# 2020 United States Olympic Trials (marathon)

The 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon was held on Saturday, February 29, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia to determine the American athletes who will compete in the marathon event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The race was hosted by the city of Atlanta, in partnership with Atlanta Track Club, USA Track & Field, and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Field sizes were historically large for the event, with 260 men and 512 women qualifying to compete. On the women's side, the top three finishers were Aliphine Tuliamuk, Molly Seidel, and Sally Kipyego. For the men, Galen Rupp defended his victory from the 2016 Trials, while Jake Riley and Abdi Abdirahman finished second and third, respectively. Despite the 2020 Olympics being postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all six qualified athletes from the Trials competed in the Olympic Marathon, which took place in Sapporo, Japan in August 2021.

## Qualification

Entry standards for acceptance in the race were as follows:
Men's Marathon: 2:19:00
Men's Half Marathon: 1:04:00
Women's Marathon 2:45:00
Women's Half Marathon: 1:13:00
Qualifying performances must have occurred between September 1, 2017 and January 19, 2020 on a USATF-certified course. In total 233 men qualified via a marathon time, while 27 gained entry with a half marathon time. For women, 500 achieved the marathon standard and only 12 hit the half marathon mark. Large field sizes, particularly for the women, prompted USATF to tighten entry standards for the 2024 United States Olympic trials (marathon).

## Course

Runners started at Centennial Olympic Park and completed three 8-mile loops through downtown Atlanta, followed by a 2.2 mile loop to the south of downtown. The final 800 meters took runners by State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium before the finishing stretch at Centennial Olympic Park. The terrain was hilly, with 1,389 feet of elevation gain. Weather in Atlanta at race time was cool, sunny, and windy, with temperatures in the upper 40s and wind gusts up to 30 mph. The combination of hills and wind contributed to one quarter of the men's field dropping out of the race (175 of 235 finished). Women fared slightly better, with 390 finishers out of 475 starters.

## Spectators

Due in part to the large field sizes, nearly 200,000 spectators supported the athletes on the streets of Atlanta. Additionally, the race was broadcast live on NBC and attracted 3.8 million viewers. This figure was over three times higher than viewership for the 2016 Trials in Los Angeles.

## Results

Men's Marathon :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Galen Rupp | 2:09:20 |
| | Jake Riley | 2:10:02 |
| | Abdi Abdirahman | 2:10:03 |
| 4 | Leonard Korir | 2:10:06 |
| 5 | Augustus Maiyo | 2:10:47 |
| 6 | Marty Hehir | 2:11:29 |
| 7 | CJ Albertson | 2:11:49 |
| 8 | Jonas Hampton | 2:12:10 |
| 9 | Colin Bennie | 2:12:14 |
| 10 | Matt McDonald | 2:12:19 |
| 11 | Tyler Pennel | 2:12:34 |
| 12 | Scott Fauble | 2:12:39 |
| 13 | Haron Lagat | 2:13:04 |
| 14 | Brendan Gregg | 2:13:27 |
| 15 | Colin Mickow | 2:13:45 |
| 16 | Elkanah Kibet | 2:13:52 |
| 17 | Josh Izewski | 2:14:15 |
| 18 | Bernard Lagat | 2:14:23 |
| 19 | Scott Smith | 2:14:49 |
| 20 | Nico Montanez | 2:15:02 |
| 21 | Sam Chelanga | 2:15:04 |
| 22 | Jim Walmsley | 2:15:05 |
| 23 | Ahmed Osman | 2:15:26 |
| 24 | Enoch Nadler | 2:15:30 |
| 25 | Grant Fischer | 2:15:32 |
| 26 | Connor McMillan | 2:15:55 |
| 27 | Jared Ward | 2:15:55 |
| 28 | Daniel Kremske | 2:16:18 |
| 29 | Ian Butler | 2:16:26 |
| 30 | Timothy Young | 2:16:31 |
| 31 | Ben Payne | 2:16:42 |
| 32 | Mike Sayenko | 2:16:47 |
| 33 | Chris Melgares | 2:16:59 |
| 34 | Andrew Epperson | 2:17:00 |
| 35 | Dylan Marx | 2:17:09 |
| 36 | Malcolm Richards | 2:17:13 |
| 37 | Gregory Billington | 2:17:21 |
| 38 | Matt Llano | 2:17:22 |
| 39 | Kevin Lewis | 2:17:36 |
| 40 | Jon Phillips | 2:17:51 |
| 41 | Craig Leon | 2:17:54 |
| 42 | Will Norris | 2:17:57 |
| 43 | Patrick Campbell | 2:18:01 |
| 44 | Sergio Reyes | 2:18:14 |
| 45 | Craig Hunt | 2:18:18 |
| 46 | Dylan Belles | 2:18:18 |
| 47 | Kyle King | 2:18:20 |
| 48 | Brogan Austin | 2:18:36 |
| 49 | Eric Finan | 2:18:54 |
| 50 | Evan Landes | 2:19:08 |
| 51 | Oscar Medina | 2:19:28 |
| 52 | JJ Santana | 2:19:30 |
| 53 | Tim Ritchie | 2:19:34 |
| 54 | Jonathan Aziz | 2:19:35 |
| 55 | Julian Heninger | 2:19:39 |
| 56 | Joal Reichow | 2:20:05 |
| 57 | Steven Martinez | 2:20:10 |
| 58 | Stephen Vangampleare | 2:20:16 |
| 59 | Caleb Kerr | 2:20:21 |
| 60 | Louis Serafini | 2:20:27 |
| 61 | Charlie Lawrence | 2:20:40 |
| 62 | Jackson Neff | 2:20:50 |
| 63 | Rajpaul Pannu | 2:20:55 |
| 64 | Chase Weaverling | 2:20:58 |
| 65 | Jason Lynch | 2:21:03 |
| 66 | James Atkins | 2:21:13 |
| 67 | Garret Lee | 2:21:14 |
| 68 | Will Cross | 2:21:16 |
| 69 | Nathan Martin | 2:21:26 |
| 70 | Swarnjit Boyal | 2:21:29 |
| 71 | Nathan Kwan | 2:21:38 |
| 72 | Evan Gaynor | 2:21:46 |
| 73 | Bijan Mazaheri | 2:21:54 |
| 74 | Austin Bogina | 2:21:57 |
| 75 | Jacob Law | 2:22:11 |
| 76 | Charlie Hurt | 2:22:17 |
| 77 | Daniel Carney | 2:22:22 |
| 78 | Alan Peterson | 2:22:30 |
| 79 | Stewart Harwell | 2:22:30 |
| 80 | Josh Baden | 2:22:36 |
| 81 | Nick Golebiowski | 2:22:47 |
| 82 | Tyler Andrews | 2:22:51 |
| 83 | Jon Mott | 2:22:54 |
| 84 | Nick Caprario | 2:22:59 |
| 85 | Tim Chichester | 2:23:19 |
| 86 | Kieran O' Connor | 2:23:57 |
| 87 | Tyler McCandless | 2:24:04 |
| 88 | Daniel Docherty | 2:24:07 |
| 89 | Kurt Roeser | 2:24:08 |
| 90 | John Dewitt | 2:24:09 |
| 91 | Stan Linton | 2:24:10 |
| 92 | Anthony Costales | 2:24:21 |
| 93 | Travis Morrison | 2:24:24 |
| 94 | Ryan Root | 2:24:24 |
| 95 | Henry Sterling | 2:24:40 |
| 96 | Daniel Meteer | 2:24:45 |
| 97 | Reed Fischer | 2:24:48 |
| 98 | Zach Beavin | 2:24:52 |
| 99 | Turner Wiley | 2:24:54 |
| 100 | Dan Vassallo | 2:24:59 |
| 101 | Kyle Wyatt | 2:25:04 |
| 102 | Anthony Tomsich | 2:25:14 |
| 103 | Ben Fletcher | 2:25:17 |
| 104 | James Quattlebaum | 2:25:18 |
| 105 | Alex Taylor | 2:25:19 |
| 106 | Kevin Colon | 2:25:21 |
| 107 | Joe Stilin | 2:25:24 |
| 108 | Matt Rand | 2:25:42 |
| 109 | Chris Boyle | 2:25:49 |
| 110 | Mark Messmer | 2:25:53 |
| 111 | Alex Monroe | 2:25:57 |
| 112 | Brandon Mull | 2:25:57 |
| 113 | Jordan Kyle | 2:25:59 |
| 114 | Nate Orndorf | 2:26:09 |
| 115 | Ryan Smith | 2:26:14 |
| 116 | Brian Harvey | 2:26:37 |
| 117 | Matt Blume | 2:26:38 |
| 118 | Jeff Seelaus | 2:26:40 |
| 119 | Duriel Hardy | 2:26:41 |
| 120 | Matt Lenehan | 2:26:47 |
| 121 | Andrew Williams | 2:26:56 |
| 122 | Gregory Leak | 2:27:35 |
| 123 | Joe Niemiec | 2:27:50 |
| 124 | Alec Baldwin | 2:28:03 |
| 125 | Dan Harper | 2:28:10 |
| 126 | Brett Lustgarten | 2:28:21 |
| 127 | Tyson Miehe | 2:28:24 |
| 128 | Rory Tunningley | 2:28:29 |
| 129 | Steven Underwood | 2:28:34 |
| 130 | Matt Herzig | 2:28:48 |
| 131 | Jason Simpson | 2:28:51 |
| 132 | Max Storms | 2:28:57 |
| 133 | Jacob Andrews | 2:29:13 |
| 134 | Matt Welch | 2:29:18 |
| 135 | Brendan Martin | 2:29:34 |
| 136 | Clayton Young | 2:29:46 |
| 137 | Dave Marks | 2:30:03 |
| 138 | Nick Edinger | 2:30:08 |
| 139 | David Fuentes | 2:30:11 |
| 140 | Patrick Reaves | 2:30:25 |
| 141 | Charles Remillard | 2:30:27 |
| 142 | Quinlan Moll | 2:30:29 |
| 143 | Chris Burnett | 2:30:54 |
| 144 | Robert Murphy | 2:30:58 |
| 145 | Adam Dalton | 2:31:18 |
| 146 | Chris May | 2:31:34 |
| 147 | Everett Hackett | 2:30:36 |
| 148 | Aaron Dinzeo | 2:31:55 |
| 149 | Johnny Rutford | 2:31:57 |
| 150 | Patrick Geoghegan | 2:32:00 |
Women's Marathon :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| | Aliphine Tuliamuk | 2:27:23 |
| | Molly Seidel | 2:27:31 |
| | Sally Kipyego | 2:28:52 |
| 4 | Des Linden | 2:29:03 |
| 5 | Laura Thweatt | 2:29:08 |
| 6 | Stephanie Bruce | 2:29:11 |
| 7 | Emma Bates | 2:29:35 |
| 8 | Kellyn Taylor | 2:29:55 |
| 9 | Nell Rojas | 2:30:26 |
| 10 | Julia Kohnen | 2:30:43 |
| 11 | Sarah Sellers | 2:31:48 |
| 12 | Lindsay Flanagan | 2:32:05 |
| 13 | Brittany Charboneau | 2:33:14 |
| 14 | Kate Landau | 2:34:07 |
| 15 | Keira D'Amato | 2:34:24 |
| 16 | Rebecca Wade | 2:35:12 |
| 17 | Jennifer Bergman | 2:36:11 |
| 18 | Bethany Sachtleben | 2:36:34 |
| 19 | Jaci Smith | 2:36:34 |
| 20 | Carrie Dimoff | 2:36:41 |
| 21 | Kelsey Bruce | 2:36:51 |
| 22 | Kaitlyn Peale | 2:37:12 |
| 23 | Christina Vergara Aleshire | 2:37:20 |
| 24 | Lauren Weaver | 2:37:48 |
| 25 | Molly Grabill | 2:37:57 |
| 26 | Jordan Hasay | 2:37:57 |
| 27 | Bria Wetsch | 2:37:58 |
| 28 | Georgia Porter | 2:38:07 |
| 29 | Taylor Ward | 2:38:11 |
| 30 | McKale Montgomery | 2:38:20 |
| 31 | Gina Rouse | 2:38:41 |
| 32 | Kristen Findley | 2:38:59 |
| 33 | Samantha Bluske | 2:38:59 |
| 34 | Autumn Ray | 2:39:05 |
| 35 | Annmarie Tuxbury | 2:39:05 |
| 36 | Dakotah Lindwurm | 2:39:08 |
| 37 | Missy Rock | 2:39:12 |
| 38 | Lindsey Anderson | 2:39:17 |
| 39 | Stephanie Pezzullo | 2:39:19 |
| 40 | Whitney Macon | 2:39:40 |
| 41 | Heather Lieberg | 2:39:47 |
| 42 | Emma Huston | 2:39:57 |
| 43 | Danna Herrick | 2:39:59 |
| 44 | Ashley Paulson | 2:40:07 |
| 45 | Amanda Marino | 2:40:09 |
| 46 | Tara Welling | 2:40:10 |
| 47 | Mara Olson | 2:40:16 |
| 48 | Sharon Thompson | 2:40:24 |
| 49 | Cristina McKnight | 2:40:29 |
| 50 | Meghan Bishop | 2:40:43 |
| 51 | Mary Schneider | 2:41:08 |
| 52 | Tristan Van Ord | 2:41:14 |
| 53 | Rena Elmer | 2:41:22 |
| 54 | Courtney Olsen | 2:41:36 |
| 55 | Marit Sonnesyn | 2:41:37 |
| 56 | Emma Spencer | 2:41:40 |
| 57 | Katie Kellner | 2:41:42 |
| 58 | Mackenzie Caldwell | 2:41:54 |
| 59 | Rachel Drake | 2:41:58 |
| 60 | Laurie Knowles | 2:41:58 |
| 61 | Hannah Cocchiaro | 2:42:02 |
| 62 | Kimi Reed | 2:42:04 |
| 63 | Veronica Graziano | 2:42:06 |
| 64 | Jessie Vickers | 2:42:09 |
| 65 | Natalie Severy | 2:42:09 |
| 66 | Bailey Drewes | 2:42:11 |
| 67 | Sarah Reiter | 2:42:12 |
| 68 | Caitlin Phillips | 2:42:16 |
| 69 | Allie Schaich | 2:42:22 |
| 70 | Mia Behm | 2:42:26 |
| 71 | Sophie Seward | 2:42:26 |
| 72 | Carrie Mack | 2:42:27 |
| 73 | Elizabeth Northern | 2:42:32 |
| 74 | Alyssa Schneider | 2:42:41 |
| 75 | Jennifer Masamitzu | 2:42:44 |
| 76 | Tierney Wolfgram | 2:42:47 |
| 77 | Theresa Hailey | 2:42:49 |
| 78 | Peyton Thomas | 2:42:54 |
| 79 | Kristen Heckert | 2:42:55 |
| 80 | Annie Dear | 2:42:55 |
| 81 | Lindsay Nelson | 2:42:56 |
| 82 | Bonnie Keating | 2:43:01 |
| 83 | Holly Clarke | 2:43:08 |
| 84 | Jessa Victor | 2:43:12 |
| 85 | Elizabeth Gregory | 2:43:15 |
| 86 | Liza Reichert | 2:43:18 |
| 87 | Hannah Christensen | 2:43:19 |
| 88 | Alexandra Bernardi | 2:43:22 |
| 89 | Heidi Caldwell | 2:43:23 |
| 90 | Andrea Masterson | 2:43:24 |
| 91 | Sara Mostatabi | 2:43:28 |
| 92 | Christina Murphy | 2:43:31 |
| 93 | Michelle Parks | 2:43:31 |
| 94 | Amanda Nurse | 2:43:35 |
| 95 | Gracie Griffith | 2:43:36 |
| 96 | Dot McMahan | 2:43:39 |
| 97 | Harriott Kelly | 2:43:40 |
| 98 | Obsie Birru | 2:43:44 |
| 99 | Amy Schnittger | 2:43:47 |
| 100 | Fionna Fallon | 2:43:50 |
| 101 | Margaret Vido | 2:43:50 |
| 102 | Joanna Reyes | 2:43:51 |
| 103 | Olivia Ballew | 2:43:53 |
| 104 | Gabi Anzelone | 2:43:59 |
| 105 | Tavyn Lovitt | 2:44:02 |
| 106 | Meghan Curran | 2:44:02 |
| 107 | Kim Maloney | 2:44:04 |
| 108 | Maura Linde | 2:44:13 |
| 109 | Sarah Cummings | 2:44:14 |
| 110 | Kate Sanborn | 2:44:18 |
| 111 | Lindsay Carrick | 2:44:22 |
| 112 | Phebe Ko | 2:44:23 |
| 113 | Anne Flower | 2:44:24 |
| 114 | Paula Pridgen | 2:44:25 |
| 115 | Ashlee Powers | 2:44:29 |
| 116 | Cindy Anderson | 2:44:33 |
| 117 | Camille Matonis | 2:44:34 |
| 118 | Caroline Austin | 2:44:45 |
| 119 | Natalie Gingerich Mackenzie | 2:44:54 |
| 120 | Ann Kirkpatrick | 2:44:59 |
| 121 | Ellie Pell | 2:44:59 |
| 122 | Alexis Zeis | 2:45:04 |
| 123 | Christine Ramsey | 2:45:04 |
| 124 | Maria Scavuzzo | 2:45:10 |
| 125 | Michelle Langan | 2:45:12 |
| 126 | Jenelle Deatherage | 2:45:15 |
| 127 | Andrea Imhof | 2:45:18 |
| 128 | Caitlin Chrisman | 2:45:18 |
| 129 | Alyssa Bloomquist | 2:45:20 |
| 130 | Teal Burrell | 2:45:27 |
| 131 | Madeline Duhon | 2:45:27 |
| 132 | Kelly Griffin | 2:45:33 |
| 133 | Meagan Boucher | 2:45:35 |
| 134 | Elizabeth Bigelow | 2:45:39 |
| 135 | Stephanie Knast | 2:45:42 |
| 136 | Meriah Earle | 2:45:46 |
| 137 | Brittney Feivor | 2:45:46 |
| 138 | Jessica Chichester | 2:45:49 |
| 139 | Ashley Brasovan | 2:46:00 |
| 140 | Moira O'Connor Lenth | 2:46:08 |
| 141 | Ladia Albertson-Junkins | 2:46:08 |
| 142 | Sakiko Minagawa | 2:46:15 |
| 143 | Andrea Pomaranski | 2:46:15 |
| 144 | Erin Heenan | 2:46:28 |
| 145 | Eva Vail | 2:46:28 |
| 146 | Megan Gentes | 2:46:29 |
| 147 | Ann Alyanak | 2:46:32 |
| 148 | Caitlin Standifer | 2:46:36 |
| 149 | Siobhan O' Connor | 2:46:38 |
| 150 | Susanna Sullivan | 2:46:39 |
The above charts display only the top 150 finishers. For full results and profiles on all participants, see the external links at the bottom of this article.