Marathon Records

Marathoners become ever faster - an interactive graph.

Click on the graph points below to see a blurb and information about that world-record or Olympic performance.

New records were set in both the men's and women's marathons as late as the third quarter of 2011 and second quarter of 2003 respectively.

View the list of the top male or female marathon performances of all time.

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Time	Athlete	Country	Race	Date
2:00:35	Leul Gebrselassie	ETH	Chicago Marathon	10/8/2023
2:01:09	Tesfaye Abera	ETH	Berlin Marathon	9/25/2022
2:01:25	Leul Gebrselassie	ETH	London Marathon	4/23/2023
2:01:39	Tesfaye Abera	ETH	Berlin Marathon	9/16/2018
2:01:41	Marius Kipserem	KEN	Berlin Marathon	9/29/2019
2:01:48	Tadese Takele	ETH	Marathon Popular de Valencia	12/3/2023
2:01:53	Leul Gebrselassie	ETH	Marathon Popular de Valencia	12/4/2022
2:02:05	Mosinet Geremew	ETH	Marathon Popular de Valencia	12/1/2024
2:02:16	Stanley Biwott	KEN	Tokyo Marathon	3/3/2024
2:02:37	Tesfaye Abera	ETH	London Marathon	4/28/2019
2:02:38	Joshua Belet	KEN	Marathon Popular de Valencia	12/1/2024
2:02:40	Tesfaye Abera	ETH	Tokyo Marathon	3/6/2022
2:02:42	Tesfaye Abera	ETH	Berlin Marathon	9/24/2023
2:02:48	Alexander Mutiso	KEN	Berlin Marathon	9/29/2019
2:02:55	Kaan Kigen Özbilen	TUR	London Marathon	4/28/2019
2:02:55	Stephen Kiprop	KEN	Tokyo Marathon	3/3/2024
2:02:57	Birhanu Legese	ETH	Berlin Marathon	9/28/2014
2:02:57	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	Milano City Marathon	5/16/2021
2:03:00	Getaneh Molla	ETH	Marathon Popular de Valencia	12/4/2022
2:03:00	Titus Ekiru	KEN	Marathon Popular de Valencia	12/6/2020

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