Athletics 2016/Men's marathon

Men's marathon
General information
Sport	Athletics 2016
Date	21 August 2016
Competitors	155 athletes
Venue	Sambódromo
Previous medalists
Gold	Stephen Kiprotich
Silver	Abel Kirui
Bronze	Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich
Conditions
Temperature	24°C / 75.2°F
Length	42195 metres
Medalists
	Eliud Kipchoge
	Feyisa Lilesa
	Galen Rupp

The men's marathon of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 21 August 2016 in the Sambódromo. With 155 athletes competing, the event was won by Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya, with Feyisa Lilesa from Ethiopia taking the silver medal and Galen Rupp from United States taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of a single race, in which all competitors conduct a course of 42195 metres. The competitor with the fastest time is the winner of the event.

Preview

One hundred fifty-five athletes qualified for the event, which seemed to become an exciting battle between athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia. With the world-leading time, Eliud Kipchoge was supported by Stanley Kipleting Biwott and Wesley Korir, while the team of Ethiopia featured the Boston marathon winner Lemi Berhanu, Feyisa Lilesa, and Tesfaye Abera. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie was the current world champion, with Solomon Munyo Mutai taking bronze. Other medal contenders and outsiders included Ruggero Pertile, Kaan Kigen Ozbilen, Alphonse Felix Simbu, and Munyo Solomon Mutai.

Athlete	Nationality
Tesfaye Abera	Ethiopia
Galen Rupp	United States
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie	Eritrea
Tadesse Abraham	Switzerland
Lemi Berhanu	Ethiopia
Stanley Kipleting Biwott	Kenya
Daniele Meucci	Italy
Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya
Stephen Kiprotich	Uganda
Marilson dos Santos	Brazil
Feyisa Lilesa	Ethiopia
Kaan Kigen Ozbilen	Turkey
Mebrahtom Keflezighi	United States
Wesley Korir	Kenya
Mohammadjafar Moradi	Iran
Scott Westcott	Australia
Oleksandr Sitkovskyy	Ukraine
Derlys Ayala	Paraguay
Julian Flugel	Germany
Eric Gillis	Canada
Solonei da Silva	Brazil
Alphonce Felix Simbu	Tanzania
Roman Prodius	Moldova
Lebenya Nkoka	Lesotho
Rachid Kisri	Morocco
Willem van Schuerbeeck	Belgium
Thanackal Gopi	India
Abraham Niyonkuru	Burundi
Munyo Solomon Mutai	Uganda
Atef Saad	Tunisia
Jose Amado Garcia	Guatemala
El Hadi Laameche	Algeria
Raul Machacuay	Peru
Paulo Roberto Paula	Brazil
Tiidrek Nurme	Estonia
Jordan Chipangama	Zambia
Nicolas Cuestas	Uruguay
Daviti Kharazishvili	Georgia
Enzo Yanez	Chile
Wissem Hosni	Tunisia
Cristhian Pacheco	Peru
Ho Chin-ping	Chinese Taipei
Daniel Vargas	Mexico
Boonthung Srisung	Thailand
Kamongwa Salukombo Makorobondo	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kheta Ram	India
Fabiano Joseph	Tanzania
Gaspar Csere	Hungary
Mynhardt Mbeumuna Kawanivi	Namibia
Ageze Guadie	Israel
Kevin Seaward	Ireland
Mihail Krassilov	Kazakhstan
Suehiro Ishikawa	Japan
Saidi Juma Makula	Tanzania
Anuradha Indrajith Cooray	Sri Lanka
Philipp Pflieger	Germany
Richer Perez	Cuba
Diego Colorado	Colombia
Maru Teferi	Israel
Guor Marial	South Sudan
Jesus Espana	Spain
Celestin Nihorimbere	Burundi
Ricardo Ribas	Portugal
Bekir Karayel	Turkey
Stefano la Rosa	Italy
Paul Pollock	Ireland
Byambajav Tseveenravdan	Mongolia
Cuthbert Nyasango	Zimbabwe
Raul Pacheco	Peru
Luis Alberto Orta	Venezuela
Miguel Angel Almachi	Ecuador
Jackson Kiprop	Uganda
Christian Kreienbuhl	Switzerland
Hakim Sadi	Algeria
Luis Ariel Molina	Argentina
Mohamed Hrezi	Libya
Liam Adams	Australia
Koen Naert	Belgium
Isaac Korir	Bahrain
Michael Shelley	Australia
Henryk Szost	Poland
Roman Fosti	Estonia
Abdelmajid El Hissouf	Morocco
Ilya Tiapkin	Kyrgyzstan
Sibusiso Nzima	South Africa
Evans Kiplagat Barkowet	Azerbaijan
Jorge Castelblanco	Panama
Alemu Bekele	Bahrain
Anton Kosmac	Slovenia
Andrey Petrov	Uzbekistan
Hristoforos Merousis	Greece
Mumin Gala	Djibouti
Artur Kozlowski	Poland
Andres Ruiz	Colombia
Hisanori Kitajima	Japan
Segundo Jami	Ecuador
Remigijus Kancys	Lithuania
Zhu Renxue	China
David Carver	Mauritania
Amanuel Mesel	Eritrea
Marius Ionescu	Romania
Pak Chol	North Korea
Jared Ward	United States
Dong Guojian	China
Abdi Hakin Ulad	Denmark
Andjelko Risticevic	Serbia
Son Myeong-jun	South Korea
Duobujie	China
Pardon Ndhlovu	Zimbabwe
Kuniaki Takizaki	Cambodia
Bayron Piedra	Ecuador
Wirimai Juwawo	Zimbabwe
Uladzislau Pramau	Belarus
Shim Jung-sub	South Korea
Ser-Od Bat-Ochir	Mongolia
Satoru Sassaki	Japan
Gerald Giraldo	Colombia
Reid Coolsaet	Canada
Tsepo Mathibelle	Lesotho
Ercan Muslu	Turkey
Gantulga Dambadarjaa	Mongolia
Ricardo Ramos	Mexico
Daniel Estrada	Chile
Tasama Moogas	Israel
Federico Bruno	Argentina
Ihor Olefirenko	Ukraine
Valdas Dopolskas	Lithuania
Lungile Gongqa	South Africa
Tsegai Tewelde	Great Britain
Mick Clohissey	Ireland
Ambroise Uwiragiye	Rwanda
Ihor Russ	Ukraine
Nicolae-Alexandru Soare	Romania
Sondre Nordstad Moen	Norway
Michael Kalomiris	Greece
Callum Hawkins	Great Britain
Ruggero Pertile	Italy
Martin Esteban Cuestas	Uruguay
Rui Pedro Silva	Portugal
Yonas Kinde	Refugee Olympic Team
Ernesto Andres Zamora	Uruguay
Yared Shegumo	Poland
Carles Castillejo	Spain
Juan Carlos Trujillo	Guatemala
Victor Aravena	Chile
Tewelde Estifanos	Eritrea
Abdi Nageeye	Netherlands
Mariano Mastromarino	Argentina
Nitendra Singh	India
Gabor Jozsa	Hungary
Stsiapan Rahautsou	Belarus
Methkal Abu Drais	Jordan
Florent Caelen	Belgium
Derek Hawkins	Great Britain
Lusapho April	South Africa

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	28 September 2014		Dennis Kipruto Kimetto	2:02.57
OR	24 August 2008		Samuel Wanjiru	2:06.32

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:08:44
	Feyisa Lilesa	Ethiopia	2:09:54
	Galen Rupp	United States	2:10:05	PR
4	Ghirmay Ghebreslassie	Eritrea	2:11:04
5	Alphonce Felix Simbu	Tanzania	2:11:15
6	Jared Ward	United States	2:11:30	PR
7	Tadesse Abraham	Switzerland	2:11:42
8	Munyo Solomon Mutai	Uganda	2:11:49
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	PR
13	Lemi Berhanu	Ethiopia	2:13:29
14	Stephen Kiprotich	Uganda	2:13:32
15	Paulo Roberto Paula	Brazil	2:13:56
16	Satoru Sasaki	Japan	2:13:57
17	Kaan Kigen Ozbilen	Turkey	2:14:11
18	Bayron Piedra	Ecuador	2:14:12	PR
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	PR
26	Kheta Ram	India	2:15:26	PR
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	Mebrahtom 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 Kozlowski	Poland	2:17:34
40	Nicolas Cuestas	Uruguay	2:17:44
41	Pardon Ndhlovu	Zimbabwe	2:17:48
42	Victor 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 Perez	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	PR
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
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	Jesus Espana	Spain	2:20:08
66	Raul 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
70	Julian Flugel	Germany	2:20:47
71	Daviti Kharazishvili	Georgia	2:20:47
72	Rachid Kisri	Morocco	2:21:00
73	Maru Teferi	Israel	2:21:06
74	Remigijus Kancys	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
82	Uladzislau Pramau	Belarus	2:22:48
83	Nitendra Singh	India	2:22:52
84	Migual Angel Almachi	Ecuador	2:23:00
85	Ilya Tiapkin	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	Duobujie	China	2:24:22
91	Ser-Od Bat-Ochir	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	Zhi 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 Clohissey	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	Gaspar Csere	Hungary	2:28:03
109	Martin Esteban Cuestas	Uruguay	2:28:10
110	Valdas Dopolskas	Lithuania	2:28:21
111	Fabiano Joseph	Tanzania	2:28:31
112	Kamongwa Salukombo Makorobondo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2:28:54
113	Derek Hawkins	Great Britain	2:29:24
114	Celestin Nihorimbere	Burundi	2:29:38
115	Hristoforos Merousis	Greece	2:29:39
116	Anton Kosmac	Slovenia	2:29:48
117	Jose Amado Garcia	Guatemala	2:30:11
118	Andjelko Risticevic	Serbia	2:30:17
119	Ricarda Ramos	Mexico	2:30:20
120	Tasama 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	Mohammadjafar 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	Derlys 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	DQ