze medal icon.svg Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:09:37
4 Meb Keflezighi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11:06
5 Marílson Gomes dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:11:10
6 Kentaro Nakamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:11:16
7 Cuthbert Nyasango Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:12:08 PB
8 Paulo Roberto Paula Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:12:17
9 Henryk Szost Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:12:28
10 Ruggero Pertile Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12:45
11 Viktor Röthlin Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:12:48
12 Oleksandr Sitkovskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:12:56 SB
13 Franck De Almeida Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:13:35
14 Aleksey Reunkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:13:49
15 Wirimai Juwawo Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:14:09 SB
16 Michael Shelley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:14:10
17 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:14:49
18 Rachid Kisri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:15:09
19 Yared Asmerom Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:15:24
20 Dylan Wykes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:15:26
21 Raúl Pacheco Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:15:35
22 Eric Gillis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:16:00
23 Dmitriy Safronov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:16:04
24 Carles Castillejo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:16:17
25 Iaroslav Musinschi Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova 2:16:25
26 Marius Ionescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:16:28
27 Reid Coolsaet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:16:29
28 Martin Dent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:16:29 SB
29 Vitaliy Shafar Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:16:36
30 Lee Merrien Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:17:00
31 Ignacio Cáceres Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:17:11
32 Lee Duhaeng Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:17:19
33 Faustine Mussa Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:17:39
34 José Carlos Hernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:17:48
35 Miguel Barzola Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:17:54
36 Urige Buta Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:17:58
37 Grigoriy Andreev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:18:20
38 José Amado García Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:18:23
39 Daniel Vargas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:18:26
40 Ryo Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:18:34
41 Jesper Faurschou Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:18:44
42 Kári Steinn Karlsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:18:47
43 Lusapho April Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:19:00
44 Mike Tebulo Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 2:19:11 SB
45 Arata Fujiwara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:19:11
46 Primoz Kobe Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:19:28
47 Guor Marial Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes 2:19:32
48 Luis Feiteira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:19:40 SB
49 Stephen Mokoka Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:19:52
50 Miguel Ángel Almachi Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:19:53
51 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2:20:10
52 Pak Song-Chol Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2:20:20
53 Kim Kwang-Hyok Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2:20:20
54 Dong Guojian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:20:39
55 Anuradha Cooray Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2:20:41
56 Methkal Abu Drais Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Jordan 2:21:00
57 Mark Kenneally Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:21:13
58 Yonas Kifle Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:21:25
59 Ivan Babaryka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:21:52
60 Carlos Cordero Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:22:08
61 Scott Overall Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:22:37
62 Pedro Mora Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:22:40
63 Jeff Hunt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:22:59
64 Stsiapan Rahautsou Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:23:23
65 César Lizano Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:24:16
66 Samson Ramadhani Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:24:53 SB
67 Jan Kreisinger Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:25:03
68 Mohammed Abduh Bakhet Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 2:25:17
69 Jussi Utriainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:26:25
70 Arturo Malaquias Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:26:37
71 Wissem Hosni Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:26:43
72 Tamás Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:27:48
73 Jang Sinkweon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:28:20
74 Toni Bernadó Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2:28:34
75 Marcel Tschopp Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 2:28:54
76 Bekir Karayel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:29:38
77 Chang Chia-Che Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:29:58
78 Ram Singh Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 2:30:06
79 Jean Pierre Mvuyekure Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 2:30:19
80 Konstantinos Poulios Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:33:17
81 Zohar Zimro Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:34:59
82 Jeong Jinhyeok Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:38:45
83 Juan Carlos Cardona Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:40:13
84 Augusto Soares Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 2:45:09
85 Tsepo Ramonene Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 2:55:54
Li Zicheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DNF
Ilunga Mande Zatara Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo DNF
Darko Zivanovic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia DNF
Gunther Weidlinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF
Abraham Kiprotich Flag of France.svg  France DNF
Patrick Tambwé Flag of France.svg  France DNF
Valerijs Zolnerovics Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia DNF
Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi Flag of Libya.svg  Libya DNF
Ryan Hall Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
Abdihakem Abdirahman Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
Getu Feleke Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia DNF
Dino Sefir Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia DNF
Samuel Tsegay Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea DNF
Ayele Abshero Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia DNF
Tayeb Filali Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria DNF
Rui Pedro Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
Coolboy Ngamole Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa DNF
Abderrahime Bouramdane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNFDSQ
Roman Prodius Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Moldova DNF
Abdellatif Meftah Flag of France.svg  France DNF

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