Olympic Games 1968 - Mexico City
The men's marathon was held on Sunday October 20, 1968. The race started at 3.00 p.m. local time. There were a total number of 74 competitors from 41 countries. Seventeen of them did not finish.
Results | ||||
1° | Mamo | Wolde | Ethiopia | 2:20:26 | 2° | Kenji | Kimihara | Japan | 2:23:31 | 3° | Mike | Ryan | New Zealand | 2:23:45 | 4° | Ismail | Akçay | Turkey | 2:25:18 | 5° | William | Adcocks | Great Britain | 2:25:33 | 6° | Gabrou | Merawi | Ethiopia | 2:27:16 | 7° | Derek | Clayton | Australia | 2:27:23 | 8° | Timothy | Johnston | Great Britain | 2:28:04 | 9° | Akio | Usami | Japan | 2:28:06 | 10° | Andy | Boychak | Turkey | 2:28:40 | 11° | Gaston | Roelants | Belgium | 2:29:04 | 12° | Pat | McMahon | Ireland | 2:29:21 | 13° | Alfredo | Penaloza | Mexico | 2:29:48 | 14° | Kenneth | Moore | United States of America | 2:29:49 | 15° | Jürgen | Busch | West Germany | 2:30:42 | 16° | George | Young | United States of America | 2:31:15 | 17° | Manfred | Steffny | West Germany | 2:31:23 | 18° | Thin | Sumbwegam | Myanmar | 2:32:22 | 19° | Naftali | Temu | Kenya | 2:32:36 | 20° | Maurice | Peiren | Belgium | 2:32:49 | 21° | Antonio | Ambu | Italy | 2:33:19 | 22° | Ron | Daws | United States of America | 2:33:53 | 23° | Karl-Heinz | Sievers | West Germany | 2:34:11 | 24° | Gyula | Tóth | Hungary | 2:34:49 | 25° | Hüseyin | Aktas | Turkey | 2:35:09 | 26° | Pablo | Garrido | Mexico | 2:35:47 | 27° | Aad | Steylen | Netherlands | 2:37:42 | 28° | Anatoly | Sukharyev | Soviet Union | 2:38:07 | 29° | Lee | Myung-Jung | South Korea | 2:38:52 | 30° | Ivailo | Sharankov | Bulgaria | 2:39:49 | 31° | Gioacchino | de Palma | Italy | 2:39:58 | 32° | Josef | Gwerder | Switzerland | 2:40:16 | 33° | Hubert | Riesner | West Germany | 2:41:29 | 34° | Georg | Olsen | Denmark | 2:42:24 | 35° | Douglas | Sinkala | Zambia | 2:42:51 | 36° | Exequiel | Baeza | Chile | 2:43:15 | 37° | Dave | McKenzie | New Zealand | 2:43:36 | 38° | Kim | Bong-Nae | South Korea | 2:43:56 | 39° | Carlos | Cuque | Guatemala | 2:45:20 | 40° | Godwin | Kalimbwe | Zambia | 2:45:26 | 41° | Mick | Molloy | Ireland | 2:48:13 | 42° | Nikola | Simeonov | Bulgaria | 2:48:30 | 43° | John | Farrington | Australia | 2:50:16 | 44° | Helmut | Kunisch | Switzerland | 2:50:58 | 45° | Alifu | Massaquoi | Sierra Leone | 2:52:28 | 46° | Lee | Sang-Hoon | South Korea | 2:52:46 | 47° | Hla | Thein | Myanmar | 2:54:03 | 48° | Paul | Mose | Kenya | 2:55:17 | 49° | Benjamin | Silva-Netto | Philippines | 2:56:19 | 50° | Harry | Prowell | Guyana | 2:57:01 | 51° | Wimalasena | Perera | Ceylon | 2:59:05 | 52° | Fulgencio | Hernández | Guatemala | 3:00:40 | 53° | Gustavo | Gutiérrez | Ecuador | 3:03:07 | 54° | Martin | Ande | Nigeria | 3:03:47 | 55° | Mustapha | Musa | Uganda | 3:04:53 | 56° | Enoch | Nwemba | Zambia | 3:06:16 | 57° | John Stephen | Akhwari | Tanzania | 3:25:17 |
Did not finish | ||||
DNF | Peter | Buniak | Canada | DNF | Hernándo | Barreneche | Colombia | DNF | Abebe | Bikila | Ethiopia | DNF | Pentti | Rummakko | Finland | DNF | René | Combes | France | DNF | Guy | Texereau | France | DNF | Jim | Alder | Great Britain | DNF | Lajos | Mecser | Hungary | DNF | Seiichiro | Sasaki | Japan | DNF | Mraljeb | Ayed-Mansoor | Kuwait | DNF | Saoud | Obaid-Daifallah | Kuwait | DNF | José | García | Mexico | DNF | Mukhamed | Shakirov | Soviet Union | DNF | Carlos | Pérez | Spain | DNF | Edgar | Friedli | Switzerland | DNF | Armando | González | Uruguay | DNF | Nedo | Farcic | Yugoslavia |
Did not start | ||||
Disqualified | ||||
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