Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Official Video Highlights

Men's marathon at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
Dates	August 9
Competitors	112 from 72 nations
Winning time	2:13:23
Medalists
Hwang Young-Cho   South Korea   Koichi Morishita   Japan   Stephan Freigang   Germany

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The Men's Marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, held on Sunday August 9, 1992. The race started on 18.30h local time. A total number of 87 athletes completed the race, with Pyambuugiin Tuul from Mongolia finishing in last position in 4:00:44. There were a total number of 112 competitors from 72 countries.

Medalists

Gold	Hwang Young-Cho  South Korea
Silver	Koichi Morishita  Japan
Bronze	Stephan Freigang  Germany

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Belayneh Densamo (ETH)	2:06:50	April 17, 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Olympic Record	Carlos Lopes (POR)	2:09:21	August 12, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Season Best	Ibrahim Hussein (KEN)	2:08:14	April 20, 1992	Boston, United States

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Hwang Young-Cho (KOR)	2:13:23
	Koichi Morishita (JPN)	2:13:45
	Stephan Freigang (GER)	2:14:00
4	Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)	2:14:02
5	Salvatore Bettiol (ITA)	2:14:15
6	Salah Kokaich (MAR)	2:14:25
7	Jan Huruk (POL)	2:14:32
8	Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)	2:14:42
9	Diego García (ESP)	2:14:56
10	Kim Jae-Ryong (KOR)	2:15:01
11	Harri Hänninen (FIN)	2:15:19
12	Steve Spence (USA)	2:15:21
13	Ed Eyestone (USA)	2:15:23
14	Boniface Merande (KEN)	2:15:46
15	Bert van Vlaanderen (NED)	2:15:47
16	Rex Wilson (NZL)	2:15:51
17	Bob Kempainen (USA)	2:15:53
18	Rodrigo Gavela (ESP)	2:16:23
19	Karel David (TCH)	2:16:34
20	Leszek Beblo (POL)	2:16:38
21	Wiesław Perszke (POL)	2:16:38
22	Yakov Tolstikov (EUN)	2:17:04
23	Tena Megere (ETH)	2:17:07
24	Osmiro Silva (BRA)	2:17:16
25	Abel Mokibe (RSA)	2:17:24
26	Robert de Castella (AUS)	2:17:44
27	Steve Brace (GBR)	2:17:49
28	Kim Wan-Ki (KOR)	2:18:32
29	Isidro Rico (MEX)	2:18:52
30	Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)	2:19:04
31	Dominique Chauvelier (FRA)	2:19:09
32	José Montiel (ESP)	2:19:15
33	Thabiso Moqhali (LES)	2:19:28
34	Juma Ikangaa (TAN)	2:19:34
35	Derek Froude (NZL)	2:19:37
36	Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)	2:19:38
37	Ibrahim Hussein (KEN)	2:19:49
38	Gyula Borka (HUN)	2:20:46
39	Dave Long (GBR)	2:20:51
40	Mirko Vindiš (SLO)	2:21:03
41	Paul Davies-Hale (GBR)	2:21:15
42	Elphas Gimindaza (SWZ)	2:21:15
43	Rolando Vera (ECU)	2:21:30
44	Alessio Faustini (ITA)	2:21:37
45	Luis Soares (FRA)	2:21:57
46	Paul Kuété (CMR)	2:22:43
47	Helmut Schmuck (AUT)	2:23:38
48	Steve Moneghetti (AUS)	2:23:42
49	Konrad Dobler (GER)	2:23:44
50	Ralombo Mwenze (ZAI)	2:23:47
51	John Treacy (IRL)	2:24:11
52	Herman Suizo (PHI)	2:25:18
53	Peter Reynierse (ARU)	2:25:31
54	Nelson Zamora (URU)	2:25:32
55	Daniel Böltz (SUI)	2:25:50
56	Joseildo da Silva (BRA)	2:26:00
57	Juan Camacho (BOL)	2:26:01
58	Cephas Matafi (ZIM)	2:26:17
59	Mohamed Selmi (ALG)	2:26:56
60	Ildephonse Sehirwa (RWA)	2:27:44
61	Zerehune Gitaw (ETH)	2:28:25
62	Jaime Ojeda (CHI)	2:28:39
63	Smartex Tambala (MAW)	2:29:02
64	Pascal Zilliox (FRA)	2:30:02
65	Luis López (CRC)	2:30:26
66	Gian Luigi Macina (SMR)	2:30:45
67	Abdou Manzo (NIG)	2:31:15
68	Roland Willie (LIE)	2:31:32
69	Frank Kayele (NAM)	2:31:41
70	Hari Bahadur Rokaya (NEP)	2:32:26
71	Kuruppu Karunaratne (SRI)	2:32:26
72	Tommy Hughes (IRL)	2:32:55
73	William Aguirre (NCA)	2:34:18
74	Ferdinand Amadi (CAF)	2:35:39
75	Mohamed Khamis Taher (LBA)	2:35:46
76	Dieudonné LaMothe (HAI)	2:36:11
77	Myint Kan (MYA)	2:37:39
78	Calvin Dallas (ISV)	2:38:11
79	Saad Mubarak Ali (BRN)	2:39:19
80	Ryu Ok-Hyon (PRK)	2:40:51
81	Alain Razahasoa (MAD)	2:41:41
82	Michael Lopeyok (UGA)	2:42:54
83	Benjamin Keleketu (BOT)	2:45:57
84	Moussa El-Hariri (SYR)	2:47:06
85	Luu Van Hung (VIE)	2:56:42
86	Hussein Haleem (MDV)	3:04:16
87	Pyambuugiin Tuul (MGL)	4:00:44
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
	Apolinario Belisle (HON)	DNF
	Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)	DNF
	Bineshwar Prasad (FIJ)	DNF
	Peter Maher (CAN)	DNF
	Diamantino dos Santos (BRA)	DNF
	Luketz Swartbooi (NAM)	DNF
	John Burra (TAN)	DNF
	Dionicio Cerón (MEX)	DNF
	Jorge González (PUR)	DNF
	António Pinto Coelho (POR)	DNF
	Gelindo Bordin (ITA)	DNF
	Carlos Risales (COL)	DNF
	Alberto Cuba (CUB)	DNF
	Talal Omar Abdillahi (DJI)	DNF
	Csaba Szűcs (HUN)	DNF
	Andy Ronan (IRL)	DNF
	Mohamed Ould Khalifa (MTN)	DNF
	Tonnie Dirks (NED)	DNF
	Dionísio Castro (POR)	DNF
	Joaquim Pinheiro (POR)	DNF
	Jan Tau (RSA)	DNF
	Zithulele Sinqe (RSA)	DNF
	Simon Robert Naali (TAN)	DNF

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships Marathon (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships Marathon (Tokyo)
• 1992 Marathon Year Ranking
• 1993 Men's World Championships Marathon (Stuttgart)

References

• (French) Marathon Info
• (English) sports-reference