2012 London 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. Most of our coverage follows the "Marathon Majors" races - and many of the top athletes faced off in London just four months before the Olympic Marathon and at the previous World Championships and Olympics. Others have competed with fast times and these lists show that anything can be possible on the day. 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...

See also the full Men's Marathon Starter List (incl. additional finishes for competitors)

Men Fukuoka - Dec 2, 2012 3 Henryk Szost (POL) 2:08:42 4 Arata Fujiwara (JPN) 2:09:31 London Olympics - Aug 12, 2012 1 Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) 2:08:01 2 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:08:27 3 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) 2:09:37 4 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:11:06 5 Marilson DOS SANTOS (BRA) 2:11:10 6 Kentaro NAKAMOTO (JPN) 2:11:16 7 Cuthbert NYASANGO (ZIM) 2:12:08 8 Paulo Roberto PAULA (BRA) 2:12:17 9 Henryk SZOST (POL) 2:12:28 10 Ruggero PERTILE (ITA) 2:12:45 11 Viktor ROTHLIN (SUI) 2:12:48 13 Franck DE ALMEIDA (BRA) 2:13:35 14 Aleksey REUNKOV (RUS) 2:13:49 15 Wirimai JUWAWO (ZIM) 2:14:09 16 Michael SHELLEY (AUS) 2:14:10 17 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:14:49 18 Rachid KISRI (MAR) 2:15:09 19 Yared ASMEROM (ERI) 2:15:24 20 Dylan WYKES (CAN) 2:15:26 21 Raul PACHECO (PER) 2:15:35 22 Eric GILLIS (CAN) 2:16:00 24 Carles CASTILLEJO (ESP) 2:16:17 25 Iaroslav MUSINSCHI (MDA) 2:16:25 26 Marius IONESCU (ROU) 2:16:28 27 Reid COOLSAET (CAN) 2:16:29 28 Martin DENT (AUS) 2:16:29 29 Vitaliy SHAFAR (UKR) 2:16:36 30 Lee MERRIEN (GBR) 2:17:00 31 Ignacio CACERES (ESP) 2:17:11 32 Duhaeng LEE (KOR) 2:17:19 33 Faustine MUSSA (TAN) 2:17:39 34 Jose Carlos HERNANDEZ (ESP) 2:17:48 35 Miguel BARZOLA (ARG) 2:17:54 37 Grigoriy ANDREEV (RUS) 2:18:20 38 Jose Amado GARCIA (GUA) 2:18:23 39 Daniel VARGAS (MEX) 2:18:26 40 Ryo YAMAMOTO (JPN) 2:18:34 41 Jesper FAURSCHOU (DEN) 2:18:44 42 Kari Steinn KARLSSON (ISL) 2:18:47 43 Lusapho APRIL (RSA) 2:19:00 44 Mike TEBULO (MAW) 2:19:11 45 Arata FUJIWARA (JPN) 2:19:11 46 Primoz KOBE (SLO) 2:19:28 47 Guor MARIAL (IOA) 2:19:32 48 Luis FEITEIRA (POR) 2:19:40 49 Stephen MOKOKA (RSA) 2:19:52 50 Miguel Angel ALMACHI (ECU) 2:19:53 51 Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR (MGL) 2:20:10 52 Song-Chol PAK (PRK) 2:20:20 53 Kwang-Hyok KIM (PRK) 2:20:20 54 Guojian DONG (CHN) 2:20:39 55 Anuradha COORAY (SRI) 2:20:41 56 Methkal ABU DRAIS (JOR) 2:21:00 57 Mark KENNEALLY (IRL) 2:21:13 58 Yonas KIFLE (ERI) 2:21:25 59 Ivan BABARYKA (UKR) 2:21:52 60 Carlos CORDERO (MEX) 2:22:08 61 Scott OVERALL (GBR) 2:22:37 62 Pedro MORA (VEN) 2:22:40 63 Jeff HUNT (AUS) 2:22:59 64 Stsiapan RAHAUTSOU (BLR) 2:23:23 65 Cesar LIZANO (CRC) 2:24:16 66 Samson RAMADHANI (TAN) 2:24:53 67 Jan KREISINGER (CZE) 2:25:03 68 Mohammed Abduh BAKHET (QAT) 2:25:17 69 Jussi UTRIAINEN (FIN) 2:26:25 70 Arturo MALAQUIAS (MEX) 2:26:37 71 Wissem HOSNI (TUN) 2:26:43 72 Tamas KOVACS (HUN) 2:27:48 Dusseldorf - Apr 29, 2012 3 Abraham Kiprotich (FRA) 2:08:35 4 Marcin Chabowski (POL) 2:10:07 London - Apr 22, 2012 1 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) 2:04:44 4 Adil Annani (MAR) 2:07:43 6 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:07:56 7 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:08:01 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:03 9 Samuel Tsegay Tesfamriam (ERI) 2:08:06 11 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:10:13 16 Bekir Karayel (TUR) 2:13:21 17 Lee Merrien (GBR) 2:13:41 21 Martin Dent (AUS) 2:17:32 22 Jesper Faurschou (DEN) 2:17:38 23 Anuradha Cooray (SRI) 2:17:50 Otsu - Mar 4, 2012 2 Henryk Szost (POL) 2:07:39 4 Ryo Yamamoto (JPN) 2:08:44 5 Kentaro Nakamoto (JPN) 2:08:53 Tokyo - Feb 26, 2012 2 Arata Fujiwara (JPN) 2:07:48 3 Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) 2:07:50 5 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:08:32 Dubai - Jan 27, 2012 1 Ayele Absehero (ETH) 2:04:23 2 Dino Sefer (ETH) 2:04:50 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon - Jan 14, 2012 1 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:08 2 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:09:30 3 Abdihakem Abdirahman (USA) 2:09:47 New York City - Nov 6, 2011 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:28 6 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:13 11 VIKTOR ROTHLIN (SUI) 2:12:26 Frankfurt - Oct 30, 2011 1 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) 2:03:42 12 Henryk Szost (POL) 2:09:39 13 Abdellatif Meftah (FRA) 2:09:46 14 Aleksey Reunkov (RUS) 2:09:54 Toronto Waterfront - Oct 16, 2011 3 REID COOLSAET (CAN) 2:10:54 4 ERIC GILLIS (CAN) 2:11:27 6 DYLAN WYKES (CAN) 2:12:56 Chicago - Oct 9, 2011 5 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:08:04 11 Cesar Lizano (CRC) 2:17:50 31 Marcel Tschopp (LIE) 2:23:55 Daegu World Championships - Sep 4, 2011 1 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:07:38 4 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:10:55 8 Ruggero Pertile (ITA) 2:11:57 9 Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) 2:12:57 10 Kentaro Nakamoto (JPN) 2:13:10 11 Rachid Kisri (MAR) 2:13:24 13 Marius Ionescu (ROU) 2:15:32 14 Guojian Dong (CHN) 2:15:45 16 Cuthbert Nyasango (ZIM) 2:15:56 20 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL) 2:16:41 22 Lee Merrien (GBR) 2:16:59 24 Zicheng Li (CHN) 2:17:35 34 Jesper Faurschou (DEN) 2:21:15 36 Mike Tebulo (MAW) 2:22:45 London - Apr 17, 2011 1 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:04:40 4 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:06:34 7 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:08:42 8 Dmitriy Safranov (RUS) 2:09:35 11 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:12:44 12 Carlos Cordero (MEX) 2:13:13 14 Lee Merrien (GBR) 2:14:27 17 Jesper Faurschou (DEN) 2:16:15 20 Daniel Vargas (MEX) 2:19:26 New York City - Nov 7, 2010 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:09:18 9 ABEL KIRUI (KEN) 2:13:01 10 ABDERRAHIME BOURAMDANE (MAR) 2:14:07 Frankfurt - Oct 31, 2010 1 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) 2:04:57 19 Yared Asmerom (ERI) 2:14:07 Toronto Waterfront Marathon - Sep 26, 2010 11 ERIC GILLIS (CAN) 2:12:06 19 CESAR LIZANO (CRC) 2:23:44 London - Apr 25, 2010 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:23 4 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:07:33 5 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:08:04 6 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:46 9 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:14:39 12 Lee Merrien (GBR) 2:16:48 Boston - Apr 19, 2010 4 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:08:41 5 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:26 11 Cuthbert Nyasango (ZIM) 2:12:40 New York City - Nov 1, 2009 1 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:15 4 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:10:36 5 ABDERRAHIME BOURAMDANE (MAR) 2:12:14 Berlin World Championships - Aug 22, 2009 1 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:06:54 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:07:48 7 Adil Annani (MAR) 2:12:12 16 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:15:13 21 Martin Dent (AUS) 2:16:05 22 Coolboy Ngamole (RSA) 2:16:20 25 Reid Coolsaet (CAN) 2:16:53 26 Rachid Kisri (MAR) 2:17:01 29 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL) 2:17:22 33 Dylan Wykes (CAN) 2:18:00 38 Chia-Che Chang (TPE) 2:19:32 43 Song-Chol Pak (PRK) 2:21:12 49 Carlos Cordero (MEX) 2:22:16 London - Apr 26, 2009 4 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:53 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:28 9 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:21 Boston - Apr 20, 2009 3 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:09:40 12 Grigoriy Andreev (RUS) 2:16:17 Fukuoka - Dec 7, 2008 3 Arata Fujiwara (JPN) 2:09:47 13 Martin Dent (AUS) 2:14:46 New York City - Nov 2, 2008 1 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:43 5 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:13:33 Chicago - Oct 12, 2008 6 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:15:36 16 Arata Fujiwara (JPN) 2:23:10 Beijing Olympics - Aug 24, 2008 6 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:10:35 8 Yared ASMEROM (ERI) 2:11:11 10 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:12:33 14 Grigoriy Andreev (RUS) 2:13:33 15 Ruggero PERTILE (ITA) 2:13:39 26 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:17:42 32 Carlos CORDERO (MEX) 2:18:40 34 Henryk SZOST (POL) 2:19:43 35 Jose Amado GARCIA (GUA) 2:20:15 36 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:20:23 41 Iaroslav Musinschi (MDA) 2:21:18 43 Juan Carlos CARDONA (COL) 2:21:57 52 Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR (MGL) 2:24:19 55 Samson RAMADHANI (TAN) 2:25:03 58 Antoni BERNADO (AND) 2:26:29 London - Apr 13, 2008 4 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:15 5 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:06:17 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:51 Turin - Apr 13, 2008 2 Aleksandr Sitkovskiy (UKR) 2:10:18 6 Grigoriy Andreev (RUS) 2:11:01 Tokyo - Feb 17, 2008 1 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:07:23 2 Arata Fujiwara (JPN) 2:08:40 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 6 RUGGERO PERTILE (ITA) 2:13:01 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:13:37 New York City Trials - Nov 3, 2007 1 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:09:02 8 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:15:09 Amsterdam - Oct 21, 2007 1 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:29 5 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:07:34 Osaka World Championships - Aug 25, 2007 3 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:17:25 4 Yared Asmerom (ERI) 2:17:41 20 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) 2:22:50 London - Apr 22, 2007 7 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:08:24 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:37 22 MARCEL TSCHOPP (LIE) 2:26:56 New York City - Nov 5, 2006 1 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:09:58 21 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:22:02 Toronto Waterfront Marathon - Sep 24, 2006 2 ABDERRAHIME BOURAMDANE (MAR) 2:10:38 7 SAMSON RAMADHANI (TAN) 2:17:20 New York City - Nov 6, 2005 3 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:56 5 Abdihakem Abdirahman (USA) 2:11:24 7 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:11:44 Helsinki World Championships - Aug 13, 2005 25 Yared Asmerom (ERI) 2:18:46 46 Grigoriy Andreev (RUS) 2:23:50 Athens - Aug 29, 2004 2 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:11:29 19 Grigoriy Andreev (RUS) 2:16:55