Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia with a new Olympic Record time of 2:23:07
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∙ 2012-11-07 22:56:56Men: Samuel Wanjiru Women: Constantina Diţă-Tomescu
27 Olympic marathons have been contested in the men's division, 8 in the women's division. Performance lists are found at these 2 URLs - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(men)#Marathon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(women)#Marathon
Men: Stephan Freigang, GermanyWomen: Lorraine Moller, New Zealand
Two men have won two consecutive Olympic Marathons:Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia, 1960 and 1964)Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany, 1976 and 1980)
In the 1948 Olympic Games the men's 100m was won by Harrison Dillard (USA). In 2012 Usain Bolt (Jamaica) won.
Men: Lee Bong-Ju, Japan. Women: Valentina Yegorova, Russia.
Yes ... Hwang Yeong-Jo of South Korea won the men's competition and Valentina Yegorova of the Unified Team won the women's competition.
Men: Vanderlei de Lima, Brazil Women: Deena Drossin-Kastor, United States
Abel Kirui Kenya (KEN)
Richard Weinberger Canada (CAN)
Stephen Kiprotich Uganda (UGA)
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)