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32-408: The Rotterdam Marathon often produces very fast times, as the course is flat and weather conditions are typically favorable. Between April 1985 and September 1998 the world best time had been set at Rotterdam, by Carlos Lopes and Belayneh Dinsamo respectively. As of April 2012 six different runners ran a sub 2:05:00 time and four of the ten fastest marathon runners ever ran their fastest time in

64-400: A men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon , a mixed-sex race. Kenyan athlete Ruth Chepng'etich broke the women's world record with a time of 2:09:56 on October 13, 2024 at the 2024 Chicago Marathon , a mixed-sex race. In addition to the standard women's marathon world record, World Athletics also recognizes a second world record for women in

96-439: A more than 10 minute lead over the field and was suffering extreme fatigue and dehydration . When he entered the stadium, he took the wrong path, and when umpires redirected him, he fell down for the first time. He got up with their help in front of 75,000 spectators. Pietri fell four more times, and each time, the umpires helped him up. He managed to finish the race first, with a time of 2h 54min 46s. During all these stumbles and

128-615: The 2011 Boston Marathon as (at the time) "the fastest Marathon ever run", the IAAF said: "Due to the elevation drop and point-to-point measurements of the Boston course, performances [on that course] are not eligible for World record consideration." The Association of Road Racing Statisticians , an independent organization that compiles data from road running events, also maintains an alternate marathon world best progression but with standards they consider to be more stringent. The IAAF Congress, at

160-622: The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) The edition of the marathon is linked on some of the dates. Table key:    Listed by World Athletics as a world best prior to official acceptance    Ratified by World Athletics as a world best (since January 1, 2003) or world record (since January 1, 2004)    Recognized by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) Men's Masters Records Women's Masters Records Johnny Hayes John Joseph Hayes (April 10, 1886 – August 25, 1965)

192-553: The New York City Marathon (2:08:13 and 2:25:29), however, these marks were invalidated when the course was later found to have been 151 meters short. Although World Athletics' progression notes three performances set on the same course in 1978, 1979, and 1980 by Norwegian Grete Waitz , the Association of Road Racing Statisticians considers the New York City course suspect for those performances, too. On April 18, 2011,

224-633: The "Women Only" category, meaning that the marathon was run on a course without any male athletes in the competition. The current "Women Only" record of 2:16:16 was set by Peres Jepchirchir on April 21, 2024 at the London Marathon in the elite women's race. Marathon races were first held in 1896, but the distance was not standardized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now World Athletics) until 1921. The actual distance for pre-1921 races frequently varied from

256-526: The 1908 Olympics, prompting the International Olympic Committee to start appointing judges from a wide variety of countries instead of only the host country. After the dramatic Olympic battle between Pietri and Hayes, public interest was such that a match race was organized by professional promoters in November 1908 at Madison Square Garden . Pietri won the race by 75 yards. A second match race

288-504: The 1921 standard of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards). In qualifying races for the 1896 Summer Olympics , Greek runners Charilaos Vasilakos (3:18:00) and Ioannis Lavrentis (3:11:27) won the first two modern marathons. On April 10, 1896, Spiridon Louis of Greece won the first Olympic marathon in Athens, Greece , in a time of 2:58:50. However, the distance for the event was 40,000 meters. Three months later, British runner Len Hurst won

320-412: The 2011 World Championships, passed a motion changing the record eligibility criteria effective October 6, 2007, so that women's world records must be set in all-women competitions. The result of the change was that Radcliffe's 2:17:42 performance at the 2005 London Marathon supplanted her own existing women's mark as the "world record"; the earlier performance is to be referred to as a "world best". Per

352-406: The 2021 IAAF Competition Rules, " a World Record for performance achieved in mixed sex ("Mixed") races and a World Record for performance achieved in single sex ("Women only") races " are tracked separately. In December 2016, Nike, Inc. , announced that three top distance runners — Eliud Kipchoge , Zersenay Tadese , and Lelisa Desisa — had agreed to forgo the spring marathon season to work with

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384-611: The Boston Marathon produced what were at that time the two fastest marathon performances of all time. Winner Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya recorded a time of 2:03:02, followed by countryman Moses Mosop in 2:03:06. However, since the Boston course does not meet the criteria for record attempts, these times were not ratified by the IAAF. Eight IAAF world records were set at the Polytechnic Marathon (1909, 1913, 1952–54, 1963–65). WA-recognized world records have been broken at all of

416-525: The Rotterdam Marathon. The 2007 event was stopped after three and a half hours because of extreme weather conditions; the KNMI meteorological institute described conditions as "unseasonal" and race day was the warmest ever recorded in the city for the month of April, with temperatures reaching a high of 34 °C. Runners were on the course when the race was stopped after that point and some continued despite

448-499: The collection are numerous trophies, as well as the 1908 Olympic gold medal for the marathon. This represents the first Olympic gold medal to be won at the modern marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards. Johnny Hayes was a guest on the television show I've Got a Secret as one of five former Olympic champions, which aired on October 13, 1954. In 2002, three statues honoring Olympic champions with links to Nenagh, Matt McGrath , Johnny Hayes and Bob Tisdall , were unveiled in front of

480-516: The company in an effort to run a sub-two-hour marathon. The Breaking2 event took place in the early morning of May 6, 2017; Kipchoge crossed the finish line with a time of 2:00:25. This time was more than two minutes faster than the world record. Kipchoge took part in a similar attempt to break the two-hour barrier in Vienna on October 12, 2019, as part of the Ineos 1:59 Challenge . He successfully ran

512-579: The direct aid from the officials, Hayes had now entered the stadium, finishing the race second, with a time of 2h 55min 18s. Pietri was disqualified after the US officials filed a protest. Despite the official result, Pietri achieved much more fame than Hayes when Queen Alexandra awarded him a special silver cup. All of the Olympic officials were British, and the Pietri incident joined a list of other controversial calls in

544-819: The finish line in front of the Royal Box (the 1896 and 1904 Olympic marathons had been less than 25 miles long). Born in New York City to a family of Irish emigrants (from Nenagh in County Tipperary ), Johnny Hayes is probably best known for winning the controversial marathon race at the London Olympics. Hayes is one of only three male American athletes to win the Olympic Marathon , (the other two being Thomas Hicks in 1904 and Frank Shorter in 1972 ). In 1905, he joined Bloomingdale Brothers as an assistant to

576-449: The first sub two-hour marathon distance, with a time of 1:59:40.2. The effort did not count as a new world record under IAAF rules due to the setup of the challenge. Specifically, it was not an open event, Kipchoge was handed fluids by his support team throughout, the run featured a pace car, and included rotating teams of other runners pacing Kipchoge in a formation designed to reduce wind resistance and maximize efficiency. The achievement

608-620: The five New York records have been disputed on grounds of a short course. 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, measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast times produced on courses aided by downhill slope or tailwind. The criteria include: In recognizing Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai 's mark of 2:03:02 at

640-627: The following year by finishing third in Boston with a time of 2:30:38 and winning the inaugural Yonkers Marathon . In 1908 he finished second, 21 seconds behind Thomas Morrissey in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:26:04 and thus qualified for the Olympic Games held in London that same year. The British Olympic Association wanted to start the race in front of Windsor Castle and finish in front of

672-447: The inaugural Paris to Conflans Marathon (also around 40 km) in a time of 2:31:30. In 1900, Hurst would better his time on the same course with a 2:26:28 performance. Later, Shizo Kanakuri of Japan was reported to have set a world record of 2:32:45 in a November 1911 domestic qualification race for the 1912 Summer Olympics , but this performance was also run over a distance of approximately 40 km. The first marathon over

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704-563: The manager of the sporting goods department. At night, he trained on a cinder track on the roof of the Bloomingdales building in New York. He was promoted to manager of the department after returning from his Olympic victory. Hayes started his athletics career with a fifth-place finish at the 1906 Boston Marathon , running for the St. Bartholemew Athletic Club in a time of 2:55:38. He improved on that

736-400: The official distance was won by American Johnny Hayes at the 1908 Summer Olympics , with a time of 2:55:18.4. It is possible that Stamata Revithi , who ran the 1896 Olympic course a day after Louis, is the first woman to run the modern marathon; she is said to have finished in 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours. World Athletics credits Violet Piercy 's 1926 performance as the first woman to race

768-587: The original five World Marathon Majors on numerous occasions (updated 09/2022); twelve times at the Berlin Marathon , three times at the Boston Marathon , five times at the Chicago Marathon , six times at the London Marathon , and five times at the New York City Marathon . However, the records established in the Boston event have been disputed on grounds of a downhill point-to-point course, while four of

800-488: The race was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic , with all entries automatically remaining valid for 2021, and all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to another runner. Marathon world record progression World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics , the international governing body for the sport of athletics . The late Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set

832-547: The royal reviewing stand at the White City Stadium . As a result, the distance was 26 miles and 385 yards (42.195 km). It took until 1921 for the IAAF to codify that distance as the official length of the marathon. Prior to this, races were usually about 25 miles (40 km). he died in 1965. At the race itself, Dorando Pietri from Italy was the first to enter the stadium. But Pietri had depleted himself to open

864-464: The standard marathon distance; however, other sources report that the 1918 performance of Marie-Louise Ledru in the Tour de Paris set the initial mark for women. Other "unofficial" performances have also been reported to be world bests or world records over time: although her performance is not recognized by World Athletics, Adrienne Beames from Australia is frequently credited as the first woman to break

896-497: The three-hour barrier in the marathon. In the 1953 Boston Marathon , the top three male finishers were thought to have broken the standing world record, but Keizo Yamada 's mark of 2:18:51 is considered to have been set on a short course of 25.54 miles (41.1 km). The Boston Athletic Association also does not report Yamada's performance as a world best for this reason. On October 25, 1981, American Alberto Salazar and New Zealander Allison Roe set apparent world bests at

928-565: The warnings and race stoppage. William Kipsang 's 2008 course record of 2:05:49 was broken the following year by Duncan Kibet and James Kwambai who both ran the third fastest time ever for the distance, clocking 2:04:27. In 2012, the IAAF Gold Label was awarded to the event, after satisfying the last condition in April that year: the requirement that the race could be followed live on television in at least five countries. The 2020 edition of

960-542: Was an American athlete , a member of the Irish American Athletic Club , and winner of the marathon race at the 1908 Summer Olympics . Hayes' Olympic victory contributed to the early growth of long-distance running and marathoning in the United States. He was also the first man to win a marathon at the now official standard distance of 26 miles 385 yards when Olympic officials lengthened the distance to put

992-571: Was held on March 15, 1909, and again Pietri won. Both Pietri and Hayes turned professional after the Olympics and achieved great fame. Hayes was a trainer for the US 1912 Olympic team. He later taught physical education and was a food broker. Johnny Hayes died in Englewood, New Jersey . The Shore Athletic Club of New Jersey (Shore AC) holds the Johnny Hayes collection as lifetime trustees. Included in

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1024-443: Was recognized by Guinness World Records with the titles 'Fastest marathon distance (male)' and 'First marathon distance run under two hours' instead of an official world record. Table key:    Listed by World Athletics as a world best prior to official acceptance    Ratified by World Athletics as a world best (since January 1, 2003) or world record (since January 1, 2004)    Recognized by

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