Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
May 04, 2024
The men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 24 August at 7:30am in Beijing, ending in the Beijing National Stadium.[1] It was (as of today) the last time in Summer Olympics history that the start and/or finish of the men's marathon route was located inside the Olympic Stadium. Ninety-five athletes from 56 nations competed.[2] The winner of the event was Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya, who set an Olympic record in the time of two hours, six minutes, and 32 seconds.[3] It was Kenya's first victory in the men's marathon. Morocco won its first medal in the event since 1960, with Jaouad Gharib's silver. Tsegay Kebede of Ethiopia took bronze.
It began in the early morning instead of the traditional late at night start. Through 10k, a group of 8 was at front. They were all broken down to five at 20k. At the front was Eritrean Yonas Kifle, Ethiopian Deriba Merga, Kenya's Martin Lel and Sammy Wanjiru, and Moroccan Jaouad Gharib. over the next 10k Deriba Merga started to press the pace, dropping Lel and Kifle. Just after 30k, Sammy Wanjiru attacked Deriba Merga who would crack and fade out of the medals. Sammy Wanjiru continued to sustain his gap back to Gharib. Gharib slowly reeled the deficit back but Wanjiru won the gold medal in an Olympic record 2:06:32. Gharib got silver, and Tsegaye Kebede pulled himself into third to take the bronze.
Backgroundedit
This was the 26th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The defending champion, Stefano Baldini of Italy, was the only returning runner from the top ten finishers in the 2004 marathon. The reigning champion (from 2007) was Luke Kibet Bowen of Kenya; he had been injured during rioting in Kenya and had not yet regained top form, but did enter as an injury replacement. Jaouad Gharib of Morocco had won the 2003 and 2005 world championships; he competed in Beijing. The favorite would have been well-established 10,000 metres runner Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, who had started competing in marathons in 2005 and broken the world record at the 2007 Berlin race; Gebrselassie did not run in Beijing due to air quality concerns. The race was thus "wide open."[2]
Eritrea, Kazakhstan, and Montenegro each made their first appearance in Olympic men's marathons. The United States made its 25th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Qualificationedit
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard (2:15:00) in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard (2:18:00) in the same qualifying period.[4] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
Competition format and courseedit
As all Olympic marathons, the competition was a single race. The marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards was run over a point-to-point route.[2]
Recordsedit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
^Kenyan marathon star to replace injured Cheruiyot at Olympics. China Olympics (2008-08-17). Retrieved 2020-04-13.
^Olympics Day 16 Athletics. Zimbio. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
Notes
^Note that some sources, such as Sports Reference and the Association of Road Racing Statisticians, suggest that the Kenyan competitor Luke Kibet was Luke Kibet Chebii (born 1973) rather than Luke Kibet Bowen (born 1983).[6][7] This is incorrect, as it was the younger, reigning world champion who was called from the reserve pool to compete and was clearly visible at the race.[8][9]
External linksedit
- The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
May 04, 2024
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The men s marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 24 August at 7 30am in Beijing ending in the Beijing National Stadium 1 It was as of today the last time in Summer Olympics history that the start and or finish of the men s marathon route was located inside the Olympic Stadium Ninety five athletes from 56 nations competed 2 The winner of the event was Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya who set an Olympic record in the time of two hours six minutes and 32 seconds 3 It was Kenya s first victory in the men s marathon Morocco won its first medal in the event since 1960 with Jaouad Gharib s silver Tsegay Kebede of Ethiopia took bronze Men s marathonat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadSamuel WanjiruVenueBeijingDatesAugust 24Competitors95 from 56 nationsWinning time2 06 32 ORMedalistsSamuel Wanjiru KenyaJaouad Gharib MoroccoTsegay Kebede Ethiopia 20042012 Contents 1 Summary 2 Background 3 Qualification 4 Competition format and course 5 Records 6 Schedule 7 Results 7 1 Intermediates 8 References 9 External linksSummary editIt began in the early morning instead of the traditional late at night start Through 10k a group of 8 was at front They were all broken down to five at 20k At the front was Eritrean Yonas Kifle Ethiopian Deriba Merga Kenya s Martin Lel and Sammy Wanjiru and Moroccan Jaouad Gharib over the next 10k Deriba Merga started to press the pace dropping Lel and Kifle Just after 30k Sammy Wanjiru attacked Deriba Merga who would crack and fade out of the medals Sammy Wanjiru continued to sustain his gap back to Gharib Gharib slowly reeled the deficit back but Wanjiru won the gold medal in an Olympic record 2 06 32 Gharib got silver and Tsegaye Kebede pulled himself into third to take the bronze Background editThis was the 26th appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics The defending champion Stefano Baldini of Italy was the only returning runner from the top ten finishers in the 2004 marathon The reigning champion from 2007 was Luke Kibet Bowen of Kenya he had been injured during rioting in Kenya and had not yet regained top form but did enter as an injury replacement Jaouad Gharib of Morocco had won the 2003 and 2005 world championships he competed in Beijing The favorite would have been well established 10 000 metres runner Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia who had started competing in marathons in 2005 and broken the world record at the 2007 Berlin race Gebrselassie did not run in Beijing due to air quality concerns The race was thus wide open 2 Eritrea Kazakhstan and Montenegro each made their first appearance in Olympic men s marathons The United States made its 25th appearance most of any nation having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games Qualification editEach National Olympic Committee NOC was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard 2 15 00 in the qualifying period 1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008 NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard 2 18 00 in the same qualifying period 4 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress Competition format and course editAs all Olympic marathons the competition was a single race The marathon distance of 26 miles 385 yards was run over a point to point route 2 Records editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Haile Gebrselassie ETH 2 04 26 Berlin Germany 28 September 2007 Olympic record nbsp Carlos Lopes POR 2 09 21 Los Angeles United States 12 August 1984 Samuel Wanjiru set a new Olympic record at 2 06 32 Schedule editAll times are China Standard Time UTC 8 Date Time Round Sunday 24 August 2008 7 30 FinalResults editSeventy six runners finished 19 did not 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes nbsp Samuel Wanjiru nbsp Kenya 2 06 32 OR nbsp Jaouad Gharib nbsp Morocco 2 07 16 nbsp Tsegaye Kebede nbsp Ethiopia 2 10 00 4 Deriba Merga nbsp Ethiopia 2 10 21 5 Martin Lel nbsp Kenya 2 10 24 6 Viktor Rothlin nbsp Switzerland 2 10 35 7 Gashaw Asfaw nbsp Ethiopia 2 10 52 8 Yared Asmerom nbsp Eritrea 2 11 11 9 Dathan Ritzenhein nbsp United States 2 11 59 10 Ryan Hall nbsp United States 2 12 33 11 Mike Fokoroni nbsp Zimbabwe 2 13 17 PB 12 Stefano Baldini nbsp Italy 2 13 25 13 Tsuyoshi Ogata nbsp Japan 2 13 26 SB 14 Grigoriy Andreyev nbsp Russia 2 13 33 15 Ruggero Pertile nbsp Italy 2 13 39 16 Jose Manuel Martinez nbsp Spain 2 14 00 17 Francis Kirwa nbsp Finland 2 14 22 18 Lee Myong Seung nbsp South Korea 2 14 37 19 Janne Holmen nbsp Finland 2 14 44 20 Abderrahim Goumri nbsp Morocco 2 15 00 21 Aleksey Sokolov nbsp Russia 2 15 57 22 Brian Sell nbsp United States 2 16 07 23 Ottaviano Andriani nbsp Italy 2 16 10 24 Dan Robinson nbsp Great Britain 2 16 14 25 Deng Haiyang nbsp China 2 16 17 26 Abderrahime Bouramdane nbsp Morocco 2 17 42 27 Vasyl Matviychuk nbsp Ukraine 2 17 50 28 Lee Bong Ju nbsp South Korea 2 17 56 29 Oleg Kulkov nbsp Russia 2 18 11 30 Paulo Gomes nbsp Portugal 2 18 15 31 Alex Malinga nbsp Uganda 2 18 26 32 Carlos Cordero nbsp Mexico 2 18 40 33 Ri Kum Song nbsp North Korea 2 19 08 34 Henryk Szost nbsp Poland 2 19 43 35 Jose Amado Garcia nbsp Guatemala 2 20 15 36 Yonas Kifle nbsp Eritrea 2 20 23 37 Nasar Sakar Saeed nbsp Bahrain 2 20 24 38 Jose de Souza nbsp Brazil 2 20 25 39 Kamiel Maase nbsp Netherlands 2 20 30 40 Pak Song Chol nbsp North Korea 2 21 16 41 Iaroslav Musinschi nbsp Moldova 2 21 18 42 Kim Il Nam nbsp North Korea 2 21 51 43 Juan Carlos Cardona nbsp Colombia 2 21 57 44 Hendrick Ramaala nbsp South Africa 2 22 43 45 Arjun Kumar Basnet nbsp Nepal 2 23 09 PB 46 Helder Ornelas nbsp Portugal 2 23 20 47 Procopio Franco nbsp Mexico 2 23 24 48 Nelson Cruz nbsp Cape Verde 2 23 47 49 Roberto Echeverria nbsp Chile 2 23 54 50 Kim Yi Yong nbsp South Korea 2 23 57 51 Li Zhuhong nbsp China 2 24 08 52 Bat Ochiryn Ser Od nbsp Mongolia 2 24 19 53 Norman Dlomo nbsp South Africa 2 24 28 54 Arkadiusz Sowa nbsp Poland 2 24 48 55 Samson Ramadhani nbsp Tanzania 2 25 03 56 Ndabili Bashingili nbsp Botswana 2 25 11 57 Simon Munyutu nbsp France 2 25 50 58 Antoni Bernado nbsp Andorra 2 26 29 59 Wu Wen Chien nbsp Chinese Taipei 2 26 55 60 Lee Troop nbsp Australia 2 27 17 61 Constantino Leon nbsp Peru 2 28 04 62 Goran Stojiljkovic nbsp Montenegro 2 28 14 63 Alfredo Arevalo nbsp Guatemala 2 28 26 64 Yousf Othman Qader nbsp Qatar 2 28 40 65 Franklin Tenorio nbsp Ecuador 2 29 05 66 Francisco Bautista nbsp Mexico 2 29 28 67 Roman Kejzar nbsp Slovenia 2 29 37 68 Joachim Nshimirimana nbsp Burundi 2 29 55 69 Seteng Ayele nbsp Israel 2 30 07 70 Takhir Mamashayev nbsp Kazakhstan 2 30 26 71 Abdil Ceylan nbsp Turkey 2 31 43 72 Jose Rios nbsp Spain 2 32 35 73 Hem Bunting nbsp Cambodia 2 33 32 74 Marcel Tschopp nbsp Liechtenstein 2 35 06 75 Pavel Loskutov nbsp Estonia 2 39 01 76 Atsushi Sato nbsp Japan 2 41 08 Tesfayohannes Mesfen nbsp Eritrea DNF After 35 km Julio Rey nbsp Spain DNF After 35 km Martin Fagan nbsp Ireland DNF After 30 km Al Mustafa Riyadh nbsp Bahrain DNF After 30 km Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi nbsp Libya DNF After 30 km Marilson dos Santos nbsp Brazil DNF After 30 km Luke Kibet Bowen a nbsp Kenya DNF After 25 km Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria nbsp Bahrain DNF After 25 km Luis Fonseca nbsp Venezuela DNF After 25 km Oleksandr Sitkovskyy nbsp Ukraine DNF After half Franck de Almeida nbsp Brazil DNF After half Andrei Gordeev nbsp Belarus DNF After half Joao N Tyamba nbsp Angola DNF After half Moses Moeketsi Mosuhli nbsp Lesotho DNF After 20 km Getuli Bayo nbsp Tanzania DNF After 20 km Mubarak Hassan Shami nbsp Qatar DNF After 15 km Simon Tsotang Maine nbsp Lesotho DNF After 10 km Clement Mabothile Lebopo nbsp Lesotho DNF After 5 km Olexandr Kuzin nbsp Ukraine DNF After 0 km Mohamed Ikoki Msandeki nbsp Tanzania DNS Satoshi Osaki nbsp Japan DNS Augusto Soares nbsp East Timor DNS Intermediates edit Distance Athlete Nation Time 10 km 1 Jose Manuel Martinez nbsp Spain 29 25 2 Deriba Merga nbsp Ethiopia s t 3 Martin Lel nbsp Kenya s t 4 Yared Asmerom nbsp Eritrea s t 5 Yonas Kifle nbsp Eritrea 0 01 20 km 1 Deriba Merga nbsp Ethiopia 59 10 2 Yonas Kifle nbsp Eritrea s t 3 Martin Lel nbsp Kenya s t 4 Jaouad Gharib nbsp Morocco s t 5 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru nbsp Kenya s t 30 km 1 Deriba Merga nbsp Ethiopia 1 29 14 2 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru nbsp Kenya s t 3 Jaouad Gharib nbsp Morocco 0 04 4 Martin Lel nbsp Kenya 0 09 5 Yonas Kifle nbsp Eritrea 0 15 40 km 1 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru nbsp Kenya 1 59 54 2 Jaouad Gharib nbsp Morocco 0 18 3 Deriba Merga nbsp Ethiopia 1 57 4 Tsegay Kebede nbsp Ethiopia 2 43 5 Martin Lel nbsp Kenya 3 04 s t same time References edit Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule IAAF Archived from the original on 13 September 2008 Retrieved 2008 08 04 a b c Marathon Men Olympedia Retrieved 31 August 2020 Kenyan wins marathon gold Associated Press via Sportsnet ca Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2008 08 24 Entry Standards The XXIX Olympic Games Beijing China 8 24 August 2008 IAAF Archived from the original on 13 September 2008 Retrieved 2008 08 04 Iaaf org Olympic Games 2008 Results 08 17 2008 Marathon M Final Archived from the original on 2008 08 27 Retrieved 2008 08 24 Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games Men s Marathon Sports Reference Retrieved 2020 04 13 Luke Kibet Association of Road Racing Statisticians Retrieved 2020 04 13 Kenyan marathon star to replace injured Cheruiyot at Olympics China Olympics 2008 08 17 Retrieved 2020 04 13 Olympics Day 16 Athletics Zimbio Retrieved 2020 04 13 Notes Note that some sources such as Sports Reference and the Association of Road Racing Statisticians suggest that the Kenyan competitor Luke Kibet was Luke Kibet Chebii born 1973 rather than Luke Kibet Bowen born 1983 6 7 This is incorrect as it was the younger reigning world champion who was called from the reserve pool to compete and was clearly visible at the race 8 9 External links editDetailed Results of the Men s Marathon The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games sports reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s marathon amp oldid 1182589420, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
