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World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics [citation needed]. The late Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set a men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon, a mixed-sex race. [1][2]
Here’s a complete list of the marathon world-record holders and all time top 26.2-mile runners.
Results Score. 1. 2:00:35. Kelvin KIPTUM. 02 DEC 1999. KEN. 1. Chicago, IL (USA) 08 OCT 2023.
The race to crack two hours: evolution of the men’s marathon world record. There was no official world record kept for the marathon until Kenya’s Paul Tergat ran 2:04:55 at the 2003 Berlin Marathon.Before then, a “world best” existed in the men’s marathon, but World Athletics did not keep an officially ratified world record.
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Kenyan distance runner Ruth Chepngetich completed the Chicago Marathon in 2:09:56 on Sunday, smashing the women’s full marathon world record. Chepngetich became the first woman to ever run under ...
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.
Kelvin Kiptum’s world marathon record of 2:00:35 set in Chicago last year has been ratified. Kenya’s Kiptum became the first athlete to break 2:01 in a record-eligible marathon, taking 34 seconds off the world record at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on 8 October.
Featuring multiple world records, here are complete lists of the all-time 26.2-mile performances.
Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum demolished the world marathon record Sunday in Chicago, becoming the first person to ever run under 2:01 in a record-eligible marathon. Here’s what you need to know: