Kiprotich’s training partner Kipchoge wins, Mutai 8th

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | 

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the Rio Games men’s marathon gold medal on Sunday. Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa won silver with American Galen Rupp earning bronze.

Kipchoge, 31, timed 2hr 8min 44sec on a wet but picturesque course that snaked below Rio’s mountain-top Christ the Redeemer statue, winning by more than a minute.

“This is the best medal that I’ve had in my life. It wasn’t really easy but I felt comfortable,” said Kipchoge, who is tipped for an assault on Dennis Kimetto’s world record.

Kipchoge added the marathon gold to the 5,000m silver he won in Beijing in 2008 and bronze he captured in Athens in 2004.

Uganda’s Solomon Mutai finished 8th, defending champion Stephen Kiprotich 14th and Jackson Kiprop 8oth.

The result means Uganda will not return from the Olympics with a medal. This is the 10th time it is happening in our 15 appearances at the games. Earlier, Joshua Cheptegei finished 8th in the 10,000m final.

Marathon leading results

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAIL
1	2680	Eliud KIPCHOGEKEN	2:08:44
2	2398	Feyisa LILESAETH	2:09:54
3	3097	Galen RUPPUSA	2:10:05	PB
4	2339	Ghirmay GHEBRESLASSIEERI	2:11:04
5	2964	Alphonce Felix SIMBUTAN	2:11:15
6	3103	Jared WARDUSA	2:11:30	PB
7	2947	Tadesse ABRAHAMSUI	2:11:42
8	3023	Munyo Solomon MUTAIUGA	2:11:49	SB
9	2459	Callum HAWKINSGBR	2:11:52
10	2198	Eric GILLISCAN	2:12:29
11	2786	Abdi NAGEEYENED	2:13:01
12	2314	Mumin GALADJI	2:13:04	PB
13	2390	Lemi BERHANUETH	2:13:29
14	3019	Stephen KIPROTICHUGA	2:13:32

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Uganda’s record at the Olympics

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1956 Melbourne	0	0	0	0
1960 Rome	0	0	0	0
1964 Tokyo	0	0	0	0
1968 Mexico City	0	1	1	2
1972 Munich	1	1	0	2
1976 Montreal	did not participate
1980 Moscow	0	1	0	1
1984 Los Angeles	0	0	0	0
1988 Seoul	0	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	0	0	1	1
2000 Sydney	0	0	0	0
2004 Athens	0	0	0	0
2008 Beijing	0	0	0	0
2012 London	1	0	0	1
2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	0	0	0
2020 Tokyo	future event
Total	2	3	2	7

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	2	0	1	3
Boxing	0	3	1	4
Total	2	3	2	7

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Eridadi Mukwanga	1968 Mexico City	Boxing	Men’s bantamweight
Bronze	Leo Rwabwogo	1968 Mexico City	Boxing	Men’s flyweight
Gold	John Akii-Bua	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men’s 400 metre hurdles
Silver	Leo Rwabwogo	1972 Munich	Boxing	Men’s flyweight
Silver	John Mugabi	1980 Moscow	Boxing	Men’s welterweight
Bronze	Davis Kamoga	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men’s 400 metres
Gold	Stephen Kiprotich	2012 London	Athletics	Men’s marathon