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World record holder for the fastest marathon run by a totally blind man Derek Clayton Australia: 2:08:34 The first to run a world record under 02:10:00 Robert de Castella Australia: 1983 4 2:07:51 Former marathon world record holder; holds Australian national record Belayneh Densamo Ethiopia: 7 2:06:50 Held the world record for the span of 10 ...
Kipchoge won the 2019 London Marathon in a time of 2:02:37, the second fastest marathon ever at that time, behind his 2018 Berlin Marathon win. [85] He became the first man to win the event four times and set a new course record, beating his own 2016 London Marathon best by 28 seconds. [86] The lead runner passed the half marathon mark in 1:01: ...
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 W90 division consists of female athletes who have reached the age of 90 but have not yet reached the age of 95, so exactly from their 90th birthday to the day before their 95th birthday. Marathon running is not normally seeded into age divisions so all of these records were set in marathon races open to most other age groups. Key
The M50 division consists of male athletes who have reached the age of 50 but have not yet reached the age of 55, so exactly from their 50th birthday to the day before their 55th birthday. Marathon running is not normally seeded into age divisions so all of these records were set in marathon race open to most other age groups. Key
The M60 division consists of male athletes who have reached the age of 60 but have not yet reached the age of 65, so exactly from their 60th birthday to the day before their 65th birthday. Marathon running is not normally seeded into age divisions so all of these records were set in marathon race open to most other age groups.
The following table shows the yearly rankings in the marathon since 1921 (men) and 1970 (women), based on the best performance in the classic distance race of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards). The data for the women's marathon from 1970 to 1979 is compiled from the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races . [ 1 ]
Rodgers won both the New York City Marathon and the Boston Marathon four times each between 1975 and 1980, twice breaking the American record at Boston with a time of 2:09:55 in 1975 and 2:09:27 in 1979. In 1977, he won the Fukuoka Marathon, making him the only runner ever to hold the championship of all three major marathons at the same time.