Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's Marathon

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The official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany held on Sunday September 10, 1972. The race started on 15.00h local time. A total number of 62 athletes completed the race, with Maurice Charlotin from Haiti finishing in 62nd and last position in 3:29:21. There were 74 competitors from 39 countries. Twelve of them did not finish.

[edit] Final Ranking

RANK ATHLETE TIME
Image:Med_1.png United States Frank Shorter (USA) 2:12:19
Image:Med_2.png Belgium Karel Lismont (BEL) 2:14:31
Image:Med_3.png Ethiopia Mamo Wolde (ETH) 2:15:08
4. United States Kenneth Moore (USA) 2:15:39
5. Japan Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:16:27
6. Great Britain Ron Hill (GBR) 2:16:30
7. Great Britain Donald MacGregor (GBR) 2:16:34
8. New Zealand Jack Foster (NZL) 2:16:56
9. United States Jack Bacheler (USA) 2:17:38
10. Ethiopia Lengissa Bedane (ETH) 2:18:36
11. Finland Seppo Nikkari (FIN) 2:18:49
12. Japan Akio Usami (JPN) 2:18:58
13. Australia Derek Clayton (AUS) 2:19:49
14. Soviet Union Yuri Velikorodnykh (URS) 2:20:02
15. Soviet Union Anatoly Baranov (URS) 2:20:10
16. West Germany Paul Angenvoorth (FRG) 2:20:19
17. Swaziland Richard Mabuza (SWZ) 2:20:39
18. Ethiopia Demisse Wolde (ETH) 2:20:44
19. Finland Reino Paukkonen (FIN) 2:21:06
20. Great Britain Colin Kirkham (GBR) 2:21:54
21. Italy Antonio Brutti (ITA) 2:22:12
22. New Zealand Dave McKenzie (NZL) 2:22:19
23. Ireland Daniel McDaid (IRL) 2:22:25
24. Italy Renato Martini (ITA) 2:22:41
25. East Germany Eckhard Lesse (GDR) 2:22:49
26. Mexico Jacinto Sabinal (MEX) 2:22:56
27. Hungary Gyula Toth (HUN) 2:22:59
28. France Fernand Kolbeck (FRA) 2:23:01
29. Colombia Hernán Barreneche (COL) 2:23:40
30. Denmark Jørgen Jensen (DEN) 2:24:00
31. West Germany Manfred Steffny (FRG) 2:24:25
32. West Germany Lutz Philipp (FRG) 2:24:25
33. Hungary Ferenc Szekeres (HUN) 2:25:17
34. Australia Terry Manners (AUS) 2:25:29
35. Soviet Union Igor Cherbak (URS) 2:25:37
36. Japan Yoshiaki Unetami (JPN) 2:25:59
37. North Korea Kim Chang-Son (PRK) 2:26:45
38. Italy Franco de Menego (ITA) 2:26:52
39. Spain Agustin Fernández-Diaz (ESP) 2:27:14
40. Poland Edward Stawiarz (POL) 2:28:12
41. Portugal Armando Aldegalega (POR) 2:28:24
42. Ireland Desmond McGann (IRL) 2:28:31
43. Guatemala Carlos Cuque (GUA) 2:28:37
44. Switzerland Alfons Sidler (SUI) 2:29:09
45. Mexico Alfredo Penaloza (MEX) 2:29:51
46. Belgium Walter Van Renterghem (BEL) 2:29:58
47. Ireland Donald Walsh (IRL) 2:31:12
48. Colombia Álvaro Mejía (COL) 2:31:56
49. North Korea Ryu Man-Hyong (PRK) 2:32:29
50. Spain Carlos Pérez (ESP) 2:33:22
51. Mexico Rafael Tadeo (MEX) 2:35:48
52. Colombia Víctor Mora (COL) 2:37:34
53. Argentina Fernando Molina (ARG) 2:38:18
54. Guatemala Julio Quevedo (GUA) 2:40:38
55. Argentina Ramón Cabrera (ARG) 2:42:37
56. Malawi Matthews Kambale (MAW) 2:45:50
57. Burma Hla Thein (BIR) 2:48:53
58. Bolivia Ricardo Condori (BOL) 2:56:11
59. Uganda Fulgence Kwabu (UGA) 2:57:04
60. Nepal Bahadur Jit Bahktra (NEP) 2:57:58
61. Bolivia Crispin Quispe (BOL) 3:07:22
62. Haiti Maurice Charlotin (HAI) 3:29:21
Belgium Gaston Roelants (BEL) DNF
Nicaragua Rodolfo Gómez (NCA) DNF
Turkey Ismail Akçay (TUR) DNF
Argentina Nazario Araujo (ARG) DNF
Bolivia Juvenal Rocha (BOL) DNF
Finland Pekka Tiihonen (FIN) DNF
Kenya Richard Juma (KEN) DNF
Somalia Jama Awil Aden (SOM) DNF
Sri Lanka Lucien Rosa (SRI) DNF
Sudan Shagi Musa Medani (SUD) DNF
Tanzania Julius Wakachu (TAN) DNF

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OLYMPIC MARATHON RACES
Men's Competition

Athens 1896 | Paris 1900 | St. Louis 1904 | Athens 1906 | London 1908 | Stockholm 1912 | Antwerp 1920 | Paris 1924 | Amsterdam 1928 | Los Angeles 1932 | Berlin 1936 | London 1948 | Helsinki 1952 | Melbourne 1956 | Rome 1960 | Tokyo 1964 | Mexico City 1968 | Munich 1972 | Montreal 1976 | Moscow 1980 | Los Angeles 1984 | Seoul 1988 | Barcelona 1992 | Atlanta 1996 | Sydney 2000 | Athens 2004 |

Women's Competition

Los Angeles 1984 | Seoul 1988 | Barcelona 1992 | Atlanta 1996 | Sydney 2000 | Athens 2004 |