Athletics — Marathon, Men

Times held 31
Total participants 1822
Total countries 167

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1896 Marathon, Men Olympic 17 5
1900 Marathon, Men Olympic 14 4
1904 Marathon, Men Olympic 32 4
1906 Marathon, Men Intercalated 53 16
1908 Marathon, Men Olympic 55 16
1912 Marathon, Men Olympic 68 19
1920 Marathon, Men Olympic 48 17
1924 Marathon, Men Olympic 58 20
1928 Marathon, Men Olympic 69 23
1932 Marathon, Men Olympic 28 14
1936 Marathon, Men Olympic 56 27
1948 Marathon, Men Olympic 41 21
1952 Marathon, Men Olympic 66 32
1956 Marathon, Men Olympic 46 23
1960 Marathon, Men Olympic 69 35
1964 Marathon, Men Olympic 68 35
1968 Marathon, Men Olympic 75 41
1972 Marathon, Men Olympic 74 39
1976 Marathon, Men Olympic 67 36
1980 Marathon, Men Olympic 74 40
1984 Marathon, Men Olympic 107 59
1988 Marathon, Men Olympic 118 66
1992 Marathon, Men Olympic 110 72
1996 Marathon, Men Olympic 124 79
2000 Marathon, Men Olympic 100 66
2004 Marathon, Men Olympic 101 59
2008 Marathon, Men Olympic 95 56
2012 Marathon, Men Olympic 105 67
2016 Marathon, Men Olympic 155 79
2020 Marathon, Men Olympic 106 46
2024 Marathon, Men Olympic 81 42

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Spyros LouisGRE Charilaos VasilakosGRE Gyula KellnerHUN
1900 Michel ThéatoFRA Émile ChampionFRA Ernst FastSWE
1904 Tom HicksUSA Albert CoreyUSA Arthur NewtonUSA
1906 Billy SherringCAN John SvanbergSWE William FrankUSA
1908 Johnny HayesUSA Charles HefferonRSA Joe ForshawUSA
1912 Ken McArthurRSA Chris GitshamRSA Gaston StrobinoUSA
1920 Hannes KolehmainenFIN Jüri LossmanEST Valerio ArriITA
1924 Albin StenroosFIN Romeo BertiniITA Clarence DeMarUSA
1928 Bouguera El OuafiFRA Manuel PlazaCHI Martti MarttelinFIN
1932 Juan Carlos ZabalaARG Sam FerrisGBR Armas ToivonenFIN
1936 Son Gi-JeongJPN Ernie HarperGBR Nam Sung-YongJPN
1948 Delfo CabreraARG Tom RichardsGBR Étienne GaillyBEL
1952 Emil ZátopekTCH Reinaldo GornoARG Gustaf JanssonSWE
1956 Alain MimounFRA Franjo MihalićYUG Veikko KarvonenFIN
1960 Abebe BikilaETH Rhadi Ben AbdesselamMAR Barry MageeNZL
1964 Abebe BikilaETH Basil HeatleyGBR Kokichi TsuburayaJPN
1968 Mamo WoldeETH Kenji KimiharaJPN Mike RyanNZL
1972 Frank ShorterUSA Karel LismontBEL Mamo WoldeETH
1976 Waldemar CierpinskiGDR Frank ShorterUSA Karel LismontBEL
1980 Waldemar CierpinskiGDR Gerard NijboerNED Satymkul DzhumanazarovURS
1984 Carlos LopesPOR John TreacyIRL Charlie SpeddingGBR
1988 Gelindo BordinITA Douglas WakiihuriKEN Ahmed SalahDJI
1992 Hwang Yeong-JoKOR Koichi MorishitaJPN Stephan FreigangGER
1996 Josia ThugwaneRSA Lee Bong-JuKOR Erick WainainaKEN
2000 Gezahegne AberaETH Erick WainainaKEN Tesfaye TolaETH
2004 Stefano BaldiniITA Meb KeflezighiUSA Vanderlei de LimaBRA
2008 Sammy WanjiruKEN Jaouad GharibMAR Tsegaye KebedeETH
2012 Stephen KiprotichUGA Abel KiruiKEN Wilson Kipsang KiprotichKEN
2016 Eliud KipchogeKEN Feyisa LilesaETH Galen RuppUSA
2020 Eliud KipchogeKEN Abdi NageeyeNED Bashir AbdiBEL
2024 Tamirat TolaETH Bashir AbdiBEL Benson KiprutoKEN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ethiopia ETH 5 1 3 9
United States USA 3 3 6 12
Kenya KEN 3 3 3 9
France FRA 3 1 0 4
South Africa RSA 2 2 0 4
Italy ITA 2 1 1 4
Argentina ARG 2 1 0 3
Finland FIN 2 0 3 5
East Germany GDR 2 0 0 2
Japan JPN 1 2 2 5
Greece GRE 1 1 0 2
Republic of Korea KOR 1 1 0 2
Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Portugal POR 1 0 0 1
Uganda UGA 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 4 1 5
Belgium BEL 0 2 3 5
Morocco MAR 0 2 0 2
Netherlands NED 0 2 0 2
Sweden SWE 0 1 2 3
Chile CHI 0 1 0 1
Estonia EST 0 1 0 1
Ireland IRL 0 1 0 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 0 1
New Zealand NZL 0 0 2 2
Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
Djibouti DJI 0 0 1 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Soviet Union URS 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Abebe Bikila ETH 2 0 0 2
Waldemar Cierpinski GDR 2 0 0 2
Eliud Kipchoge KEN 2 0 0 2
Frank Shorter USA 1 1 0 2
Mamo Wolde ETH 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1996 Summer Olympics Abdul Baser Wasiqi 111 See all
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Kamel Kohil 23 See all
American Samoa ASA 1988 Summer Olympics Gary Fanelli 51 See all
Andorra AND 2000 Summer Olympics Toni Bernadó 49 See all
Angola ANG 2000 Summer Olympics João N'Tyamba 17 See all
Argentina ARG 1932 Summer Olympics Juan Carlos Zabala 1 Gold See all
1948 Summer Olympics Delfo Cabrera 1 Gold
Aruba ARU 1992 Summer Olympics Kim Reynierse 53 See all
Australasia ANZ 1908 Summer Olympics Victor Aitken DNF See all
1908 Summer Olympics George Blake DNF
1908 Summer Olympics Joseph Lynch DNF
1912 Summer Olympics Stuart Poulter DNF
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Rob de Castella 5 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Steve Moneghetti 5
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Franz Toušhek 14 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2016 Summer Olympics Evans Kiplagat 28 See all
Bahrain BRN 2008 Summer Olympics Nasar Sakar Saeed 37 See all
Belarus BLR 2012 Summer Olympics Stsiapan Rahautsou 64 See all
Belgium BEL 1972 Summer Olympics Karel Lismont 2 Silver See all
2024 Summer Olympics Bashir Abdi 2 Silver
Belize BIZ 1988 Summer Olympics Eugène Muslar 79 See all
Bermuda BER 1976 Summer Olympics Ray Swan 58 See all
Bohemia BOH 1906 Intercalated Games Arnošt Nejedlý 15 See all
Bolivia BOL 1984 Summer Olympics Juan Camacho 38 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 2000 Summer Olympics Željko Petrović 76 See all
Botswana BOT 2004 Summer Olympics Ndabili Bashingili 25 See all
Brazil BRA 2004 Summer Olympics Vanderlei de Lima 3 Bronze See all
Bulgaria BUL 1968 Summer Olympics Ivaylo Sharankov 30 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Hristo Stefanov 30
Burundi BDI 2004 Summer Olympics Joachim Nshimirimana 32 See all
Cabo Verde CPV 2008 Summer Olympics Nelson Cruz 48 See all
Cambodia CAM 2008 Summer Olympics Hem Bunting 73 See all
Cameroon CMR 1992 Summer Olympics Paul Kuété 46 See all
Canada CAN 1906 Intercalated Games Billy Sherring 1 Gold See all
Central African Republic CAF 1988 Summer Olympics Adolphe Ambowodé 42 See all
Chad CHA 2024 Summer Olympics Valentin Betoudji 70 See all
Chile CHI 1928 Summer Olympics Manuel Plaza 2 Silver See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 2004 Summer Olympics Wu Wen-Chien 56 See all
Colombia COL 1996 Summer Olympics Carlos Grisales 11 See all
Congo CGO 1980 Summer Olympics Emmanuel M'Pioh 52 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1996 Summer Olympics José Luis Molina 24 See all
Crete CRT 1906 Intercalated Games V. Boulakakis DNF See all
1906 Intercalated Games Christos Ferarolakis DNF
1906 Intercalated Games Michail Giannarakis DNF
1906 Intercalated Games Nikolaos Malintretos DNF
1906 Intercalated Games Christos Manarolakis DNF
1906 Intercalated Games M. Mantakas DNF
1906 Intercalated Games Evangelos Volanakis DNF
Cuba CUB 1904 Summer Olympics Félix Carvajal 4 See all
Cyprus CYP 1984 Summer Olympics Marios Kassianidis 62 See all
Czechia CZE 2004 Summer Olympics Róbert Štefko 63 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1952 Summer Olympics Emil Zátopek 1 Gold See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1976 Summer Olympics Chang Sop-Choe 12 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1996 Summer Olympics Willy Kalombo 16 See all
Denmark DEN 1920 Summer Olympics Sofus Rose 6 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Thyge Thøgersen 6
Djibouti DJI 1988 Summer Olympics Ahmed Salah 3 Bronze See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Waldemar Cierpinski 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Waldemar Cierpinski 1 Gold
Ecuador ECU 2000 Summer Olympics Silvio Guerra 14 See all
Egypt EGY 2000 Summer Olympics Ahmed Abdel Mougod Soliman 47 See all
Eritrea ERI 2016 Summer Olympics Ghirmay Ghebreslassie 4 See all
Estonia EST 1920 Summer Olympics Jüri Lossman 2 Silver See all
Eswatini SWZ 1972 Summer Olympics Richard Mabuza 17 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1960 Summer Olympics Abebe Bikila 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Abebe Bikila 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Mamo Wolde 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Gezahegne Abera 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Tamirat Tola 1 Gold
Federated States of Micronesia FSM 2000 Summer Olympics Elias Rodriguez 81 See all
Fiji FIJ 1988 Summer Olympics Binesh Prasad 76 See all
Finland FIN 1920 Summer Olympics Hannes Kolehmainen 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Albin Stenroos 1 Gold
France FRA 1900 Summer Olympics Michel Théato 1 Gold See all
1928 Summer Olympics Bouguera El Ouafi 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Alain Mimoun 1 Gold
Georgia GEO 2016 Summer Olympics Daviti Kharazishvili 71 See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Stephan Freigang 3 Bronze See all
Great Britain GBR 1932 Summer Olympics Sam Ferris 2 Silver See all
1936 Summer Olympics Ernie Harper 2 Silver
1948 Summer Olympics Tom Richards 2 Silver
1964 Summer Olympics Basil Heatley 2 Silver
Greece GRE 1896 Summer Olympics Spyros Louis 1 Gold See all
Guam GUM 1988 Summer Olympics Fred Schumann 86 See all
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Doroteo Flores 22 See all
Guinea GUI 1988 Summer Olympics Alassane Bah 96 See all
Guyana GUY 1968 Summer Olympics Harry Prowell 50 See all
Haiti HAI 1988 Summer Olympics Dieudonné Lamothe 20 See all
Honduras HON 1976 Summer Olympics Hipólito López 41 See all
Hungary HUN 1896 Summer Olympics Gyula Kellner 3 Bronze See all
Iceland ISL 2012 Summer Olympics Kári Steinn Karlsson 42 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 2012 Summer Olympics Guor Marial 47 See all
India IND 1976 Summer Olympics Shivnath Singh 11 See all
Indonesia INA 1996 Summer Olympics Ethel Hudzon 72 See all
Ireland IRL 1984 Summer Olympics John Treacy 2 Silver See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1988 Summer Olympics Naser Babapour 93 See all
Israel ISR 2020 Summer Olympics Maru Teferi 13 See all
Italy ITA 1988 Summer Olympics Gelindo Bordin 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Stefano Baldini 1 Gold
Jamaica JAM 1984 Summer Olympics Derick Adamson 52 See all
Japan JPN 1936 Summer Olympics Son Gi-Jeong 1 Gold See all
Jordan JOR 2012 Summer Olympics Methkal Abu Drais 56 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Takhir Mamashayev 70 See all
Kenya KEN 2008 Summer Olympics Sammy Wanjiru 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Eliud Kipchoge 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Eliud Kipchoge 1 Gold
Kuwait KUW 1968 Summer Olympics Mraljeb Ayed Mansoor DNF See all
1968 Summer Olympics Saoud Obaid Daifallah DNF
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1996 Summer Olympics Nazirdin Alikbekov 63 See all
Latvia LAT 1936 Summer Olympics Artūrs Motmillers 28 See all
Lebanon LBN 1980 Summer Olympics Nabil Chouéry DNF See all
Lesotho LES 2024 Summer Olympics Tebello Ramakongoana 7 See all
Liberia LBR 1960 Summer Olympics Alifu Massaquoi 62 See all
Libya LBA 2004 Summer Olympics Ali Mabrouk El-Zaidi 39 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1992 Summer Olympics Roland Wille 68 See all
Lithuania LTU 1996 Summer Olympics Pavelas Fedorenka 70 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1964 Summer Olympics Jean Aniset 34 See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Jules Randrianarivelo 25 See all
Malawi MAW 2012 Summer Olympics Mike Tebulo 44 See all
Maldives MDV 1992 Summer Olympics Hussein Haleem 86 See all
Mauritania MTN 1992 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ould Khalifa DNF See all
Mauritius MRI 2016 Summer Olympics David Carver 101 See all
Mexico MEX 1980 Summer Olympics Rodolfo Gómez 6 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Germán Silva 6
Mongolia MGL 2012 Summer Olympics Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od 51 See all
Montenegro MNE 2008 Summer Olympics Goran Stojiljković 62 See all
Morocco MAR 1960 Summer Olympics Rhadi Ben Abdesselam 2 Silver See all
2008 Summer Olympics Jaouad Gharib 2 Silver
Myanmar MYA 1968 Summer Olympics Sumbwegum 18 See all
Namibia NAM 2020 Summer Olympics Tomas Hilifa Rainhold 41 See all
Nepal NEP 1980 Summer Olympics Baikuntha Manandhar 37 See all
Netherlands NED 1980 Summer Olympics Gerard Nijboer 2 Silver See all
2020 Summer Olympics Abdi Nageeye 2 Silver
New Zealand NZL 1960 Summer Olympics Barry Magee 3 Bronze See all
1968 Summer Olympics Mike Ryan 3 Bronze
Nicaragua NCA 1992 Summer Olympics William Aguirre 73 See all
Niger NIG 1988 Summer Olympics Abdou Manzo 47 See all
Nigeria NGR 1968 Summer Olympics Martin Ande 54 See all
North Macedonia MKD 2024 Summer Olympics Dario Ivanovski 69 See all
Norway NOR 1948 Summer Olympics John Systad 8 See all
Oman OMA 1988 Summer Olympics Awadh Al-Sameer 83 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Muhammad Aslam 22 See all
Panama PAN 2020 Summer Olympics Jorge Castelblanco 74 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1976 Summer Olympics Tau John Tokwepota 56 See all
Paraguay PAR 2020 Summer Olympics Derlys Ayala 42 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Yang Shaohui 19 See all
Peru PER 2012 Summer Olympics Raúl Pacheco 21 See all
Philippines PHI 1968 Summer Olympics Benjamin Silva-Netto 49 See all
Poland POL 1992 Summer Olympics Jan Huruk 7 See all
Portugal POR 1984 Summer Olympics Carlos Lopes 1 Gold See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Jorge González 13 See all
Qatar QAT 2004 Summer Olympics Ahmed Jumaa Jaber 38 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1992 Summer Olympics Hwang Yeong-Jo 1 Gold See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2012 Summer Olympics Iaroslav Musinschi 25 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Cyprian Tseriwa DNS See all
Romania ROU 1936 Summer Olympics Ludovic Gall 23 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Leonid Shvetsov 13 See all
Rwanda RWA 2000 Summer Olympics Mathias Ntawulikura 15 See all
Saint Lucia LCA 2004 Summer Olympics Zepherinus Joseph 80 See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 2000 Summer Olympics Pamenos Ballantyne 31 See all
San Marino SMR 1992 Summer Olympics Gian Luigi Macina 66 See all
Serbia SRB 2016 Summer Olympics Anđelko Rističević 118 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Borislav Dević 49 See all
Seychelles SEY 1980 Summer Olympics Albert Marie DNF See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1968 Summer Olympics Alifu Massaquoi 45 See all
Slovakia SVK 2004 Summer Olympics Marcel Matanin 81 See all
Slovenia SLO 1992 Summer Olympics Mirko Vindiš 40 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 1988 Summer Olympics John Maeke DNF See all
Somalia SOM 1984 Summer Olympics Ahmed Mohamed Ismail 47 See all
South Africa RSA 1912 Summer Olympics Ken McArthur 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Josia Thugwane 1 Gold
South Sudan SSD 2016 Summer Olympics Guor Marial 81 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1964 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Văn Lý DNF See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Satymkul Dzhumanazarov 3 Bronze See all
Spain ESP 1996 Summer Olympics Martín Fiz 4 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2004 Summer Olympics Anuradha Cooray 30 See all
Sudan SUD 2024 Summer Olympics Yaseen Abdalla 33 See all
Sweden SWE 1906 Intercalated Games John Svanberg 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 2008 Summer Olympics Viktor Röthlin 6 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1992 Summer Olympics Moussa El-Hariri 84 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2000 Summer Olympics Sergey Zabavskiy 68 See all
Thailand THA 1964 Summer Olympics Chanom Sirirangsri 58 See all
Timor-Leste TLS 2012 Summer Olympics Augusto Soares 84 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2000 Summer Olympics Ronnie Holassie 32 See all
Tunisia TUN 1996 Summer Olympics Tahar Mansouri 26 See all
Türkiye TUR 1968 Summer Olympics İsmail Akçay 4 See all
Uganda UGA 2012 Summer Olympics Stephen Kiprotich 1 Gold See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Sitkovskyi 12 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Yakov Tolstikov 22 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 2016 Summer Olympics Alphonce Simbu 5 See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Tom Hicks 1 Gold See all
1908 Summer Olympics Johnny Hayes 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Frank Shorter 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1984 Summer Olympics Marlon Williams 75 See all
Uruguay URU 2016 Summer Olympics Nicolás Cuestas 40 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Andrey Petrov DNF See all
2024 Summer Olympics Shokhrukh Davlyatov DNF
Venezuela VEN 2000 Summer Olympics Carlos Tarazona 40 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Quyễn 50 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Paul Angenvoorth 16 See all
Yemen YEM 1996 Summer Olympics Mohamed Al-Saadi 101 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1956 Summer Olympics Franjo Mihalić 2 Silver See all
Zambia ZAM 1968 Summer Olympics Douglas Zinkala 35 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 2012 Summer Olympics Cuthbert Nyasango 7 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2020 Summer Olympics Tachlowini Gabriyesos 16 See all