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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) 2:17:11 (23 Moscow World Championships 8/17/13) 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)	2:11:15 (1 2014 Commonwealth Games Marathon – Men 7/27/14) 2:11:19 (12 London 4/26/15) 2:11:38 (10 London 4/23/17) 2:12:52 (10 Chicago 10/8/17) 2:13:09 (12 Chicago 10/13/13)
AUT
WEIDLINGER, Gunther (34)
BLR
RAHAUTSOU, Stsiapan (26)	2:20:34 (69 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16) 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)	2:09:51 (19 Seville 2/20/22) 2:10:08 (24 Seville 2/23/20) 2:10:20 (26 Valencia 12/4/22) 2:10:23 (3 Padova 4/22/12) 2:10:28 (26 Seville 2/19/23)
CAN
COOLSAET, Reid (33)	2:10:28 (6 Berlin 9/27/15) 2:10:54 (3 Toronto Waterfront 10/16/11) 2:10:55 (7 Fukuoka 12/4/16) 2:11:23 (10 Toronto Waterfront 9/26/10) 2:11:24 (7 Rotterdam Marathon 4/12/15)
GILLIS, Eric (32)	2:11:21 (9 Toronto Waterfront 10/19/14) 2:11:27 (4 Toronto Waterfront 10/16/11) 2:11:31 (7 Toronto Waterfront 10/18/15) 2:11:49 (5 Toronto Waterfront 10/20/13) 2:12:06 (11 Toronto Waterfront 9/26/10)
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 9/28/08) 2:18:00 (33 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
CHN
DONG, Guojian (25)	2:11:14 (23 World Championships Men’s Marathon 2022 7/17/22) 2:15:32 (29 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16) 2:15:45 (14 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11) 2:20:39 (54 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:21:35 (57 Olympics 2020 (Men) 8/8/21)
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) 2:18:20 (18 Sacramento 12/7/14) 2:19:08 (13 Houston 1/17/16) 2:21:09 (24 Chicago 10/11/15) 2:21:31 (26 London 4/26/15)
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) 2:22:00 (21 New York City 11/6/16)
ECU
ALMACHI, Miguel Angel (27)	2:15:08 (2 Santiago 4/1/12) 2:19:53 (50 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:23:00 (85 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16)
ERI
ASMEROM, Yared (32)	2:07:27 (2 Chuncheon 10/23/11) 2:08:22 (7 London 4/21/13) 2:08:34 (2 Otsu 3/2/08) 2:09:41 (12 Tokyo 2/22/15) 2:10:09 (8 Fukuoka 12/6/14)
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)
ESP
CACERES, Ignacio (36)	2:17:11 (31 London Olympics 8/12/12)
CASTILLEJO, Carles (33)	2:10:09 (1 Castelon 12/11/11) 2:16:17 (24 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:18:34 (49 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16)
HERNANDEZ, Jose Carlos (34)	2:17:48 (34 London Olympics 8/12/12)
NIMO, Pedro ()	2:14:15 (14 London 4/13/14) 2:18:12 (9 Los Angeles 3/19/17)
ETH
ABSEHERO, Ayele (21)	2:04:23 (1 Dubai 1/27/12) 2:06:31 (4 London 4/13/14) 2:06:57 (3 London 4/21/13) 2:07:19 (3 Hamburg 4/29/18) 2:08:20 (2 Mumbai 1/19/20)
FELEKE, Getu (25)	2:04:50 (2 Rotterdam 4/15/12) 2:05:41 (1 Vienna 4/13/14) 2:05:44 (1 Amsterdam 10/17/10) 2:06:45 (2 Rotterdam 4/14/13) 2:07:46 (3 Frankfurt 10/29/17)
SEFER, Dino (24)	2:04:50 (2 Dubai 1/27/12) 2:08:14 (1 Ottawa 5/29/16) 2:09:13 (8 Tokyo 2/24/13) 2:09:22 (7 Frankfurt 10/27/13) 2:09:31 (1 Barcelona 3/13/16)
FIN
UTRIAINEN, Jussi (33)	2:26:25 (69 London Olympics 8/12/12)
FRA
KIPROTICH, Abraham (26)	2:08:33 (1 Daegu 4/14/13) 2:08:35 (3 Dusseldorf 4/29/12)
MEFTAH, Abdellatif (30)	2:09:46 (13 Frankfurt 10/30/11) 2:14:55 (15 London 4/23/17)
TAMBWE, Patrick (37)	2:07:30 (1 Tiberias 1/12/12) 2:08:55 (1 Mont St. Michel 6/20/04) 2:10:11 (4 New York City 11/7/04) 2:10:25 (6 Paris 4/10/05)
GBR
MERRIEN, Lee (33)	2:13:41 (17 London 4/22/12) 2:14:27 (14 London 4/17/11) 2:16:42 (19 London 4/24/16) 2:16:48 (12 London 4/25/10) 2:16:59 (22 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11)
OVERALL, Scott (29)	2:10:55 (5 Berlin 9/25/11) 2:11:24 (10 Berlin 9/27/15) 2:13:00 (14 Berlin 9/28/14) 2:13:13 (13 London 4/26/15) 2:14:15 (12 Fukuoka 12/2/12)
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) 2:22:45 (82 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16)
IRL
KENNEALLY, Mark (31)	2:16:33 (13 Dublin 10/27/19) 2:21:13 (57 London Olympics 8/12/12)
ISL
KARLSSON, Kari Steinn (26)	2:18:47 (42 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:24:18 (1 Rock ‘n’ Roll Montreal Marathon 9/25/16)
ISR
ZEMIRO, Zohar (35)	2:25:23 (40 Moscow World Championships 8/17/13)
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 (4 Otsu 3/4/12) 2:09:31 (4 Otsu 3/7/11) 2:09:32 (1 Oita 2/5/17) 2:10:50 (5 Moscow World Championships 8/17/13)
YAMAMOTO, Ryo (28)	2:08:44 (3 Otsu 3/4/12) 2:09:06 (5 Otsu 3/3/13) 2:16:39 (9 Gold Coast 7/5/15) 2:18:34 (40 London Olympics 8/12/12)
KEN
KIPROTICH, Wilson Kipsang (30)
KIRUI, Abel (30)	2:05:04 (3 Rotterdam 4/5/09) 2:05:05 (7 Valencia 12/6/20) 2:06:51 (2 Berlin 9/30/07) 2:06:52 (11 Milan 5/16/21) 2:06:54 (1 Berlin World Championships 8/22/09)
MUTAI, Emmanuel (27)	2:03:13 (2 Berlin 9/28/14) 2:03:52 (2 Chicago 10/13/13) 2:04:40 (1 London 4/17/11) 2:06:15 (4 London 4/13/08) 2:06:23 (2 London 4/25/10)
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)	2:17:49 (2 Bournemouth Marathon 10/4/15)
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 1/21/11) 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) 2:10:17 (4 Ottawa 5/24/15) 2:10:18 (4 Ottawa 5/23/15)
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)	2:26:46 (31 Beijing World Championships 8/22/15) 2:27:01 (105 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16)
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)	2:15:52 (8 Houston 1/17/16) 2:15:54 (14 Houston 1/20/19) 2:17:57 (4 Pan American Games Marathon – Men’s 7/25/15) 2:18:26 (39 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:18:51 (54 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16)
MGL
BAT-OCHIR, Ser-Od (30)	2:08:50 (3 Fukuoka 12/6/14) 2:09:26 (33 Otsu 2/28/21) 2:10:15 (6 Hamburg 4/26/15) 2:11:39 (26 World Championships Men’s Marathon 2022 7/17/22) 2:16:41 (20 Daegu World Championships 9/4/11)
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) 2:17:13 (2 Pan American Games Marathon – Men’s 7/25/15) 2:17:25 (8 Los Angeles 3/19/17) 2:20:13 (66 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16)
POL
CHABOWSKI, Marcin (26)	2:10:07 (4 Dusseldorf 4/29/12) 2:10:17 (10 Enschede 4/18/21) 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) 2:08:55 (3 Warszawa 4/13/14) 2:09:37 (4 Fukuoka 12/1/13) 2:09:39 (12 Frankfurt 10/30/11)
POR
FEITEIRA, Luis (39)	2:19:40 (48 London Olympics 8/12/12)
FERREIRA, Hermano (29)	2:15:53 (16 London 4/26/15) 2:24:21 (55 2022 European Marathon Championships – Men 8/15/22)
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) 2:17:27 (37 Rio de Janeiro Olympics 8/21/16) 2:18:31 (26 Moscow World Championships 8/17/13) 2:21:12 (25 NN Mission Marathon 4/18/21)
RSA
APRIL, Lusapho (30)	2:08:32 (1 Hannover 5/5/13) 2:09:25 (1 Hannover 5/5/11) 2:09:45 (3 New York City 11/3/13) 2:10:44 (5 Hannover Marathon 5/2/10) 2:11:09 (20 Frankfurt Marathon 10/30/11)
MOKOKA, Stephen (27)	2:06:42 (5 Osaka 2/26/23) 2:07:40 (2 Shanghai 11/8/15) 2:07:58 (3 Otsu 3/10/19) 2:08:05 (2 Otsu 3/8/20) 2:08:31 (1 Cape Town 9/23/18)
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) 2:10:10 (9 London 4/26/15) 2:13:49 (14 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:18:12 (17 Beijing World Championships 8/22/15)
SAFRANOV, Dmitriy (30)	2:09:35 (7 London 4/17/11) 2:10:12 (2 Fukuoka 12/5/10)
RWA
MVUYEKURE, Jean Pierre (28)	2:26:40 (21 2014 Commonwealth Games Marathon – Men 7/27/14)
SLO
KOBE, Primoz (31)	2:19:28 (46 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SRB
ZIVANOVIC, Darko (25)
SRI
COORAY, Anuradha (34)	2:13:47 (14 London 4/26/15) 2:17:50 (23 London 4/22/12) 2:17:53 (16 London 4/21/13) 2:20:41 (55 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:25:04 (29 Beijing World Championships 8/22/15)
SUI
ROTHLIN, Viktor (37)	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
MSANDEKI, Mohamed Ikoki (26)	2:24:20 (39 Moscow World Championships 8/17/13)
MUSSA, Faustine (31)	2:17:39 (33 London Olympics 8/12/12) 2:20:51 (34 Moscow World Championships 8/17/13)
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 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) 2:19:59 (19 Gold Coast 7/1/18) 2:20:02 (32 Moscow World Championships 8/17/13)
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) 2:16:06 (19 London 4/26/15)
UGA
KIPROTICH, Stephen (23)	2:06:33 (2 Tokyo 2/22/15) 2:07:10 (2 Fukuoka 12/3/17) 2:07:20 (1 Enschede 4/17/11) 2:07:31 (2 Hamburg 4/23/17) 2:07:46 (4 Tokyo 2/28/16)
UKR
BABARYKA, Ivan (29)	2:21:52 (59 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SHAFAR, Vitaliy (30)	2:09:37 (4 Boston 4/21/14) 2:09:53 (5 Toronto Waterfront 10/19/14) 2:12:36 (13 London 4/24/16) 2:13:52 (10 Boston 4/20/15) 2:16:36 (29 London Olympics 8/12/12)
SITKOVSKIY, Aleksandr (34)	2:09:11 (3 Marrakesh 1/25/15) 2:09:26 (1 Bila Tserkva 10/2/11) 2:10:12 (9 Seoul 3/18/18) 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) 2:10:03 (3 Atlanta 2/29/20) 2:11:23 (3 New York City 11/6/16) 2:11:24 (5 New York City 11/6/05)
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)	2:08:37 (1 Boston 4/21/14) 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)
VEN
MORA, Pedro (34)	2:20:07 (9 Duluth 6/18/16) 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)	2:09:52 (3 Prague 5/11/14) 2:11:48 (8 Fukuoka 2/2/12) 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)