The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
24 August	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Kamau Wanjiru was a Kenyan athlete, who specialized in long distance running. He became a professional at a young age and broke the world record in the half marathon when he was 18 years old...		2:06:32	OR

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Kamau Wanjiru was a Kenyan athlete, who specialized in long distance running. He became a professional at a young age and broke the world record in the half marathon when he was 18 years old...		2:06:32
	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...		2:07:16
	Tsegay Kebede		2:10:00
	Deriba Merga		2:10:21
	Martin Lel Martin Lel Martin Kiptolo Lel is a Kenyan long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His personal best time, , is 2:05:15, which he ran in the 2008 London Marathon setting a...		2:10:24
	Viktor Röthlin Viktor Röthlin Viktor Röthlin is a Swiss long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Goteborg Sweden, the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka Japan, and the gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona Spain.He...		2:10:35
	Gashaw Asfaw Gashaw Asfaw Gashaw Asfaw is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.Ashaw won the silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and finished fourteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships. He has also participated in the 2005 edition, but did not finish the race.His personal best time is 2:08:03 hours,...		2:10:52
	Yared Asmerom Yared Asmerom Yared Asmerom Tesfit is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races. He was born in Asmara....		2:11:11
	Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan Ritzenhein is an American long-distance runner. He held the American record in the 5,000 metres from 2009–10, when it was broken by Bernard Lagat...		2:11:59
10	Ryan Hall Ryan Hall (runner) Ryan Hall is an American long distance runner. He won the marathon at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and placed tenth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing. He holds the U.S. record in the half marathon . With his half marathon record time, he became the first U.S...		2:12:33
11	Mike Fokoroni Mike Fokoroni Mike Fokoroni is a Zimbabwean long-distance runner. His personal best time is 2:13:17 hours, achieved in August 2008, placing 11th at the Beijing Olympics.-Achievements:-References:...		2:13:17	PB
12	Stefano Baldini Stefano Baldini Stefano Baldini is a retired Italian athlete and the 2004 Olympic and former European champion in the marathon....		2:13:25
13	Tsuyoshi Ogata Tsuyoshi Ogata is a Japanese long-distance athlete competing mainly in the marathon.In August 2003 he came twelfth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. In August 2005 he won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki...		2:13:26	SB
14	Grigoriy Andreyev Grigoriy Andreyev Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Andreyev in is a marathon runner representing Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bashkortostan.-Achievements:- External links :*...		2:13:33
15	Ruggero Pertile Ruggero Pertile Ruggero Pertile is an Italian long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running. He was the winner of the 2004 Rome City Marathon and has represented Italy internationally at two World Championships in Athletics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he was 15th overall.He was fourth in the...		2:13:39
16	José Manuel Martínez José Manuel Martínez José Manuel Martínez Fernández is a Spanish long-distance runner. He is married to Spanish field hockey player Nuria Moreno....		2:14:00
17	Francis Kirwa		2:14:22
18	Lee Myong-Seung		2:14:37
19	Janne Holmén Janne Holmén Janne Sven-Åke Holmén is a former Finnish long-distance runner.Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2:12:04. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with...		2:14:44
20	Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He has competed in cross country, track and road running, but is now a marathon specialist....		2:15:00
21	Aleksey Sokolov Aleksey Sokolov Aleksey Vladimirovich Sokolov is a marathon runner. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He won the Dublin Marathon twice and was Russia's national marathon champion in 2007...		2:15:57
22	Brian Sell Brian Sell Brian Sell is a retired American marathoner and distance runner who trained with the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. He attended Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, where he ran on the Saint Francis University cross country team...		2:16:07
23	Ottaviano Andriani		2:16:10
24	Dan Robinson Dan Robinson (athlete) Daniel Stephen Robinson is an English long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He represented Great Britain in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Games....		2:16:14
25	Deng Haiyang Deng Haiyang Deng Haiyang is a Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.He competed at the 2006 Asian Games and the 2007 World Championships. He will represent his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics....		2:16:17
26	Abderrahime Bouramdane Abderrahime Bouramdane Abderrahime Bouramdane is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in marathons. He represented Morocco at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...		2:17:42
27	Vasyl Matviychuk		2:17:50
28	Lee Bong-Ju Lee Bong-Ju Lee Bong-Ju is a South Korean marathoner.He won the silver medal in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States...		2:17:56
29	Oleg Kulkov Oleg Kulkov Oleg Kulkov is a Russian marathon runner.He won the Zurich Marathon in 2008, recording a personal best time of 2:11:15. This qualified him to represent Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics and he finished 29th overall in the marathon at the 2008 Beijing Games...		2:18:11
30	Paulo Gomes		2:18:15
31	Alex Malinga Alex Malinga Alex Malinga is an Ugandan marathon runner. He was born in Kapchorwa.He finished sixth at the 2005 World Championships, in a national record of 2:12:12 hours....		2:18:26
32	Carlos Cordero		2:18:40
33	Kum-Song Ri		2:19:08
34	Henryk Szost		2:19:43
35	José Amado García		2:20:15
36	Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008...		2:20:23
37	Nasar Sakar Saeed		2:20:24
38	José de Souza José de Souza José Teles de Souza is a Brazilian long-distance runner. He finished eighteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*10,000 metres - 28:46.6 min...		2:20:25
39	Kamiel Maase Kamiel Maase Kamiel Maase is a retired long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who is the current Dutch record holder in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres. He also holds the national record in the marathon, which he ran on 21 October 2007 in the Amsterdam Marathon.-Achievements:-External links:...		2:20:30
40	Song-Chol Pak		2:21:16
41	Iaroslav Musinschi Iaroslav Musinschi Iaroslav Muşinschi is a Moldovan long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2008....		2:21:18
42	Il-Nam Kim		2:21:51
43	Juan Carlos Cardona Juan Carlos Cardona Juan Carlos Cardona Rivas is a male marathon runner from Colombia, who twice represented his native country in the men's marathon at the Summer Olympics . He won the 2007 edition of the Buenos Aires Marathon in Argentina.-Achievements:-References:*...		2:21:57
44	Hendrick Ramaala		2:22:43
45	Arjun Kumar Basnet		2:23:09	PB
46	Hélder Ornelas Hélder Ornelas Hélder Mendes Abreu Ornelas is a Portuguese long-distance runner.He finished eighth in the long race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships, fifteenth in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and won the 2007 edition of Prague International Marathon...		2:23:20
47	Procopio Franco		2:23:24
48	Nelson Cruz Nelson Cruz (athlete) Nelson Cruz is a Cape Verdean athlete, specializing in long-distance running, marathon and half marathon.-Biography:Born in Lisbon to Cape Verdean parents, Nelson grew up in Portugal, having visited Cape Verde for the first time in August 2006, where he won the 10,000m run in the National Youth...		2:23:47
49	Roberto Echeverría		2:23:54
50	Kim Yi-Yong Kim Yi-Yong Kim Yi-Yong is a retired South Korean long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.-Achievements:-References:...		2:23:57
51	Li Zhuhong Li Zhuhong Li Zhuhong is a Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.He won the 2002 Beijing Marathon. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2007 World Championships...		2:24:08
52	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od		2:24:19
53	Norman Dlomo Norman Dlomo Norman Dlomo is a South African long-distance runner.Dlomo finished tenth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships...		2:24:28
54	Arkadiusz Sowa		2:24:48
55	Samson Ramadhani		2:25:03
56	Ndabili Bashingili		2:25:11
57	Simon Munyutu Simon Munyutu Simon Munyutu is a French athlete who specialises in the men's marathon. Munyutu competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics....		2:25:50
58	Antoni Bernadó		2:26:29
59	Wu Wen-Chien Wu Wen-Chien Wu Wen-Chien is a Taiwanese Olympic runner that represented Chinese Taipei in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in the marathon.-References:...		2:26:55
60	Lee Troop Lee Troop Lee Joseph Troop is an Olympic marathon runner from Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He started out as a long distance track runner and he represented Australia in the 5000 m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and attended his first World Championships in Athletics the following year...		2:27:17
61	Costantino León		2:28:04
62	Goran Stojiljkovic Goran Stojiljković Goran Stojiljković is a retired Serbian footballer, who played as a forward.-Football career:...		2:28:14
63	Alfredo Arévalo		2:28:26
64	Yousf Othman Qader		2:28:40
65	Franklin Tenorio		2:29:05
66	Francisco Bautista Francisco Bautista Francisco Bautista Cuamatzi is a male long-distance runner from Mexico. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, where he finished in 66th place in the men's marathon event, clocking 2:29.28...		2:29:28
67	Roman Kejžar		2:29:37
68	Joachim Nshimirimana		2:29:55
69	Seteng Ayele Seteng Ayele Seteng Ayele is an Israeli long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.-Personal life:He is Jewish. He was an Ethiopian citizen until 1991 when he emigrated to Israel. He is also known as Haile Satayin, a variant of "Ayele Seteng"...		2:30:07
70	Takhir Mamashayev		2:30:26
71	Abdil Ceylan		2:31:43
72	José Ríos José Ríos José Ríos Ortega is a Spanish runner. He specializes in the 10,000 metres and marathon.He won the Lake Biwa Marathon in 2006.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:42.08 min...		2:32:35
73	Hem Bunting Hem Bunting Hem Bunting, born December 12, 1985, is a Cambodian marathoner.Bunting is one of nine children from a family of farmers in Stung Treng Province. The British Broadcasting Corporation has described him as "so poor he lives in the crumbling athletics stadium where he trains"...		2:33:32
74	Marcel Tschopp Marcel Tschopp Marcel Tschopp is a Liechtensteiner track athlete, specializing in the marathon. Tschopp was Liechtenstein's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and finished 74th in the men's marathon....		2:35:06
75	Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov is a former Estonian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races. He has competed in the Olympic marathon race four times consecutively, from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2008 Beijing Games.In 2001, he won the Göteborgsvarvet half marathon in Gothenburg with a time of...		2:39:01
76	Atsushi Sato		2:41:08
	Tesfayohannes Mesfen Tesfayohannes Mesfen Tesfayohannes Mesfen is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the half marathon and cross-country running.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*5000 metres - 13:27.06 min *10,000 metres - 28:19.88 min...

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Julio Rey

José Julio Rey is a Spanish long-distance runner who mostly concentrates on the marathon race. He was banned from competition for 2 years after testing positive for mesterolone at the 1999 Rotterdam Marathon....

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Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi

Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi is a Libyan long-distance runner.He finished eighteenth in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:47.18 min - national record....

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Luke Kibet

Luke Kibet is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. He won the marathon race at the 2007 World Championships.- Early career :Kibet was born in Kaplelach village, Moiben division, Uasin Gishu District...

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Luis Fonseca (athlete)

Luis Heberto Fonseca is a male long-distance runner from Venezuela, who twice represented his native country in the men's marathon race at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008. He set his personal best in the men's marathon on April 15, 2002 in the Boston Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*...

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Franck Caldeira

Franck Caldeira de Almeida is a marathon athlete from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the worldwide famous São Silvestre Road Race, in São Paulo, 2006.-References:...

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João N'Tyamba

João Baptista N'Tyamba is an Angolan runner. He was born in Lubango.He started as a middle distance runner, and competed in 800 meters at 1988 Summer Olympics, then competed in 1500 metres at the 1991 World Championships, the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics and in 3000 metres at...

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Mubarak Hassan Shami

Mubarak Hassan Shami is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races.He won the Baringo Half Marathon, a race inaugurated by Paul Tergat, in 2005 and 2006, becoming the first runner to defend the title....

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Olexandr Kuzin

Oleksandr Leonidovych Kuzin is a male long-distance runner from Ukraine who mainly competed in the marathon race. He set his personal best in the classic distance on April 15, 2007 in Linz, Austria.-Achievements:-External links:*...

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Satoshi Osaki

is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.He became Asian marathon champion in 2002. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games, and finished sixth at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, behind countryfellow Tsuyoshi Ogata...

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Key: = Olympic record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best, DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS = Did Not Start

Intermediates

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
10 km	1. José Manuel Martínez José Manuel Martínez José Manuel Martínez Fernández is a Spanish long-distance runner. He is married to Spanish field hockey player Nuria Moreno....		29:25
	2. Deriba Merga		s.t.
	3. Martin Lel Martin Lel Martin Kiptolo Lel is a Kenyan long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His personal best time, , is 2:05:15, which he ran in the 2008 London Marathon setting a...		s.t.
	4. Yared Asmerom Yared Asmerom Yared Asmerom Tesfit is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon races. He was born in Asmara....		s.t.
	5. Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008...		+0:01
20 km	1. Deriba Merga		59:10
	2. Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008...		s.t.
	3. Martin Lel Martin Lel Martin Kiptolo Lel is a Kenyan long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His personal best time, , is 2:05:15, which he ran in the 2008 London Marathon setting a...		s.t.
	4. Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...		s.t.
	5. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru		s.t.
30 km	1. Deriba Merga		1:29:14
	2. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru		s.t.
	3. Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...		+0:04
	4. Martin Lel Martin Lel Martin Kiptolo Lel is a Kenyan long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His personal best time, , is 2:05:15, which he ran in the 2008 London Marathon setting a...		+0:09
	5. Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008...		+0:15
40 km	1. Samuel Kamau Wanjiru		1:59:54
	2. Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...		+0:18
	3. Deriba Merga		+1:57
	4. Tsegay Kebede		+2:43
	5. Martin Lel Martin Lel Martin Kiptolo Lel is a Kenyan long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His personal best time, , is 2:05:15, which he ran in the 2008 London Marathon setting a...		+3:04

s.t. - same time.

External links

• Detailed Results of the Men's Marathon - The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
• sports-reference