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World leading times
Marathon, Men
Present world record:
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH); 2:03:59; Berlin; 28 SEP 2008
Pending world record:
Patrick Makau (KEN); 2:03:38; Berlin, 25 SEP 2011
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:03:38 Patrick Makau KEN 1 Berlin 25 SEP
2:04:40 Emanuel Mutai KEN 1 London 17 APR
2:05:27 Wilson Chebet KEN 1 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:05:33 Vincent Kipruto KEN 2 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:05:45 Martin Lel KEN 2 London 17 APR
2:05:45 Makau KEN 3 London 17 APR
2:06:13 Wilson Kipsang KEN 1 Otsu 06 MAR
2:06:31 Benjamin Kiptoo KEN 1 Paris 10 APR
2:06:34 Marilson Gomes BRA 4 London 17 APR
2:07:04 Bekana Daba ETH 1 Houston 30 JAN
2:07:07 Benson Barus KEN 1 Prague 08 MAY
2:07:16 Bernard Kiprop Kipyego KEN 2 Paris 10 APR
2:07:18 David Barmasai Tumo KEN 1 Dubai 21 JAN
2:07:20 Stephen Kiprotich UGA 1 Enschede 17 APR
2:07:31 Levi Matebo KEN 1 Barcelona 06 MAR
2:07:33 Eshetu Wondimu ETH 3 Paris 10 APR
2:07:35 Hailu Mekonnen Legesse ETH 1 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:07:36 Kenneth Mburu Mungara KEN 2 Prague 08 MAY
2:07:38 Abel Kirui KEN 1 Daegu 04 SEP
2:07:41 Alfred Kering KEN 4 Paris 10 APR
2:07:43 Girma Assefa Reta ETH 5 Paris 10 APR
2:07:47 Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei KEN 3 Prague 08 MAY
2:07:48 Tsegay Kebede ETH 5 London 17 APR
2:07:55 Stephen Chemlany KEN 2 Berlin 25 SEP
2:08:02 Stephen Chebogut KEN 6 Paris 10 APR
2:08:07 Robert Kipchumba Kipkorir KEN 1 Xiamen 02 JAN
2:08:08 Yusef Songoka KEN 1 Daegu 10 APR
2:08:17 Evans Cheruiyot KEN 2 Dubai 21 JAN
2:08:17 Paul Biwott KEN 2 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:08:17 Sammy Kibet Kipoorir KEN 1 Warsaw 25 SEP
Marathon, Women
Present world best (mixed competition):
Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 2:15:25 London, 13 APR 2003
Present world record (women-only race):
Paula Radcliffe (GBR): 2:17:42 London, 17 APR 2005
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:08:17 Hillary Kimaiyo KEN 1 Torreon 06 MAR
2:08:18 Abdellah Falil MAR 2 Daegu 10 APR
2:08:22 Henry Sugut KEN 7 Paris 10 APR
2:08:26 Jaouad Gharib MAR 6 London 17 APR
2:08:29 John Kiprotich KEN 1 Vienna 17 APR
2:08:37 Yuki Kawauchi JPN 3 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:08:41 Patrick Ivuti KEN 2 Vienna 17 APR
2:08:42 Abderrahim Bouramdhane MAR 7 London 17 APR
2:08:45 Dickson Kiptolo Chumba KEN 1 Rome 20 MAR
2:08:47 Chala Dechase ETH 3 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:08:53 Leonard Mucheru KEN 3 Daegu 10 APR
2:08:54 Wondimu ETH 3 Dubai 21 JAN
2:09:03 Yoshinori Oda JPN 4 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:09:08 Chimsa Edae ETH 4 Dubai 21 JAN
2:09:08 Eliud Kiptanui KEN 4 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:09:10 Cyrus Njubi Gichobi KEN 5 Tokyo 27 FEB
2:09:11 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 1 Seoul 20 MAR
2:09:13 Deribe Merga ETH 2 Otsu 06 MAR
2:09:16 Albert Matebor KEN 1 Verona 20 FEB
2:09:20 Haile Gemeda Haja ETH 4 Daegu 10 APR
2:09:21 Siraj Gena Amda ETH 2 Rome 20 MAR
2:09:22 Evans Kiplagat KEN 3 Vienna 17 APR
2:09:25 Hiroyuki Horibata JPN 3 Otsu 06 MAR
2:09:25 Felix Keny KEN 5 Daegu 10 APR
2:09:25 Lusapho April RSA 1 Hannover 08 MAY
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:09:27 Steven Kibet KEN 5 Dubai 21 JAN
2:09:28 Jin-Hyeong Jeong KOR 2 Seoul 20 MAR
2:09:31 Kentaro Nakamoto JPN 4 Otsu 06 MAR
2:09:35 Dmitriy Safronov RUS 8 London 17 APR
2:09:35 Peter Chesang Kurui KEN 2 Hannover 08 MAY
2:09:36 Alemayehu Shumye ETH 5 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:09:37 Nixon Kipkoech KEN 1 Linz 10 APR
2:09:42 Abdullah Dawit ETH 3 Rome 20 MAR
2:09:42 Rachid Kishri MAR 4 Prague 08 MAY
2:09:43 Isaac Macharia KEN 4 Vienna 17 APR
Other performances:
2:03:02 Geoffrey Mutai KEN 1 Boston 18 APR
2:03:06 Moses Mosop KEN 2 Boston 18 APR
2:04:53 Gebre Gebremariam Egziabher ETH 3 Boston 18 APR
2:04:58 Ryan Hall USA 4 Boston 18 APR
2:06:13 Abraham Cherkos Feleke ETH 5 Boston 18 APR
2:06:35 Markos Geneti ETH 1 Los Angeles 20 MAR
2:06:43 Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot KEN 6 Boston 18 APR
2:07:10 Philip Kimutai Sanga KEN 7 Boston 18 APR
2:07:39 Deresse Chimsa ETH 8 Boston 18 APR
2:08:03 Daba ETH 9 Boston 18 APR
2:08:44 Kipkorir KEN 10 Boston 18 APR
2:09:02 Tadesse Arede Toleda ETH 1 Padova 17 APR
2:09:26 Nicholas Manza Kamacha KEN 2 Los Angeles 20 MAR
2:09:26 Benjamin Kipruto Chebet KEN 2 Pafova 17 APR
Patrick Makau,
Berlin, 25 SEP 2011
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:19:19 Mary Keitany KEN 1 London 17 APR
2:19:44 Florence Kiplagat KEN 1 Berlin 25 SEP
2:20:15 Liliya Shobukhova RUS 2 London 17 APR
2:20:46 Edna Kiplagat KEN 3 London 17 APR
2:22:18 Irina Mikitenko GER 2 Berlin 25 SEP
2:22:34 Lydia Cheromei KEN 1 Prague 08 MAY
2:22:45 Aselefech Mergia ETH 1 Dubai 21 JAN
2:22:55 Priscilla Cheptoo KEN 1 Paris 10 APR
2:23:01 Cheromei KEN 2 Dubai 21 JAN
2:23:41 Isabella Andersson SWE 3 Dubai 21 JAN
2:23:42 Bizunesh Bekele ETH 4 London 17 APR
2:23:46 Paula Radcliffe GBR 3 Berlin 25 SEP
2:23:50 Atseda Baysa ETH 5 London 17 APR
2:23:56 Yoshimi Ozaki JPN 1 Yokohama 20 FEB
2:24:09 Yukiko Akaba JPN 6 London 17 APR
2:24:13 Firehiwot Dado ETH 1 Rome 20 MAR
2:24:20 Fyles Ongori Moraa KEN 1 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:24:24 Mikitenko GER 7 London 17 APR
2:24:25 Atsede Habtamu ETH 4 Berlin 25 SEP
2:24:26 Habtamu ETH 4 Dubai 21 JAN
2:24:27 Hilda Kibet NED 2 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:24:29 Remi Nakazato JPN 2 Yokohama 20 FEB
2:24:33 Jessica Augusto POR 8 London 17 APR
2:24:34 Aberu Kebede ETH 9 London 17 APR
2:24:43 Agnes Kiprop KEN 2 Paris 10 APR
2:25:01 Tatiana Petrova RUS 5 Berlin 25 SEP
2:25:04 Elisa Marisa Barros POR 3 Yokohama 20 FEB
2:25:08 Baysa ETH 5 Dubai 21 JAN
2:25:18 Mariya Konovalova RUS 10 London 17 APR
2:25:24 Askale Tafa Magarsa ETH 11 London 17 APR
TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE TIME ATHLETE NATION RANK VENUE DATE
2:25:29 Azusa Nojiri JPN 12 London 17 APR
2:35:31 Anna Incerti ITA 6 Berlin 25 SEP
2:25:40 Yoshiko Fujinaga JPN 13 London 17 APR
2:25:52 Habtamu ETH 1 Daegu 10 APR
2:26:04 Yeshi Esayias Tesemma ETH 2 Daegu 10 APR
2:26:10 Rosaria Console ITA 7 Berlin 25 SEP
2:26:12 Jia-li Wang CHN 1 Dalian 30 APR
2:26:21 Goitetom Haftu Tesema ETH 2 Rome 20 MAR
2:26:21 Gelete Fate Tola ETH 1 Vienna 17 APR
2:26:28 Xiao-lin Zhu CHN 14 London 17 APR
2:26:29 Akaba JPN 1 Osaka 30 JAN
2:26:30 Ana Dulce Felix POR 2 Vienna 17 APR
2:26:31 Inga Abitova RUS 15 London 17 APR
2:26:33 Mamitu Daska ETH 1 Houston 30 JAN
2:26:33 Alemitu Abera ETH 3 Daegu 10 APR
2:26:33 Valeria Straneo ITA 8 Berlin 25 SEP
2:26:41 Ji-e Wei CHN 1 Zhengzhou 27 MAR
2:26:49 Rong Chen CHN 2 Dalian 30 APR
2:26:51 Robe Tola Guta ETH 1 Seoul 20 MAR
2:26:53 Diana Chepkemoi KEN 6 Dubai 21 JAN
2:26:54 Noriko Matsuoka JPN 16 London 17 APR
2:26:55 Mai Ito JPN 2 Osaka 30 JAN
2:26:56 Koren Yal ETH 1 Mumbai 16 JAN
2:26:56 Lishan Dula BRN 3 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:26:57 Merima Mohammed ETH 2 Mumbai 16 Jan
2:26:57 Yal ETH 3 Paris 10 APR
2:26:58 Kaoru Nagao JPN 4 Yokohama 20 FEB
2:27:00 Alessandra Aguilar ESP 4 Rotterdam 10 APR
2:27:02 Eyerusalem Kuma ETH 4 Paris 10 APR
2:27:02 Madai Perez MEX 17 London 17 APR
2:27:07 Margarita Plaksina RUS 5 Paris 10 APR
2:27:13 Genet Getaneh ETH 7 Dubai 21 JAN
2:27:13 Ya-nan Wei CHN 2 Seoul 20 MAR
2:27:15 Kidane ETH 8 Dubai 21 JAN
2:27:16 Karolina Jarzynska POL 5 Yokohama 20 FEB
Other performances
2:22:36 Caroline Cheptonui Kilel KEN 1 Boston 18 APR
2:22:38 Desiree Davila USA 2 Boston 18 APR
2:22:42 Sharon Cherop Chemutai KEN 3 Boston 18 APR
2:23:31 Bizunesh Deba ETH 1 San Diego 05 JUN
2:24:46 Caroline Rotich KEN 4 Boston 18 APR
2:24:52 Kara Goucher USA 5 Boston 18 APR
2:25:08 Dire Tune Arissi ETH 6 Boston 18 APR
2:26:15 Workenesh Kidane ETH 7 Boston 18 APR
2:26:17 Yolanda Caballero COL 8 Boston 18 APR
2:26:34 Deba ETH 1 Los Angeles 20 MAR
2:26:34 Alice Timbilili KEN 9 Boston 18 APR
2:27:00 Yuliya Ruban UKR 10 Boston 18 APR
2:27:01 Helena Kirop KEN 2 San Diego 05 JUN
2:27:03 Amy Hastings USA 2 Los Angeles 20 MAR
* Other performances - Marathon: Boston: separation 91%, drop 135m; San Diego Rock ’n’ Roll: drop 86m (2m/km) Los Angeles: separation 60%, drop 122m (2.9m/km)
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