Us marathon trials results

Abel Kirui, 3. Bikila set new World Records in both of his Olympics.

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James Carney, Jimmy Grabow, Stephen Kiprotich, 2. Sandoval's record came in , when the U. So, he never competed in an Olympic Marathon. Tony Sandoval holds the Marathon Trials record, He ran this performance on the Buffalo to Niagara Falls course that hosted both the and Trials. Tony Sandoval finished fourth behind friend Don Kardong in , then won the Trials.

Read on for the full listing of Olympic Marathon medalists, U. Olympic Trials results, plus the results of all Americans who finished an Olympic Marathon. Meb Keflezighi, 2. However, the International Olympic Committee has never chosen to take action against East German athletes. Dathan Ritzenhein, 5.

2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon Qualifications

Nick Arciniaga, 9. In , Bob Kempainen won the race and a berth on his second Olympic team despite throwing up several times in the later stages of the race. Abdi Abdirahman, 4. Fernando Cabada, 8. Frank Shorter is the only runner to win back-to-back Trials, and He actually started the Trials race in Alamosa, CO, but dropped out with blisters.

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Since , the U. Olympic marathon team has been selected at a single Trials race. The top three finishers earned coveted spots on the team in recent Olympics, provided Olympic "A" standards were met. Wilson Kipsang, 4.

Brett Gotcher, 6. Shorter also won two Olympic medals, gold in and silver in In '76 he was beaten only by East Germany's Waldemar Cierpinski , who was part of the East-German drug-doping machine.

Men's Marathon Team. Before , the U. Olympic marathoners were selected based on a series of marathon races. Keith Brantly placed 4th in , and made the Olympic Team with his third-place Trials finish in As for past Olympic marathons, Abebe Bikila and previously-mentioned Waldemar Cierpinski have won two Olympic Marathon gold medals, though Cierpinski was almost surely aided by the East German doping system.

Ryan Hall, 3. In cool, breezy conditions that were close to ideal, Hall broke away at 16 miles, running the second half in to cross the line in Ritzenhein contained cramping calf muscles during the last of five Central Park loops to finish second in At the Trials race, Mark Conover pulled a major upset with a stunning victory. Among the most dramatic Trials races: In , Pete Pfitzinger had the lead, lost the lead in the last mile, and reclaimed the lead to win.

Andrew Carlsen, 7. One American, Frank Shorter , won gold and silver, and the silver would have been gold except for Cierpinski. Other two-time top-3 finishers in the Marathon Trials, and thus among the best U. Two runners have rebounded from a 4th place finish in one Trials to make the Olympics in the next.