The men's

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at the

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took place on August 22 at the

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. The qualifying standards were 4:00:00 (A standard) and 4:07:00 (B standard).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Results

OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start

Intermediates

s.t. - same time.

References

sports-reference

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