2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Marathon Previous Head-To-Heads

2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Marathon - Previous Head-To-Head Performances
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

The men who will be competing at the Olympics Men's Marathon have met before. Here is our best list showing the past marathon matchups between the men who will be meeting for the Olympic Marathon on Sunday, August 24th. While some will have been better than others on any given day - this list will show you the rise and fall of these men and how they have fared against each other over the years...

Men Rio de Janeiro Olympics - Aug 21, 2016 38 Ruggero PERTILE (ITA) 2:17:30 59 Marilson DOS SANTOS (BRA) 2:19:09 Moscow World Championships - Aug 17, 2013 4 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:10:47 24 Aleksey Sokolov (RUS) 2:17:12 Chicago - Oct 7, 2012 1 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:04:38 9 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:07:47 London Olympics - Aug 12, 2012 5 Marilson DOS SANTOS (BRA) 2:11:10 10 Ruggero PERTILE (ITA) 2:12:45 11 Viktor ROTHLIN (SUI) 2:12:48 38 Jose Amado GARCIA (GUA) 2:18:23 58 Yonas KIFLE (ERI) 2:21:25 60 Carlos CORDERO (MEX) 2:22:08 66 Samson RAMADHANI (TAN) 2:24:53 69 Jussi UTRIAINEN (FIN) 2:26:25 London - Apr 22, 2012 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:06:51 3 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:06:52 5 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:44 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:03 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon - Jan 14, 2012 2 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:09:30 4 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:09:55 New York City - Nov 6, 2011 3 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:07:14 5 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:26 11 VIKTOR ROTHLIN (SUI) 2:12:26 Daegu World Championships - Sep 4, 2011 8 Ruggero Pertile (ITA) 2:11:57 19 Aleksey Sokolov (RUS) 2:16:23 London - Apr 17, 2011 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:05:45 4 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:06:34 5 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:07:48 6 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:26 11 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:12:44 12 Carlos Cordero (MEX) 2:13:13 Seoul - Mar 20, 2011 1 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:09:11 3 Oleg Kulkov (RUS) 2:10:13 New York City - Nov 7, 2010 4 ABDERRAHIM GOUMRI (MAR) 2:10:51 7 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:11:51 8 DATHAN RITZENHEIN (USA) 2:12:33 Chicago - Oct 10, 2010 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:24 2 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:06:43 London - Apr 25, 2010 1 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:05:19 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:06:55 6 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:46 9 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:14:39 New York City - Nov 1, 2009 2 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:09:56 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:10:25 4 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:10:36 6 HENDRICK RAMAALA (RSA) 2:12:30 31 BRIAN SELL (USA) 2:24:59 Chicago - Oct 11, 2009 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:41 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:06:04 Berlin World Championships - Aug 22, 2009 3 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:08:35 5 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:10:46 6 Atsushi Sato (JPN) 2:12:05 12 Norman Dlomo (RSA) 2:14:39 16 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:15:13 20 Oleg Kulkov (RUS) 2:15:40 44 Driss El Himer (FRA) 2:21:19 49 Carlos Cordero (MEX) 2:22:16 London - Apr 26, 2009 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:10 2 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:05:20 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:05:27 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:07:44 6 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:08:25 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:28 8 Atsushi Sato (JPN) 2:09:16 11 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:10:00 Boston - Apr 20, 2009 3 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:09:40 13 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:16:21 14 Brian Sell (USA) 2:16:31 New York City - Nov 2, 2008 1 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:43 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:09:07 12 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:19:11 Beijing Olympics - Aug 24, 2008 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:32 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:16 3 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:10:00 5 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:10:24 6 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:10:35 9 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:11:59 10 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:12:33 12 Stefano BALDINI (ITA) 2:13:25 13 Tsuyoshi OGATA (JPN) 2:13:26 15 Ruggero PERTILE (ITA) 2:13:39 17 Francis KIRWA (FIN) 2:14:22 20 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:15:00 22 Brian Sell (USA) 2:16:07 24 Dan ROBINSON (GBR) 2:16:14 25 Haiyang DENG (CHN) 2:16:17 29 Oleg KULKOV (RUS) 2:18:11 31 Alex MALINGA (UGA) 2:18:26 32 Carlos CORDERO (MEX) 2:18:40 35 Jose Amado GARCIA (GUA) 2:20:15 36 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:20:23 44 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:22:43 47 Procopio FRANCO (MEX) 2:23:24 51 LI Zhuhong (CHN) 2:24:08 53 Norman DLOMO (RSA) 2:24:28 55 Samson RAMADHANI (TAN) 2:25:03 56 Ndabili BASHINGILI (BOT) 2:25:11 58 Antoni BERNADO (AND) 2:26:29 59 Wen-Chien WU (TPE) 2:26:55 60 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:27:17 London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:05:15 2 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:24 3 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:05:30 5 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:06:17 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:51 9 ALEKSEY SOKOLOV (RUS) 2:11:41 10 Hendrick Ramaala (USA) 2:11:44 11 Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:12:25 12 STEFANO BALDINI (ITA) 2:13:06 13 DAN ROBINSON (GBR) 2:13:10 Otsu - Mar 2, 2008 1 Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) 2:08:23 3 Satoshi Osaki (JPN) 2:08:36 Fukuoka - Dec 2, 2007 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:39 3 Atsushi Sato (JPN) 2:07:13 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:09:04 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:09:16 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:11:25 4 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:11:58 6 RUGGERO PERTILE (ITA) 2:13:01 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:13:47 New York City Trials - Nov 3, 2007 1 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:09:02 2 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:11:07 3 Brian Sell (USA) 2:11:40 Amsterdam - Oct 21, 2007 5 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:07:34 8 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:08:16 Chicago - Oct 7, 2007 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:11:11 4 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:15:13 Osaka World Championships - Aug 25, 2007 1 Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:15:59 2 Mubarak Hassan Shami (QAT) 2:17:18 3 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:17:25 5 Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN) 2:17:42 6 Satoshi Osaki (JPN) 2:18:06 9 Janne Holmén (FIN) 2:19:36 11 Dan Robinson (GBR) 2:20:20 20 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) 2:22:50 27 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:26:00 36 Haiyang Deng (CHN) 2:29:37 49 Ren Longyun (CHN) 2:35:22 Nashville - Apr 28, 2007 4 Oleg Kulkov (RUS) 2:15:34 6 Luis Fonseca (VEN) 2:16:52 London - Apr 22, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:07:41 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:07:44 4 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:54 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:07:56 7 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:08:24 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:37 9 DAN ROBINSON (GBR) 2:14:14 Boston - Apr 16, 2007 1 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:14:13 7 Ruggero Pertile (ITA) 2:16:08 New York City - Nov 5, 2006 1 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:09:58 6 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:11:53 9 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:13:04 11 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:14:01 Chicago - Oct 22, 2006 1 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:07:35 6 Brian Sell (USA) 2:10:47 London - Apr 23, 2006 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:06:41 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:06:55 5 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:07:22 8 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:45 26 TSUYOSHI OGATA (JPN) 2:19:17 Boston - Apr 17, 2006 1 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:07:14 4 Brian Sell (USA) 2:10:55 Fukuoka - Dec 4, 2005 2 Julio Rey (ESP) 2:09:41 45 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:29:13 New York City - Nov 6, 2005 2 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:31 4 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:11:01 7 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:11:44 Helsinki World Championships - Aug 13, 2005 1 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:10:10 9 Brian Sell (USA) 2:13:27 London - Apr 17, 2005 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:07:26 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:49 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:08:32 5 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:25 17 Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:16:40 Chicago - Oct 10, 2004 6 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:48 11 Brian Sell (USA) 2:13:22 12 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:14:23 Athens - Aug 29, 2004 1 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:10:55 11 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:15:12 28 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:18:46 London - Apr 18, 2004 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:12 4 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:08:37 8 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:09:58 Saint-Denis - Aug 30, 2003 1 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:31 2 Julio Rey (ESP) 2:08:38 3 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:14 9 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:10:37 14 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:11:14 17 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:11:46 Boston - Apr 21, 2003 1 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:10:11 3 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:11:11 London - Apr 13, 2003 2 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:07:56 5 Samson Ramadhani (TAN) 2:08:01 8 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:08:58 Otsu - Mar 2, 2003 5 Atsushi Sato (JPN) 2:08:50 7 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:09:49 Fukuoka - Dec 1, 2002 2 Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN) 2:09:15 4 Pavel Loskutov (EST) 2:10:14 New York City - Nov 3, 2002 5 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:12 14 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:17:10 Paris - Apr 7, 2002 2 Pavel Loskutov (EST) 2:08:53 6 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:10:06 Berlin - Sep 30, 2001 4 Tsuyoshi Ogata (JPN) 2:10:06 8 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:10:54 Rotterdam - Apr 22, 2001 6 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:10:04 13 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:12:22 Sydney Olympics - Oct 1, 2000 12 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:16:19 36 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:20:06 66 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:29:32 London - Apr 16, 2000 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:43 6 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:45 Rome - Mar 29, 1998 1 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:33 3 Franklin Tenorio (ECU) 2:10:22