Men's marathon event 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.
Incident
Unfortunately, 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 specialPierre 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.
Records
| World Record | 2:04:55 | Paul Tergat | Kenya | Berlin, Germany | 28 September, 2003 |
| Olympic Record | 2:09:21 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | Los Angeles, USA | 12 August, 1984 |
Medals
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Stefano Baldini | Mebrahtom Keflezighi | Vanderlei de Lima |
| Country |
Italy |
United States |
Brazil |
| Time | 2:10:55 | 2:11:29 | 2:12:11 |
Finishing times
Stefano Baldini, Italy 2:10:55Mebrahtom Keflezighi, United States 2:11:29 SB Vanderlei de Lima, Brazil 2:12:11 (but see above) Jon Brown, Great Britain 2:12:26 SB Shigeru Aburaya, Japan 2:13:11 Toshinari Suwa, Japan 2:13:24 Eric Wainaina, Kenya 2:13:30 Alberto Chaica, Portugal 2:14:17 Alberico di Cecco, Italy 2:14:34 Paul Tergat, Kenya 2:14:45 Jaouad Gharib, Morocco 2:15:12 Alan Culpepper, United States 2:15:26 Leonid Shvetsov, Russia 2:15:28 Lee Bong-Ju, South Korea 2:15:33 Ambesse Tolosa, Ethiopia 2:15:39 Gert Thys, South Africa 2:16:08 Ji Young-Joon, South Korea 2:16:14 Antoni Pena, Spain 2:16:38 Georgiy Andreyev, Russia 2:16:55 Haile Satayin, Israel 2:17:25 Jonathan Wyatt, New Zealand 2:17:45 Janne Holmen, Finland 2:17:50 Dan Robinson, Great Britain 2:17:53 Nikolaos Polias, Greece 2:17:56 Ndabili Bashingili, Botswana 2:18:09 Pavel Loskutov, Estonia 2:18:09 Jose Rios, Spain 2:18:40 Lee Troop, Australia 2:18:46 Michael Buchleitner, Austria 2:19:19 Anuradha Cooray, Sri Lanka 2:19:24 Li Zhu-hong, China 2:19:26 Joachim Nshimirimana, Burundi 2:19:31 Dale Warrender, New Zealand 2:19:42 Waldemar Glinka, Poland 2:19:43 Jong Myong-Chol, North Korea 2:19:47 El Hassan Lahssini, France 2:19:50 Michal Bartoszak, Poland 2:20:20 Ahmed Jumaa Jaber, Qatar 2:20:27 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi, Libya 2:20:31 Samson Ramadhani, Tanzania 2:20:38 Lee Myong-Seun, South Korea 2:21:01 Tomoaki Kunichika, Japan 2:21:13 Jose Alirio Carrasco, Colombia 2:21:14 Ernest Ndjissipou, Central African Republic 2:21:23 Nicholas Harrison, Australia 2:21:42 Tereje Wodajo, Ethiopia 2:21:53 Aguelmis Rojas, Cuba 2:21:59 Abel Chimukoko, Zimbabwe 2:22:09 Said Belhout, Algeria 2:22:32 Matthew O Dowd, Great Britain 2:22:37 Juan Carlos Cardona, Colombia 2:22:49 Daniele Caimmi, Italy 2:23:07 Joao N Tyamba, Angola 2:23:26 Roman Kejzar, Slovenia 2:23:34 Procopio Franco, Mexico 2:23:34 Wu Wen-Chien, Chinese Taipei 2:23:54 Antoni Bernado, Andorra 2:23:55 Julio Rey, Spain 2:24:54 Asaf Bimro, Israel 2:25:20 Sisay Bezabeh, Australia 2:25:26 Silvio Guerra, Ecuador 2:25:29 Mathias Ntawulikura, Rwanda 2:26:05 Robert Stefko, Czech Republic 2:27:12 Jose Amado Garcia, Guatemala 2:27:13 Daniel Browne, United States 2:27:17 Hang Gang, China 2:27:31 Eduardo Buenavista, Philippines 2:28:18 Driss El Himer, France 2:29:07 Andres Espinosa, Mexico 2:29:43 Mpesela Ntlot Soeu, Lesotho 2:30:19 Franklin Tenorio, Ecuador 2:31:12 Jose Ernani Palalia, Mexico 2:31:41 Dmitriy Burmakin, Russia 2:31:51 Mindaugas Pukstas, Lithuania 2:33:02 Bat-Ochir Ser-Od, Mongolia 2:33:24 Ronghua Zhu, China 2:34:02 Alfredo Arevalo, Guatemala 2:34:02 Antonio Carlos Zeferino, Cape Verde 2:36:22 Valery Pisarev, Kyrgyzstan 2:40:10 Zepherinus Joseph, Saint Lucia 2:44:19 Marcel Matanin, Slovakia 2:50:26
Athletes who did not finish
Hendrick Ramaala, South AfricaAmnaay Zebedayo Bayo, Tanzania Hailu Negussie, Ethiopia Viktor Rothlin, Switzerland Al Mustafa Riyadh, Bahrain Romulo Silva, Brazil Ian Syster, South Africa Zsolt Bacskai, Hungary Azat Rakipov, Belarus Dmytro Baranovskyy, Ukraine Rachid Ghanmouni, Morocco Rachid Ziar, Algeria Mustapha Bennacer, Algeria Andre Luiz Ramos, Brazil Luis Fonseca, Venezuela Khalid El Boumlili, Morocco John Nada Saya, Tanzania Gil da Cruz Trindade, Timor-Leste Jussi Utriainen, Finland Jean Paul Gahimbare, Burundi
Athletes who did not start
Luc Krotwaar, Netherlands DNS
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