Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's Marathon

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These are the official results of the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday August 12, 1984. The race started on 17.00h local time. A total number of 78 athletes completed the race, with Dieudonné LaMothe from Haiti finishing in last position in 2:52:18. There were 107 competitors from 59 countries. Twenty-nine of them did not finish.

[edit] Results

These are the results of the top 30 finishers of the race.

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
	Carlos Lopes (POR)	2:09:21
	John Treacy (IRL)	2:09:56
	Charles Spedding (GBR)	2:09:58
4	Takeshi Soh (JPN)	2:10:55
5	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:11:09
6	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2:11:10
7	Joseph Nzau (KEN)	2:11:28
8	Djama Robleh (DJI)	2:11:39
9	Jerry Kiernan (IRL)	2:12:20
10	Rod Dixon (NZL)	2:12:57
11	Pete Pfitzinger (USA)	2:13:53
12	Hugh Jones (GBR)	2:13:57
13	Jorge Gonzáles (PUR)	2:14:00
14	Toshihiko Seko (JPN)	2:14:13
15	Alberto Salazar (USA)	2:14:19
16	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2:14:20
17	Shigeru Soh (JPN)	2:14:38
18	Ralf Salzmann (FRG)	2:15:29
19	Henrik Jørgensen (DEN)	2:15:55
20	Ahmed Salah (DJI)	2:15:59
21	Agapius Masong (TAN)	2:16:25
22	Gidamis Shahanga (TAN)	2:16:27
23	Eloi Schleder (BRA)	2:16:35
24	Karel Lismont (BEL)	2:17:07
25	Allan Zachariassen (DEN)	2:17:10
26	Michail Koussis (GRE)	2:17:38
27	Pertti Tiainen (FIN)	2:17:43
28	Alain Lazare (FRA)	2:17:52
29	Vincent Ruguga (UGA)	2:17:54
30	Armand Parmentier (BEL)	2:18:10