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The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. U.S. athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow which they boycotted in protest of the Soviet ...
This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 2008 marathon included sixth-place finisher Viktor Röthlin of Switzerland, eighth-place finisher Yared Asmerom of Eritrea, and tenth-place finisher Ryan Hall of the United States.
[38] [39] Further women's Olympic records were set by Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana in the marathon and Sally Pearson in the 100 metres hurdles. David Rudisha improved his own 800 metres world record to 1:40.91 minutes, becoming the first man to break that record at the Olympics since Ralph Doubell did so at the 1968 Games . [ 40 ]
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon; Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon; Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon; Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's marathon
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The 2012 Olympic Marathon Course is that of both the men's and women's marathon races at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. The 42.195-kilometre (26.219-mile) route consists of one short circuit of 3.571 kilometres (2.219 miles) followed by three circuits of 12.875 kilometres (8.0 miles).
The 2012 IAAF Road Race Label Events were the fifth edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). All five World Marathon Majors had Gold Label status.
United States: Set a world record time of 40.82 in the final. 11 August 2012: Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk: Elena Lashmanova Russia: Set a world record time of 1:25.02. 11 August 2012: Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay: Nesta Carter Michael Frater Yohan Blake Usain Bolt Jamaica: Set a world record time of 36.84 in the final ...