Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

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Athletics at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The men's marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in August 29, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. The streets were recently painted for the event, which provided an excellent condition of the road surface for the athletes, along with the excellent climate of that day.

As with previous Olympics, the marathon marked the end of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Incident

The event was marked by an incident in which Cornelius Horan, an Irish protester pushed Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil into the crowds while de Lima was leading the event on the last 10 kilometers. De Lima lost about 15 to 20 seconds of his running time because of the interruption, and finished third in the event with a time of 2:12:11 — winning the bronze medal. It is still to be seen if de Lima has any rights whatsoever to appeal for a time change or a medal reconsideration to the International Olympic Committee; however, he was awarded the special Pierre de Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship in addition to his bronze. The protester had a sign on his back that read "The Grand Prix Priest. Israel Fulfilment of Prophecy Says The Bible. The Second Coming is Near."

This incident had been preceded by a dog also interfering with the race; the dog, which escaped from the crowd and got in front of de Lima, was quickly subdued by two larger, security dogs and run off the field.

[edit] Records

World Record 2:04:26 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia Berlin, Germany 30 September 2007
Olympic Record 2:09:21 Carlos Lopes Portugal Los Angeles, USA 12 August 1984

[edit] Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
Italy Stefano Baldini (ITA) United States Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) Brazil Vanderlei de Lima (BRA)

[edit] Results

Place Athlete Time Notes
1 Italy Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:10:55  
2 United States Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:11:29 SB
3 Brazil Vanderlei de Lima (BRA) 2:12:11  
4 Great Britain Jon Brown (GBR) 2:12:26 SB
5 Japan Shigeru Aburaya (JPN) 2:13:11  
6 Japan Toshinari Suwa (JPN) 2:13:24  
7 Kenya Erick Wainaina (KEN) 2:13:30  
8 Portugal Alberto Chaica (POR) 2:14:17  
9 Italy Alberico di Cecco (ITA) 2:14:34  
10 Kenya Paul Tergat (KEN) 2:14:45  
11 Morocco Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:15:12  
12 United States Alan Culpepper (USA) 2:15:26  
13 Russia Leonid Shvetsov (RUS) 2:15:28  
14 South Korea Lee Bong-Ju (KOR) 2:15:33  
15 Ethiopia Ambesse Tolosa (ETH) 2:15:39  
16 South Africa Gert Thys (RSA) 2:16:08  
17 South Korea Ji Young-Joon (KOR) 2:16:14  
18 Spain Antoni Pena (ESP) 2:16:38  
19 Russia Georgiy Andreyev (RUS) 2:16:55  
20 Israel Haile Satayin (ISR) 2:17:25  
21 New Zealand Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) 2:17:45  
22 Finland Janne Holmen (FIN) 2:17:50  
23 Great Britain Dan Robinson (GBR) 2:17:53  
24 Greece Nikolaos Polias (GRE) 2:17:56  
25 Botswana Ndabili Bashingili (BOT) 2:18:09  
26 Estonia Pavel Loskutov (EST) 2:18:09  
27 Spain Jose Rios (ESP) 2:18:40  
28 Australia Lee Troop (AUS) 2:18:46  
29 Austria Michael Buchleitner (AUT) 2:19:19  
30 Sri Lanka Anuradha Cooray (SRI) 2:19:24  
31 China Li Zhu-hong (CHN) 2:19:26  
32 Burundi Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI) 2:19:31  
33 New Zealand Dale Warrender (NZL) 2:19:42  
34 Poland Waldemar Glinka (POL) 2:19:43  
35 North Korea Jong Myong-Chol (PRK) 2:19:47  
36 France El Hassan Lahssini (FRA) 2:19:50  
37 Poland Michal Bartoszak (POL) 2:20:20  
38 Qatar Ahmed Jumaa Jaber (QAT) 2:20:27  
39 Libya Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) 2:20:31  
40 Tanzania Samson Ramadhani (TAN) 2:20:38  
41 South Korea Lee Myong-Seun (KOR) 2:21:01  
42 Japan Tomoaki Kunichika (JPN) 2:21:13  
43 Colombia Jose Alirio Carrasco (COL) 2:21:14  
44 Central African Republic Ernest Ndjissipou (CAF) 2:21:23  
45 Australia Nicholas Harrison (AUS) 2:21:42  
46 Ethiopia Tereje Wodajo (ETH) 2:21:53  
47 Cuba Aguelmis Rojas (CUB) 2:21:59  
48 Zimbabwe Abel Chimukoko (ZIM) 2:22:09  
49 Algeria Said Belhout (ALG) 2:22:32  
50 Great Britain Matthew O Dowd (GBR) 2:22:37  
51 Colombia Juan Carlos Cardona (COL) 2:22:49  
52 Italy Daniele Caimmi (ITA) 2:23:07  
53 Angola João N'Tyamba (ANG) 2:23:26  
54 Slovenia Roman Kejzar (SLO) 2:23:34  
55 Mexico Procopio Franco (MEX) 2:23:34  
56 Chinese Taipei Wu Wen-Chien (TPE) 2:23:54  
57 Andorra Antoni Bernado (AND) 2:23:55  
58 Spain Julio Rey (ESP) 2:24:54  
59 Israel Asaf Bimro (ISR) 2:25:20  
60 Australia Sisay Bezabeh (AUS) 2:25:26  
61 Ecuador Silvio Guerra (ECU) 2:25:29  
62 Rwanda Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA) 2:26:05  
63 Czech Republic Robert Stefko (CZE) 2:27:12  
64 Guatemala Jose Amado Garcia (GUA) 2:27:13  
65 United States Daniel Browne (USA) 2:27:17  
66 China Hang Gang (CHN) 2:27:31  
67 Philippines Eduardo Buenavista (PHI) 2:28:18  
68 France Driss El Himer (FRA) 2:29:07  
69 Mexico Andrés Espinosa (MEX) 2:29:43  
70 Lesotho Mpesela Ntlot Soeu (LES) 2:30:19  
71 Ecuador Franklin Tenorio (ECU) 2:31:12  
72 Mexico Jose Ernani Palalia (MEX) 2:31:41  
73 Russia Dmitriy Burmakin (RUS) 2:31:51  
74 Lithuania Mindaugas Pukstas (LTU) 2:33:02  
75 Mongolia Bat-Ochir Ser-Od (MGL) 2:33:24  
76 China Ronghua Zhu (CHN) 2:34:02  
77 Guatemala Alfredo Arevalo (GUA) 2:34:02  
78 Cape Verde Antonio Carlos Zeferino (CPV) 2:36:22  
79 Kyrgyzstan Valery Pisarev (KGZ) 2:40:10  
80 Saint Lucia Zepherinus Joseph (LCA) 2:44:19  
81 Slovakia Marcel Matanin (SVK) 2:50:26  
South Africa Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) DNF  
Tanzania Amnaay Zebedayo Bayo (TAN) DNF  
Ethiopia Hailu Negussie (ETH) DNF  
Switzerland Viktor Rothlin (SUI) DNF  
Bahrain Al Mustafa Riyadh (BRN) DNF  
Brazil Romulo Silva (BRA) DNF  
South Africa Ian Syster (RSA) DNF  
Hungary Zsolt Bacskai (HUN) DNF  
Belarus Azat Rakipov (BLR) DNF  
Ukraine Dmytro Baranovskyy (UKR) DNF  
Morocco Rachid Ghanmouni (MAR) DNF  
Algeria Rachid Ziar (ALG) DNF  
Algeria Mustapha Bennacer (ALG) DNF  
Brazil Andre Luiz Ramos (BRA) DNF  
Venezuela Luis Fonseca (VEN) DNF  
Morocco Khalid El Boumlili (MAR) DNF  
Tanzania John Nada Saya (TAN) DNF  
Timor-Leste Gil da Cruz Trindade (TLS) DNF  
Finland Jussi Utriainen (FIN) DNF  
Burundi Jean Paul Gahimbare (BDI) DNF  
Netherlands Luc Krotwaar (NED) DNS  

[edit] See also

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