On the last day of the Rio Olympics (21th August), three Mongolian runners competed in the marathon competition. Honoured Mongolian athlete B.Ser-Od was 92th, with a time of 2:24:26. It was his fourth Olympics. His personal best of 2:08:50 is the Mongolian national record. D.Gantulga (107^th in 2:27:42) and Ts.Byambajav (130^th in 2:36:14) were competing for the first time at the Olympics.

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya won the Olympic men’s marathon on Sunday with a time of 2 hours 8 minutes 44 seconds. Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia came second and Galen Rupp of the United States took the bronze. Rupp’s 2:10:05 was a personal best. A total of 14 runners of the 155 couldn’t finish marathon competition.