Beijing Olympic Men s Marathon Statistical File

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1 Beijing Olympic Men s Marathon Statistical File Olympic Marathon All Time list - Men Performances Time Name Nat Place Date 1 2:09:21 Carlos Lopes POR 1 Los Angeles 12 Aug :09:55.0 Waldemar Cierpinski GDR 1 Montreal 31 July :09:56 John Treacy IRL 2 Los Angeles 12 Aug :09:58 Charlie Spedding GBR 3 Los Angeles 12 Aug :10:11 Gezahegne Abera ETH 1 Sydney 1 Oct :10:31 Eric Wainaina KEN 2 Sydney 1 Oct :10:32 Gelindo Bordin ITA 1 Seoul 2 Oct :10:45.8 Frank Shorter USA 2 Montreal 31 July :10:47 Douglas Wakihuri KEN 2 Seoul 2 Oct :10:55 Takeshi Soh JPN 4 Los Angeles 12 Aug :10:55 Stefano Baldini ITA 1 Athinai 29 Aug :10:59 Ahemd Salah DJI 3 Seoul 2 Oct :11:03 Waldemar Cierpinski 1 Moskva 1 Aug :11:05 Takeyuki Nakayama JPN 4 Seoul 2 Oct :11:09 Rob de Castella AUS 5 Los Angeles 12 Aug :11:10 Juma Ikangaa TAN 6 Los Angeles 12 Aug :11:10 Tesfaye Tola ETH 3 Sydney 1 Oct :11:12.6 Karel Lismont BEL 3 Montreal 31 July :11:15.8 Don Kardong USA 4 Montreal 31 July :11:17 Jon Brown GBR 4 Sydney 1 Oct :11:20 Gerard Nijboer NED 2 Moskva 1 Aug :11:28 Joseph Nzau KEN 7 Los Angeles 12 Aug :11:29 Meb Keflizighi USA 2 Athinai 29 Aug :11:35 Satymkul Dzhumanazarov URS 3 Moskva 1 Aug :11:39 Djama Robleh DJI 8 Los Angeles 12 Aug :11:49 Steve Moneghetti AUS 5 Seoul 2 Oct :12:05 Vladimir Kotov URS 4 Moskva 1 Aug :12:11 Vandelei de Lima BRA 3 Athinai 29 Aug :12:11.2 Abebe Bikila ETH 1 Tokyo 21 Oct 1964 Best Marks for Places Olympics Place Time Name Nationality Venue Date 1 2:09:21 Carlos Lopes POR Los Angeles 12 August :09:56 John Treacy IRL Los Angeles 12 August :09:58 Charlie Spedding GBR Los Angeles 12 August :10:55 Takeshi Soh JPN Los Angeles 12 August :11:09 Rob de Castella AUS Los Angeles 12 August :11:10 Juma Ikangaa TAN Los Angeles 12 August :11:28 Joseph Nzau KEN Los Angeles 12 August :11:39 Djama Robleh DJI Los Angeles 12 August 1984

2 Fastest Marathon in August Performance Name Country Time Place Venue DMY 1 Jaoud Gharib MAR 2:08:31 1 Paris (WC) 30 Aug Julio Rey ESP 2:08:38 2 Paris (WC) 30 Aug Stefano Baldini ITA 2:09:14 3 Paris (WC) 30 Aug Carlos Lopes POR 2:09:21 1 Los Angeles (OG) 12 Aug Alberto Chaica POR 2:09:25 4 Paris (WC) 30 Aug Shigeru Aburaya JPN 2:09:26 5 Paris (WC) 30 Aug 2003 Fastest Marathons in China Performance Name Country Time Place Venue DMY 1 Taisuke Kodam JPN 2:07:35 1 Beijing 19 Oct Abebe Mekonnen ETH 2:07:35 1 Beijing 16 Oct Hiromi Taniguchi JPN 2:07:40 2 Beijing 16 Oct Ian Syster RSA 2:07:49 1 Beijing 19 Oct Kunimitsu Ito JPN 2:07:57 2 Beijing 19 Oct 1986 Fastest Marathons in Beijing Performance Name Country Time Place DMY 1 Taisuke Kodam JPN 2:07: Oct Abebe Mekonnen ETH 2:07: Oct Hiromi Taniguchi JPN 2:07: Oct Ian Syster RSA 2:07: Oct Kunimitsu Ito JPN 2:07: Oct 1986 Miscellaneous Olympic Stats: Fastest winning time 2:09:21 Carlos Lopes 1984 Slowest winning time (since 1972) 2:13:23 Hwang Young-cho 1992 Closest finish 2:12:36 & 2:12:39 (3 seconds) 1996 Largest margin of Victory (since 1972) 2:12:19.8 & 2:14:31.8 (2minutes 12 seconds) 1972 Kenya, Morocco, Swiss, Eritrea and Qatar never won gold in the Olympic marathon. In fact, Swiss, Eritrea and Qatar never won marathon medal of any kind, although Meb Keflezighi, 2004 silver medalist was born in Eritrea. Best Kenyan finish in the Olympic marathon was second by Douglas Wakihuri in 1988 and Eric

3 Wainaina in Both, incidentally, were Japan based at the time. Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya, one of the medal favorite, is Japan based. Morocco s best finish was a silver medal by Rhadi ben Abdesselem in Gold Medalist s s Split time: 5Km 10Km 15Km 20Km 25Km 30Km 35Km 40Km K :58 31:56 48:18 1:03:55 1:20:08 1:35:50 1:50:37 2:04:49 2:10: :36 31:22 46:16 1:01:40 1:16:58 1:32:48 1:48:11 2:03:30 2:10: :14 31:51 47:36 1:04:06 1:19:54 1:35:24 1:50:35 2:06:08 2:12: :03 31:59 48:18 1:04:00 1:19:22 1:34:42 1:50:02 2:06:33 2:13: :29 30:32 45:57 1:01:21 1:16:57 1:32:49 1:48:25 2:03:39 2:10: :35 31:09 46:00 1:01:26 1:17:12 1:33:02 1:48:23 2:02:56 2:-09: :10 31:17 46:49 1:03:42 1:18:43 1:33:50 1:49:50 2:04:35 2:11: :19 30:48 46:00 1:01:24 1:16:35 1:32:08 1:47:24 2:03:42 2:09:55 Lap time (fastest are in bold) 5Km 10Km 15Km 20Km 25Km 30Km 35Km 40Km K :58 15:58 16:22 15:37 16:13 15:42 14:47 14:12 6: :36 15:46 14:54 15:24 15:18 15:50 15:23 15:19 6: :14 15:41 15:45 16:30 15:48 15:30 15:11 15:33 6: :03 15:56 16:19 15:42 15:22 15:20 15:20 16:31 6: :29 15:03 15:25 15:24 15:36 15:52 15:36 15:14 6: :35 15:34 14:51 15:26 15:46 15:50 15:21 14:33 6: :10 15:07 15:32 16:53 15:01 15:07 16:00 14:45 6: :19 15:29 15:12 15:24 15:11 15:33 15:16 16:18 6:13 Best Marks for Places All Competitions Place Time Name Nationality Venue Date 1 2:04:26 Haile Gebrselassie ETH Berlin 30 Sep :04:56 Sammy Korir KEN Berlin 28 Sept :05:30 Abderrahim Goumri MAR London 13 Apr :06:15 Emmanuel Mutai KEN London 13 Apr :06:17 Ryan Hall USA London 13 Apr :06:38 Deriba Merga ETH London 13 Apr :07:53 Shadrack Kiplagat KEN Amsterdam 21 Oct :08:16 Tsegaye Kebede ETH Amsterdam 21 Oct 2007

4 Men s Marathon All Time Performance List Performances Time Performers Name Nat Place Venue Date 1 2:04:26 1 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Berlin 30 Sep :04:53 Haile Gebrselassie 1 Dubai 18 Jan :04:55 2 Paul Tergat KEN 1 Berlin 28 Sept :04:56 3 Sammy Korir KEN 2 Berlin 28 Sept :05:15 4 Martin Lel KEN 1 London 13 Apr :05:24 5 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 2 London 13 Apr :05:30 6 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 3 London 13 Apr :05:38 7 Khalid Khannouchi USA 1 London 14 Apr :05:42 Khalid Khannouchi MAR 1 Chicago 24 Oct :05:48 Paul Tergat 2 London 14 Apr :05:49 8 William Kipsang KEN 1 Rotterdam 13 Apr :05:50 9 Evans Rutto KEN 1 Chicago 12 Oct :05:56 Khalid Khannouchi 1 Chicago 13 Oct :05:56 Haile Gebrselassie 1 Berlin 24 Sept :06:05 10 Ronaldo da Costa BRA 1 Berlin 20 Sept :06:14 11 Felix Limo KEN 1 Rotterdam 4 Apr :06:15 12 Titus Munji KEN 3 Berlin 28 Sept :06:15 13 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 4 London 13 Apr :06:16 14 Moses Tanui KEN 1 Chicago 24 Oct :06:16 15 Daniel Njenga KEN 2 Chicago 13 Oct :06:16 16 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 3 Chicago 13 Oct :06:16 Evans Rutto 1 Chicago 10 Oct :06:17 17 Ryan Hall USA 5 London 13 Apr :06:18 Paul Tergat 4 Chicago 13 Oct :06:18 Evans Rutto 1 London 18 Apr :06:20 Haile Gebrselassie 1 Amsterdam 16 Oct :06:23 18 Robert Cheboror KEN 1 Amsterdam 17 Oct :06:29 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 1 Amsterdam 21 Oct :06:33 19 Gert Thys RSA 1 Tokyo 14 Feb :06:33 20 Mike Rotich KEN 1 Paris 6 Apr :06:35 Haile Gebrselassie 3 London 14 Apr :06:36 21 Antonio Pinto POR 1 London 16 Apr :06:36 22 Benoit Zwierzchiewski FRA 2 Paris 6 Apr :06:38 Sammy Korir 1 Rotterdam 9 Apr :06:38 23 Deriba Merga ETH 6 London 13 Apr :06:39 William Kipsang KEN 1 Amsterdam 19 Oct :06:39 Felix Limo 1 London 23 Apr :06:39 Smauel Wanjiru KEN 1 Fukuoka 2 Dec :06:40 24 Tsegaye Kebede ETH 1 Paris 6 Apr :06:41 Martin Lel KEN 2 London 23 Apr :06:42 Felix Limo 2 Amsterdam 19 Oct :06:44 25 Josephat Kiprono KEN 1 Berlin 26 Sept :06:44 Felix Limo 1 Berlin 26 Sept 04

5 2008 Men s Marathon Performance List Performance Time Performer Name Nat Place Venue Date 1 2:04:53 1 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 1 Dubai 18 Jan :05:15 2 Martin Lel KEN 1 London 13 Apr :05:24 3 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 2 London 13 Apr :05:30 4 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 3 London 13 Apr :05:49 5 William Kipsang KEN 1 Rotterdam 13 Apr :06:15 6 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 4 London 13 Apr :06:17 7 Ryan Hall USA 5 London 13 Apr :06:38 8 Deriba Merga ETH 6 London 13 Apr :06:40 9 Tsegaye Kebede ETH 1 Paris 6 Apr :06:50 10 Moses Kimeli Arusei KEN 2 Paris 6 Apr :06:58 11 Daniel Rono KEN 2 Rotterdam 13 Apr :07:16 12 Isaac Macharia KEN 2 Dubai 18 Jan :07:23 13 Viktor Röthlin SUI 1 Tokyo 17 Feb :07:23 14 David Kipkorir Mandago KEN 1 Hamburg 27 Apr :07:24 15 Hosea Rotich KEN 3 Paris 6 Apr :07:32 16 Sammy Korir KEN 1 Seoul 16 Mar :07:33 17 Charles Kamathi KEN 3 Rotterdam 13 Apr :07:34 18 Gudisa Shentema ETH 4 Paris 6 Apr :07:37 19 Jason Mbote KEN 2 Seoul 16 Mar :07:38 20 Abel Kirui KEN 1 Wien 27 Apr :07:45 21 Edwin Komen KEN 3 Seoul 16 Mar :07:46 22 Robert Kipkoesh Cheruiyot KEN 1 Boston 21 Apr :07:48 23 Wilfred Kigen KEN 2 Hamburg 27 Apr :08:01 Sammy Korir KEN 3 Dubai 18 Jan :08:10 24 Tariku Jifar ETH 3 Hamburg 27 Apr :08:23 25 Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT 1 Otsu (Lake Biwa) 2 Mar :08:26 26 Tessema Abshero ETH 4 Hamburg 27 Apr :08:30 27 Francis Kiprop KEN 4 Seoul 16 Mar :08:33 28 Charles Kibiwott KEN 5 Seoul 16 Mar :08:33 29 Duncan Kibet KEN 2 Wien 27 Apr :08:34 30 Yared Asmeron ERI 2 Otsu (Lake Biwa) 2 Mar :08:34 31 David Kemboi KEN 5 Paris 6 Apr :08:36 32 Satoshi Osaki JPN 3 Otsu (Lake Biwa) 2 Mar :08:40 33 Arata Fujiwara JPN 2 Tokyo 17 Feb :08:43 34 Richard Limo KEN 4 Rotterdam 13 Apr :08:51 35 Yonas Kifle ERI 7 London 13 Apr :08:53 36 Paul Biwott KEN 3 Wien 27 Apr :08:54 37 Yuzo Onishi JPN 4 Otsu (Lake Biwa) 2 Mar :08:55 38 Sammy Kurgat KEN 5 Hamburg 27 Apr :08:56 39 Abraham Chelanga KEN 6 Paris 6 Apr :08:57 40 Julius Gitahi KEN 3 Tokyo 17 Feb :09:01 41 Samson Barmao KEN 7 Paris 6 Apr :09:04 42 Abderrahime Bouramdane MAR 2 Boston 21 Apr :09:15 43 Paul Kosgei KEN 8 Paris 6 Apr 2008

6 2007 Men s Marathon Performance List Performance Time Performer Name Nat Place Venue Date 1 2:04:26 1 Haile Gebrelassie ETH 1 Berlin 30 Sept :06:29 2 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 1 Amsterdam 21 Oct :06:39 3 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 1 Fukuoka 2 Dec :06:45 4 Richard Limo KEN 2 Amsterdam 21 Oct :06:50 5 Deriba Merga ETH 2 Fukuoka 2 Dec :06:51 6 Abel Kirui KEN 2 Berlin 30 Sept :07:12 7 James Rotich KEN 3 Amsterdam 21 Oct :07:12 8 Paul Kirui KEN 4 Amsterdam 21 Oct :07:13 9 Atsushi Sato JPN 3 Fukuoka 2 Dec :07:19 10 Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT 1 Paris 15 Apr :07:29 11 Salim Kipsang KEN 3 Berlin 30 Sept :07:32 12 Rodgers Rop KEN 1 Hamburg 29 Apr :07:33 13 Oleksandr Kuzin UKR 1 Linz 15 Apr :07:33 14 Wilfred Kigen KEN 2 Hamburg 29 Apr :07:34 15 Yonas Kifle ERI 5 Amsterdam 21 Oct :07:41 16 Martin Lel KEN 1 London 22 Apr :07:42 17 Josphat Kiprotich Kenei KEN 3 Hamburg 29 Apr :07:44 18 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 2 London 22 Apr :07:47 19 Felix Limo KEN 3 London 22 Apr :07:51 20 Jason Mbote KEN 6 Amsterdam 21 Oct :07:53 21 Shadrack Kiplagat Kipchumba KEN 7 Amsterdam 21 Oct :07:54 22 Jaouad Gharib MAR 4 London 22 Apr :07:56 23 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 5 London 22 Apr :07:57 24 Philip Singoei KEN 1 Eindhoven 14 Oct :07:58 Wilfred Kigen KEN 1 Frankfurt 28 Oct :08:01 25 Philip Manyim KEN 4 Berlin 30 Sept :08:04 26 Lee Bong-Ju KOR 1 Seoul 18 Mar :08:06 27 Paul Tergat KEN 6 London 22 Apr :08:09 28 Nephat Kinyanjui KEN 1 Beijing 21 Oct :08:11 29 Hosea Kiprop Rotich KEN 2 Frankfurt 28 Oct :08:14 30 Joshua Chelanga KEN 1 Seoul 4 Nov :08:15 31 Ren Longyun CHN 2 Beijing 21 Oct :08:16 32 Tsegaye Kebede ETH 8 Amsterdam 21 Oct :08:20 33 Viktor Röthlin SUI 1 Zürich 1 Apr :08:20 34 Abderrahim Bouramdane MAR 2 Seoul 4 Nov :08:21 Joshua Chelanga KEN 1 Rotterdam 15 Apr :08:21 35 Kamiel Maase NED 9 Amsterdam 21 Oct :08:24 36 Ryan Hall USA 7 London 22 Apr :08:29 Paul Kirui KEN 2 Seoul 18 Mar :08:37 37 Marilson Gomes dos Santos BRA 8 London 22 Apr :08:38 38 Laban Kipkemboi KEN 3 Seoul 18 Mar :08:38 39 Sammy Kurgat KEN 3 Frankfurt 28 Oct :08:45 40 Edwin Komen KEN 4 Seoul 18 Mar :08:49 41 Peter Kiprotich KEN 4 Frankfurt 28 Oct 2007

7 Medal contenders recent marathons and this year s results Martin Lel (KEN) Personal bests: half marathon 59:30 (2006) Last six marathons Personal Best 2:05:15 London 1 st 13 Apr :09:04 New York 1 st 4 Nov :07:41 London 1 st 22 Apr :06:41 London 2 nd 23 Apr :07:26 London 1 st 17 Apr :13:38 Boston 3 rd 19 Apr 2004 May 26 BUPA London Km 4 th 28:58 Apr 13 London Marathon Marathon 1 st 2:05:15 Jan 20 Montefortiana Tura - Verona 10.6Km 2 nd 30:48 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) World Record (58:33) holder at half marathon; world junior record (26:41.75) at 10000m Entire marathon career (only two so far) Personal Best 2:05:24 London 2 13 Apr 2008 Debut 2:06:39 Fukuoka 1 2 December 2007 June 1 Niigata (paced his teammate) 10000m 3 rd 28:02.41 May 17 Kyushu Corporate team T&F champ 10000m 1 st 27:56.79 Apr 13 London marathon Marathon 2 nd 2:05:24 Feb 28 Zayed International (half) marathon Abu Dhabi Half marathon 1 st 1:00:33 Feb 3 Mitja Maraton de Granollers Half marathon 1 st 59:26 Jan 1 New Year Ekiden stage Km 4 th 31:17 Luke Kibet (KEN) 2007 World Champion at marathon Last six marathons & personal best 2:12:25 London 11 th 13 Apr :15:59 WC Osaka 1 st 25 Aug :10:07 Wien 1 st 29 Apr :11:05 Taipei 1 st 17 Dec :10:06 Eindhoven 3 rd 8 Oct :15:25 Rotterdam 14 th 9 Apr 2006

8 Personal Best 2:08:52 Eindhoven 3 rd 9 Oct 2005 May 30 Kenyan Prison Championships Nairobi 10000m 2 nd 27:51.4 May 18 BUPA Great Manchester 10K 10Km 5 th 28:21 Apr 13 London Marathon Marathon 11 th 2:12:25 Feb 24 World s Best 10K - San Juan 10Km 11 th 28:44 Feb 9 Kenyan Prisons Cross Country Champ 12Km 6 th 37:06 Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) 2007 World Championships silver medalist; 2006 Asian Game gold medalist Last five marathons 2:08:23 Otsu (Lake Biwa) 1 st 2 March :17:18 WC Osaka 2 nd 25 Aug 2007 Personal Best 2:07:19 Paris 1 st 15 Apr :12:44 Asian G (Doha) 1 st 10 Dec :11:11 Praha 1 st 14 May 2006 May 31 Medio Marathon de La Rioja Logrono Half marathon 1 st 1:03:08 May 18 Sunfeast World 10K 10Km 8 th 28:51 Mar 30 World Cross Country Champ - Edinburgh 12125m 25 th 36:17 Mar 2 Lake Biwa Marathon Marathon 1 st 2:08:23 Jan 31 Pan-Arab Military Cross Country Ch 11Km 3 rd? Jan 27 Ciudad de Almeria Half marathon 2 nd 1:03:03 Abrahim Goumri (MAR) (four career marathons so far) Eighth at 10000m in 2005 World Championships; Personal bests: 5000m 12:50.25 (2005); 10000m 27:02.62 (2005) Last four marathons (entire marathon career) Personal Best 2:05:30 London 3 rd 13 Apr :09:16 New York 2 nd 4 Nov 2007 DNF WC Osaka DNF 25 Aug 2007 debut 2:07:44 London 2 nd 22 Apr 2007 May 17 Healthy Kidney 10Km New York 10Km 14 th 29:51

9 Apr 13 London Marathon Marathon 3 rd 2:05:30 Jan 27 Cross Ciudad de Haro 11.3Km 2 nd 34:53 Jaoud Gharib (MAR) 2003 & 2005 World Champion at marathon; 11 th at marathon in 2004 Olympic Games Personal Bests: 10000m 27:29.51 (2001); half marathon 59:56 (2004) Last eight marathons including personal best 2:11:11 Chicago 2 nd 7 Oct :07:54 London 4 th 22 Apr :07:19 Fukuoka 3 rd 3 Dec :08:45 London 8 th 23 Apr :10:10 WC Helsinki 1 st 13 Aug :07:49 London 2 nd 17 Apr :15:12 Olympic Games 11 th 29 Aug 2004 Personal Best 2:07:12 London 3 rd 18 Apr 2004 Mar 16 Lisboa Half marathon Half marathon 10 th 1:04:28 Viktor Röthlin (SUI) 2007 World Championships bronze medalist at the marathon Last six marathons & personal best Personal Best 2:07:23 Tokyo 1 st 17 Feb :17:25 WC Osaka 3 rd 25 Aug :08:20 Zürich 1 st 1 Apr :11:50 Euro Champ Göteborg 2 nd 13 Aug :11:44 New York 7 th 6 Nov :11:00 Zürich 4 th 3 Apr 2005 June 15 Sapporo Half marathon Half marathon 9 th 1:02:45 May 26 BUPA London Km 8 th 29:50 May 10 GP von Bern 10 mile 2 nd 49:05 May 4 BUPA Great Edinburgh Run 10Km 5 th 30:19 Apr 26 Luzerner Stadtlauf 8710m 8 th 25:46.7 Feb 17 Tokyo marathon Marathon 1 st 2:07:23 Jan 27 Ciudad de Almeria Half marathon 3 rd 1:03:33 Ryan Hall (USA) Last three marathons (entire marathon career)

10 Personal Best 2:06:17 London 5 th 13 Apr :09:02 US Olympic Trials 1 st 3 Nov 2007 Debut 2:08:24 London 7 th 22 Apr 2007 May 26 Bolder Boulder 10Km 10Km 14 th 30:07 Apr 13 London Marathon Marathon 5 th 2:06:17 Feb 16 US Cross Country Champ San Diego 12Km 5 th 35:50 Yared Asmeron (ERI) Fourth in 2007 World Championships Marathon Last five marathons Personal Best 2:08:34 Otsu (Lake Biwa) 2 nd 2 Mar :17:41 WC Osaka 4 th 25 Aug :15:14 Hamburg 16 th 29 Apr 2007 DNF Berlin DNF 24 Sept :15:36 Hamburg 13 th 23 Apr 2006 Mar 29 Medio Maraton Azkoitia-Azpeitia Half marathon 6 th 1:09:28 Mar 2 Lake Biwa marathon Marathon 2 nd 2:08:34 Yonas Kifle (ERI) Fourth at 2002, third in 2005 and fifth in 2007 World Half Marathon championships Personal Bests: 10000m 27:35.42 (2005) half marathon: 59:30 (2007) Entire marathon career (two marathons) 2:08:51 London 7 th 13 Apr 2008 Personal Best 2:07:34 Amsterdam 5 th 21 Oct 2007 Apr 13 London Marathon Marathon 7 th 2:08:51 Mar 30 World Cross Country Championships - Edinburgh 12125m 20 th 36:09 Jan 27 Cross Ciudad de Haro 11.3Km 1 st 34:40 Jan 20 Cross Internacional de Italica Sevilla 10.8Km 9 th 32:06 Jan 16 Carrera urbana Noche de San Anton 10Km 1 st 29:22 Deriba Merga (ETH)

11 Fourth at 2007 World Half Marathon Championships Personal Bests: 10000m 27:02.62 (2007); half marathon 59:16 (2007) Last four marathons Personal Best 2:06:38 London 6 th 13 Apr :06:50 Fukuoka 2 nd 2 Dec :13:33 Paris 11 th 15 Apr 2007 DNF Boston DNF 17 Apr 2007 Apr 13 London Marathon Marathon 6 th 2:06:38 Feb 24 World Best 10Km San Juan 10Km 1 st 28:03 Tsegaye Kebede (ETH) Last two marathons Personal Best 2:06:40 Paris 1 st 6 Apr :08:16 Amsterdam 8 th 21 Oct 2007 Apr 6 Paris Marathon Marathon 1 st 2:06:40 Feb 28 Zayed International (half) marathon Abu Dhabi Half marathon 4 th 1:01:45 Feb 8 Ras Al Khaimah International Half marathon Half marathon 2 nd 59:35 Satoshi Osaki (JPN) Bronze medalist in 2006 Asian Games; Sixth in the 2007 World Championships Last six marathons & personal best Personal Best 2:08:36 Otsu (Lake Biwa) 3 rd 2 Mar :18:06 WC Osaka 6 th 25 Aug :15:36 Asian Games 3 rd 10 Dec :10:49 Lake Biwa 3 rd 5 Mar :10:56 Fukuoka 2 nd 5 Dec :08:46 Tokyo 2 nd 8 Feb 2004 June 15 Sapporo Half Marathon Half marathon 18 th 1:03:10 Apr 27 Hyogo Relays 10000m 22 nd 29:43.23 Mar 2 Lake Biwa Marathon Marathon 3 rd 2:08:36 Feb 11 Himeji 10 miler 10 mile 4 th 47:46

12 Atsushi Sato (JPN) Asian record (1:00:25) holder at half marathon; Tenth at 2003 World Championships Last six marathons Personal Best 2:07:13 Fukuoka 3 rd 2 Dec :11:16 Beppu-Oita 2 nd 4 Feb 2007 DNF Lake Biwa DNF 5 Mar :19:44 Chicago 16 th 9 Oct :08:36 Lake Biwa 4 th 7 Mar :10:38 WC Paris 10 th 30 Aug 2003 June 15 Sapporo Half Marathon Half Marathon 35 th 1:04:01 May 17 Chugoku Corporate Champ Miyoshi 10000m 2 nd 28:16.94 May 10 Chugoku Corporate Champ Miyoshi 5000m 1 st 13:47.13 Apr 20 Beijing Olympics Test marathon Marathon 6 th 2:23:50 Jan 1 New Year Ekiden stage Km 1 st 46:03 Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN) Bronze medalist at 2005 World Championships Last six marathons 2:17:42 WC Osaka 5 th 25 Aug :10:48 Fukuoka 6 th 3 Dec :19:17 London 26 th 23 Apr :11:16 WC Helsinki 3 rd 13 Aug :09:10 Fukuoka 1 st 5 Dec 2004 Personal Best 2:08:37 Fukuoka 6 th 7 Dec 2003 June 15 Sapporo Half Marathon Half marathon 10 th 1:02:46 Apr 27 Hyogo Relays 10000m 18 th 29:08.30 Apr 20 Beijing Olympics Test Marathon Marathon 10 th 2:28:25 Jan 1 New Year Ekiden Stage 2 22Km 4 th 1:03:29

13 Fastest marathon runners based on the average of their top five performances Haile Gebrselassie 1 2:04:26 Berlin 1 30 Sept :04:53 Dubai 1 18 Jan :05:56 Berlin 1 24 Sept :06:20 Amsterdam 1 16 Oct :06:35 London 3 14 Apr 2002 Average 2:05:38.. Martin Lel 1 2:05:15 London 1 13 Apr :06:41 London 2 23 Apr :07:26 London 1 17 Apr :07:41 London 1 22 Apr :09:04 New York 1 4 Nov 2007 Average 2:07:13.. Jaouad Gharib 1 2:07:02 London 3 18 Apr :07:19 Fukuoka 3 3 Dec :07:49 London 2 17 Apr :07:54 London 4 22 Apr :08:31 Saint-Denis (WC) 1 30 Aug 2003 Average 2:07:43 Stefano Baldini 1 2:07:22 London 5 23 Apr :07:29 London 6 14 Apr :07:56 London 2 13 Apr :07:57 London 2 13 Apr :08:37 London 4 18 Apr 2004 Average 2:07:52