Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Dates October 20
Competitors 74 from 41 nations
Winning time 2:20:26
Medalists
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1st Mamo Wolde 23x15px Ethiopia
2nd Kenji Kimihara  Japan
3rd Mike Ryan  New Zealand
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Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Athletics pictogram.svg
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The official results of the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on Sunday October 20, 1968. The race started on 15.00h local time. There were a total number of 74 competitors from 41 countries. Seventeen of them did not finish.

Final ranking

Place Athlete Time
1 22x20px Mamo Wolde (ETH) 2:20:26
2  Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 2:23:31
3  Mike Ryan (NZL) 2:23:45
4.  İsmail Akçay (TUR) 2:25:18
5.  Bill Adcocks (GBR) 2:25:33
6. 22x20px Gabrou Merawi (ETH) 2:27:16
7.  Derek Clayton (AUS) 2:27:23
8.  Timothy Johnston (GBR) 2:28:04
9.  Akio Usami (JPN) 2:28:06
10.  Andy Boychuk (CAN) 2:28:40
11.  Gaston Roelants (BEL) 2:29:04
12.  Pat McMahon (IRL) 2:29:21
13.  Alfredo Peñaloza (MEX) 2:29:48
14.  Kenny Moore (USA) 2:29:49
15.  Jürgen Busch (GDR) 2:30:42
16.  George Young (USA) 2:31:15
17.  Manfred Steffny (FRG) 2:31:23
18. 22x20px Thin Sumbwegam (BIR) 2:32:22
19.  Naftali Temu (KEN) 2:32:36
20.  Maurice Peiren (BEL) 2:32:49
21.  Antonio Ambu (ITA) 2:33:19
22.  Ron Daws (USA) 2:33:53
23.  Karl-Heinz Sievers (FRG) 2:34:11
24.  Gyula Tóth (HUN) 2:34:49
25.  Hüseyin Aktas (TUR) 2:35:09
26.  Pablo Garrido (MEX) 2:35:47
27.  Aad Steylen (NED) 2:37:42
28.  Anatoly Sukharyev (URS) 2:38:07
29. 22x20px Lee Myung-Jung (KOR) 2:38:52
30.  Ivailo Sharankov (BUL) 2:39:49
31.  Gioacchino de Palma (ITA) 2:39:58
32.  Josef Gwerder (SUI) 2:40:16
33.  Hubert Riesner (FRG) 2:41:29
34.  Georg Olsen (DEN) 2:42:24
35.  Douglas Sinkala (ZAM) 2:42:51
36.  Exequiel Baeza (CHI) 2:43:15
37.  Dave McKenzie (NZL) 2:43:36
38. 22x20px Kim Bong-Nae (KOR) 2:43:56
39.  Carlos Cuque (GUA) 2:45:20
40.  Godwin Kalimbwe (ZAM) 2:45:26
41.  Mick Molloy (IRL) 2:48:13
42.  Nikola Simeonov (BUL) 2:48:30
43.  John Farrington (AUS) 2:50:16
44.  Helmut Kunisch (SUI) 2:50:58
45.  Alifu Massaquoi (SLE) 2:52:28
46. 22x20px Lee Sang-Hoon (KOR) 2:52:46
47. 22x20px Hla Thein (BIR) 2:54:03
48.  Paul Mose (KEN) 2:55:17
49. 22x20px Benjamin Silva-Netto (PHI) 2:56:19
50.  Harry Prowell (GUY) 2:57:01
51.  Wimalasena Perera (CEY) 2:59:05
52.  Fulgencio Hernández (GUA) 3:00:40
53. 22x20px Gustavo Gutiérrez (ECU) 3:03:07
54.  Martin Ande (NGR) 3:03:47
55.  Mustapha Musa (UGA) 3:04:53
56.  Enoch Nwemba (ZAM) 3:06:16
57.  John Stephen Akhwari (TAN) 3:25:17
— 22x20px Carlos Pérez (ESP) DNF
—  Hernando Barreneche (COL) DNF
— 22x20px Abebe Bikila (ETH) DNF
—  Peter Buniak (CAN) DNF
—  Pentti Rummakko (FIN) DNF
—  Guy Texereau (FRA) DNF
—  René Combes (FRA) DNF
—  Jim Alder (GBR) DNF
—  Lajos Mecser (HUN) DNF
—  Seiichiro Sasaki (JPN) DNF
—  Mraljeb Ayed-Mansoor (KUW) DNF
—  Saoud OBaid-Daifallah (KUW) DNF
—  José García (MEX) DNF
—  Edgar Friedli (SUI) DNF
—  Mukhamed Shakirov (URS) DNF
—  Armando González (URU) DNF
—  Nedo Farčić (YUG) DNF

References



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