In what was his sixth ever marathon, Ahmed Salah finished in 2:15:59 and achieved twentieth place.[1][11][12]:375 Salah won a bronze medal in the 1988 Olympics to become the only Djiboutan medalist in the Olympics.[13] Omar Abdillahi Charmarke completed the marathon in two hours, nineteen minutes, and eleven seconds, finishing in thirty-second place.[7][14] The medals in the event went to athletes from Portugal, Ireland, and Great Britain.[8]