Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
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Olympic Athletics
Venue Sapporo
Date8 August 2021
Competitors106 from 46 nations
Winning time2:08:38
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Eliud Kipchoge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg Abdi Nageeye Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Bashir Abdi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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The men's marathon event at the 2020 Summer Olympics started at 07:00 on 8 August 2021 in Sapporo, Japan. [1] 106 athletes from 46 nations competed. The previous Olympic champion, Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, successfully defended his title, with Dutch and Belgian athletes Abdi Nageeye and Bashir Abdi gaining silver and bronze, respectively. Kipchoge was the third man to repeat as Olympic marathon champion, after Abebe Bikila and Waldemar Cierpinski. The Netherlands and Belgium earned their first men's marathon medals since 1980 and 1976, respectively.

The race was moved north, from Tokyo to Sapporo, because the latter is on average 4 °C (7 °F) cooler in August, as decided in 2019 by the IOC. [2] [3] Sapporo recorded 26.0 °C (78.8 °F) at 07:00 when the race started, not much different from Tokyo [4] The gifts were presented by David Katz, United States; World Athletics Competition Commission Member.

Summary

Before the start of the race, four athletes were introduced and took their positions on the start line, host nation Japanese champion Suguru Osako, Rio bronze medalist Galen Rupp, 2019 World Champion Lelisa Desisa and Rio gold medalist, world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, honored with the applause of his competitors. 102 others then toed the line with them. While some fell off the back from the start, the lead group filled the width of the street. About two kilometres into the race, the first leader, Jeison Suárez, began to assert himself. Suárez stayed on the front for the next 22 kilometres, joined by a succession of other frontrunners; Yang Shaohui, Amanal Petros, Mohamed Reda El Aaraby, Stephen Mokoka and Daniel Ferreira do Nascimento all under the watchful eye of Kipchoge, his Kenyan teammates Lawrence Cherono and Amos Kipruto, Desisa and Rupp.

A pack of over fifty at 5,000 metres dwindled to about twenty by the half way mark as other notable runners fell off the back, with many dropping out. Going in to the 25,000 meter mark, Kipchoge upped the pace. The pack became a string of runners trying to chase, led by the Kenyans and Rupp. At 28,000 metres Kipchoge attempted a break but was caught shortly after. Just after the 30,000 meter mark, he attempted another break, this time staying well ahead of the other competitors, eventually building a 27 second lead over the chase pack that had dwindled to Cherono, Ayad Lamdassem and Bashir Abdi with Abdi Nageeye hanging on a few seconds later. With Cherono at the point over the next 5,000 metres, the remaining foursome congealed into a pack, each trying to figure a tactic to take silver as Kipchoge pulled away into the distance. Coming from 30 seconds back of the group, Osako was rapidly making up ground. With 1,000 metres to go, Cherono tried to make a break, but Nageeye held onto his back. Cherono tried to break again, this time Lamdassem was dropped. Approaching the finish line Nageeye, sensing Cherono was spent, accelerated and waved to Abdi to follow him. Abdi responded, with Nageeye getting silver and Abdi bronze two seconds up on Cherono. Kipchoge won by 1:20, greater than his Rio margin of victory. [5] [6]

Very tough weather conditions forced many runners to retire. These included the 2012 champion Stephen Kiprotich and all three Ethiopian runners, among them the current World champion Lelisa Desisa. Only 76 out of 106 athletes finished. [7] The last one was Iván Zarco from Honduras, who was essentially running alone for the whole race and finished 36 minutes behind the winner. Most of the race participants, including Nageeye and Bashir, finished with the season best results, which mainly reflected the lack of competitions due to the COVID-19 limitations.

Kipchoge became the third man to successfully defend the Olympic Marathon title, after Abebe Bikila and Waldemar Cierpinski. [8]

Background

This was the 29th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five of the top 10 runners from Rio 2016 returned: gold medalist Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, bronze medalist Galen Rupp of the United States, fifth-place finisher Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania, seventh-place finisher Tadesse Abraham of Switzerland, and ninth-place finisher Callum Hawkins of Great Britain.

No nations made their men's marathon debut in Tokyo. The United States made its 28th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

Approximately 80 athletes were initially expected to compete (target number of 80) by entry time or ranking; the final number was 110 runners qualified by time, with NOCs universality places yet to enter athletes in addition to the 110 qualifying through time, much more than the expected due to the postponed Games (4 universality places were used in 2016). The qualification period for the entry standard (2:11:30) was from 1 January 2019 to 31 May 2021, with a maximum quota of 3 athletes per National Olympic Committee. Performances achieved between 6 April 2020 and 30 November 2020 were not considered in the qualification system. [9]

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's marathon if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 2:11:30. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." Runners in the top 10 at the 2019 world championship, the top 5 at any IAAF Gold Label marathon, and the top 10 at the Marathon Major Series were deemed to have met the qualifying standard, regardless of actual time. The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 80 is reached. [9] [10] More than 80 athletes (after application of the 3 per NOC rule) have met the qualifying standard.

To be a qualifying performance, the course had to have been certified in the last five years by a Grade A or Grade B road course measurer. In order to be eligible for the qualifying standard time, the elevation decrease could not be more than 1 metre per kilometre. For world rankings, the elevation decrease could exceed that rate, but a correction would be made to the score. [9]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 January 2019 to 31 May 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 31 May 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 January 2019 to 1 December 2018. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period. [9] [11] In July 2020, World Athletics announced that the suspension period would be lifted for the road events (marathons and race walks) on 1 September 2020. [12]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the marathon. [9]

Qualification ended on 31 May 2021. Both marathons had a target number of 80 athletes, but a larger number of athletes have fulfilled the qualifying criteria and will compete in Sapporo, the venue of the Olympic road events. In the men's field, 106 athletes have qualified (with a maximum of 3 per nation).

Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOCNominated athletes
Entry standard – 2:11:303Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Liam Adams
Jack Rayner
Brett Robinson
3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Alemu Bekele
Shumi Dechasa
El-Hassan El-Abbassi
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Bashir Abdi
Dieter Kersten
Koen Naert
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Daniel Chaves da Silva
Daniel Ferreira do Nascimento
Paulo Roberto Paula
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Trevor Hofbauer
Cameron Levins
Ben Preisner [13]
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Dong Guojian
Peng Jianhua
Yang Shaohui [14]
3Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea Yohanes Ghebregergis
Goitom Kifle
Oqbe Kibrom Ruesom
3Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Lelisa Desisa
Shura Kitata
Sisay Lemma
3Flag of France.svg  France Morhad Amdouni
Hassan Chahdi
Nicolas Navarro [15]
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Amanal Petros
Hendrik Pfeiffer
Richard Ringer
3Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Ben Connor
Callum Hawkins
Chris Thompson
3Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland Paul Pollock
Stephen Scullion
Kevin Seaward
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Haimro Alame
Girmaw Amare
Marhu Teferi
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Yassine El Fathaoui
Eyob Faniel
Yassine Rachik
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Lawrence Cherono
Eliud Kipchoge
Amos Kipruto
3Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Jesús Arturo Esparza
Juan Pacheco
José Luis Santana
3Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Mohamed Reda El Aaraby
Othmane El Goumri
Hamza Sahli
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Khalid Choukoud
Abdi Nageeye
Bart van Nunen
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Marcin Chabowski
Arkadiusz Gardzielewski
Adam Nowicki
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Elroy Gelant
Desmond Mokgobu
Stephen Mokoka
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Javier Guerra
Ayad Lamdassem
Daniel Mateo
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ebba Tulu Chala
Mustafa Mohamed
David Nilsson
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Yavuz Ağralı
Polat Kemboi Arıkan
Kaan Kigen Özbilen [16]
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Felix Chemonges
Stephen Kiprotich
Fred Musobo [17]
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy
Mykola Nyzhnyk
Oleksandr Sitkovskyy
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Abdi Abdirahman
Jacob Riley
Galen Rupp
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Joaquín Arbe
Eulalio Muñoz
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Peter Herzog
Lemawork Ketema
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Iván Darío González
Jeison Suárez
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Thijs Nijhuis
Abdi Hakin Ulad
2Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Roman Fosti
Tiidrek Nurme
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shogo Nakamura [18]
Suguru Osako [19]
2Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Tseveenravdangiin Byambajav
Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Malcolm Hicks
Zane Robertson
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Oh Joo-han
Shim Jung-sub
2Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda John Hakizimana
Félicien Muhitira
2Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Gabriel Geay
Alphonce Simbu
1Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Olivier Irabaruta
1Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Khoarahlane Seutloali
1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Tomas Hilifa Rainhold
1Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Ri Kang-bom
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Sondre Nordstad Moen
1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Jorge Castelblanco
1Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Derlis Ayala
1Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Cristhian Pacheco
1Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Tachlowini Gabriyesos
1Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Tadesse Abraham
Finishing position at designated competitions1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yuma Hattori
World ranking0
Universality Places1Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras Iván Zarco
Total106

Competition format and course

As all Olympic marathons, the competition was a single race. The marathon distance of 42.195 km was run over a course that starts with two laps around Odori Park. The route then includes a large loop (about half the marathon's length) through the streets of Sapporo, passing by Nakajima Park, Sapporo TV Tower, and Hokkaido University, and crossing the Toyohira River twice. The course then takes two trips around a smaller (approximately 10 kilometres) section of the large loop. The finish line is back at Odori Park. [20]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Olympic, and area records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Kenya.svg  Eliud Kipchoge  (KEN)2:01:39 Berlin, Germany 16 September 2018
Olympic recordFlag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Wanjiru  (KEN)2:06:32 Beijing, China 24 August 2008
AreaTimeAthleteNation
Africa ( records )2:01:39 WR Eliud Kipchoge Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Asia ( records )2:04:43 El-Hassan El-Abbassi Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Europe ( records )2:04:16 Kaan Kigen Özbilen Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
North, Central America
and Caribbean
( records )
2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi Flag of the United States.svg United States
Oceania ( records )2:07:51* Robert de Castella Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
South America ( records )2:06:05 Ronaldo da Costa Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

* — Boston Marathon, aided road course per IAAF rule 260.28

No new records were established during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's marathon took place on a single day. [1]

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 8 August 20217:00Final

Results

RankAthleteNationTimeTime BehindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Eliud Kipchoge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:08:38
Silver medal icon.svg Abdi Nageeye Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:09:58+1:20 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Bashir Abdi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:10:00+1:22 SB
4 Lawrence Cherono Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:10:02+1:24 SB
5 Ayad Lamdassem Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10:16+1:38 SB
6 Suguru Osako Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10:41+2:03 SB
7 Alphonce Simbu Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:11:35+2:57 SB
8 Galen Rupp Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11:41+3:03 SB
9 Othmane El Goumri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:11:58+3:20
10 Koen Naert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:12:13+3:35 SB
11 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:12:22+3:44
12 Nicolas Navarro Flag of France.svg  France 2:12:50+4:12 SB
13 Marhu Teferi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:13:02+4:24
14 Goitom Kifle Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:13:22+4:44
15 Jeison Suárez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:13:29+4:51
16 Tachlowini Gabriyesos Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team 2:14:02+5:24
17 Morhad Amdouni Flag of France.svg  France 2:14:33+5:55 SB
18 Hamza Sahli Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:14:48+6:10 SB
19 Yang Shaohui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:14:58+6:20
20 Eyob Faniel Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:15:11+6:33 SB
21 Daniel Mateo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:15:21+6:43 SB
22 Yohanes Ghebregergis Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:15:34+6:56
23 Abdi Hakin Ulad Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:15:50+7:12 SB
24 Liam Adams Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:15:51+7:13 SB
25 Richard Ringer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:16:08+7:30
26 Tiidrek Nurme Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:16:16+7:38 SB
27 Girmaw Amare Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:16:17+7:39
28 Jacob Riley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:16:26+7:48 SB
29 Amanal Petros Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:16:33+7:55 SB
30 Eulalio Muñoz Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:16:35+7:57 SB
31 Peng Jianhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:16:39+8:01
32 Javier Guerra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:16:42+8:04 SB
33 Elroy Gelant Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:16:43+8:05
34 Oqbe Kibrom Ruesom Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:16:57+8:19 SB
35 Zane Robertson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:17:04+8:26 SB
36 Haimro Alame Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:17:17+8:39
37 Adam Nowicki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:17:19+8:41
38 Olivier Irabaruta Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 2:17:44+9:06 SB
39 Sondre Nordstad Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:17:59+9:21 SB
40 Abdihakem Abdirahman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:18:27+9:49 SB
41 Tomas Hilifa Rainhold Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:18:28+9:50
42 Derlis Ayala Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2:18:34+9:56 SB
43 Fred Musobo Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2:18:39+10:01
44 Hassan Chahdi Flag of France.svg  France 2:18:40+10:02 SB
45 Ben Preisner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:19:27+10:49 SB
46 Yassine El Fathaoui Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:19:44+11:06 SB
47 Trevor Hofbauer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:19:57+11:19 SB
48 Shim Jung-sub Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2:20:36+11:58
49 Hendrik Pfeiffer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:20:43+12:05 SB
50 Felix Chemonges Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2:20:53+12:15
51 Yavuz Ağralı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:21:00+12:22
52 Joaquín Arbe Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:21:15+12:37 SB
53 Chris Thompson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2:21:29+12:51
54 Tseveenravdangiin Byambajav Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2:21:32+12:54 SB
55 José Luis Santana Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:21:32+12:54 SB
56 Dong Guojian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:21:35+12:57
57 Kevin Seaward Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:21:45+13:07 SB
58 Dieter Kersten Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:22:06+13:28
59 Cristhian Pacheco Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 2:22:12+13:34 SB
60 Peter Herzog Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:22:15+13:37 SB
61 Shogo Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:22:23+13:45 SB
62 Arkadiusz Gardzielewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:22:50+14:12
63 Malcolm Hicks Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:23:12+14:34 SB
64 Juan Pacheco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:23:41+15:03 SB
65 Brett Robinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:24:04+15:26 SB
66 Khoarahlane Seutloali Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 2:25:03+16:25 SB
67 Roman Fosti Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:25:37+16:59
68 Paulo Roberto Paula Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:26:08+17:30 SB
69 Thijs Nijhuis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:26:59+18:21 SB
70 Paul Pollock Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2:27:48+19:10 SB
71 Cameron Levins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:28:43+20:05
72 Yuma Hattori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:30:08+21:30 SB
73 Jesús Arturo Esparza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:31:51+23:13 SB
74 Jorge Castelblanco Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2:33:22+24:44 SB
75 Iván Zarco Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 2:44:36+35:58 SB
Amos Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 35 km DNF
Bart van Nunen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 35 km DNF
Stephen Mokoka Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30 km DNF
Lelisa Desisa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 30 km DNF
John Hakizimana Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 30 km DNF
Khalid Choukoud Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 30 km DNF
Marcin Chabowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 30 km DNF
Ben Connor Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 30 km DNF
Desmond Mokgobu Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30 km DNF
Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 30 km DNF
Daniel Ferreira do Nascimento Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 25 km DNF
Tadesse Abraham Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25 km DNF
Yassine Rachik Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25 km DNF
Callum Hawkins Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 25 km DNF
Bohdan-Ivan Horodyskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25 km DNF
Polat Kemboi Arıkan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25 km DNF
Iván Darío González Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 25 km DNF
Sisay Lemma Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Half DNF
Shumi Dechasa Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Half DNF
Mykola Nyzhnyk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20 km DNF
Lemawork Ketema Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 15 km DNF
Stephen Scullion Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 15 km DNF
Oh Joo-han Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 10 km DNF
Alemu Bekele Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 10 km DNF
Stephen Kiprotich Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 10 km DNF
Gabriel Geay Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 10 km DNF
Daniel Chaves da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 10 km DNF
Oleksandr Sitkovskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 10 km DNF
Shura Kitata Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 5 km DNF
Jack Rayner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 5 km DNF
El-Hassan El-Abbassi Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain DQ

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The women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August 2021 in Sapporo. Approximately 60 athletes has qualified; the exact number depended on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the number qualifying through time. The actual number of participants was 58 walkers, and the winner was Antonella Palmisano of Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk</span> Olympic athletics event

The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 6 August 2021 in Sapporo. 59 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the number qualifying through time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawrence Cherono</span> Kenyan long-distance runner

Lawrence Cherono is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He is currently the 8th fastest marathon performer of all time with his 2:03:04 clocking at the 2020 Valencia Marathon. Cherono is a past winner of both the Boston and Chicago marathons.

The 2021 Tokyo Marathon was the fifteenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo. The competition was held on Sunday 6 March 2022, having been postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The elite events were won by Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Brigid Kosgei respectively, whilst the wheelchair races were won by Swiss athlete Marcel Hug and Japanese competitor Tsubasa Kina. Around 20,000 people competed in the mass participation event.

The men's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in Paris, France, on 10 August 2024. This will be the 30th time that the men's marathon is contested at the Summer Olympics.

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