Getting your player ready...
marathon
miles to go before they sleep
The men’s marathon will be run Sunday in Beijing. A look at the various records:
Record Athlete Country Time Yr.
World Haile Gebrselassie Ethopia 2:04:26 2007
Olympic Carlos Lopes Portugal 2:09:21 1984
Asia Toshinari Takaoka Japan 2:06:16 2002
N. America Khalid Khannouchi USA 2:05:38 2002
S. America Ronaldo da Costa Brazil 2:06:05 1998
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