Meb Keflezghi Takes 4th place, Yared Asmerom 19th Place – Men's Marathon London Olympics 2012:
Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda wins marathon
LONDON (USA Today) – Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda grabbed the lead in the last third of the race and then and pulled away to win the Olympic marathon in a surprise on Sunday.
Kiprotich, 23, finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes, 1 second for his first Olympic gold medal.
Abel Kirui if Kenya was second in 2:08:27, and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich of Kenya was third in 2:09.37. The Kenyans competed in memory of the late Sammy Wanjiru. Four years ago in Beijing, Wanjiru captured the country's first Olympic marathon gold. He died last year after a fall from a balcony during a domestic dispute.
Kiprotich grabbed a flag from a specator along the route and raised it above his head in the final strides of his victory.
Meb Keflezighi of the USA rallied late to finish fourth in 2:11:06.
"Fourth is not the place wanted to finish," Keflezighi said. "But fourth in the world, I'll take it. I'm very proud of myself."
The 26.2-mile marathon course was a virtual tour of London's high-profile sites, including Big Ben, Pariliament, the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace.
The USA's Ryan Hall dropped out of the race at about the 11-mile mark because of tightness in his hamstring.
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Olympics-Gold medal results for the men's marathon
LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich won the Olympic gold
medal in the men's marathon on Sunday. Kenya's Abel Kirui won the silver and
Kenya's Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich won the bronze.
Results Table
1. Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 2 hours 8 minutes 1 seconds
2. Abel Kirui (Kenya) 2:08:27
3. Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (Kenya) 2:09:37
4. Mebrahtom Keflezighi (U.S.) 2:11:06
5. Marilson dos Santos (Brazil) 2:11:10
6. Kentaro Nakamoto (Japan) 2:11:16
7. Cuthbert Nyasango (Zimbabwe) 2:12:08
8. Paulo Roberto Paula (Brazil) 2:12:17
9. Henryk Szost (Poland) 2:12:28
10. Ruggero Pertile (Italy) 2:12:45
11. Viktor Rothlin (Switzerland) 2:12:48
12. Oleksandr Sitkovskyy (Ukraine) 2:12:56
13. Franck De Almeida (Brazil) 2:13:35
14. Aleksey Reunkov (Russia) 2:13:49
15. Wirimai Juwawo (Zimbabwe) 2:14:09
16. Michael Shelley (Australia) 2:14:10
17. Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (Kenya) 2:14:49
18. Rachid Kisri (Morocco) 2:15:09
19. Yared Asmerom (Eritrea) 2:15:24
20. Dylan Wykes (Canada) 2:15:26
21. Raul Pacheco (Peru) 2:15:35
22. Eric Gillis (Canada) 2:16:00
23. Dmitriy Safronov (Russia) 2:16:04
24. Carles Castillejo (Spain) 2:16:17
25. Iaroslav Musinschi (Moldova) 2:16:25
26. Marius Ionescu (Romania) 2:16:28
27. Reid Coolsaet (Canada) 2:16:29
28. Martin Dent (Australia) 2:16:29
29. Vitaliy Shafar (Ukraine) 2:16:36
30. Lee Merrien (Britain) 2:17:00
31. Ignacio Caceres (Spain) 2:17:11
32. Lee Duhaeng (South Korea) 2:17:19
33. Faustine Mussa (Tanzania) 2:17:39
34. Jose Carlos Hernandez (Spain) 2:17:48
35. Miguel Barzola (Argentina) 2:17:54
36. Urige Buta (Norway) 2:17:58
37. Grigoriy Andreev (Russia) 2:18:20
38. Jose Amado Garcia (Guatemala) 2:18:23
39. Daniel Vargas (Mexico) 2:18:26
40. Ryo Yamamoto (Japan) 2:18:34
41. Jesper Faurschou (Denmark) 2:18:44
42. Kari Steinn Karlsson (Iceland) 2:18:47
43. Lusapho April (South Africa) 2:19:00
44. Mike Tebulo (Malawi) 2:19:11
45. Arata Fujiwara (Japan) 2:19:11
46. Primoz Kobe (Slovenia) 2:19:28
47. Guor Marial (Independent Olympic Participant) 2:19:32
48. Luis Feiteira (Portugal) 2:19:40
49. Stephen Mokoka (South Africa) 2:19:52
50. Miguel Angel Almachi (Ecuador) 2:19:53
51. Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (Mongolia) 2:20:10
52. Pak Song-Chol (North Korea) 2:20:20
53. Kim Kwang-Hyok (North Korea) 2:20:20
54. Guojian Dong (China) 2:20:39
55. Anuradha Cooray (Sri Lanka) 2:20:41
56. Methkal Abu Drais (Jordan) 2:21:00
57. Mark Kenneally (Ireland) 2:21:13
58. Yonas Kifle (Eritrea) 2:21:25
59. Ivan Babaryka (Ukraine) 2:21:52
60. Carlos Cordero (Mexico) 2:22:08
61. Scott Overall (Britain) 2:22:37
62. Pedro Mora (Venezuela) 2:22:40
63. Jeff Hunt (Australia) 2:22:59
64. Stsiapan Rahautsou (Belarus) 2:23:23
65. Cesar Lizano (Costa Rica) 2:24:16
66. Samson Ramadhani (Tanzania) 2:24:53
67. Jan Kreisinger (Czech Republic) 2:25:03
68. Mohammed Abduh Bakhet (Qatar) 2:25:17
69. Jussi Utriainen (Finland) 2:26:25
70. Arturo Malaquias (Mexico) 2:26:37
71. Wissem Hosni (Tunisia) 2:26:43
72. Tamas Kovacs (Hungary) 2:27:48
73. Jang Sinkweon (Korea) 2:28:20
74. Antoni Bernado (Andorra) 2:28:34
75. Marcel Tschopp (Liechtenstein) 2:28:54
76. Bekir Karayel (Turkey) 2:29:38
77. Chang Chia-Che (Taiwan) 2:29:58
78. Ram Singh Yadav (India) 2:30:06
79. Jean Pierre Mvuyekure (Rwanda) 2:30:19
80. Konstadinos Poulios (Greece) 2:33:17
81. Zohar Zemiro (Israel) 2:34:59
82. Jeong Jinhyeok (South Korea) 2:38:45
83. Juan Carlos Cardona (Colombia) 2:40:13
84. Augusto Soares (East Timor) 2:45:09
85. Tsepo Ramonene (Lesotho) 2:55:54
. Abdihakem Abdirahman (U.S.) DNF
. Ayele Abshero (Ethiopia) DNF
. Abderrahime Bouramdane (Morocco) DNF
. Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (Libya) DNF
. Getu Feleke (Ethiopia) DNF
. Tayeb Filali (Algeria) DNF
. Ryan Hall (U.S.) DNF
. Zatara Mande Ilunga (DR Congo) DNF
. Abraham Kiprotich (France) DNF
. Li Zicheng (China) DNF
. Abdellatif Meftah (France) DNF
. Coolboy Ngamole (South Africa) DNF
. Roman Prodius (Moldova) DNF
. Dino Sefir (Ethiopia) DNF
. Rui Pedro Silva (Portugal) DNF
. Patrick Tambwe (France) DNF
. Samuel Tsegay (Eritrea) DNF
. Guenther Weidlinger (Austria) DNF
. Darko Zivanovic (Serbia) DNF
. Valerijs Zolnerovics (Latvia) DNF
Meb keflezghi an Eritrean American has takes 4th place Men's Marathon in London. Susan Rice must be proud of Eritreans.