Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

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Athletics at the 1988 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	women
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 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, held on Sunday October 2, 1988. The race started on 14.30h local time. A total number of 98 athletes completed the race, with Polin Belisle from Belize finishing in last position in 3:14:02. There were 118 competitors from 70 countries. Twenty of them did not finish.

1 Medalists
2 Records
3 Results
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gelindo Bordin Italy (ITA)	Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya (KEN)	Ahmed Salah Djibouti (DJI)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in hours) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2'06:50	Belayneh Densamo	Rotterdam (NED)	April 17, 1988
Olympic Record	2'09:21	Carlos Lopes	Los Angeles (USA)	August 12, 1984

[edit] Results

RANK	FINAL	TIME
1.	Gelindo Bordin (ITA)	2'10:32
2.	Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)	2'10:47
3.	Ahmed Salah (DJI)	2'10:59
4.	Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)	2'11:05
5.	Steve Moneghetti (AUS)	2'11:49
6.	Charlie Spedding (GBR)	2'12:19
7.	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2'13:06
8.	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2'13:07
9.	Toshihiko Seko (JPN)	2'13:41
10.	Ravil Kashapov (URS)	2'13:49
11.	Jesús Herrera (MEX)	2'13:58
12.	John Campbell (NZL)	2'14:08
13.	Gerard Nijboer (NED)	2'14:40
14.	Pete Pfitzinger (USA)	2'14:44
15.	Marti ten Kate (NED)	2'14:53
16.	Orlando Pizzolato (ITA)	2'15:20
17.	Hisatoshi Shintaku (JPN)	2'15:42
18.	Kim Won-Tak (KOR)	2'15:44
19.	Piergiovanni Poli (ITA)	2'16:07
20.	Dieudonné LaMothe (HAI)	2'16:15
21.	Dave Long (GBR)	2'16:18
22.	Henrik Jørgensen (DEN)	2'16:40
23.	Ralf Salzmann (FRG)	2'16:54
24.	Dick Hooper (IRL)	2'17:16
25.	Miroslav Vindiš (YUG)	2'17:47
26.	Cai Shangyan (CHN)	2'17:54
27.	Joaquim Silva (POR)	2'18:05
28.	Art Boileau (CAN)	2'18:20
29.	Ed Eyestone (USA)	2'19:09
30.	Noureddine Sobhi (MAR)	2'19:56
31.	Yoo Jae-Sung (KOR)	2'20:11
32.	Mehmet Terzi (TUR)	2'20:12
33.	Kevin Forster (GBR)	2'20:45
34.	Bigboy Josie Matlapeng (BOT)	2'20:51
35.	Allaoua Khellil (ALG)	2'21:12
36.	Justin Gloden (LUX)	2'22:14
37.	Alexandre Gonzalez (FRA)	2'22:24
38.	Zhang Guowei (CHN)	2'22:49
39.	Pedro Ortiz (COL)	2'23:34
40.	Ronald Lanzoni (CRC)	2'23:45
41.	Bradley Camp (AUS)	2'23:49
42.	Adolphe Ambowode (CAF)	2'23:52
43.	John Burra (TAN)	2'24:17
44.	Samuel Hlawe (SWZ)	2'24:42
45.	Juan Amores (CRC)	2'24:49
46.	Peter Maher (CAN)	2'24:49
47.	Abdou Monzo (NIG)	2'25:05
48.	Diamantino Santos (BRA)	2'25:13
49.	Omar Moussa (DJI)	2'25:25
50.	Carlos Retiz (MEX)	2'25:34
51.	Gary Fanelli (ASA)	2'25:35
52.	John Woods (IRL)	2'25:38
53.	Gideon Mthembu (SWZ)	2'25:56
54.	Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP)	2'25:57
55.	Karel David (TCH)	2'26:12
56.	Ivo Rodrigues (BRA)	2'26:27
57.	Martín Mondragón (MEX)	2'27:10
58.	Thomas Dlamini (SWZ)	2'28:06
59.	Inni Aboubacar (NIG)	2'28:15
60.	Yohanna Waziri (NGR)	2'29:14
61.	Nqheku Nteso (LES)	2'29:44
62.	Benjamin Longiross (UGA)	2'30:29
63.	Vincent Ruguga (UGA)	2'31:04
64.	Alfonso Abellan (ESP)	2'31:10
65.	Vithanakande Lek Samarasinghe (SRI)	2'31:29
66.	Teeka Bogate (NEP)	2'31:49
67.	David Edge (CAN)	2'32:19
68.	Luis López (CRC)	2'32:43
69.	Juan Rodrigo Camacho (BOL)	2'34:41
70.	Abbas Mohammed (NGR)	2'35:26
71.	Ahmet Altun (TUR)	2'37:44
72.	James Gombedza (ZIM)	2'38:13
73.	Kamana Koji (ZAI)	2'38:34
74.	João Carvalho (ANG)	2'40:45
75.	Aaron Dupnai (PNG)	2'41:47
76.	Bineshwar Prasad (FIJ)	2'41:50
77.	Calvin Dallas (ISV)	2'42:19
78.	Telesphore Dusabe (RWA)	2'42:52
79.	Eugene Muslar (BIZ)	2'43:29
80.	Hassane Karinou (NIG)	2'43:51
81.	Wallace Williams (ISV)	2'44:40
82.	Mohala Mohloli (LES)	2'44:44
83.	Awadh Shaban Al-Sameer (OMA)	2'46:59
84.	Derek Adamson (JAM)	2'47:57
85.	Krisnaba Hadur Basnyat (NEP)	2'47:57
86.	Fred Schumann (GUM)	2'49:52
87.	John Mwathiwa (MAW)	2'51:43
88.	Marlon Williams (ISV)	2'52:06
89.	Kaleka Mutoke (ZAI)	2'55:21
90.	James Walker (GUM)	2'56:32
91.	Mohiddin Mohamed Kulmiye (SOM)	2'58:10
92.	Fred Ogwang (UGA)	2'59:35
93.	Naser Babapur (IRI)	3'00:20
94.	Ricardo Taitano (GUM)	3'03:19
95.	Suma Keita (SLE)	3'04:00
96.	Alassane Bah (GUI)	3'06:27
97.	Thuyet Nguyen Van (VIE)	3'10:57
98.	Polin Belisle (BIZ)	3'14:02
—	Ahmed Mohamed Ismail (SOM)	DNF
—	Bruno LaFranchi (SUI)	DNF
—	Ibrahim Hussein (KEN)	DNF
—	Alain Lazare (FRA)	DNF
—	John Treacy (IRL)	DNF
—	Dirk Vanderherten (BEL)	DNF
—	Domingo Aguilar (CHI)	DNF
—	Honorato Hernández (ESP)	DNF
—	Jörg Peter (GDR)	DNF
—	Joseph Kipsang (KEN)	DNF
—	Kwon Seong-Lak (KOR)	DNF
—	Elmostafa Nechchade (MAR)	DNF
—	George Mambosasa (MAW)	DNF
—	Abdul Hadi Abdul Latheef (MDV)	DNF
—	Hussein Haleem (MDV)	DNF
—	Geir Kvernmo (NOR)	DNF
—	Paulo Catarino (POR)	DNF
—	John Maeke (SOL)	DNF
—	Martin Vrabel (TCH)	DNF
—	Mark Conover (USA)	DNF