The Men's marathon T10 was a marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 event in athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 210 events, 155 for men and 55 for women.-Medal table:- Men's events :- Women's events :- References :...

, for totally blind athletes. Defending champion Carlo Durante of Italy took part, as did 1992 silver medallist Tofiri Kibuuka

Tofiri Kibuuka

Tofiri Kibuuka is a Norwegian athlete. Ugandan by birth, he competed for Uganda before obtaining Norwegian citizenship. He has participated in both the Winter Paralympic Games, in cross-country skiing and in the Summer Paralympic Games, in mid- and long distance running...

 of Norway, and 1988 gold medallist Joerund Gaasemyr or Norway, holder of the Paralympic record in 2:45:48. Durante failed to defend his title, and took silver, finishing two and a half minutes behind Japan's Harumi Yanagawa

Harumi Yanagawa

Harumi Yanagawa is a paralympic athlete from Japan competing mainly in category T11 long distance events.Harumi competed in both the 5000m and marathon in both the 1992 and 1996 Summer Paralympics winning the gold in the marathon at the 1996 games. He also competed in the marathon in 2000 but in...

, who had finished sixth four years earlier. The two Norwegians failed to obtain a place on the podium. Of the fourteen starters, eleven reached the finish line.

Results

Place	|Athlete	|	|Time
1			2:50:56
2		2:53:32
3		2:56:13
4		2:57:45
5		2:58:24
6		3:05:06
7		3:28:34
8		3:34:12
9		3:43:45
10		3:44:07
11		3:50:02
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