Longest Time Spans Between First and Last Sub-X Marathons
Men
Sub-2:20
22y337d 04 Mar 1973 => 04 Feb 1996 Takeshi So (09 Jan 1953,JPN)
20y150d 10 Sep 1983 => 07 Feb 2004 Eddy Hellebuyck (22 Jan 1961,BEL=>USA)
20y144d 14 May 1983 => 05 Oct 2003 Fedor Ryzhov (07 Mar 1960,RUS)
19y263d 29 Jul 1979 => 18 Apr 1999 Vladimir Kotov (21 Feb 1958,BLR)
18y 2d 19 Oct 1990 => 21 Oct 2009 Bong-Ju Lee (11 Oct 1970,KOR)
18y327d 02 Dec 1990 => 25 Oct 2009 Roman Kejzar (11 Feb 1966,SLO)
18y187d 05 Dec 1976 => 10 Jun 1995 Yuriy Kuzmin (04 Oct 1960,RUS)
18y 27d 26 Aug 1967 => 22 Sep 1985 Donald Macgregor (23 Jul 1939,SCO)
17y247d 01 Aug 1986 => 04 Apr 2004 Stephen Moneghetti (26 Sep 1962,AUS)
17y204d 01 May 1987 => 21 Nov 2004 Diamantino dosSantos (03 Feb 1961,BRA)
10
17y202d 10 Mar 1991 => 28 Sep 2008 Kenjiro Jitsui (16 Dec 1968,JPN)
17y189d 21 Apr 1991 => 27 Oct 2008 Leonid Shvetsov (28 Mar 1969,RUS)
17y 6d 20 Oct 1991 => 26 Oct 2008 Antonio Salvador (1966,POR)
16y364d 05 Oct 1980 => 04 Oct 1997 Yakov Tolstikov (20 May 1959,RUS)
16y356d 01 May 1980 => 21 Apr 1997 Dominque Chauvelier (03 Aug 1956,FRA)
16y302d 19 Mar 1989 => 15 Jan 2006 Belaye Wolashe (03 May 1969,ETH)
16y260d 07 Feb 1993 => 25 Oct 2009 Jose Manuel Martinez (22 Oct 1971,ESP)
16y230d 17 Jan 1988 => 03 Oct 2004 Dennis Simonaitis (25 Jun 1962,USA)
16y204d 23 May 1993 => 13 Dec 2009 James Muindi (14 Aug 1973,KEN)
16y190d 25 Oct 1987 => 02 May 2004 Stephan Freigang (27 Sep 1967,GER)
20
16y176d 16 Sep 1989 => 12 Mar 2006 Gert Thys (12 Nov 1971,RSA)
16y140d 17 Apr 1972 => 04 Sep 1988 Victor Manuel Mora (24 Nov 1944,COL)
16y120d 17 Oct 1982 => 14 Feb 1999 Peter Fleming (05 Jan 1961,SCO)
16y113d 07 Oct 1984 => 28 Jan 2001 Salvatore Bettiol (28 Nov 1961,ITA)
16y 85d 09 Sep 1984 => 03 Dec 2000 Willie Mtolo (05 May 1964,RSA)
16y 1d 02 Dec 1962 => 03 Dec 1978 Kenji Kimihara (20 Mar 1941,JPN)
16y 0d 20 Jun 1971 => 20 Jun 1987 Karel Lismont (08 Mar 1949,BEL)
15y338d 04 Mar 1973 => 05 Feb 1989 Shigero So (09 Jan 1953,JPN)
15y317d 31 Jan 1982 => 14 Dec 1997 Isamu Sennai (11 Aug 1960,JPN)
15y291d 11 Aug 1978 => 29 May 1994 Gidamis Shahanga (04 Sep 1957,TAN)
30
15y282d 15 Jan 1984 => 24 Oct 1999 Ed Eyestone (15 Jun 1961,USA)
15y274d 09 Sep 1979 => 10 Jun 1995 Kjell-Erik Stahl (17 Feb 1946,SWE)
15y250d 13 Feb 1994 => 18 Oct 2009 Tesfaye Eticha (27 Jun 1974,ETH)
15y248d 15 Jun 1963 => 18 Feb 1979 Ronald Hill (25 Sep 1938,ENG)
15y241d 26 Mar 1983 => 22 Nov 1998 Ahmed Saleh (1956,DJI)
15y240d 20 Feb 1994 => 18 Oct 2009 Makoto Ogura (18 Dec 1972,JPN)
15y227d 02 Feb 1991 => 17 Sep 2006 Josiah Thugwane (15 Apr 1971,RSA)
15y220d 06 Mar 1988 => 12 Oct 2003 Juan Ramon Torres (15 Mar 1959,ESP)
15y200d 26 Oct 1968 => 13 May 1984 Barry Watson (13 Feb 1944,ENG)
15y193d 03 May 1980 => 12 Nov 1995 Hugh Jones (01 Nov 1955,ENG)
40
15y136d 01 Dec 1974 => 16 Apr 1990 Mario Cuevas (22 Jul 1949,MEX)
15y125d 27 May 1976 => 29 Sep 1991 Dereje Nedi (10 Oct 1955,ETH)
15y 94d 04 Dec 1988 => 07 Mar 2004 Andres Espinosa (04 Feb 1963,MEX)
15y 94d 25 Oct 1992 => 27 Jan 2008 Giacomo Leone (10 Apr 1971,ITA)
15y 72d 20 Mar 1977 => 31 May 1992 Kebede Balcha (07 Sep 1951,ETH)
15y 65d 17 Apr 1988 => 21 Jun 2003 Mukhamet Nazipov (10 Sep 1964,RUS)
15y 45d 03 Feb 1985 => 19 Mar 2000 Hiromi Taniguchi (05 Apr 1960,JPN)
15y 18d 29 Apr 1972 => 17 May 1987 Günther Mielke (30 Nov 1942,GER)
15y 16d 08 Nov 1987 => 24 Nov 2002 Darrell General (02 Dec 1965,USA)
15y 11d 25 Apr 1992 => 06 May 2007 Nikolay Kerimov (13 Nov 1967,RUS)
50
Sub-2:15
18y168d* 20 Apr 1985 => 05 Oct 2003 Eddy Hellebuyck (22 Jan 1961,USA)
18y117d 29 Jul 1979 => 23 Nov 1997 Vladimir Kotov (21 Feb 1958,BLR)
17y204d 10 Mar 1991 => 28 Sep 2008 Kenjiro Jitsui (16 Dec 1968,JPN)
16y190d 25 Oct 1987 => 02 May 2004 Stephan Freigang (27 Sep 1967,GER)
16y176d 12 Apr 1987 => 05 Oct 2003 Fedor Ryzhov (07 Mar 1960,RUS)
* Hellebuyck ran 2:14:39 at the Belgian Championships in Peer BEL on
01 May 1984 but
this course was short, making times too fast by more than two minutes
Sub-2:12 14y138d 24 May 1980 => 09 Oct 1994 Vladimir Kotov (21 Feb 1958,BLR) 13y362d 20 Mar 1994 => 16 Mar 2008 Yi-Yong Kim (20 Sep 1973,KOR) 13y251d 18 Aug 1984 => 26 Apr 1998 Abebe Mekonen (09 Jan 1964,ETH) 13y196d 01 Aug 1986 => 13 Feb 2000 Steve Moneghetti (26 Sep 1962,AUS) 13y153d 16 Oct 1993 => 18 Mar 2007 Bong-Ju Lee (11 Oct 1970,KOR) Sub-2:10 13y 12d 14 Apr 1985 => 26 Apr 1998 Abebe Mekonen (09 Jan 1964,ETH) 12y334d 18 Apr 1994 => 18 Mar 2007 Bong-Ju Lee (11 Oct 1970,KOR) 12y 62d 05 Dec 1993 => 05 Feb 2006 Gert Thys (12 Nov 1971,RSA) 10y330d 20 Apr 1997 => 16 Mar 2008 Sammy Korir (12 Dec 1971,KEN) 10y179d 10 May 1998 => 26 Oct 2008 Japhet Kosgei (20 Dec 1968,KEN)
Women
Sub-2:50
30y199d 16 Apr 1979 => 01 Nov 2009 Joan Samuelson (16 May 1957,USA)
24y270d 24 Jul 1983 => 20 Apr 2008 Linda Somers (07 May 1961,USA)
22y200d 07 Oct 1986 => 25 Apr 2009 Madina Biktagirova (20 Sep 1964,RUS)
22y176d 07 Oct 1984 => 01 Apr 2007 Alevtina Naumova (16 Jan 1961,RUS)
22y 28d 15 Mar 1987 => 12 Apr 2009 Kyung-Hee Lim (15 May 1973,KOR)
21y344d 25 Oct 1987 => 04 Oct 2009 Judit Nagy (09 Dec 1965,HUN)
21y291d 07 Oct 1983 => 25 Jul 2005 Irina Bogacheva (30 Apr 1961,KGZ)
21y172d 26 Oct 1974 => 15 Apr 1996 Christa Vahlensieck (27 May 1949,GER)
21y141d 17 Jun 1979 => 05 Nov 2000 Gillian Horovitz (07 Jun 1955,USA)
21y135d 12 Sep 1982 => 25 Jan 2004 Ellen Hart (19 May 1958,USA)
10
21y121d 11 Jun 1983 => 10 Oct 2004 Jenni Spangler (20 Jul 1963,USA)
21y100d 07 Nov 1982 => 15 Feb 2004 Beverly Docherty (15 Jun 1958,USA)
21y 52d 10 Sep 1988 => 01 Nov 2009 Lyudmila Petrova (07 Oct 1968,RUS)
20y311d 28 Nov 1981 => 05 Oct 2002 Angela French (19 Sep 1958,USA)
20y267d 09 Jun 1974 => 02 Apr 1995 Chantal Langlace (06 Jan 1955,FRA)
20y206d 23 Apr 1989 => 15 Nov 2009 Albina Gallyamova (08 May 1964,RUS)
20y121d 20 Feb 1983 => 21 Jun 2003 Maria Trujillo (19 Oct 1959,USA)
20y 45d 01 Mar 1987 => 15 Apr 2007 Kumiko Fukuzawa (11 Sep 1966,JPN)
20y 3d 03 Oct 1987 => 06 Oct 2007 Brenda Graham (24 Jan 1957,USA)
19y362d 06 Mar 1988 => 02 Mar 2008 Maria Elena Reyna (18 Jul 1961,MEX)
20
19y187d 22 Apr 1990 => 26 Oct 2009 Larisa Zyusko (27 Apr 1969,RUS)
19y173d 16 Jun 1990 => 06 Dec 2009 Wioletta Kryza (10 Aug 1968,POL)
19y 4d 11 Oct 1981 => 15 Oct 2000 Elena Tsukhlo (13 May 1954,BLR)
19y 4d 22 Apr 1990 => 26 Apr 2009 Addis Gezahegne (14 Oct 1970,ETH)
18y349d 19 Oct 1980 => 03 Oct 1999 Janis Klecker (18 Jul 1960,USA)
18y349d 17 Apr 1988 => 01 Apr 2007 Elena Yegorova (28 Jan 1966,RUS)
18y348d 09 Oct 1983 => 22 Sep 2002 Cindy Keeler (30 Nov 1957,USA)
18y336d 23 May 1982 => 22 Apr 2001 Birgit Lennartz (22 Nov 1965,GER)
18y334d 10 Jun 1990 => 10 May 2009 Krystyna Kuta (21 Sep 1967,POL)
18y279d 10 Sep 1988 => 16 Jun 2007 Ramilya Burangulova (11 Jul 1961,RUS)
30
18y263d 20 Jan 1991 => 10 Oct 2009 Tatyana Titova (06 Aug 1965,RUS)
18y216d 22 Sep 1979 => 26 Apr 1998 Odile Leveque (21 Feb 1958,FRA)
18y215d 22 Oct 1978 => 25 May 1997 Sissel Grottenberg (17 Aug 1956,NOR)
18y194d 07 Dec 1980 => 19 Jun 1999 Janice Ettle (03 Dec 1958,USA)
18y186d 16 Apr 1979 => 19 Oct 1997 Karen Cosgrove (24 Jan 1956,USA)
18y175d 23 Oct 1977 => 15 Apr 1996 Ingrid Kristiansen (21 Mar 1956,NOR)
18y133d 08 Dec 1979 => 20 Apr 1998 Jane Welzel (24 Apr 1955,USA)
18y117d 22 Apr 1990 => 17 Aug 2008 Marisol Vargas (1970,MEX)
18y 55d 04 Sep 1988 => 28 Oct 2006 Fabiola Oppliger (26 Mar 1963,SUI)
18y 33d 27 Oct 1991 => 29 Nov 2009 Malgorzata Sobanska (25 Apr 1969,POL)
40
18y 20d 29 Jan 1989 => 18 Feb 2007 Mari Tanigawa (27 Oct 1962,JPN)
18y 19d 03 Nov 1991 => 22 Nov 2009 Gabrielle O'Rourke (14 Feb 1967,NZL)
17y363d 06 Oct 1991 => 04 Oct 2009 Lisbet Engberg (01 Feb 1964,USA)
17y358d 15 Apr 1989 => 08 Apr 2007 Myong-Hui Kim (04 Jan 1967,PRK)
17y349d 02 May 1982 => 16 Apr 2000 Katrin Dörre (06 Oct 1961,GER)
17y250d 07 Oct 1986 => 13 Jun 2004 Valentina Enaki (15 Feb 1966,MDA)
17y248d 16 Jun 1984 => 17 Feb 2002 Marie Boyd (27 Dec 1959,USA)
17y238d 24 Jul 1988 => 19 Mar 2006 Kerryn McCann (02 May 1967,AUS)
17y232d 02 Aug 1991 => 22 Mar 2009 Luminita Talpos (09 Oct 1972,ROM)
17y216d 20 Nov 1983 => 24 Jun 2001 Eriko Asai (20 Oct 1959,JPN)
50
17y216d 26 Jan 1992 => 30 Aug 2009 Yumi Matsunaga (26 Dec 1971,JPN)
Sub-2:40 21y121d 11 Jun 1983 => 10 Oct 2004 Jenni Spangler (20 Jul 1963,USA) 21y 52d 10 Sep 1988 => 01 Nov 2009 Lyudmila Petrova (07 Oct 1968,RUS) 20y292d 16 Apr 1979 => 26 Feb 2000 Joan Samuelson (16 May 1957,USA) 19y207d 28 Sep 1985 => 23 Apr 2005 Irina Bogacheva (30 Apr 1961,KGZ) 19y 60d 06 Sep 1987 => 05 Nov 2006 Madina Biktagirova (20 Sep 1964,RUS)
Sub-2:35 21y121d 11 Jun 1983 => 10 Oct 2004 Jenni Spangler (20 Jul 1963,USA) 17y274d 05 Jul 1986 => 04 Apr 2004 Irina Bogacheva (30 Apr 1961,KGZ) 17y190d 28 Mar 1992 => 04 Oct 2009 Colleen deReuck (16 Apr 1964,RSA=>USA) 16y175d 15 Nov 1992 => 10 May 2009 Malgorzata Sobanska (25 Apr 1969,POL) 16y 78d 29 Jan 1984 => 16 Apr 2000 Katrin Dörre (06 Oct 1961,GER)
Sub-2:30 15y109d 21 Jul 1984 => 07 Nov 1999 Katrin Dörre (06 Oct 1961,GER) 14y249d 01 Mar 1992 => 05 Nov 2006 Madina Biktagirova (20 Sep 1964,RUS) 12y 2d 09 Oct 1997 => 11 Oct 2009 Irina Mikitenko (23 Aug 1972,GER) 11y364d 26 Jan 1997 => 25 Jan 2009 Lidia Simon (04 Sep 1973,ROM) 11y217d 27 Oct 1991 => 01 Jun 2003 Irina Bogacheva (30 Apr 1961,KGZ)
Last Updated on 20 Dec 2009