Ahmed Salah finished the qualification for this event in 2:07:07, breaking the previous world record of 2:07:12, which was also broken by Carlos Lopes who finished ahead of Salah with a time of 2:06:49 setting a new world record.
Ahmed Salah finished the qualification for this event in 2:07:07. Ahmed Salah was breaking the previous world record of 2:07:12.2:07:12 was also broken by Carlos Lopes. This Carlos Lopes finished ahead of Salah with a time of 2:06:49. This Carlos Lopes was setting a new world record.