Two men have won two consecutive Olympic Marathons:
Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia, 1960 and 1964)
Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany, 1976 and 1980)
No one has won the Olympic marathon more than twice. This feat has been done twice by Abebe Bikila (1960 & 1964) and Waldemar Cierpinski (1976 & 1980)
Actually, that has happened twice. Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won gold in the marathon at the 1960 Games in Rome and 1964 Games in Tokyo and Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany won gold in the marathon at the 1976 Games in Montreal and 1980 Games in Moscow.
According to the International Olympic Committee, Spyridon Louis was a shephard.
Yes. Brazil won it twice in succession.
Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia with a new Olympic Record time of 2:23:07
That was Ethiopian Abebe Bikila at the 1960 Games in Rome. He set an Olympic record time of 2:15:16.2 and became the first African to win an Olympic gold medal. Bikila also won the marathon at the 1964 Games but wore shoes in that race.
Samuel Wanjiru in the Olympic Modern Marathon.
Samuel Wanjiru
Joan Benoit won the first ever Olympic Women's Marathon held in Los Angeles in 1984 with a time of 2:24:52.
Bob mathias
In 1984 the Los Angeles Olympics had a women's marathon. Joan Benoit Samuelson of the United States won.
Lorraine Moller