Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Dates	October 20
Competitors	74 from 41 nations
Winning time	2:20:26
Medalists
Mamo Wolde   Ethiopia   Kenji Kimihara   Japan   Mike Ryan   New Zealand

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The official results of the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on Sunday October 20, 1968. The race started on 15.00h local time. There were a total number of 74 competitors from 41 countries. Seventeen of them did not finish.

Final ranking

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Mamo Wolde (ETH)	2:20:26
2	Kenji Kimihara (JPN)	2:23:31
3	Mike Ryan (NZL)	2:23:45
4.	İsmail Akçay (TUR)	2:25:18
5.	Bill Adcocks (GBR)	2:25:33
6.	Gabrou Merawi (ETH)	2:27:16
7.	Derek Clayton (AUS)	2:27:23
8.	Tim Johnston (GBR)	2:28:04
9.	Akio Usami (JPN)	2:28:06
10.	Andy Boychuk (CAN)	2:28:40
11.	Gaston Roelants (BEL)	2:29:04
12.	Pat McMahon (IRL)	2:29:21
13.	Alfredo Peñaloza (MEX)	2:29:48
14.	Kenny Moore (USA)	2:29:49
15.	Jürgen Busch (GDR)	2:30:42
16.	George Young (USA)	2:31:15
17.	Manfred Steffny (FRG)	2:31:23
18.	Thin Sumbwegam (BIR)	2:32:22
19.	Naftali Temu (KEN)	2:32:36
20.	Maurice Peiren (BEL)	2:32:49
21.	Antonio Ambu (ITA)	2:33:19
22.	Ron Daws (USA)	2:33:53
23.	Karl-Heinz Sievers (FRG)	2:34:11
24.	Gyula Tóth (HUN)	2:34:49
25.	Hüseyin Aktaş (TUR)	2:35:09
26.	Pablo Garrido (MEX)	2:35:47
27.	Aad Steylen (NED)	2:37:42
28.	Anatoly Sukharyev (URS)	2:38:07
29.	Lee Myung-Jung (KOR)	2:38:52
30.	Ivailo Sharankov (BUL)	2:39:49
31.	Gioacchino de Palma (ITA)	2:39:58
32.	Josef Gwerder (SUI)	2:40:16
33.	Hubert Riesner (FRG)	2:41:29
34.	Georg Olsen (DEN)	2:42:24
35.	Douglas Sinkala (ZAM)	2:42:51
36.	Exequiel Baeza (CHI)	2:43:15
37.	Dave McKenzie (NZL)	2:43:36
38.	Kim Bong-Nae (KOR)	2:43:56
39.	Carlos Cuque (GUA)	2:45:20
40.	Godwin Kalimbwe (ZAM)	2:45:26
41.	Mick Molloy (IRL)	2:48:13
42.	Nikola Simeonov (BUL)	2:48:30
43.	John Farrington (AUS)	2:50:16
44.	Helmut Kunisch (SUI)	2:50:58
45.	Alifu Massaquoi (SLE)	2:52:28
46.	Lee Sang-Hoon (KOR)	2:52:46
47.	Hla Thein (BIR)	2:54:03
48.	Paul Mose (KEN)	2:55:17
49.	Benjamin Silva-Netto (PHI)	2:56:19
50.	Harry Prowell (GUY)	2:57:01
51.	Wimalasena Perera (CEY)	2:59:05
52.	Fulgencio Hernández (GUA)	3:00:40
53.	Gustavo Gutiérrez (ECU)	3:03:07
54.	Martin Ande (NGR)	3:03:47
55.	Mustapha Musa (UGA)	3:04:53
56.	Enoch Nwemba (ZAM)	3:06:16
57.	John Stephen Akhwari (TAN)	3:25:17
—	Carlos Pérez (ESP)	DNF
—	Hernando Barreneche (COL)	DNF
—	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	DNF
—	Peter Buniak (CAN)	DNF
—	Pentti Rummakko (FIN)	DNF
—	Guy Texereau (FRA)	DNF
—	René Combes (FRA)	DNF
—	Jim Alder (GBR)	DNF
—	Lajos Mecser (HUN)	DNF
—	Seiichiro Sasaki (JPN)	DNF
—	Mraljeb Ayed-Mansoor (KUW)	DNF
—	Saoud OBaid-Daifallah (KUW)	DNF
—	José García (MEX)	DNF
—	Edgar Friedli (SUI)	DNF
—	Mukhamed Shakirov (URS)	DNF
—	Armando González (URU)	DNF
—	Nedo Farčić (YUG)	DNF

References

• (French) Marathon Info