Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Stephen Kiprotich yana da shekaru 23 a lokacin wasannin na London kuma shi ne karo na farko da ya yi gasa a cikin wasan na quadrennial. Ya sami damar cancanci shiga wasannin ne saboda lokacinsa mafi sauri, wanda aka saita a 2011 Tokyo Marathon, na awanni 2, mintuna 7, da dakika 20, ya fi sauri fiye da lokacin shigarwa na "A" da ake buƙata na maza
marathon. (Abubuwa da yawa) A shirye-shiryen marathon Kiprotich ya kwashe lokaci yana horarwa a lardin Rift Valley na Kenya tare da mai tseren nesa mai suna Eliud Kipchoge. A cikin taron Wilson Kipsang na Kenya ya kasance jagora na farko amma an rage shi lokacin da ya rasa tsayawar abin sha. Kiprotich ya ci nasara a Kipsang kuma ya shiga cikin Abel Kirui a cikin rukuni na masu gudu uku har sai abokan hamayyarsa na Kenya sun kafa ɗan tazara. Ya riƙe ƙafarsa yayin da tazarar da ke tsakaninsa da masu tsere biyu na farko ta yi girma. Kiportich ya sami jagoranci bayan ya yi amfani da makamashi mai yawa yana barin juyawa a kan hanya kuma ya gina jagora wanda ya ci gaba da lashe marathon. Ya gama da lokacin awa 2, mintuna 8, 1 na biyu. kuma nasararsa ta kasance ta hanyar kafofin watsa labarai da mutane da yawa a matsayin "abin mamaki" kamar yadda ba a sa ran zai ci nasara ba. Wannan shi ne karo na biyu da Uganda ta lashe lambar zinare a wasannin Olympics na bazara, na farko tun lokacin da John Akii-Bua ya lashe tseren mita 400 a wasannin Olympics na Munich na 1972, kuma na bakwai a tarihin kasar.