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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 ...
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 ...
Since 2006, the elite race has been part of the World Marathon Majors, which includes seven of the world's top level marathon races. 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 ...
The men’s field for the 2023 London Marathon contains four of the ... Eliud Kipchoge holds the men’s world record of 2hr 1min 9sec, set in Berlin last year, while Brigid Kosgei’s women’s ...
The following table shows the yearly rankings in the marathon since 1921 (men) ... London, UK: 2001: 2:06:50 ... Masters W80 marathon world record progression;
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 ]
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.
The men's wheelchair competition was won by Marcel Hug, in a course record time of 1:23:44, 50 seconds faster than his previous course record at the event. [29] Hug won the race by five minutes, and it was his third consecutive London Marathon victory, [28] and fifth in total. [29] Jetze Plat finished in second place, [35] and Tomoki Suzuki was ...