Conditions were far from ideal for the Olympic men's marathon with the temperature up around 30 deg C and 85% humidity. There were 76 finishers with about 30 posting DNF's after dropping out.
The best of the Irish was Kevin Seaward who finished in 58th place in a time of 2h 21m 45s. Despite the the difficult conditions, he even picked up 30 places in the second half!
Paul Pollock was the second Irish man home in 71st place with a time of 2:27:48.
Unfortunately the third Irish competitor Stephen Scullion had to withdraw, leaving the race just after the 15km mark
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