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20 September 1992 Seoul, South Korea 22 August 1993 World Championships: Stuttgart, Germany Robbie Grabarz: 23 August 2012 Athletissima: Lausanne, Switzerland [27] Pole vault: 5.85 m Harry Coppell: 4 September 2020 British Championships: Manchester, United Kingdom [28] Long jump: 8.51 m (+1.7 m/s) Greg Rutherford: 24 April 2014 Chula Vista ...
The London Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, has been contested by men and women annually since 29 March 1981. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the marathon is 26.2 miles (42.2 km) in length and generally regarded as a competitive and unpredictable event, and conducive to fast times. The inaugural marathon had 7,741 entrants, 6,255 of whom completed the ...
London Marathon: London, United Kingdom [20] Marathon: 2:05:11 Mo Farah: 7 October 2018 Chicago Marathon: Chicago, United States 110 m hurdles: 13.00 Tony Jarrett: 20 August 1993 World Championships: Stuttgart, Germany 400 m hurdles: 47.82 Kriss Akabusi: 6 August 1992 Olympic Games: Barcelona, Spain 3000 m steeplechase: 8:07.96 Mark Rowland: 30 ...
The Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon is the sister of The London Marathon. The course is the last 3 mi (4.8 km) of the London Marathon and is for under-13s, under-15s and under-17s from all 33 London Boroughs along with 13 teams from ten English regions and three Home Countries: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Martin is the most recent British male winner of the London Marathon, having won the 1993 race in a sprint finish against the Mexican athlete Isidro Rico in a time of 2:10:50. The race was Martin's debut marathon and he went on to win the Chicago Marathon in 1995, in a time of 2:11:18.
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For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
The marathon distance is officially 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) long as sanctioned by World Athletics (IAAF). [8] The London Marathon is run over a mainly flat course, starting in Blackheath. [9] The course begins at three separate points and they converge just before 3 miles (4.8 km) into the race. [10]