Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueRome
DatesSeptember 10
Competitors75 from 38 nations
Medalists
   Ethiopia
   Morocco
   New Zealand
Athletics at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
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
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the men's marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, held on Saturday September 10, 1960. There were a total number of 75 participants from 38 nations.

Results

Place Athlete Time
1  Abebe Bikila (ETH) 2:15:16.2 OR
2  Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (MAR) 2:15:41.6
3  Barry Magee (NZL) 2:17:18.2
4  Konstantin Vorobyov (URS) 2:19:09.6
5  Sergey Popov (URS) 2:19:18.8
6  Thyge Thøgersen (DEN) 2:21:03.4
7  Abebe Wakgira (ETH) 2:21:09.4
8  Bakir Ben Aissa (MAR) 2:21:21.4
9  Osvaldo Suárez (ARG) 2:21:26.6
10  Franjo Škrinjar (YUG)2:21:40.2
11  Nikolay Rumyantsev (URS) 2:21:49.4
12  Franjo Mihalić (YUG) 2:21:52.6
13  Keith James (RSA) 2:22:58.6
14  Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 2:22:59.8
15  Gumersindo Gómez (ARG) 2:23:00.0
16  Denis O'Gorman (GBR) 2:24:16.2
17  Miguel Navarro (ESP) 2:24:17.4
18  Jeff Julian (NZL) 2:24:50.6
19  Johnny J. Kelley (USA) 2:24:58.0
20  Lee Chung-Hun (KOR) 2:25:02.2
21  Arnold Vaide (SWE) 2:25:40.2
22  Gerry McIntyre (IRL) 2:26:03.0
23  Olavi Manninen (FIN) 2:26:33.0
24  Eino Oksanen (FIN) 2:26:38.0
25  Arthur Keily (GBR) 2:27:00.0
26  Tor Torgersen (NOR) 2:27:30.0
27  Myitung Naw (BIR) 2:28:17.0
28  Bruno Bartholome (EUA) 2:28:39.0
29  Brian Kilby (GBR) 2:28:55.0
30  Alex Breckenridge (USA) 2:29:38.0
31  Kurao Hiroshima (JPN) 2:29:40.0
32  Kazumi Watanabe (JPN) 2:29:45.0
33  Juan Silva (CHI) 2:31:18.0
34  Alain Mimoun (FRA) 2:31:20.0
35  Paul Genève (FRA) 2:31:20.0
36  Frans Künen (NED) 2:31:25.0
37  Francesco Perrone (ITA) 2:31:32.0
38  Silvio De Florentis (ITA) 2:31:54.0
39  Linus Diaz (CEY) 2:32:12.0
40  Lal Chand (IND) 2:32:13.0
41  Johannes Lauridsen (DEN) 2:32:32.0
42  Willie Dunne (IRL) 2:33:08.0
43  Ian Sinfield (AUS) 2:34:16.0
44  Arthur Wittwer (SUI) 2:34:42.2
45  Jagmal Singh (IND) 2:35:01.0
46  Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (JPN) 2:35:11.0
47  Lee Sang-Cheol (KOR) 2:35:14.0
48  Gordon McKenzie (USA) 2:35:16.0
49  Ahmed Labidi (TUN) 2:35:43.0
50  Walter Lemos (ARG) 2:36:55.0
51  Ray Puckett (NZL) 2:37:36.0
52  Dolfi Gruber (AUT) 2:37:40.0
53  Antti Viskari (FIN) 2:38:06.0
54  Allan Lawrence (AUS) 2:38:46.0
55  Gordon Dickson (CAN) 2:38:46.0
56  Lothar Beckert (EUA) 2:40:10.0
57  Günther Havenstein (EUA) 2:41:14.0
58  Evert Nyberg (SWE) 2:42:59.0
59  Arap Sum Kanuti (KEN) 2:46:55.2
60  Ranjit Bhatia (IND) 2:57:06.0
61  Allah Saoudi (MAR) 2:59:41.0
62  Alifu Massaquoi (LBR) 3:43:18.0
— Hedi Dhaoui (TUN) DNF
— Vito Di Terlizzi (ITA) DNF
— Mouldi Essalhi (TUN) DNF
— Gerhart Hecker (HUN) DNF
— Kim Yeon-Beom (KOR) DNF
— Bertie Messitt (IRL) DNF
— Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) DNF

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