# Atletiek op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1996 – marathon mannen

De marathon van de mannen op de Olympische Spelen van 1996 vond plaats op 4 augustus 1996 in de straten van Atlanta. De finish was in het Centennial Olympic Stadium. Om de hitte te ontlopen startte de wedstrijd om 07:05 's ochtends. Aan het einde van de wedstrijd werd er gelopen in 26° C en 80 % luchtvochtigheidsgraad. Tevoren kende de wedstrijd geen uitgesproken favoriet. De wedstrijd werd gewonnen door Josia Thugwane uit Zuid-Afrika. Hij bleef Lee Bong-Ju uit Zuid-Korea slechts drie seconden voor.

## Records

| Wereldrecord | 2:06.50 | Belayneh Densamo | ETH | Rotterdam | 17 april 1988 |
| Olympisch record | 2:09.21 | Carlos Lopes | POR | Los Angeles | 12 augustus 1984 |

## Uitslag

| Rang | Atleet | Nat. | Tijd |
| 1 | Josia Thugwane | RSA | 2:12.36 |
| 2 | Lee Bong-Ju | KOR | 2:12.39 |
| 3 | Erick Wainaina | KEN | 2:12.44 |
| 4 | Martín Fiz | ESP | 2:13.20 |
| 5 | Richard Nerurkar | GBR | 2:13.39 |
| 6 | Germán Silva | MEX | 2:14.29 |
| 7 | Steve Moneghetti | AUS | 2:14.35 |
| 8 | Benjamín Paredes | MEX | 2:14.55 |
| 9 | Danilo Goffi | ITA | 2:15.08 |
| 10 | Luíz Antônio dos Santos | BRA | 2:15.55 |
| 11 | Carlos Grisales | COL | 2:15.56 |
| 12 | Kim I-Yong | KOR | 2:16.17 |
| 13 | Tendai Chimusasa | ZIM | 2:16.31 |
| 14 | António Pinto | POR | 2:16.41 |
| 15 | Dionicio Cerón | MEX | 2:16.48 |
| 16 | Willy Kalombo | ZAI | 2:17.01 |
| 17 | Leszek Bebło | POL | 2:17.04 |
| 18 | Alberto Juzdado | ESP | 2:17.24 |
| 19 | Hiromi Taniguchi | JPN | 2:17.26 |
| 20 | Salvatore Bettiol | ITA | 2:17.27 |
| 21 | Peter Fonseca | CAN | 2:17.28 |
| 22 | Rolando Vera | ECU | 2:17.40 |
| 23 | Rod de Highden | AUS | 2:17.42 |
| 24 | José Luis Molina | CRC | 2:17.49 |
| 25 | Domingos Castro | POR | 2:18.03 |
| 26 | Tahar Mansouri | TUN | 2:18.06 |
| 27 | Lawrence Peu | RSA | 2:18.09 |
| 28 | Keith Brantly | USA | 2:18.17 |
| 29 | Thabisio Ralekhetla | LES | 2:18.26 |
| 30 | Khristo Stefanov | BUL | 2:18.29 |
| 31 | Bob Kempainen | USA | 2:18.38 |
| 32 | Harri Hänninen | FIN | 2:18.41 |
| 33 | Gert Thys | RSA | 2:18.55 |
| 34 | Sean Quilty | AUS | 2:19.35 |
| 35 | Carey Nelson | CAN | 2:19.39 |
| 36 | Spyros Andriopoulos | GRE | 2:19.41 |
| 37 | Oleg Strizhakov | RUS | 2:19.51 |
| 38 | Kim Jung-Won | PRK | 2:19.54 |
| 39 | Bruce Deacon | CAN | 2:19.56 |
| 40 | Kim Jong-Su | PRK | 2:20.19 |
| 41 | Mark Coogan | USA | 2:20.27 |
| 42 | Ahmed Salah | DJI | 2:20.33 |
| 43 | Pyotro Sarafyniuk | UKR | 2:20.37 |
| 44 | Abdel Kader El-Mouaziz | MAR | 2:20.39 |
| 45 | Bert van Vlaanderen | NED | 2:20.48 |
| 46 | Manuel Matias | POR | 2:20.58 |
| 47 | Vanderlei de Lima | BRA | 2:21.01 |
| 48 | Konrad Dobler | GER | 2:21.12 |
| 49 | Borislav Dević | SCG | 2:21.22 |
| 50 | Davide Milesi | ITA | 2:21.45 |
| 51 | Aleksandrs Prokopčuks | LAT | 2:21.50 |
| 52 | Lameck Aguta | KEN | 2:22.04 |
| 53 | Diego García | ESP | 2:22.11 |
| 54 | Masaki Oya | JPN | 2:22.13 |
| 55 | Peter Whitehead | GBR | 2:22.37 |
| 56 | Ezekiel Bitok | KEN | 2:23.03 |
| 57 | Hsu Gi-Sheng | TPE | 2:23.04 |
| 58 | Pavel Loskutov | EST | 2:23.14 |
| 59 | Rubén Maza | VEN | 2:23.24 |
| 60 | Steve Brace | GBR | 2:23.28 |
| 61 | Grzegorz Gajdus | POL | 2:23.41 |
| 62 | Isaac Simelane | SWZ | 2:23.43 |
| 63 | Nazirdin Alikbekov | KGZ | 2:23.59 |
| 64 | Anders Szalkai | SWE | 2:24.27 |
| 65 | John Mwathiwa | MAW | 2:24.45 |
| 66 | Leonid Shvetsov | RUS | 2:24.49 |
| 67 | Eddy Hellebuyck | BEL | 2:25.04 |
| 68 | Ahmed Adam Salah | SUD | 2:25.12 |
| 69 | Ikaji Salum | TAN | 2:25.29 |
| 70 | Pavelas Fedorenka | LTU | 2:25.41 |
| 71 | Miguel Mallqui | PER | 2:25.56 |
| 72 | Ethel Hudson | INA | 2:26.02 |
| 73 | Diamantino dos Santos | BRA | 2:26.53 |
| 74 | Tika Bogati | NEP | 2:27.04 |
| 75 | Ronnie Holassie | TTO | 2:27.20 |
| 76 | Joseph Tjitunga | NAM | 2:27.52 |
| 77 | Valeriu Vlas | MDA | 2:28.36 |
| 78 | Daniel Sibandze | SWZ | 2:28.49 |
| 79 | Waldemar Cotelo | URU | 2:28.50 |
| 80 | Petko Stefanov | BUL | 2:29.06 |
| 81 | Abebe Mekonnen | ETH | 2:29.45 |
| 82 | Luis Martínez | GUA | 2:29.55 |
| 83 | Sean Wade | NZL | 2:30.35 |
| 84 | Abderrahim Ben Redouane | MAR | 2:30.49 |
| 85 | Abdou Manzo | NIG | 2:30.57 |
| 86 | Marcelo Barrientos | CHI | 2:31.05 |
| 87 | Toni Bernadó | AND | 2:31.28 |
| 88 | Adel Adili | LBA | 2:32.12 |
| 89 | Carlos Tarazona | VEN | 2:32.35 |
| 90 | Tharcisse Gashaka | BDI | 2:32.55 |
| 91 | Policarpio Calizaya | BOL | 2:33.08 |
| 92 | Simon Qamunga | TAN | 2:33.11 |
| 93 | Kenjiro Jitsui | JPN | 2:33.27 |
| 94 | António Carlos Piña | CPV | 2:34.13 |
| 95 | Pamenos Ballantyne | VIN | 2:34.16 |
| 96 | Kaleka Mutoke | ZAI | 2:34.40 |
| 97 | Ernest Ndissipou | CAF | 2:35.55 |
| 98 | Ali Ettounsi | MAR | 2:36.01 |
| 99 | William Aguirre | NCA | 2:37.02 |
| 100 | Roy Vence | PHI | 2:37.10 |
| 101 | Mohamed Al-Saadi | YEM | 2:40.41 |
| 102 | Julio Hernández | COL | 2:41.56 |
| 103 | Ajay Chuttoo | MRI | 2:42.07 |
| 104 | Nils Antonio | JAM | 2:44.10 |
| 105 | To Rithya | CAM | 2:47.01 |
| 106 | Maximo Oliveras | PUR | 2:47.15 |
| 107 | Islam Ðugum | BIH | 2:47.38 |
| 108 | Marlon Williams | ISV | 2:48.26 |
| 109 | Eugène Muslar | BIZ | 2:51.41 |
| 110 | Abdi Isak | SOM | 2:59.55 |
| 111 | Abdul Baser Wasiqi | AFG | 4:24.17 |
| — | Belayneh Dinsamo | ETH | DNF |
| — | Stephan Freigang | GER | DNF |
| — | Patrick Ishyaka | RWA | DNF |
| — | Benjamin Keleketu | BOT | DNF |
| — | Kim Wan-Gi | KOR | DNF |
| — | Česlovas Kundrotas | LTU | DNF |
| — | Omar Moussa | DJI | DNF |
| — | Victor Razafindrakoto | MAD | DNF |
| — | Antonio Silio | ARG | DNF |
| — | Julius Sumaye | TAN | DNF |
| — | Tumo Turbo | ETH | DNF |
| — | Risto Ulmala | FIN | DNF |
| — | Dainius Virbickas | LTU | DNF |
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