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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 ...
Peres Jepchirchir was the women's winner of the 2024 London Marathon, and her time of two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds broke the women's only world record (that is, the world record for the fastest time by a female marathon runner without using male pace makers).
The London Marathon has seen the marathon world record broken on seven occasions: Khalid Khannouchi broke the men's record in 2002, while women's records have been broken by Grete Waitz (1983), Ingrid Kristiansen (1985), Paula Radcliffe (2002, 2003, 2005) and Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (2017).
Sir Mo Farah finished ninth on his final London Marathon appearance following two extraordinary races in the men’s and women’s events
London Marathon: London, United Kingdom [12] M45 progression: 2:14:16 Jackson Kipngok Yegon Kenya 16 Aug 1960 45 5 Mar 2006 Torreon, Mexico 2:14:23 Bernard Lagat United States 12 Dec 1974 45 29 Feb 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon: Atlanta, United States 2:09:12: Mark Kiptoo Kenya: 21 Jun 1976: 46: 23 Apr 2023: Zürich Marathon: Zürich ...
She was previously the fastest female marathoner of all time, and held the Women's World Marathon Record with a time of 2:15:25 for 16 years from 2003 to 2019 when it was broken by Brigid Kosgei. [2] Radcliffe is a former world champion in the marathon, half marathon and cross country.
In addition to winning last year's Chicago Marathon, Kiptum was the winner of the 2023 London Marathon. His time of two hours, one minute and 35 seconds set the course record for the London ...
Kelvin Kiptum during his world record run at the 2023 Chicago marathon with 2:00:35 Mary Keitany during her women-only world record run at the 2017 London Marathon with 2:17:01. World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics [citation needed].