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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 ...
Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot (2 December 1999 – 11 February 2024) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who currently holds the marathon world record.As of 2024, he holds three of the seven fastest marathons in history, [5] and was ranked first among the world's men's marathon runners at the time of his death.
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: ...
Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum broke the men’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, becoming the first person to record a time faster than 2:01:00, crossing the line in 2:00:35.
Kiptum had immediate success by running the fastest time ever by a marathon debutant at the 2022 Valencia Marathon. The following year, he won the London and Chicago races, two of the most ...
Months after setting the course record in London, Kiptum ran the fastest marathon on an official course at the 2023 Chicago Marathon.
At 73, he set a world record in the marathon for men 70 to 74, running a 2:54:48, his fastest time after turning 70. According to an article in The New York Times , if age-graded, this time would be equivalent to a 20-year-old running 2:03:57 and which would have been the fastest marathon ever run in 2010. [ 1 ]
In a short space of time, Kiptum enjoyed unprecedented success in the marathon. He came within 44 seconds of compatriot Eliud Kipchoge’s then-world record during his debut in Valencia, broke the ...