2012 London Olympic Games Men's Marathon - Announced Runners
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

It's somewheat hard to find the starter lists and then to make sense of the 100+ runners who will compete at the 2012 London Olympics Marathon. At MarathonGuide.com, we're geeks and we won't be satisfied until we have the dirt and information on all of the top athletes in an easy to use format. Here, the result of our efforts to know who is running and what they've done.

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

See also Head-to-Head Match-ups for a display showing past marathons where these men have run against each other.

ALG
FILALI, Tayeb (33)
AND
BERNADO, Antoni (45)	2:26:29 (58 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
ARG
BARZOLA, Miguel (30)	2:17:54 (35 London Olympics 8/12/12)
AUS
DENT, Martin (33)	2:14:46 (13 Fukuoka 12/7/08) 2:16:05 (21 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:16:29 (28 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:17:32 (21 London 4/22/12)
HUNT, Jeff (30)	2:11:00 (3 Beppu 2/7/10) 2:22:59 (63 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SHELLEY, Michael (28)	2:14:10 (16 London Olympics 8/12/12)
AUT
WEIDLINGER, Gunther (34)
BLR
RAHAUTSOU, Stsiapan (26)	2:23:23 (64 London Olympics 8/12/12)
BRA
DE ALMEIDA, Franck (29)	2:13:35 (13 London Olympics 8/12/12)
DOS SANTOS, Marilson (35)	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)
PAULA, Paulo Roberto (33)	2:10:23 (3 Padova 4/22/12) 2:12:17 (8 London Olympics 8/12/12)
CAN
COOLSAET, Reid (33)	2:10:54 (3 Toronto Waterfront 10/16/11) 2:16:29 (27 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:16:53 (25 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:17:08 (8 Ottawa 5/24/09)
GILLIS, Eric (32)	2:11:27 (4 Toronto Waterfront 10/16/11) 2:12:06 (11 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 9/26/10) 2:13:52 (8 Houston 1/17/10) 2:16:00 (22 London Olympics 8/12/12)
WYKES, Dylan (29)	2:12:39 (1 Sacramento 12/5/10) 2:12:56 (6 Toronto Waterfront 10/16/11) 2:15:26 (20 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:16:20 (11 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 9/28/08) 2:18:00 (33 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
CHN
DONG, Guojian (25)	2:15:45 (14 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11) 2:20:39 (54 London Olympics 8/12/12)
LI, Zicheng (22)	2:17:35 (24 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11)
COD
ILUNGA, Zatara Mande (29)
COL
CARDONA, Juan Carlos (37)	2:17:35 (3 Montreal 9/13/09) 2:18:26 (2 Miami 1/28/07) 2:21:57 (43 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
CRC
LIZANO, Cesar (30)	2:17:50 (11 Chicago 10/9/11) 2:23:44 (19 Toronto Waterfront Marathon 9/26/10) 2:24:16 (65 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:26:13 (4 Philadelphia Marathon 11/22/09)
CZE
KREISINGER, Jan (27)	2:25:03 (67 London Olympics 8/12/12)
DEN
FAURSCHOU, Jesper (29)	2:16:15 (17 London 4/17/11) 2:17:38 (22 London 4/22/12) 2:18:44 (41 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:21:15 (34 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11)
ECU
ALMACHI, Miguel Angel (27)	2:19:53 (50 London Olympics 8/12/12)
ERI
ASMEROM, Yared (32)	2:07:27 (2 Chuncheon 10/23/11) 2:08:34 (2 Otsu 3/2/08) 2:10:49 (3 Otsu 3/1/09) 2:11:11 (8 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08) 2:11:46 (5 Seoul 3/21/10)
KIFLE, Yonas (34)	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)
Tesfamriam, Samuel Tsegay (24)	2:07:28 (8 Amsterdam 10/16/11) 2:08:06 (9 London 4/22/12)
ESP
CACERES, Ignacio (36)	2:17:11 (31 London Olympics 8/12/12)
CASTILLEJO, Carles (33)	2:10:09 (1 Castellón 12/11/11) 2:16:17 (24 London Olympics 8/12/12)
HERNANDEZ, Jose Carlos (34)	2:17:48 (34 London Olympics 8/12/12)
NIMO, Pedro ()
ETH
ABSEHERO, Ayele (21)	2:04:23 (1 Dubai 1/27/12)
FELEKE, Getu (25)	2:04:50 (2 Rotterdam 4/15/12) 2:05:44 (1 Amsterdam 10/17/10) 2:08:04 (4 Prague 5/9/10) 2:09:32 (8 Amsterdam 10/18/09)
SEFER, Dino (24)	2:04:50 (2 Dubai 1/27/12) 2:09:13 (8 Tokyo 2/24/13)
FIN
UTRIAINEN, Jussi (33)	2:26:25 (69 London Olympics 8/12/12)
FRA
KIPROTICH, Abraham (26)	2:08:35 (3 Dusseldorf 4/29/12)
MEFTAH, Abdellatif (30)	2:09:46 (13 Frankfurt 10/30/11)
TAMBWE, Patrick (37)
GBR
MERRIEN, Lee (33)	2:13:41 (17 London 4/22/12) 2:14:27 (14 London 4/17/11) 2:16:48 (12 London 4/25/10) 2:16:59 (22 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11) 2:17:00 (30 London Olympics 8/12/12)
OVERALL, Scott (29)	2:22:37 (61 London Olympics 8/12/12)
GRE
POULIOS, Konstadinos (34)
GUA
GARCIA, Jose Amado (34)	2:18:23 (38 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:20:15 (35 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
HUN
KOVACS, Tamas (28)	2:24:47 (6 Nashville 4/25/09) 2:27:48 (72 London Olympics 8/12/12)
IND
YADAV, Ram Singh (31)	2:20:33 (5 Gold Coast 7/5/09)
IOA
MARIAL, Guor (28)	2:12:55 (6 San Diego 6/3/12) 2:14:32 (5 Minneapolis-St. Paul 10/2/11) 2:19:32 (47 London Olympics 8/12/12)
IRL
KENNEALLY, Mark (31)	2:21:13 (57 London Olympics 8/12/12)
ISL
KARLSSON, Kari Steinn (26)	2:18:47 (42 London Olympics 8/12/12)
ISR
ZEMIRO, Zohar (35)
ITA
PERTILE, Ruggero (38)	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)
JOR
ABU DRAIS, Methkal (28)	2:21:00 (56 London Olympics 8/12/12)
JPN
FUJIWARA, Arata (30)	2:07:48 (2 Tokyo 2/26/12) 2:08:40 (2 Tokyo 2/17/08) 2:09:31 (4 Fukuoka 12/2/12) 2:09:34 (1 Ottawa 5/30/10) 2:09:47 (3 Fukuoka 12/7/08)
NAKAMOTO, Kentaro (29)	2:08:32 (2 Beppu-Oita 2/3/13) 2:08:53 (5 Otsu 3/4/12) 2:09:31 (4 Otsu 3/7/11) 2:11:16 (6 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:13:10 (10 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11)
YAMAMOTO, Ryo (28)	2:08:44 (4 Otsu 3/4/12) 2:18:34 (40 London Olympics 8/12/12)
KEN
KIPROTICH, Wilson Kipsang (30)	2:03:42 (1 Frankfurt 10/30/11) 2:04:44 (1 London 4/22/12) 2:04:57 (1 Frankfurt 10/31/10) 2:07:13 (3 Paris 4/11/10) 2:09:37 (3 London Olympics 8/12/12)
KIRUI, Abel (30)	2:05:04 (3 Rotterdam 4/5/09) 2:06:51 (2 Berlin 9/30/07) 2:06:54 (1 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:07:38 (1 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11) 2:07:38 (1 Vienna 4/27/08)
MUTAI, Emmanuel (27)	2:04:40 (1 London 4/17/11) 2:06:15 (4 London 4/13/08) 2:06:23 (2 London 4/25/10) 2:06:28 (2 New York City 11/6/11) 2:06:29 (1 Amsterdam 10/21/07)
KOR
JANG, Sinkweon (29)
JEONG, Jin-Hyeong (22)	2:09:28 (2 Seoul 3/20/11)
LEE, Duhaeng (30)	2:17:19 (32 London Olympics 8/12/12)
LAT
ZOLNEROVICS, Valerijs (27)
LBA
EL ZAIDI, Ali Mabrouk (34)	2:22:50 (20 Osaka World Championships 8/25/07)
LES
KHATOANE, Jobo (21)
LIE
TSCHOPP, Marcel (38)	2:23:55 (31 Chicago 10/9/11) 2:26:56 (22 London 4/22/07)
MAR
ANNANI, Adil (32)	2:07:43 (4 London 4/22/12) 2:10:15 (1 Beppu-Oita 2/1/09) 2:11:05 (3 Marrakech 1/27/08) 2:11:15 (8 Dubai 1/21/08) 2:12:03 (1 Casablanca 10/26/08)
BOURAMDANE, Abderrahime (34)	2:07:33 (4 London 4/25/10) 2:08:20 (2 Seoul 11/4/07) 2:08:42 (7 London 4/17/11) 2:09:04 (2 Boston 4/21/08) 2:10:13 (11 London 4/22/12)
KISRI, Rachid (37)	2:06:48 (5 Paris 4/5/09) 2:09:10 (2 Dar-el-Beida 10/24/10) 2:09:42 (4 Prague 5/8/11) 2:13:24 (11 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11) 2:15:09 (18 London Olympics 8/12/12)
MAW
TEBULO, Mike (27)	2:19:11 (44 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:22:45 (36 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11)
MDA
MUSINSCHI, Iaroslav (36)	2:11:43 (3 Istanbul 10/26/08) 2:11:59 (6 Istanbul 10/28/07) 2:15:06 (7 Istanbul 11/5/06) 2:16:25 (25 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:21:18 (41 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
PRODIUS, Roman (31)
MEX
CORDERO, Carlos (35)	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)
MALAQUIAS, Arturo (37)	2:26:37 (70 London Olympics 8/12/12)
VARGAS, Daniel (28)	2:18:26 (39 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:19:26 (20 London 4/17/11)
MGL
BAT-OCHIR, Ser-Od (30)	2:16:41 (20 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11) 2:17:22 (29 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09) 2:20:10 (51 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:24:19 (52 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
NOR
BUTE, Urige (33)	2:09:27 (2 Hamburg 4/25/10)
PER
PACHECO, Raul (33)	2:15:35 (21 London Olympics 8/12/12)
POL
CHABOWSKI, Marcin (26)	2:10:07 (4 Dusseldorf 4/29/12) 2:14:32 (6 Warszawa 9/25/11)
SZOST, Henryk (30)	2:07:39 (2 Otsu 3/4/12) 2:08:42 (3 Fukuoka 12/2/12) 2:09:39 (12 Frankfurt 10/30/11) 2:10:27 (4 Vienna 4/18/10) 2:12:28 (9 London Olympics 8/12/12)
POR
FEITEIRA, Luis (39)	2:19:40 (48 London Olympics 8/12/12)
FERREIRA, Hermano (29)
SILVA, Rui Pedro (31)
PRK
KIM, Kwang-Hyok (24)	2:20:20 (53 London Olympics 8/12/12)
PAK, Song-Chol (27)	2:20:20 (52 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:21:12 (43 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
QAT
BAKHET, Mohammed Abduh (24)	2:25:17 (68 London Olympics 8/12/12)
ROU
IONESCU, Marius (27)	2:15:32 (13 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11) 2:16:28 (26 London Olympics 8/12/12)
RSA
APRIL, Lusapho (30)	2:09:25 (1 Hannover 5/5/11) 2:19:00 (43 London Olympics 8/12/12)
MOKOKA, Stephen (27)	2:08:33 (4 Seoul 11/7/10) 2:09:43 (4 Shanghai 12/2/12) 2:19:52 (49 London Olympics 8/12/12)
NGAMOLE, Coolboy (35)	2:16:20 (22 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
RUS
ANDREEV, Grigoriy (36)	2:11:00 (2 Nagano 4/17/05) 2:11:01 (6 Turin 4/13/08) 2:11:02 (10 Frankfurt 10/28/07) 2:11:19 (2 Nagano 4/16/06) 2:11:53 (6 Hamburg 4/18/04)
REUNKOV, Aleksey (28)	2:09:54 (14 Frankfurt 10/30/11) 2:13:49 (14 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SAFRANOV, Dmitriy (30)	2:09:35 (8 London 4/17/11) 2:10:12 (2 Fukuoka 12/5/10)
RWA
MVUYEKURE, Jean Pierre (28)
SLO
KOBE, Primoz (31)	2:19:28 (46 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SRB
ZIVANOVIC, Darko (25)
SRI
COORAY, Anuradha (34)	2:17:50 (23 London 4/22/12) 2:20:41 (55 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SUI
ROTHLIN, Viktor (37)	2:07:23 (1 Tokyo 2/17/08) 2:08:20 (1 Zurich 4/1/07) 2:08:32 (5 Tokyo 2/26/12) 2:09:56 (1 Zurich 4/4/04) 2:10:35 (6 Beijing Olympics 8/24/08)
TAN
MSANDEKI, Mohamed Ikoki (26)
MUSSA, Faustine (31)	2:17:39 (33 London Olympics 8/12/12)
RAMADHANI, Samson (29)	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 Marathon 9/24/06) 2:24:53 (66 London Olympics 8/12/12)
TLS
SOARES, Augusto (25)
TPE
CHANG, Chia-Che (29)	2:19:32 (38 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
TUN
HOSNI, Wissem (27)	2:26:43 (71 London Olympics 8/12/12)
TUR
KARAYEL, Bekir (30)	2:13:21 (16 London 4/22/12)
UGA
KIPROTICH, Stephen (23)	2:07:20 (1 Enschede 4/17/11) 2:07:50 (3 Tokyo 2/26/12) 2:08:01 (1 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:12:57 (9 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11)
UKR
BABARYKA, Ivan (29)	2:21:52 (59 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SHAFAR, Vitaliy (30)	2:16:36 (29 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SITKOVSKIY, Aleksandr (34)	2:09:26 (1 Bila Tserkva 10/2/11) 2:10:18 (2 Turin 4/13/08) 2:10:27 (1 La Rochelle 11/29/09)
USA
ABDIRAHMAN, Abdihakem (35)	2:08:56 (4 Chicago 10/22/06) 2:09:47 (3 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon 1/14/12) 2:11:24 (5 New York City 11/6/05) 2:17:09 (14 New York City 11/5/04)
HALL, Ryan (29)	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)
Keflezighi, Mebrahtom (37)	2:09:08 (1 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon 1/14/12) 2:09:13 (6 New York City 11/6/11) 2:09:15 (1 New York City 11/1/09) 2:09:21 (9 London 4/26/09) 2:09:26 (5 Boston 4/19/10)
VEN
MORA, Pedro (34)	2:20:41 (12 San Diego 6/1/08) 2:22:40 (62 London Olympics 8/12/12)
ZIM
JUWAWO, Wirimai (31)	2:14:09 (15 London Olympics 8/12/12)
NYASANGO, Cuthbert (29)	2:12:08 (7 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:12:40 (11 Boston 4/19/10) 2:13:19 (10 Berlin 9/20/09) 2:15:56 (16 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11)