Martín Mondragón (born November 11, 1953) is a retired long-distance runner from

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, who won the 1988 edition of the

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. Virtually unknown before the race, the 34-year-old set the course record and his personal record at 2:10:19 after a battle with

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, which positioned the L.A. Marathon amongst the top marathons worldwide. He represented his native country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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, where he finished in 57th place in the men's marathon, clocking 2:27:10. He continued running into the masters division, winning the Boilermaker Road Race three times in the late 1990s.

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1953 births Living people Mexican male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Mexican masters athletes 20th-century Mexican people {{mexico-athletics-bio-stub