Olympic Games 1976 - Montreal

MEN MARATHON - 2:09:55.0 Waldemar CIERPINSKI (gdr)

The men's marathon was held on Saturday July 31, 1976. The race started at 5.30 p.m. local time. A total number of sixty athletes completed the race, with Lucio Guachalla from Bolivia finishing in last position in 2:45:31. There were 67 competitors from 36 countries. Seven of them did not finish.

Results
1°	Waldemar	Cierpinski	East Germany	2:09:55
2°	Frank	Shorter	United States of America	2:10:45
3°	Karel	Lismont	Belgium	2:11:12
4°	Don	Kardong	United States of America	2:11:15
5°	Lasse	Virén	Finland	2:13:10
6°	Jerome	Drayton	Canada	2:13:30
7°	Leonid	Mosseyev	Soviet Union	2:13:33
8°	Franco	Fava	Italy	2:14:24
9°	Alexander	Gotsky	Soviet Union	2:15:34
10°	Henri	Schoofs	Belgium	2:15:52
11°	Shivnath	Singh	India	2:16:22
12°	Sop	Choe-Chang	North Korea	2:16:33
13°	Massimo	Magnani	Italy	2:16:56
14°	Göran	Bengtsson	Sweden	2:17:39
15°	Kazimier	Orzel	Poland	2:17:43
16°	Håkan	Spik	Finland	2:17:50
17°	Jack	Foster	New Zealand	2:17:53
18°	Mario	Cuevas	Mexico	2:18:08
19°	Rodolfo	Gómez	Mexico	2:18:21
20°	Shigero	Soh	Japan	2:18:26
21°	Noriyasu	Mizukami	Japan	2:18:44
22°	Anacleto	Pinto	Portugal	2:18:53
23°	José	de Jesus	Puerto Rico	2:19:34
24°	Yuri	Velikorodnykh	Soviet Union	2:19:45
25°	Jos	Hermens	Netherlands	2:19:48
26°	Jeffrey	Norman	Great Britain	2:20:04
27°	Jukka	Toivola	Finland	2:20:46
28°	Jørgen	Jensen	Denmark	2:20:44
29°	Michail	Koussis	Greece	2:21:42
30°	Tom	Howard	Canada	2:22:08
31°	Keith	Angus	Great Britain	2:22:18
32°	Akio	Usami	Japan	2:22:29
33°	Rigoberto	Mendoza	Cuba	2:22:43
34°	Fernand	Kolbeck	France	2:22:56
35°	Christopher	Wardlaw	Australia	2:23:56
36°	Wayne	Yetman	Canada	2:24:17
37°	Hüseyin	Aktas	Turkey	2:24:30
38°	Veli	Balli	Turkey	2:24:47
39°	James	McNamara	Ireland	2:24:57
40°	Bill	Rodgers	United States of America	2:25:14
41°	Hipolito	Lopez	Honduras	2:26:00
42°	Daniel	McDaid	Ireland	2:27:07
43°	Cardozo Eusebio	Asuncion	Paraguay	2:27:22
44°	Kim	Chang-Son	North Korea	2:27:38
45°	Barry	Watson	Great Britain	2:28:32
46°	Agustin	Fernández-Diaz	Spain	2:28:37
47°	Jerzy	Gros	Poland	2:28:45
48°	Jairo	Cubillos	Colombia	2:29:04
49°	Luis	Raudales	Honduras	2:29:25
50°	Baikuntha	Manandhar	Nepal	2:30:07
51°	Antônio	Banos	Spain	2:31:01
52°	Goh	Chun-Son	North Korea	2:31:54
53°	Victor	Serrano	Puerto Rico	2:34:59
54°	Günter	Mielke	West Germany	2:35:44
55°	Neil	Cusack	Ireland	2:35:47
56°	Tau John	Tokwepota	Papua New Guinea	2:38:04
57°	Victor	Idava	Philippines	2:38:23
58°	Raymond	Swan	Bermuda	2:39:18
59°	John	Kokinai	Papua New Guinea	2:41:49
60°	Lucio	Gauchalla	Bolivia	2:45:31
Did not finish
DNF	Dave	Chettle	Australia
DNF	Ross	Haywood	Australia
DNF	Rafael	Mora	Colombia
DNF	Thanaude	Dezart	Haiti
DNF	Giuseppe	Cindolo	Italy
DNF	Kevin	Ryan	New Zealand
DNF	Santiago	Manguan	Spain
Did not start
Disqualified