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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]
Kipchoge won the 2019 London Marathon in a time of 2:02:37, the second fastest marathon ever at that time, behind his 2018 Berlin Marathon win. [85] He became the first man to win the event four times and set a new course record, beating his own 2016 London Marathon best by 28 seconds. [86] The lead runner passed the half marathon mark in 1:01: ...
Letesenbet is the first athlete ever, male or female, to hold the 5000m, 10000m, and half marathon world records, simultaneously. Letesenbet holds the current world record in the half marathon, which she set in October of 2021. Remarkably, this was Letesenbet's first ever half marathon. Her record broke the previous mark by more than a minute.
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 ...
Makau won the 2009 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon setting the second best ever half marathon time 58:52. The world record at the time, 58:33, was held by Samuel Wanjiru. [ 3 ] He made his marathon debut at the 2009 Rotterdam Marathon , finishing fourth and setting a fast time (2:06:14 hours), [ 4 ] short of the fastest marathon debut, set by ...
When the 50-year-old Lewis Center resident crossed the finish line at Warm Up Columbus, a 13.1-mile half marathon held in Dublin on Feb. 4, he was elated to learn he'd clocked in at 1 hour, 25 ...
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 ...
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.