The men's marathon event at the Friendship Games was held on 18 August 1984 in Moscow, Soviet Union, together with the annual Moscow International Peace Marathon. Apart from the elite runners, about 5000 amateurs took part.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:10:31 | |||||
| Yakov Tolstikov | 2:10:48 | [3] | |||
| 2:11:30 | |||||
| 2:11:44 | |||||
| 2:13:23 | |||||
| Pyotr Saltykov | 2:13:31 | ||||
| 2:15:18 | |||||
| Vladimir Beloborodov | 2:15:56 | ||||
| 2:17:34 | |||||
| Igor Pereverzyev | 2:17:34 | ||||
| Sergey Krestyaninov | 2:17:34 | ||||
| Aleksey Kopayev | 2:17:42 | ||||
| Zamiliy Abramov | 2:17:51 | ||||
| Nikolay Ivanov | 2:17:58 | ||||
| 2:17:59 | |||||
| Vladimir Davalov | 2:17:59 | ||||
| 2:18:20 | |||||
| 2:18:30 | |||||
| 10 | 2:18:48 | ||||
| Aleksandr Yeruantsev | 2:18:48 | ||||
| Farid Zharipov | 2:19:05 | ||||
| Vladimir Dremov | 2:19:11 | ||||
| Valeriy Mitukhin | 2:19:17 | ||||
| Viktor Trunev | 2:19:47 | ||||
| Vitaliy Dryaunov | 2:19:50 | ||||
| Viktor Levkin | 2:19:53 | ||||
| 11 | 2:20:06 | ||||
| 12 | 2:25:53 | ||||