2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Marathon - Announced Runners

2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Marathon - Announced Runners
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

In Progress, with the starting lists still in flux...

We've been having trouble finding the most complete lists of athletes who will be competing at the Olympics Marathon. And if we're having trouble finding that list, we know you are too... Here is the list that we've compiled as of August 19th. Of course additional names will be forthcoming, and hopefully we'll be back to update this page.

Below, find the men who will be participating in the Olympic Marathon - together with their top performances.

AND
Bernado, Antoni	2:26:29 (58 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
AUS
Troop, Lee	2:09:49 (7 Otsu 3/2/03) 2:09:58 (8 London 4/18/04) 2:10:04 (6 Rotterdam 4/22/01) 2:10:31 (6 Berlin 9/30/07) 2:11:21 (11 London 4/18/99)
BDI
Nshimirimana, Joachim
BOT
Bashingili, Ndabili	2:25:11 (56 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
BRA
Caldeira, Franck
dos Santos, Marilson	2:06:34 (4 London 4/17/11) 2:08:03 (8 London 4/22/12) 2:08:37 (8 London 4/22/07) 2:08:43 (1 New York City 11/2/08) 2:08:46 (6 London 4/25/10)
Teles, Jose
CHN
Deng, Haiyang	2:16:17 (25 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:29:37 (36 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
Longyun, Ren	2:08:15 (2 Beijing 10/21/07) 2:35:22 (49 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
Zhang, Shujing	2:23:17 (2 Beijing 10/20/02) 2:24:42 (5 Beijing 10/14/01) 2:26:11 (1 Seoul 3/16/08) 2:27:14 (3 Berlin 9/10/00) 2:27:41 (4 Beijing 10/16/05)
Zhuhong, Li	2:24:08 (51 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
COL
Carlos Cardona, Juan
ECU
Tenorio, Franklin	2:10:22 (3 Rome 3/29/98)
ERI
Asmeron, Yared
Kifle, Yonas	2:07:34 (5 Amsterdam 10/21/07) 2:08:28 (7 London 4/26/09) 2:08:51 (8 Seoul 3/18/12) 2:08:51 (7 London 4/13/08) 2:14:39 (9 London 4/25/10)
ESP
Martínez, Chema
Rey, Julio	2:06:52 (1 Hamburg 4/23/06) 2:07:27 (1 Hamburg 4/27/03) 2:07:38 (1 Hamburg 4/24/05) 2:07:46 (1 Hamburg 4/22/01) 2:08:33 (4 London 4/26/98)
Ríos, José
EST
Loskutov, Pavel	2:08:53 (2 Paris 4/7/02) 2:09:15 (1 Seoul 11/2/03) 2:09:34 (1 Seoul 11/7/04) 2:10:14 (4 Fukuoka 12/1/02)
ETH
Ejigu, Deriba Merga
Kebede, Tsegay	2:04:38 (1 Chicago 10/7/12) 2:05:18 (1 Fukuoka 12/6/09) 2:05:19 (1 London 4/25/10) 2:05:20 (2 London 4/26/09) 2:05:21 (4 Valencia 12/2/18)
FIN
Holmén, Janne	2:19:36 (9 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
Kirwa, Francis	2:14:22 (17 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
Utriainen, Jussi	2:26:25 (69 London Olympics 8/12/12)
FRA
El Himer, Driss	2:06:48 (4 Paris 4/6/03) 2:07:02 (1 Amsterdam 10/21/01) 2:21:19 (44 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
Lahssini, El Hassan
Munyuntu, Simon
GBR
Robinson, Dan	2:13:10 (13 London 4/13/08) 2:14:14 (9 London 4/22/07) 2:16:14 (24 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:19:11 (4 Brighton Marathon 4/10/11) 2:20:20 (11 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
GUA
Arevalo, Alfredo	2:22:44 (4 Miami 1/29/12) 2:23:19 (3 Disney World Marathon 1/12/14)
Garcia, Jose Amado	2:18:23 (38 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:20:15 (35 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
IRL
Fagan, Martin
ISR
Satayin, Haile
ITA
Andriani, Ottavio
Baldini, Stefano	2:07:22 (5 London 4/23/06) 2:07:29 (6 London 4/14/02) 2:07:56 (2 London 4/13/03) 2:07:57 (2 London 4/13/97) 2:08:37 (4 London 4/18/04)
Pertile, Ruggero	2:09:53 (2 Turin 4/19/09) 2:10:12 (1 Rome 3/28/04) 2:10:22 (3 Carpi 10/17/01) 2:11:57 (8 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11) 2:12:45 (10 London Olympics 8/12/12)
JPN
Ogata, Tsuyoshi	2:08:37 (6 Fukuoka 12/7/03) 2:09:10 (1 Fukuoka 12/5/04) 2:09:15 (2 Fukuoka 12/1/02) 2:10:06 (4 Berlin 9/30/01) 2:13:26 (13 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
Osaki, Satoshi	2:08:36 (3 Otsu 3/2/08) 2:08:46 (2 Tokyo 2/8/04) 2:09:38 (2 Hofu 12/15/02) 2:18:06 (6 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
Sato, Atsushi	2:07:13 (3 Fukuoka 12/2/07) 2:08:36 (4 Otsu 3/7/04) 2:08:50 (5 Otsu 3/2/03) 2:09:16 (8 London 4/26/09) 2:09:50 (4 Otsu 3/5/00)
KEN
Cheruiyot, Robert Kipkoech	2:07:14 (1 Boston 4/17/06) 2:07:35 (1 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:07:46 (1 Boston 4/21/08) 2:08:59 (1 Milan 12/1/02) 2:09:56 (2 New York City 11/1/09)
Kibet, Luke	2:08:52 (3 Eindhoven 10/9/05) 2:10:06 (3 Eindhoven 10/8/06) 2:10:07 (1 Vienna 4/29/07) 2:11:27 (2 Frankfurt 10/31/04) 2:12:25 (11 London 4/13/08)
Lel, Martin	2:05:15 (1 London 4/13/08) 2:05:45 (2 London 4/17/11) 2:06:41 (2 London 4/23/06) 2:06:51 (2 London 4/22/12) 2:07:26 (1 London 4/17/05)
Wanjiru, Samuel	2:05:10 (1 London 4/26/09) 2:05:24 (2 London 4/13/08) 2:05:41 (1 Chicago 10/11/09) 2:06:24 (1 Chicago 10/10/10) 2:06:32 (1 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
KOR
Myong-Seun, Lee
Yi-yong, Kim	2:07:49 (4 Rotterdam 4/18/99) 2:09:21 (2 Chuncheon 10/26/97) 2:09:36 (5 Kyongju 3/24/96) 2:10:09 (8 Seoul 11/3/02)
LBA
El Zaidi, Ali Mabrouk	2:22:50 (20 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
LTU
Pukstas, Mindaugas	2:27:31 (9 Houston 1/18/09)
MAR
Gharib, Jaouad	2:05:27 (3 London 4/26/09) 2:06:55 (3 London 4/25/10) 2:07:12 (3 London 4/18/04) 2:07:16 (2 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:07:19 (3 Fukuoka 12/3/06)
Goumri, Abderrahim	2:05:30 (3 London 4/13/08) 2:06:04 (2 Chicago 10/11/09) 2:07:44 (2 London 4/22/07) 2:08:25 (6 London 4/26/09) 2:09:07 (2 New York City 11/2/08)
MAW
Moyo, Henry
MEX
Cordero, Carlos	2:13:13 (12 London 4/17/11) 2:18:40 (32 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:22:08 (60 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:22:16 (49 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
Franco, Procopio	2:23:24 (47 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
Méndez, Edilberto
Procopio, Franco
NZL
Aish, Michael	2:13:21 (1 Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon 1/13/08) 2:15:43 (6 Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon 1/18/09) 2:18:18 (1 Christchurch 5/31/09) 2:26:40 (3 Sydney Marathon 9/18/11)
QAT
Hassan Shami, Mubarak	2:07:19 (1 Paris 4/15/07) 2:08:23 (1 Otsu 3/2/08) 2:09:22 (1 Venice 10/23/05) 2:17:18 (2 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
RSA
Dlomo, Norman	2:14:39 (12 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:24:28 (53 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
Ramaala, Hendrick	2:06:55 (3 London 4/23/06) 2:07:44 (5 London 4/26/09) 2:07:56 (5 London 4/22/07) 2:08:32 (3 London 4/17/05) 2:08:58 (8 London 4/13/03)
RUS
Andreev, Grigiriy
Kulkov, Oleg	2:10:13 (3 Seoul 3/20/11) 2:10:13 (2 Zurich 4/26/09) 2:15:34 (4 Nashville 4/28/07) 2:15:40 (20 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:18:11 (29 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
Sokolov, Aleksey	2:09:07 (1 Dublin 10/29/07) 2:10:23 (2 Zurich 4/17/11) 2:10:31 (5 Dublin 10/25/10) 2:10:38 (2 Dublin 10/26/09) 2:11:39 (1 Dublin 10/30/06)
SLO
Kejzar, Roman
SUI
Rothlin, Viktor	2:07:23 (1 Tokyo 2/17/08) 2:10:35 (6 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:10:54 (8 Berlin 9/30/01) 2:11:14 (14 Saint-Denis 8/30/03) 2:11:44 (7 New York City 11/6/05)
TAN
Bayo, Amnaay Zebedayo
Ramadhani, Samson	2:08:01 (5 London 4/13/03) 2:09:24 (1 Beppu-Oita 2/2/03) 2:09:46 (2 Hannover 5/2/10) 2:17:20 (7 Toronto Waterfront 9/24/06) 2:24:53 (66 London Olympics 8/12/12)
TLS
Ramos, Antonio
TPE
Wu, Wen-Chien	2:26:55 (59 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
UGA
Malinga, Alex	2:18:26 (31 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
UKR
Matvichuk, Vasyl
Sitkovsky, Oleksandr
USA
Hall, Ryan	2:04:58 (4 Boston 4/18/11) 2:06:17 (5 London 4/13/08) 2:08:04 (5 Chicago 10/9/11) 2:08:24 (7 London 4/22/07) 2:08:41 (4 Boston 4/19/10)
Ritzenhein, Dathan	2:07:47 (9 Chicago 10/7/12) 2:09:45 (5 Chicago 10/13/13) 2:09:55 (4 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon 1/14/12) 2:10:00 (11 London 4/26/09) 2:11:07 (2 New York City Trials 11/3/07)
Sell, Brian	2:10:47 (6 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:10:55 (4 Boston 4/17/06) 2:11:40 (3 New York City Trials 11/3/07) 2:13:22 (11 Chicago 10/10/04) 2:13:27 (9 Helsinki World Championships 8/13/05)
VEN
Fonseca, Luis	2:16:52 (6 Nashville 4/28/07)
ZIM
Fokorani, Mike