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On 30 March 1991, Arturo Barrios ran a world record distance of 21.101 km in one hour, becoming the first man to run the half marathon distance in under one hour. [11] On 3 April 1993, Moses Tanui became the first man to run a half marathon race in under one hour, with a time of 59:47. [12]
In October 2009, Wanjiru won the Chicago Marathon in a time of 2:05:41, setting a new course record for the city and the fastest marathon time ever run in the United States. [19] The wins in London and Chicago helped him reach the top of the World Marathon Majors rankings for 2009, earning him a jackpot of US$500,000.
The race's reputation as the world's fastest Half Marathon was cemented further in 2017 as the world record for the women’s half marathon was broken at the 11th edition by Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya, the previous year’s IAAF World Champion for the distance, who finished in 65:06, taking 3 seconds off the time of compatriot Florence Kiplagat.
Hicks was attempting to break the Guiness record for half marathon time ran in handcufs. He completed the race with a chip time of 01:20:36 and a gun time of 01:29:47. More than 10,000 runners ...
The half marathon is also known as a 21K, 21.1K, or 13.1 miles, although these values are rounded and not formally correct. [examples needed] A half marathon world record is officially recognised by World Athletics. [3] [4] The men's world record time, pending ratification, is 57:30, set by Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia in October 2024 in Valencia ...
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 ...
Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won gold in the men's marathon at the ... Kipruto had posted the fastest time in the world this year having won the Tokyo Marathon in March in a personal best of 2:02:16 ...
Michal Kapral (born 1972) [1] is a Canadian joggler based in Toronto, Ontario.He owns the world records for running the fastest marathon and half-marathon while juggling, for the fastest 10-kilometer run while juggling without a drop, and formerly held the world record for fastest marathon while pushing a stroller.