2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Marathon - Previous Head-To-Head Performances
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

The men who will be competing at the Olympics Men's Marathon have met before. Here is our best list showing the past marathon matchups between the men who will be meeting for the Olympic Marathon on Sunday, August 24th. While some will have been better than others on any given day - this list will show you the rise and fall of these men and how they have fared against each other over the years...

Men New York City - Nov 3, 2008 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:09:07 12 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:19:11 1 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:43 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:09:07 Beijing - Aug 24, 2008 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:32 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:16 4 Deriba Merga Ejigu (ETH) 2:10:21 5 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:10:24 9 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:11:59 10 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:12:33 20 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:15:00 22 Brian Sell (USA) 2:16:07 36 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:20:23 44 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:22:43 60 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:27:17 London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:05:15 2 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:24 3 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:05:30 5 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:06:17 6 Deriba Merga Ejigu (ETH) 2:06:39 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:52 10 Hendrick Ramaala (USA) 2:11:44 11 Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:12:25 Otsu - Mar 2, 2008 2 Yared Asmeron (ERI) 2:08:34 3 Satoshi Osaki (JPN) 2:08:36 Fukuoka - Dec 2, 2007 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:39 2 Deriba Merga Ejigu (ETH) 2:06:50 3 Atsushi Sato (JPN) 2:07:13 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:09:04 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:09:16 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:11:25 4 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:11:58 1 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:09:02 3 Brian Sell (USA) 2:11:40 Chicago - Oct 7, 2007 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:11:11 4 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:15:13 Osaka - Aug 25, 2007 1 Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:15:59 2 Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) 2:17:18 3 Viktor Röthlin (SUI) 2:17:25 5 Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN) 2:17:42 6 Satoshi Osaki (JPN) 2:18:06 9 Janne Holmén (FIN) 2:19:36 11 Dan Robinson (GBR) 2:20:20 20 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) 2:22:50 27 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:26:00 49 Ren Longyun (CHN) 2:35:22 London - Apr 22, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:07:41 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:07:44 4 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:54 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:07:56 7 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:08:24 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:37 New York City - Nov 5, 2006 1 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:09:58 6 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:11:53 9 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:13:04 11 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:14:01 Chicago - Oct 22, 2006 1 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:07:35 6 Brian Sell (USA) 2:10:47 London - Apr 23, 2006 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:06:41 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:06:55 5 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:07:22 8 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:45 Fukuoka - Dec 4, 2005 2 Julio Rey (ESP) 2:09:41 45 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:29:13 New York City - Nov 6, 2005 2 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:31 4 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:11:01 Helsinki - Aug 13, 2005 1 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:10:10 9 Brian Sell (USA) 2:13:27 London - Apr 17, 2005 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:07:26 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:49 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:08:32 5 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:25 17 Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:16:40 Chicago - Oct 10, 2004 6 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:48 11 Brian Sell (USA) 2:13:22 12 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:14:23 Athens - Aug 29, 2004 1 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:10:55 11 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:15:12 28 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:18:46 London - Apr 18, 2004 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:02 4 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:08:37 8 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:09:58 Saint-Denis - Aug 30, 2003 1 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:31 2 Julio Rey (ESP) 2:08:38 3 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:14 9 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:10:37 17 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:11:46 Boston - Apr 21, 2003 1 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:10:11 3 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:11:11 London - Apr 13, 2003 2 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:07:56 5 Samson Ramadhani (TAN) 2:08:01 8 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:08:58 Otsu - Mar 2, 2003 5 Atsushi Sato (JPN) 2:08:50 7 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:09:49 Fukuoka - Dec 1, 2002 2 Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN) 2:09:15 4 Pavel Loskutov (EST) 2:10:14 New York City - Nov 3, 2002 5 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:12 14 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:17:10 Paris - Apr 7, 2002 2 Pavel Loskutov (EST) 2:08:53 6 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:10:06 Sydney - Oct 1, 2000 12 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:16:19 66 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:29:32 London - Apr 16, 2000 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:43 6 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:45 Roma - Mar 29, 1998 1 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:33 3 Franklin Tenorio (ECU) 2:10:22