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William Henry Rodgers (born December 23, 1947) is an American runner, Olympian, and former record holder in the marathon.Rodgers is best known for his four victories in both the Boston Marathon, including three straight from 1978 to 1980, and 4 straight wins in the New York City Marathon, between 1976 and 1979.
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 ]
Former marathon world record holder Veikko Karvonen Finland (5) 1952 Yuki Kawauchi Japan (18) 2011, 2013 10 2:07:27 More than 100 sub 2:20 marathons Tsegaye Kebede Ethiopia: 2008 2009 (5) 2008/2009 2009/2010 4 2:05:18 Meb Keflezighi United States: 2004 1 2:08:37 Khalid Khannouchi Morocco United States: 5 2:05:42 Former marathon world record holder
Beardsley ran his first marathon in 2:47:14 at the 1977 Paavo Nurmi Marathon in Hurley, Wisconsin. In subsequent marathons, he steadily lowered his times: 2:33:22, 2:33:06, and 2:31:50. Beardsley is the only man to have ever run 13 consecutive personal bests in the marathon, and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the feat. [1]
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 ...
Ken Martin (born September 10, 1958) is a former American long-distance runner who is a two-time United States national champion in the marathon. [1] [2] [3] At the 1984 California International Marathon, Martin set a course record with a time of 2:11:24. [4]
Haile Gebrselassie, considered one of the greatest distance runners of all time, was the 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist in the 10,000 m, and held the 5000 m and 10,000 m world records from 1998 until 2004 with a mark of 12:39.36 and 26:22.75 respectively (still the second best athlete of all time). He also held the marathon world record ...
Several national records were run on a date when an athlete represented a country currently no longer in existence such as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. On achieving independence the appropriate national federation of the current national state retroactively recognized them as valid NRs.