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Men's marathon at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Athens
Dates	August 29
Competitors	102 from TBD nations
Medalists
Stefano Baldini   Italy   Mebrahtom Keflezighi   United States   Vanderlei de Lima   Brazil
«2000	2008»

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in August 29, 2004 in the streets of Athens, Greece. The streets were recently painted for the event, which provided an excellent road surface for the athletes. Drawing upon the ancient origins of the race, the marathon began in Marathon, Greece. It ended at Panathinaiko Stadium, the stadium used for the 1896 Athens Olympics.

As with previous Olympics, the marathon marked the end of the 2004 Summer Olympics and the medal ceremony took place during the Closing Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium.

Incident

The event was marked by an incident in which Cornelius Horan, an Irish protester, pushed Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil into the crowds while de Lima was leading the event on the last 10 kilometers. Greek spectator Polyvios Kossivas subdued Horan and helped Vanderlei up and back to the lane. De Lima lost about 15 to 20 seconds of his running time because of the interruption, and finished third in the event with a time of 2:12:11 — winning the bronze medal. De Lima was awarded the special Pierre de Coubertin Medal for sportsmanship in addition to his bronze. The protester had a sign on his back that read "The Grand Prix Priest. Israel Fulfilment of Prophecy Says The Bible. The Second Coming is Near." He later apologized for possibly costing de Lima the gold.

The phrase "Grand Prix Priest" refers to Horan's previous protest, in which he ran onto the track at the Silverstone Circuit during the Formula One 2003 British Grand Prix, intentionally running directly into the path of oncoming cars.

Records

World record	Paul Tergat (KEN)	2:04:55	Berlin, Germany	28 September 2003
Olympic record	Carlos Lopes (POR)	2:09:21	Los Angeles, USA	12 August 1984

Results

Place	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:10:55
	Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA)	2:11:29	SB
	Vanderlei de Lima (BRA)	2:12:11
4	Jon Brown (GBR)	2:12:26	SB
5	Shigeru Aburaya (JPN)	2:13:11
6	Toshinari Suwa (JPN)	2:13:24
7	Erick Wainaina (KEN)	2:13:30
8	Alberto Chaíça (POR)	2:14:17
9	Alberico di Cecco (ITA)	2:14:34
10	Paul Tergat (KEN)	2:14:45
11	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)	2:15:12
12	Alan Culpepper (USA)	2:15:26
13	Leonid Shvetsov (RUS)	2:15:28
14	Lee Bong-Ju (KOR)	2:15:33
15	Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)	2:15:39
16	Gert Thys (RSA)	2:16:08
17	Ji Young-Joon (KOR)	2:16:14
18	Antoni Pena (ESP)	2:16:38
19	Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS)	2:16:55
20	Haile Satayin (ISR)	2:17:25
21	Jonathan Wyatt (NZL)	2:17:45
22	Janne Holmen (FIN)	2:17:50
23	Dan Robinson (GBR)	2:17:53
24	Nikolaos Polias (GRE)	2:17:56
25	Ndabili Bashingili (BOT)	2:18:09
26	Pavel Loskutov (EST)	2:18:09
27	Jose Rios (ESP)	2:18:40
28	Lee Troop (AUS)	2:18:46
29	Michael Buchleitner (AUT)	2:19:19
30	Anuradha Cooray (SRI)	2:19:24
31	Li Zhu-hong (CHN)	2:19:26
32	Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI)	2:19:31
33	Dale Warrender (NZL)	2:19:42
34	Waldemar Glinka (POL)	2:19:43
35	Jong Myong-Chol (PRK)	2:19:47
36	El Hassan Lahssini (FRA)	2:19:50
37	Michal Bartoszak (POL)	2:20:20
38	Ahmed Jumaa Jaber (QAT)	2:20:27
39	Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA)	2:20:31
40	Samson Ramadhani (TAN)	2:20:38
41	Lee Myong-Seun (KOR)	2:21:01
42	Tomoaki Kunichika (JPN)	2:21:13
43	Jose Alirio Carrasco (COL)	2:21:14
44	Ernest Ndjissipou (CAF)	2:21:23
45	Nicholas Harrison (AUS)	2:21:42
46	Tereje Wodajo (ETH)	2:21:53
47	Aguelmis Rojas (CUB)	2:21:59
48	Abel Chimukoko (ZIM)	2:22:09
49	Said Belhout (ALG)	2:22:32
50	Matthew O Dowd (GBR)	2:22:37
51	Juan Carlos Cardona (COL)	2:22:49
52	Daniele Caimmi (ITA)	2:23:07
53	João N'Tyamba (ANG)	2:23:26
54	Roman Kejzar (SLO)	2:23:34
55	Procopio Franco (MEX)	2:23:34
56	Wu Wen-Chien (TPE)	2:23:54
57	Antoni Bernado (AND)	2:23:55
58	Julio Rey (ESP)	2:24:54
59	Asaf Bimro (ISR)	2:25:20
60	Sisay Bezabeh (AUS)	2:25:26
61	Silvio Guerra (ECU)	2:25:29
62	Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)	2:26:05
63	Robert Stefko (CZE)	2:27:12
64	Jose Amado Garcia (GUA)	2:27:13
65	Daniel Browne (USA)	2:27:17
66	Hang Gang (CHN)	2:27:31
67	Eduardo Buenavista (PHI)	2:28:18
68	Driss El Himer (FRA)	2:29:07
69	Andrés Espinosa (MEX)	2:29:43
70	Mpesela Ntlot Soeu (LES)	2:30:19
71	Franklin Tenorio (ECU)	2:31:12
72	Jose Ernani Palalia (MEX)	2:31:41
73	Dmitriy Burmakin (RUS)	2:31:51
74	Mindaugas Pukstas (LTU)	2:33:02
75	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od (MGL)	2:33:24
76	Ronghua Zhu (CHN)	2:34:02
77	Alfredo Arevalo (GUA)	2:34:02
78	Antonio Carlos Zeferino (CPV)	2:36:22
79	Valery Pisarev (KGZ)	2:40:10
80	Zepherinus Joseph (LCA)	2:44:19
81	Marcel Matanin (SVK)	2:50:26
	Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	DNF
	Amnaay Zebedayo Bayo (TAN)	DNF
	Hailu Negussie (ETH)	DNF
	Viktor Rothlin (SUI)	DNF
	Al Mustafa Riyadh (BRN)	DNF
	Romulo Silva (BRA)	DNF
	Ian Syster (RSA)	DNF
	Zsolt Bacskai (HUN)	DNF
	Azat Rakipov (BLR)	DNF
	Dmytro Baranovskyy (UKR)	DNF
	Rachid Ghanmouni (MAR)	DNF
	Rachid Ziar (ALG)	DNF
	Mustapha Bennacer (ALG)	DNF
	Andre Luiz Ramos (BRA)	DNF
	Luis Fonseca (VEN)	DNF
	Khalid El Boumlili (MAR)	DNF
	John Nada Saya (TAN)	DNF
	Gil da Cruz Trindade (TLS)	DNF
	Jussi Utriainen (FIN)	DNF
	Jean Paul Gahimbare (BDI)	DNF
	Luc Krotwaar (NED)	DNS

See also

• 2003 Men's World Championships Marathon
• 2005 Men's World Championships Marathon

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results