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The men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was held on Sunday October 2, 1988. The race started at 14:30h local time. A total of 98 athletes completed the race, with Polin Belisle from Belize finishing in last position in 3'14:02. There were 118 competitors from 60 countries. Twenty of them did not finish. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy, the nation's first victory in the Olympic men's marathon and first medal in the event since 1924. Kenya and Djibouti each won their first Olympic men's marathon medal.
The men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was held on Sunday August 9, 1992. The race started at 18:30h local time. One hundred and ten athletes from 72 nations started; 87 athletes completed the race, with Pyambuugiin Tuul from Mongolia finishing in last position in 4:00:44. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Hwang Young-Cho of South Korea, the nation's first Olympic men's marathon medal. Koichi Morishita's silver was Japan's first medal in the event since 1968. Stephan Freigang of Germany took bronze, the first medal for Germany in the event though East Germany had won two golds during partition.
Gary Steven Ilman was an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in two relay events.
Richard Edwin "Rich" Saeger is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Saeger earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the final of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. The American team of Geoff Gaberino, David Larson, Bruce Hayes and Saeger set a new world record in the Olympic preliminary heat (7:18.87), only for the Americans to break the record again in the event final later on the same day.
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Saidi Juma Makula is a Tanzanian long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the men's marathon event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he finished in 43rd place with a time of 2:17:49.
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Sulaiman Juma Al-Habsi is an Omani sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Juma Mnyampanda is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Juma Salem Johar is a Qatari footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Juma Bugingo is a Tanzanian boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Ibrahim Khalil Juma is an Iraqi wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 74 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Juma Al-Rahbi is an Omani sport shooter. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Suleman Juma is a Kenyan weightlifter. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Juma Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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