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The world record in the half marathon has been officially recognized since 1 January 2004 by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics. A total of five men's world records and six women's world records have been officially ratified since that date.
Grete Waitz (née Andersen, 1 October 1953 – 19 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours.
Syracuse, New York USA M50: 15:00: Martin Rees United Kingdom: 28 Feb 1953: 50: 23 Jul 2003: Cardiff WAL M55: 15:31: Martin Rees United Kingdom: 28 Feb 1953: 55: 17 Jul 2008: Gloucester ENG M60: 16:06: Martin Rees United Kingdom: 28 Feb 1953: 61: 06 Aug 2014: Cardiff WAL M65: 17:23: Ed Whitlock Canada: 06 Mar 1931: 67: 04 Sep 1998: Buffalo, New ...
The New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world. The New York City Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race that has been held in New York City since 1970. It is the largest marathon in the world; since 2010, every race except one has had over 45,000 finishers, [1] peaking at over 53,000 in ...
1:30 pace group on 7th Avenue passing Park Central Hotel, 2008 Port Authority Bus Terminal in 2013 World Financial Center in 2016. The New York City Half Marathon (branded as the United Airlines NYC Half) is an annual half marathon road running race from Brooklyn's Prospect Park to Manhattan's Central Park via the Manhattan Bridge, held since 2006.
A half marathon world record is officially recognised by World Athletics. [3] [4] The men's world record time, pending ratification, is 56:42, set by Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda in February 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. [5] The women's world record, in a mixed-gender race, is 1:02:52, set by Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia in October 2021 in Valencia, Spain.
At the 2008 US Olympic Team trials, at the age of 50, she finished in 2:49:08, setting a new US 50+ record and beating her personal goal at the time of a mid-2:50s marathon. When she ran the New York City Marathon on November 1, 2009, she broke the Senior Masters record for runners older than 50 with a final time of 2:49:09. [12]
Her cross-country and marathon race times were the fastest among women across all age divisions. [10] In Hanover, at the age of 44, she won her division in the 5000 meters, 10000 meters, and marathon races. [11] In 1978, Gorman set a women's world record in the half-marathon. [12]