World Marathon Statistics

WORLD RECORDS SET IN WORLD MARATHON MAJORS EVENTS

Men:

WR	Athlete	WMM Event	Date
2:03:38*	Patrick Makau (KEN)	BER	25 SEP 2011
2:03:59	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	BER	28 SEP 2008
2:04:26	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	BER	30 SEP 2007
2:04:55	Paul Tergat (KEN)	BER	28 SEP 2003
2:05:38	Khalid Khannouchi (USA)	LON	14 APR 2002
2:05:42	Khalid Khannouchi (MAR)	CHI	24 OCT 1999
2:06:05	Ronaldo da Costa (BRA)	BER	20 SEP 1998
2:08:05	Steve Jones (GBR)	CHI	21 OCT 1984
2:12:12	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	OLY (Tokyo)	21 OCT 1964
2:15:17	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	OLY (Rome)	10 SEP 1960
2:25:39	Yun Bok Suh (KOR)	BOS	19 APR 1947
2:32:36	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	OLY (Antwerp)	22 AUG 1920
2:55:19	Johnny Hayes (USA)	OLY (London)	24 JUL 1908

Women:

WR	Athlete	WMM Event	Date
2:15:25*	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	LON	13 APR 2003
2:17:18	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	CHI	13 OCT 2002
2:18:47	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	CHI	07 OCT2001
2:19:46	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	BER	30 SEP 2001
2:20:43	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	BER	26 SEP 1999
2:21:06	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	LON	21 APR 1985
2:22:43	Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA)	BOS	18 APR 1983
2:25:29	Grete Waitz (NOR)	LON	17 APR 1983
2:25:42	Grete Waitz (NOR)	NYC	26 OCT 1980
2:27:33	Grete Waitz (NOR)	NYC	21 OCT 1979
2:32:30	Grete Waitz (NOR)	NYC	22 OCT 1978
2:34:48**	Christa Vahlensieck (GER)	BER	10 SEP 1977
2:42:24	Liane Winter (GER)	BOS	21 APR 1975

Bold = Active Athlete
*Current World Record as of February 22, 2012
**Set in the 1977 German Marathon Championships

†The fastest marathon in history was run at the 2011 Boston Marathon (Geoffrey Mutai, 2:03:02)

Abbreviations Used Throughout This Section
BOS = Boston Marathon
LON = Virgin London Marathon
BER = real,-BERLIN-MARATHON
CHI = Bank of America Chicago Marathon
NYC = ING New York City Marathon
OLY = Olympic Games Marathon
WCM = IAAF World Championships Marathon

MOST CAREER WORLD MARATHON MAJORS VICTORIES — ALL-TIME

Men	BOS	LON	OLY	WCM	BER	CHI	NYC	TOTALS
1. Bill Rodgers (USA)	4						4	8
2. Clarence DeMar (USA)	7							7
3. Robert K. Cheruiyot (KEN)	4					1		5
3. Khalid Khannouchi (MAR/USA)		1				4		5
3. Martin Lel (KEN)		3					2	5
6. Abel Anton (ESP)		1		2	1			4
6. Gerard Cote (CAN)	4							4
6. Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)					4			4
6. Ibrahim Hussein (KEN)	3						1	4
6. Steve Jones (GBR)		1				2	1	4
6. Antonio Pinto (POR)		3			1			4
6. Alberto Salazar (USA)	1						3	4
6. Toshihiko Seko (JPN)	2	1				1		4

Women	BOS	LON	OLY	WCM	BER	CHI	NYC	TOTALS
1. Grete Waitz (NOR)		2		1			9	12
2. Rosa Mota (POR)	3	1	1	1		2		8
2. Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)	2	4				1	1	8
2. Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	4			2		2		8
2. Paula Radcliffe (GBR)		3		1		1	3	8
6. Uta Pippig (GER)	3				3		1	7
7. Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)		2				2	1	5
8. Katrin Dorre-Heinig (GER)		3			1			4
8. Wanda Panfil (POL)	1	1		1			1	4
8. Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA)	2		1			1		4
8. Liliya Shobukova (RUS)		1				3		4
8. Tegla Loroupe (KEN)		1			1		2	4
8. Margaret Okayo (KEN)	1	1					2	4
8. Fatuma Roba (ETH)	3		1					4
8. Michiko Gorman (USA)	2						2	4

MOST CAREER WORLD MARATHON MAJORS VICTORIES — ACTIVE

Men	BOS	LON	OLY	WCM	BER	CHI	NYC	TOTALS
1. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN)	4					1		5
1. Khalid Khannouchi (MAR/USA)		1				4		5
1. Martin Lel (KEN)		3					2	5
4. Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)					4			4
4. Sammy Wanjiru (KEN)		1	1			2		4
6. Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)		2					1	3
6. Felix Limo (KEN)		1				2		3
6. Evans Rutto (KEN)		1				2		3
9. Jaouad Gharib (MAR)				2				2
9. Geoffrey Mutai (KEN)	1						1	2
9. John Kagwe (KEN)							2	2
9. Rodgers Rop (KEN)	1						1	2
9. Paul Tergat (KEN)					1		1	2

Women	BOS	LON	OLY	WCM	BER	CHI	NYC	TOTALS
1. Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	4			2		2		8
1. Paula Radcliffe (GBR)		3		1		1	3	8
3. Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)		2				2	1	5
4. Tegla Loroupe (KEN)		1			1		2	4
4. Margaret Okayo (KEN)	1	1					2	4
4. Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)		1				3		4
7. Irina Mikitenko (GER)		2			1			3
7. Naoko Takahashi (JPN)			1		2			3
9. Berhane Adere (ETH)						2		2
9. Lidiya Grigoryeva (RUS)	1					1		2
9. Deena Kastor (USA)		1				1		2
9. Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)			1		1			2
9. Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT)							2	2
9. Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU)			1			1		2
9. Derartu Tulu (ETH)		1					1	2
9. Gete Wami (ETH)					2			2
9. Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)	1					1		2

MOST WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TOP-3 PERFORMANCES — ALL-TIME

Men

12	Clarence DeMar (USA): 1910 BOS (2nd); 1911 BOS (1st); 1917 BOS (3rd); 1922 BOS (1st); 1923 BOS (1st); 1924 BOS (1st); 1924 OLY (3rd); 1925 BOS (2nd); 1926 BOS (3rd); 1927 BOS (1st); 1928 BOS (1st); 1930 BOS (1st)
10	John A. Kelley (USA)
9	Bill Rodgers (USA)
9	Antonio Pinto (POR)
9	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
9	Martin Lel (KEN)
7	Khalid Khannouchi (MAR/USA)

Women

17	Catherine Ndereba (KEN): 1999 NYC (2nd); 2000 BOS (1st); 2000 CHI (1st); 2001 BOS (1st); 2001 CHI (1st); 2002 BOS (2nd); 2002 CHI (2nd); 2003 LON (2nd); 2003 WCM (1st); 2003 NYC (2nd); 2004 BOS (1st); 2004 OLY (2nd); 2005 BOS (1st); 2005 WCM (2nd); 2006 NYC (3rd); 2007 WCM (1st); 2008 OLY (2nd)
13	Grete Waitz (NOR)
12	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)
12	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
10	Rosa Mota (POR)
10	Uta Pippig (GER)

MOST WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TOP-3 PERFORMANCES—ACTIVE

Men

9	Jaouad Gharib (MAR): 2003 WCC (1st); 2004 LON (3rd); 2005 LON (2nd); 2005 WCC (1st); 2007 CHI (2nd); 2008 OLY (2nd); 2009 LON (3rd); 2009 NYC (3rd); 2010 LON (3rd)
9	Martin Lel (KEN): 2003 BOS (3rd); 2003 NYC (1st); 2004 BOS (3rd); 2005 LON (1st); 2006 LON (2nd); 2007 LON (1st); 2007 NYC (1st); 2008 LON (1st)
7	Khalid Khannouchi (MAR/USA)
6	Stefano Baldini (ITA)
6	Robert Kipoech Cheruiyot (KEN)
6	Daniel Njenga (KEN)
6	Paul Tergat (KEN)

Women

17	Catherine Ndereba (KEN): 1999 NYC (2nd); 2000 BOS (1st); 2000 CHI (1st); 2001 BOS (1st); 2001 CHI (1st); 2002 BOS (2nd); 2002 CHI (2nd); 2003 LON (2nd); 2003 WCM (1st); 2003 NYC (2nd); 2004 BOS (1st); 2004 OLY (2nd); 2005 BOS (1st); 2005 WCM (2nd); 2006 NYC (3rd); 2007 WCM (1st); 2008 OLY (2nd); 2011 LON (2nd)
12	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)
9	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)
8	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
8	Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU)

MOST WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TOP-5 PERFORMANCES — ALL-TIME

Men

15	John A. Kelley (USA): 1934 BOS (2nd); 1935 BOS (1st); 1936 BOS (5th); 1937 BOS (2nd); 1938 BOS (3rd); 1940 BOS (2nd); 1941 BOS (2nd); 1942 BOS (5th); 1943 BOS (2nd); 1944 BOS (2nd); 1945 BOS (1st); 1946 BOS (2nd); 1948 BOS (4th); 1949 BOS (4th); 1950 BOS (5th)
13	Clarence DeMar (USA)
13	Bill Rodgers (USA)
11	Stefano Baldini (ITA)
11	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
10	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN)

Women

19	Catherine Ndereba (KEN): 1999 NYC (2nd); 2000 BOS (1st); 2000 CHI (1st); 2001 BOS (1st); 2001 CHI (1st); 2002 BOS (2nd); 2002 CHI (2nd); 2003 LON (2nd); 2003 WCM (1st); 2003 NYC (2nd); 2004 BOS (1st); 2004 OLY (2nd); 2005 BOS (1st); 2005 WCM (2nd); 2006 NYC (3rd); 2007 WCM (1st); 2007 NYC (5th); 2008 OLY (2nd); 2008 NYC (5th)
16	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)
14	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
14	Grete Waitz (NOR)
13	Renata Kokowska (POL)

MOST WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TOP-5 PERFORMANCES — ACTIVE

Men

11	Stefano Baldini (ITA): 1997 LON (2nd); 1997 NYC (3rd); 2001 WCM (3rd); 2002 NYC (5th); 2003 LON (2nd); 2003 WCM (3rd); 2004 LON (4th); 2004 OLY (1st); 2005 LON (5th); 2006 LON (5th); 2007 NYC (4th)
11	Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
10	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN)
10	Martin Lel (KEN)
9	Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)
9	Khalid Khannouchi (MAR/USA)
9	Hendrik Ramaala (RSA)
9	Paul Tergat (KEN)

Women

19	Catherine Ndereba (KEN): 1999 NYC (2nd); 2000 BOS (1st); 2000 CHI (1st); 2001 BOS (1st); 2001 CHI (1st); 2002 BOS (2nd); 2002 CHI (2nd); 2003 LON (2nd); 2003 WCM (1st); 2003 NYC (2nd); 2004 BOS (1st); 2004 OLY (2nd); 2005 BOS (1st); 2005 WCM (2nd); 2006 NYC (3rd); 2007 WCM (1st); 2007 NYC (5th); 2008 OLY (2nd); 2008 NYC (5th)
16	Joyce Chepchumba (KEN)
12	Svetlana Zakharova (RUS)
11	Ludmila Petrova (RUS)
10	Margaret Okayo (KEN)
10	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
10	Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU)
9	Lidia Simon, (ROU)

MOST WORLD MARATHON MAJORS TOP-5 — SINGLE SEASON

Nine women have placed in the top 5 in three Majors in a season. Only one, Grete Waitz, has won three Majors in the same season. No men have placed in three Majors in the same year.

1983	Grete Waitz	LON (1st)	WCM (1st)	NYC (1st)
1983	Jacqueline Gareau	BOS (2nd)	WCM (5th)	CHI (2nd)
1984	Ingrid Kristiansen	LON (1st)	OLY (4th)	CHI (3rd)
1995	Manuela Machado	LON (2nd)	WCM (1st)	NYC (2nd)
1995	Rittva Lemettinen	LON (3rd)	WCM (5th)	CHI (1st)
2001	Svetlana Zakharova	LON (2nd)	WCM (3rd)	NYC (3rd)
2003	Catherine Ndereba	LON (2nd)	WCM (1st)	NYC (2nd)
2005	Constantina Tomescu-Dita	LON (2nd)	WCM (3rd)	CHI (2nd)
2007	Gete Wami	LON (2nd)	BER (1st)	NYC (2nd)