ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPS AND OLYMPICS MAIN INDEX
Men Marathon Olympic Games and World Championships History

Olympic GamesGoldSilverBronze
olim 2004 Athletics Men MarathonStefano BaldiniITAMebrahtom KeflezighiUSAVanderlei de LimaBRA
olim 2000 Athletics Men MarathonGezahenge AberaETHEric WainainaKENTesfaye TolaETH
olim 1996 Athletics Men MarathonJosia ThugwaneRSABong-Ju LEEKOREric WainainaKEN
olim 1992 Athletics Men MarathonHwang Young-ChoKORKoichi MorishitaJPNStephan FreigangGER
olim 1988 Athletics Men MarathonGelindo BordinITADouglas WakiihuriKENHoussein Ahmed SalehDJI
olim 1984 Athletics Men MarathonCarlos LopesPORJohn TreacyIRLCharles SpeddingGBR
olim 1980 Athletics Men MarathonWaldemar CierpinskiGDRGerard NijboerHOLSetymkul DzhumanazarovURS
olim 1976 Athletics Men MarathonWaldemar CierpinskiGDRFrank ShorterUSAKarel LismontBEL
olim 1972 Athletics Men MarathonFrank ShorterUSAKarel LismontBELMamo WoldeETH
olim 1968 Athletics Men MarathonMamo WoldeETHKenji KimiharaJPNMike RyanNZL
olim 1964 Athletics Men MarathonAbebe BikilaETHBasil HeatleyGBRKokichi TsuburayaJPN
olim 1960 Athletics Men MarathonAbebe BikilaETHRhadi Ben AbdesselemMARBarry MageeNZL
olim 1956 Athletics Men MarathonAlain MimounFRAFranjo MihalicYUGVeikko KarvonenFIN
olim 1952 Athletics Men MarathonEmil ZátopekTCHReinaldo GornoARGGustav JanssonSWE
olim 1948 Athletics Men MarathonDelfo CabreraARGThomas RichardsGBRtienne GaillyBEL
olim 1936 Athletics Men MarathonKitei SonJPNErnest HarperGBRShoryu NanJPN
olim 1932 Athletics Men MarathonJuan Carlos ZabalaARGSamuel FerrisGBRArmas ToivonenFIN
olim 1928 Athletics Men MarathonBoughera El OuafiFRAManuel PlazaCHIMartti MarttelinFIN
olim 1924 Athletics Men MarathonAlbin StenroosFINRomeo BertiniITAClarence DeMarUSA
olim 1920 Athletics Men MarathonHannes KolehmainenFINJuri LossmanESTValerio ArriITA
olim 1912 Athletics Men MarathonKenneth McArthurSAFChristian GitshamSAFGaston StrobinoUSA
olim 1908 Athletics Men MarathonJohn HayesUSACharles HefferonSAFJoseph ForshawUSA
olim 1904 Athletics Men MarathonThomas HicksUSAAlbert CoreyUSAArthur NewtonUSA
olim 1900 Athletics Men MarathonMichel TheatoFRAEmile ChampionFRAErnst FastSWE
olim 1896 Athletics Men MarathonSpiridon LouesGRECharilaos VassilakosGREGyula KellnerHUN

World ChampionshipsGoldSilverBronze
2005 Men MarathonJaouad GharibMARChristopher IsegweTANTsuyoshi OgataJPN
2003 Men MarathonJaouad GharibMARJulio ReyESPStefano BaldiniITA
2001 Men MarathonGezahegne AberaETHSimon BiwottKENStefano BaldiniITA
1999 Men MarathonAbel AntonESPVincenzo ModicaITANobuyuki SatoJPN
1997 Men MarathonAbel AntonESPMartin FizESPSteve MoneghettiAUS
1995 Men MarathonMartin FizESPDionicio CeronMEXLuiz Antonio Dos SantosBRA
1993 Men MarathonMark PlaatjesUSALuketz SwartbooiNAMBert Van VlaanderenNED
1991 Men MarathonHiromi TaniguchiJPNAhmed SalahDJISteve SpenceUSA
1987 Men MarathonDouglas WakiihuriKENAhmed SalahDJIGelindo BordinITA
1983 Men MarathonRobert De CastellaAUSKebede BalchaETHWaldemar CierpinskiGDR

MedalsGSBAll
1. Ethiopia5128
2. United States43512
3. Spain32 5
4. France31 4
5. Japan2248
5. Italy2248
7. South Africa22 4
8. Argentina21 3
8. Marocco21 3
10.Finland2 35
11.East Germany2 13
12.Kenya1315
13.Greece11 2
13.South Korea11 2
15.Australia1 12
16 Czechoslovakia1 1
16.Portugal1 1
18.Great Britain 415
19.Djibuti 213
19.Belgium 123
20.Namibia 1 1
20.Tanzania 1 1
20.Mexico 1 1
20.Estonia 1 1
20.Chile 1 1
20.Jugoslavia 1 1
20.Netherlands 1 1
20.Ireland 1 1
29.Sweden 22
29.New Zealand 22
29.Brazil 22
30.Netherlands 11
20.Hungary 11
30.Soviet Union 11
30.Germany 11

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Last updated: 2 May 2006