As of the 2008 Beijing Games - The women's Olympic record is 2:23.14 set by Naoko Takahashi of Japan at the 2000 Games in Sydney. The men's Olympic record is 2:09.21 set by Carlos Lopes of Portugal at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
The men's Olympic record was broken at the 2008 Beijing games. It is now 2:06:32 set by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya.
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12 minutes and 37.35 seconds by Kenenisa Bekele. The same guy also won the Beijing 2008 Olympics thought the world-record was set up by him in a race in Netherland.
Sam Wanjiru of Kenya ran a Marathon in 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 32 seconds. That was an Olympic record.
Pete O'Connor set a record with the long jump and won two Olympic metals. John Treacy set a record time in marathon running.
The Olympic Record with a time of 2:23:07
Tiki Gelana from Ethiopia with a new Olympic Record time of 2:23:07
2:06:32 by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya, a new Olympic record.
That is Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya who set the record at 2:06:32 at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya in a time of 2:06:32, an Olympic record.
Naoko Takahashi of Japan in a time of 2:23:14, the current Olympic record.
The men's record in the London Marathon was set in 2011 by Emmanuel Mutai in a time of 2:04:38.
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