Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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.

1 Medalists
2 Records
3 Results
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Carlos Lopes Portugal (POR)	John Treacy Ireland (IRL)	Charlie Spedding Great Britain (GBR)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2'08:18	Robert de Castella	Fukuoka (JPN)	December 6, 1981
Olympic Record	2'09:55.0	Waldemar Cierpinski	Montreal (CAN)	July 31, 1976

Carlos Lopes set a new Olympic record.

[edit] Results

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Carlos Lopes (POR)	2'09:21
	John Treacy (IRL)	2'09:56
	Charlie Spedding (GBR)	2'09:58
4	Takeshi So (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 González (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 So (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
31	César Mercado (PUR)	2'19:09
32	Charmarke Abdilahi (DJI)	2'19:11
33	Øyvind Dahl (NOR)	2'19:28
34	Derek Froude (NZL)	2'19:44
35	Giovanni d'Aleo (ITA)	2'20:12
36	Jesús Herrera (MEX)	2'20:33
37	Lee Hong-Yul (KOR)	2'20:56
38	Juan Camacho (BOL)	2'21:04
39	Cor Vriend (NED)	2'21:08
40	France Ntaole (LES)	2'21:09
41	Johan Geirnaert (BEL)	2'21:35
42	Jacques Boxberger (FRA)	2'22:00
43	Marco Marchei (ITA)	2'22:38
44	Art Boileau (CAN)	2'22:43
45	Samuel Hlawe (SWZ)	2'22:45
46	Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)	2'22:52
47	Ahmed Mohamed Ismail (SOM)	2'23:27
48	Chae Hong-Nak (KOR)	2'23:33
49	Joseph Maisiba Otieno (KEN)	2'24:13
50	Bruno Lafranchi (SUI)	2'24:38
51	Dick Hooper (IRL)	2'24:41
52	Derrick Adamson (JAM)	2'25:02
53	Claudio Caban (PUR)	2'27:16
54	Marc Agoata (LUX)	2'27:41
55	Wilson Theleso (BOT)	2'29:20
56	Chang-Ming Chen (TPE)	2'29:53
57	Alejandro Silva (CHI)	2'29:53
58	Kim Won-Sick (KOR)	2'30:57
59	Ruben Aguiar (ARG)	2'31:18
60	Sabag Shemtov (ISR)	2'31:34
61	Vincent Rakabaele (LES)	2'32:15
62	Marios Kassianidis (CYP)	2'32:51
63	Arjun Pandit (NEP)	2'32:53
64	Ismael Mahmoud (JOR)	2'33:30
65	Alain Bordeleau (CAN)	2'34:27
66	Tau John Tokwepota (PNG)	2'36:36
67	Patric Nyambariro-Nhauro (ZIM)	2'37:18
68	Kimurgor Ngeny (KEN)	2'37:19
69	Amira Prasad Yadav (NEP)	2'38:10
70	Adolphe Ambowode (CAF)	2'41:26
71	Carloa Avila (HON)	2'42:03
72	Jules Randrianarivelo (MAD)	2'43:05
73	Ahmed Abdul Lahij (SOM)	2'44:39
74	George Mambosasa (MAW)	2'46:14
75	Marlon Williams (ISV)	2'46:50
76	Johnaon Mbangiwa (BOT)	2'48:12
77	Leonardo Illut (PHI)	2'49:39
78	Dieudonné LaMothe (HAI)	2'52:18
—	Awadh Shaban Al-Sameer (OMA)	DNF
—	Ahmet Altun (TUR)	DNF
—	David Edge (CAN)	DNF
—	Matthews Kambale (MAW)	DNF
—	Ronald Lanzoni (CRC)	DNF
—	Bigboy Matlapeng (BOT)	DNF
—	Tommy Persson (SWE)	DNF
—	Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)	DNF
—	Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)	DNF
—	Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)	DNF
—	Gerard Nijboer (NED)	DNF
—	Gerhard Hartmann (AUT)	DNF
—	Omar Aguilar (CHI)	DNF
—	Filippos Filippou (CYP)	DNF
—	Juan Trsapaderne (ESP)	DNF
—	Santiago de la Parte (ESP)	DNF
—	Martti Vainio (FIN)	DNF
—	Geoff Smith (GBR)	DNF
—	Nimley Twegbe (LBR)	DNF
—	Miguel Angel Cruz (MEX)	DNF
—	Cor Lambregts (NED)	DNF
—	Stig Roar Husby (NOR)	DNF
—	Cidálio Caetano (POR)	DNF
—	Delfim Moreira (POR)	DNF
—	Mehmet Yurdadön (TUR)	DNF
—	Wilaon Achia (UGA)	DNF
—	John Tuttle (USA)	DNF
—	Rumbanza Situ (ZAI)	DNF
—	Tommy Lazarua (ZIM)	DNF