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 (GDR) 2:09:55; 2. Frank Shorter (USA) 2:10:45; 3. Karel Lismont (BEL) 2:11:12; 4. Don Kardong (USA) 2:11:15; 5. Lasse Viren (FIN) 2:13:10; 6. Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:13:30; 7. Leonid Mosseyev (URS) 2:13:33; 8. Franco Fava (ITA) 2:14:24; 9. Alexander Gotsky (URS) 2:15:34; 10. Henri Schoofs (BEL) 2:15:52; 11. Shivnath Singh (IND) 2:16:22; 12. Sop Choe-Chang (PRK) 2:16:33; 13. Massimo Magnani (ITA) 2:16:56; 14. Göran Bengtsson (SWE) 2:17:39; 15. Kazimier Orzel (POL) 2:17:43; 16. Hakan Spik (FIN) 2:17:50; 17. Jack Foster (NZL) 2:17:53; 18. Mario Cuevas (MEX) 2:18:08; 19. Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) 2:18:21; 20. Shigero Soh (JPN) 2:18:26; 21. Noriyasu Mizukami (JPN) 2:18:44; 22. Anacleto Pinto (POR) 2:18:53; 23. José de Jesus (PUR) 2:19:34; 24. Yuri Velikorodny (URS) 2:19:45; 25. Jos Hermens (NED) 2:19:48; 26. Jeffrey Norman (GBR) 2:20:04; 27. Jukka Toivola (FIN) 2:20:46; 28. Jřrgen Jensen (DEN) 2:20:44; 29. Michail Kousis (GRE) 2:21:42; 30. Tom Howard (CAN) 2:22:08; 31. Keith Angus (GBR) 2:22:18; 32. Akio Usami (JPN) 2:22:29; 33. Rigoberto Mendoza (CUB) 2:22:43; 34. Fernand Kolbeck (FRA) 2:22:56; 35. Christopher Wardlaw (AUS) 2:23:56; 36. Wayne Yetman (CAN) 2:24:17; 37. Hüseyin Aktas (TUR) 2:24:30; 38. Veli Balli (TUR) 2:24:47; 39. James McNamara (IRL) 2:24:57; 40. Bill Rodgers (USA) 2:25:14; 41. Hipolito Lopez (HON) 2:26:00; 42. Danny McDaid (IRL) 2:27:07; 43. Cardozo Eusebio Asuncion (PAR) 2:27:22; 44. Kim Chang-Son (PRK) 2:27:38; 45. Barry Watson (GBR) 2:28:32; 46. Agustin Fernández-Diaz (ESP) 2:28:37; 47. Jerzy Gros (POL) 2:28:45; 48. Jairo Cubillos (COL) 2:29:04; 49. Luis Raudales (HON) 2:29:25; 50. Baikuntha Manandhar (NEP) 2:30:07; 51. Antônio Banos (ESP) 2:31:01; 52. Goh Chun-Son (PRK) 2:31:54; 53. Victor Serrano (PUR) 2:34:59; 54. Günter Mielke (FRG) 2:35:44; 55. Neil Cusack (IRL) 2:35:47; 56. Tau John Tokwepota (PNG) 2:38:04; 57. Victor Idava (PHI) 2:38:23; 58. Raymond Swan (BER) 2:39:18; 59. John Kokinai (PNG) 2:41:49; 60. Lucio Gauchalla (BOL) 2:45:31 ♦ Did not finish: Dave Chettle (AUS); Ross Haywood (AUS); Rafael Mora (COL); Santiago Manguan (ESP); Thanaude Dezart (HAI); Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA); Kevin Ryan (NZL).
