Men Marathon Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Saturday, 10th September - Gold Medal: Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia
Final 17:30time
1. Abebe BikilaETHETH2:15:16.2 WB
2. Rhadi Ben AbdesselemMARMAR2:15:41.6
3. Barry MageeNZLNZL2:17:18.2
4. Konstantin VorobyevURSURS2:19:09.6
5. Sergey PopovURSURS2:19:18.8
6. Thyge ThogersenDENDEN2:21:03.4
7. Abebe WakgiraETHETH2:21:09.4
8. Bakir Ben AissaMARMAR2:21:21.4
9. Osvaldo SuarezARGARG2:21:26.6
10.Franjo SkrinjarJUGJUG2:21:40.2
11.Nikolay RumiancevURSURS2:21:49.4
12.Franjo MihalicJUGJUG2:21:52.6
13.Keith JamesSAFSAF2:22:58.6
14.Pavel KantorekTCHTCH2:22:59.8
15.Gumersindo GomezARGARG2:23:00.0
16.Dennis O`GormanGBRGBR2:24:16.2
17.Miguel Navarro PalosESPESP2:24:17.4
18.Jeff JulianNZLNZL2:24:50.6
19.Johnny KelleyUSAUSA2:24:58.0
20.Lee Chang-SunCORCOR2:25:02.2
21.Arnold VaideSWESWE2:25:02.2
22.Gerald McIntyreIRLIRL2:26:03.0
23.Olavi ManninenFINFIN2:26:33.0
24.Eino OksanenFINFIN2:26:38.0
25.Arthur KeilyGBRGBR2:27:00.0
26.Tor TorgersenNORNOR2:27:30.0
27.Naw MyitungBIRBIR2:28:17.0
28.Bruno BartholomeGERGER2:28:39.0
29.Brian KilbyGBRGBR2:28:55.0
30.Alex BreckenridgeUSAUSA2:29:38.0
31.Kurao HiroshimaJPNJPN2:29:40.0
32.Kazumi WatanabeJPNJPN2:29:45.0
33.Juan SilvaCILCIL2:31:18.0
34.Alain MimounFRAFRA2:31:20.0
35.Paul GeneveFRAFRA2:31:20.0
36.Franciscus KunenNEDNED2:31:25.0
37.Francesco PerroneITAITA2:31:32.0
38.Silvio De FlorentisITAITA2:31:54.0
39.Linus DiazCEYCEY2:32:12.0
40.Nil Lal ChandINDIND2:32:13.0
41.Johannes LauridsenDENDEN2:32:32.2
42.William DunneIRLIRL2:33:08.2
43.Ian SinfieldAUSAUS2:34:16.2
44.Arthur WittwerSUISUI2:34:42.2
45.Jagmal RaghoINDIND2:35:01.2
46.Nobuyoshi SadanagaJPNJPN2:35:11.2
47.Ghil Lee-SangCORCOR2:35:14.2
48.Gordon McKenzieUSAUSA2:35:16.2
49.Dali LabidiTUNTUN2:35:43.2
50.Walter LemosARGARG2:36:55.2
51.Ray PucketNZLNZL2:37:36.2
52.Adolf GruberAUTAUT2:37:40.2
53.Antti ViskariFINFIN2:38:06.2
54.Alan LawrenceAUSAUS2:38:46.2
55.Gordon DicksonCANCAN2:38:46.2
56.Lothar BeckertGERGER2:40:10.2
57.Gunther HavensteinGERGER2:41:14.2
58.Evert NybergSWESWE2:42:59.2
59.Kanuti SunjKENKEN2:46:55.2
60.Randhawa BhatiaINDIND2:57:06.2
61.Allah SaoudiMARMAR2:59:41.2
62.Alifu MassaquoiLIELIE3:43:18.2
-. Hedi DhaouiTUNTUNDNF
-. Mouldi EssalhiTUNTUNDNF
-. Gerhard HeckerHUNHUNDNF
-. Aurele van den DriesscheBELBELDNF
-. Kim Yon BumCORCORDNF
-. Bertie MessittIRLIRLDNF
-. Vito di TerlizziITAITADNF
-. David PowerAUSAUSDNS
-. Cyprian TseriwaRHORHODNS
-. Arere AnentiaKENKENDNS
-. Constantin GrecescuROMROMDNS
-. E. OstbyeSWESWEDNS
-. T. StarzynskiPOLPOLDNS

world Men Marathon History

Finish: Stadio Olimpico 65,000.
68 competitors from 35 nations.
The largest field in Olympic history set off at 17:30, the late start being an attempt to miss the heat of the day. Rhadi, the International Cross Country Champion, Bikila, Arthur Keily (GBR), and Aurele Vandendriessche (BEL) were the early leaders, passing 5km in 15:35, and 15km in 48:02. By 20km Rhadi and the barefoot Bikila were 26 seconds ahead of Vandendriessche in 1:02:39, and the Belgian retired shortly afterwards. The two leaders passed halfway in an unheard of 1:06:40. By 30km (1:34:29) the two men were 2:23 clear of Magee and race favourite Popov. At 40km they were still 1:26 ahead of Magee, who was now 1:46 clear of Vorobyov. Along the torchlit Appian way, Bikila opened a 50m gap with a kilometre remaining, and he extended the lead to 150m by the finish at the Arch of Constantine – a wonderfully dramatic setting for the close of an Olympic marathon. Bikila had beaten Popov’s world best of 2:15:17 by less than a second. Bikila, an interna- tional unknown, won the Ethiopian trials race at altitude in 2:21:23 a month earlier by nine minutes, a prelude to the first ever gold medal for Ethiopia.
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