SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
 
 OLYMPIC GAMES. HISTORY 
MEN'S Marathon 
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1896 (40km)
1. Spyridon Louis (Gre) ................................. 2:58:50
2. Charilaos Vasilakos (Gre) .......................... 3:06:03
3. Gyula Kellner (Hun) ................................... 3:09:35
1900 (40.26km)
1. Michel Theato (Fra) ................................... 2:59:45
2. Emile Champion (Fra) ................................ 3:04:17
3. Ernst Fast (Swe) ....................................... 3:37:14
1904 (40.2km)
1. Thomas Hicks (US) ................................... 3:28:53
2. Albert Corey (US) ...................................... 3:34:52
3. Arthur Newton (US) ................................... 3:47:33
1908
1. Johnny Hayes (US) ................................... 2:55:19
2. Charles Hefferon (SA) ................................ 2:56:06
3. Joseph Forshaw (US) ................................ 2:57:11
1912 (40.2km)
1. Kenneth MacArthur (SA) ............................ 2:36:55
2. Christopher Gitsham (SA) .......................... 2:37:52
3. Gaston Strobino (US) ................................ 2:38:43
1920 (42.750km)
1. Hannes Kolehmainen (Fin) ......................... 2:32:36 WR
2. Juri Lossman (Est) .................................... 2:32:49
3. Valerio Arri (Ita) ......................................... 2:36:33
1924
1. Albin Stenroos (Fin) ................................... 2:41:23
2. Romeo Bertini (It) ...................................... 2:47:20
3. Clarence DeMar (US) ................................. 2:48:20
1928
1. Boughera El Ouafi (Fra) .............................. 2:32:57
2. Miguel Plaza (Chl) ..................................... 2:33:23
3. Martti Marttelin (Fin) .................................. 2:35:02
1932
1. Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg) ............................ 2:31:36
2. Sam Ferris (GB) ........................................ 2:31:55
3. Armas Toivonen (Fin) ................................. 2:32:12
1936
1. Son Gi-jeong (Kor)  ................................... 2:29:20 *
2. Ernest Harper (GB) ................................... 2:31:24
3. Shoryu Nan (Jpn) ...................................... 2:31:42
1948
1. Delfo Cabrera (Arg) .................................... 2:34:52
2. Tom Richards (GB) .................................... 2:35:08
3. Etienne Gailly (Bel) .................................... 2:35:34
1952
1. Emil Zatopek (Cze) .................................... 2:23:04
2. Reinaldo Goron (Arg) ................................. 2:25:35
3. Gustaf Jansson (Swe) ............................... 2:26:07
1956
1. Alain Mimoun (Fra) ................................... 2:25:00
2. Franjo Mihalic (Yug) .................................. 2:26:32
3. Veikko Karvonen (Fin) ............................... 2:27:47
1960
1. Abebe Bikila (Eth) .................................... 2:15:17 WR
2. Rhadi Ben Abdesselem (Mor) .................... 2:15:42
3. Barry Magee (NZ) ..................................... 2:17:19
1964
1. Abebe Bikila (Eth) .................................... 2:12:12 WR
2. Basil Heatley (GB) ................................... 2:16:20
3. Kokichi Tsuburaya (Jpn) ........................... 2:16:23
1968
1. Mamo Wolde (Eth) ................................... 2:20:27(A)
2. Kenji Kimihara (Jpn) ................................. 2:23:31
3. Mike Ryan (NZ) ....................................... 2:23:45
1972
1. Frank Shorter (US) ................................... 2:12:20
2. Karel Lismont (Bel) .................................. 2:14:32
3. Mamo Wolde (Eth) ................................... 2:15:09
1976
1. Waldemar Cierpinski (EG) ........................ 2:09:55
2. Frank Shorter (US) ................................... 2:10:46
3. Karel Lismont (Bel) ................................... 2:11:13
1980
1. Waldemar Cierpinski (EG) ......................... 2:11:03
2. Gerard Nijboer (Hol) .................................. 2:11:20
3. Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (SU) ................. 2:11:35
1984
1. Carlos Lopes (Por) .................................... 2:09:21
2. John Treacy (Ire) ....................................... 2:09:56
3. Charlie Spedding (GB) ............................... 2:09:58
1988
1. Gelindo Bordin (Ita) .................................... 2:10:32
2. Douglas Wakiihuri (Ken) ............................. 2:10:47
3. Ahmed Salah (Dji) ...................................... 2:10:59
1992
1. Hwang Young-Jo (SK) ................................ 2:13:23
2. Koichi Morishita (Jpn) ................................. 2:13:45
3. Stephan Freigang (Ger) .............................. 2:14:00
1996
1. Josia Thugwane (SA) ................................. 2:12:36
2. Lee Bong-ju (SK) ....................................... 2:12:39
3. Eric Wainaina (Ken) ................................... 2:12:44
2000
1. Gezahenge Abera (ETH) ............................. 2:10.11
2. Eric Wainaina (KEN) .................................. 2:10.31
3. Tesfaye Tola (ETH) .................................... 2:11.10

(*) Berlin's marathon race gold medallist is reffered in many editions as Kitei Son (Jpn), as in that period Korea was under Japanese occupation.
 

Medals
4 - 0 - 2  Ethiopia
3 - 1 - 0  France
2 - 2 - 0  South Africa
2 - 1 - 0  Argentina
2 - 0 - 3  Finland
2 - 0 - 0  East Germany
1 - 2 - 2  Japan
1 - 1 - 1  Italy
1 - 1 - 0  Greece
1 - 1 - 0  South Korea
1 - 0 - 0  Czech
1 - 0 - 0  Portugal
0 - 4 - 1  Great Britain
0 - 2 - 1  Kenya
0 - 1 - 2  Belgium
0 - 1 - 0  Estonia
0 - 1 - 0  Chile
0 - 1 - 0  Yugoslavia
0 - 1 - 0  Morroco
0 - 1 - 0  Ireland
0 - 1 - 0  Holland 
0 - 0 - 2  Sweden
0 - 0 - 2  New Zealand
0 - 0 - 1  Hungary
0 - 0 - 1  Soviet Union
0 - 0 - 1  Djibuti
0 - 0 - 1  Germany

More Gold Medals: Abebe Bikila, Waldemar Cierpinski (2)
More Medals: Abebe Bikila (2-0-0), Waldemar Cierpinski (2-0-0), Mamo Wolde (1-0-1), Eric Wainaina (0-1-1)