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World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics [citation needed] . Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set a men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. [1] [2]
Mar 3, 2024 · Here’s a complete list of the marathon world-record holders and all time top 26.2-mile runners.
Feb 6, 2024 · World Athletics announced on Tuesday that it has ratified Kiptum’s winning time of 2:00:35 from the Chicago Marathon on October 8 as the world record. Kiptum’s time, the first under 2:01 on a...
Apr 27, 2023 · Eliud Kipchoge set the men's marathon world record in 2022 in Berlin with the world's fastest time of 2 hours, 1 minute, 9 seconds, according to World Athletics. Kenenisa Bekele set the second-place record in 2019 in Berlin, finishing in 2 hours, 1 minute, 41 seconds.
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The women’s marathon list must include Grete Waitz,the first woman in history to complete a marathon in under two and a half hours, taking two minutes off the previous time. The Norwegian marathoner set the world record at the 1978 New York City marathon, although the course was later found to be 151 meters short of the full marathon distance. She ...
Lots of firsts already, and our next great, Tegla Loroupe is full of them too. The Kenyan legend was the first African woman to set a marathon world record, which she held for three years from 1998. Running her first major marathon in New York, the marathon pioneer won the 1994 race, again becoming the first African woman to top an American road ra...
Another marathon legend is Paula Radcliffe, a former women’s world record holder from her 2003 London race, a time which stood for 16 years. The celebrated British long-distance runner won the London and New York City marathons three times each, and topped the podium at the Chicago marathon in 2002. Radcliffe’s world record was broken by Kenyan Bri...
Aug 6, 2021 · The progress over time in the world marathon record. Since the year 1900 the marathon record has been improved significantly. The first registered time was 2:55:18,4. Today the record is almost 1 hours faster. The record is 2:02:57 (2:55 min/km), only 2 minutes and 57 seconds from the magical 2 hours.
Oct 8, 2023 · Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum became the first athlete to break 2:01 in a record-eligible marathon, clocking a tremendous 2:00:35* to take 34 seconds off the world record at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday (8).
