Men's Olympic Track & Field: Men's Olympic Marathon Through the Years
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Marathon
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's marathon race from 1896 to the present.
Year | Time | Record | |
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1896 | Spiridon Louis, GRE | 2:58:50 | |
1900 | Michel Théato, FRA | 2:59:45 | |
1904 | Thomas Hicks, USA | 3:28:53 | |
1906 | Billy Sherring, CAN | 2:51:23.6 | |
1908 | Johnny Hayes, USA* | 2:55:18.4 | OR |
1912 | Kenneth McArthur, S. Afr. | 2:36:54.8 | |
1920 | Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN | 2:32:35.8 | WB |
1924 | Albin Stenroos, FIN | 2:41:22.6 | |
1928 | Boughèra El Ouafi, FRA | 2:32:57.0 | |
1932 | Juan Carlos Zabala, ARG | 2:31:36.0 | OR |
1936 | Sohn Kee-Chung, JPN† | 2:29:19.2 | OR |
1948 | Delfo Cabrera, ARG | 2:34:51.6 | |
1952 | Emil Zátopek, CZE | 2:23:03.2 | OR |
1956 | Alain Mimoun, FRA | 2:25:00.0 | |
1960 | Abebe Bikila, ETH | 2:15:16.2 | WB |
1964 | Abebe Bikila, ETH | 2:12:11.2 | WB |
1968 | Mamo Wolde, ETH | 2:20:26.4 | |
1972 | Frank Shorter, USA | 2:12:19.8 | |
1976 | Waldemar Cierpinski, E. Ger | 2:09:55.0 | OR |
1980 | Waldemar Cierpinski, E. Ger | 2:11:03.0 | |
1984 | Carlos Lopes, POR | 2:09:21.0 | OR |
1988 | Gelindo Bordin, ITA | 2:10:32 | |
1992 | Hwang Young-Cho, S. Kor | 2:13:23 | |
1996 | Josia Thugwane, RSA. | 2:12:36 | |
2000 | Gezahenge Abera, ETH | 2:10.11 | |
2004 | Stefano Baldini, ITA | 2:10:55 | |
2008 | Samuel Kamau, KEN | 2:06.32 | OR |
2012 | Stephen Kiprotich, UGA | 2:08:01 |
*Dorando Pietri of Italy placed first, but was disqualified for being helped across the finish line.
†Sohn was a Korean, but he was forced to compete under the name Kitei Son by Japan, which occupied Korea at the time.
Note: Marathon distances–40,000 meters (1896,1904); 40,260 meters (1900); 41,860 meters (1906); 42,195 meters (1908 and since 1924); 40,200 meters (1912); 42,750 meters (1920). Current distance of 42,195 meters measures 26 miles, 385 yards.
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