Longest Time Spans Between First and Last Sub-X Marathons
Men
Sub-3:00
38y271d 02 Jul 1972 => 20 Mar 2011 Dave Elger (29 Aug 1953,USA)
37y 64d 15 Apr 1974 => 18 Jun 2011 Doug Kurtis (12 Mar 1952,USA)
36y 25d 03 Feb 1974 => 28 Feb 2010 Hideko Kita (28 Sep 1952,JPN)
35y175d 26 Oct 1974 => 19 Apr 2010 Kerry Green (05 Apr 1954,USA)
35y 82d 10 Jan 1976 => 02 Apr 2011 Don Demetriades (19 Dec 1960,USA)
34y133d 23 Apr 1966 => 03 Sep 2000 Don Ritchie (06 Jul 1944,SCO)
34y119d 20 Jun 1976 => 17 Oct 2010 Mark Lohman (18 Apr 1958,USA)
33y254d 25 Feb 1978 => 06 Nov 2011 Roger Wyllie (22 Oct 1959,CAN)
33y190d 10 Sep 1977 => 19 Mar 2011 Terrence Stanley (05 Sep 1952,USA)
33y184d 23 Oct 1976 => 25 Apr 2010 Steve Smythe (18 Mar 1958,GBR)
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33y184d 15 Jul 1978 => 15 Jan 2012 Gary Allen (29 Jan 1957,USA)
33y162d 07 Nov 1976 => 19 Apr 2010 Reno Stirrat (19 Apr 1954,USA)
33y161d 05 Dec 1976 => 15 May 2010 Antonio Arreola (24 Aug 1959,USA)
33y135d 26 Feb 1977 => 11 Jul 2010 Doug Jacobson (08 Apr 1956,USA)
32y364d 19 Apr 1910 => 18 Apr 1943 Clarence DeMar (07 Jun 1888,USA)
32y363d 19 Apr 1967 => 17 Apr 2000 Laurence Olsen (14 Nov 1946,USA)
32y234d 25 Mar 1973 => 14 Nov 2010 Heung-Ju Moon (14 Feb 1949,KOR)
32y191d 30 Apr 1978 => 07 Nov 2010 Orlando Pizzolato (30 Jul 1958,ITA)
32y163d 05 Nov 1978 => 18 Apr 2011 James Garcia (30 Jun 1958,USA)
32y113d 25 Feb 1979 => 18 Jun 2011 Dennis Wallach (19 Jul 1957,USA)
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32y 95d 13 Jan 1979 => 18 Apr 2011 Budd Coates (06 Apr 1957,USA)
32y 92d 06 Dec 1959 => 07 Mar 1992 Barry Magee (06 Feb 1934,NZL)
32y 51d 20 Aug 1978 => 10 Oct 2010 Lee Pollock (07 Sep 1952,USA)
32y 9d 04 Dec 1949 => 13 Dec 1982 Keizo Yamada (30 Nov 1927,JPN)
32y 8d 02 Dec 1979 => 10 Dec 2011 Brian Baker (27 Jan 1962,USA)
31y339d 05 Nov 1978 => 10 Oct 2010 Greg Skopec (18 Nov 1961,USA)
31y270d 14 Mar 1976 => 09 Dec 2007 Kaneo Hikima (11 Sep 1954,JPN)
31y233d 29 Jul 1979 => 19 Mar 2011 Vladimir Kotov (21 Feb 1958,BLR)
31y180d 21 Oct 1978 => 19 Apr 2010 Dennis Kurtis (01 Nov 1953,USA)
31y172d 27 Oct 1979 => 17 Apr 2011 Nick Sirs (04 Jan 1957,ENG)
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30y355d 05 May 1979 => 25 Apr 2010 Chris Finill (31 Dec 1958,ENG)
30y242d 19 Oct 1980 => 18 Jun 2011 Bob VanLangenhoven (14 Apr 1962, USA)
30y 76d 12 Jul 1969 => 26 Sep 1999 Colin Youngson (27 Oct 1947,SCO)
Sub-2:20
22y337d 04 Mar 1973 => 04 Feb 1996 Takeshi So (09 Jan 1953,JPN)
21y 38d 16 Sep 1989 => 24 Oct 2010 Gert Thys (12 Nov 1971,RSA)
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)
18y209d 07 Feb 1993 => 04 Sep 2011 Jose Manuel Martinez (22 Oct 1971,ESP)
18y187d 05 Dec 1976 => 10 Jun 1995 Yuriy Kuzmin (04 Oct 1960,RUS)
17y111d 25 Apr 1992 => 14 Aug 2010 Luketz Swartbooi (06 Feb 1965,NAM)
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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)
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 (21 Jun 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)
16y295d 12 Dec 1993 => 03 Oct 2010 Mbarak Hussein (04 Apr 1965,USA)
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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)
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 22d 20 Mar 1994 => 11 Apr 2010 Yi-Yong Kim (20 Sep 1973,KOR)
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)
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15y359d 29 Oct 1995 => 23 Oct 2011 Danilo Goffi (03 Dec 1972,ITA)
15y352d 20 Feb 1994 => 07 Feb 2010 Makoto Ogura (18 Dec 1972,JPN)
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)
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)
15y248d 15 Jun 1963 => 18 Feb 1979 Ronald Hill (25 Sep 1938,ENG)
15y247d 13 Feb 1994 => 18 Oct 2009 Tesfaye Eticha (27 Jun 1974,ETH)
15y241d 26 Mar 1983 => 22 Nov 1998 Ahmed Saleh (1956,DJI)
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15y333d 28 Aug 1994 => 18 Apr 2010 Eric Wainaina (19 Dec 1973,KEN)
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)
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 81d 11 Jan 1995 => 11 Apr 2010 Asaf Bimro (01 Jan 1969,ISR)
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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)
17y 35d 14 Mar 1993 => 18 Apr 2010 Gert Thys (12 Nov 1971,RSA)
16y190d 25 Oct 1987 => 02 May 2004 Stephan Freigang (27 Sep 1967,GER)
* 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) Sub-2:08 10y 8d 17 Oct 1999 => 25 Oct 2009 William Kiplagat (21 Jun 1972,KEN) 9y 10d 13 Apr 1997 => 23 Apr 2006 Stefano Baldini (25 May 1971,ITA) 8y186d 19 Oct 1997 => 23 Apr 2006 Khalid Khannouchi (22 Dec 1971,MAR=>USA) 7y283d 14 Apr 2002 => 22 Jan 2010 Haile Gebreselasie (18 Apr 1973,ETH) 7y 5d 18 Apr 1999 => 23 Apr 2006 Julio Rey (13 Jan 1972,ESP)
Women
Sub-3:00
32y 79d 29 Jan 1979 => 18 Apr 2011 Joan Samuelson (16 May 1957,USA)
28y302d 09 Jan 1982 => 07 Nov 2010 Linda Somers (07 May 1961,USA)
28y203d 12 Oct 1980 => 03 May 2009 Joan McGrath (13 Dec 1961,USA)
28y140d 23 May 1982 => 10 Oct 2010 Birgit Lennartz (22 Nov 1965,GER)
27y182d 03 Apr 1983 => 02 Oct 2010 Christine Kennedy (29 Dec 1954,IRL)
25y303d 19 Nov 1984 => 19 Sep 2010 Carolyn Smith (04 Jun 1965,USA)
25y 25d 09 Oct 1977 => 03 Nov 2002 Gillian Korovitz (07 Jun 1955,ENG=>USA)
25y 10d 02 Dec 1984 => 12 Dec 2009 Monica Joyce (16 Jul 1958,IRL=>USA)
24y235d 29 Oct 1978 => 21 Jun 2003 Jane Welzel (24 Apr 1955,USA)
24y235d 11 Feb 1980 => 03 Oct 2004 Chie Matsuda (27 Mar 1948,JPN)
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Sub-2:50
31y177d 16 Apr 1979 => 10 Oct 2010 Joan Samuelson (16 May 1957,USA)
27y106d 24 Jul 1983 => 07 Nov 2010 Linda Somers (07 May 1961,USA)
24y215d 15 Mar 1987 => 16 Oct 2011 Kyung-Hee Lim (15 May 1973,KOR)
23y251d 25 Oct 1987 => 03 Jul 2011 Judit Nagy (09 Dec 1965,HUN)
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)
22y156d 10 Sep 1988 => 13 Feb 2011 Ramilya Burangulova (11 Jul 1961,RUS)
22y 58d 10 Sep 1988 => 07 Nov 2010 Lyudmila Petrova (07 Oct 1968,RUS)
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)
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21y171d 16 Jun 1990 => 04 Dec 2011 Wioletta Kryza (10 Aug 1968,POL)
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)
21y135d 10 Jun 1990 => 23 Oct 2011 Krystyna Kuta (21 Sep 1967,POL)
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)
20y361d 22 Apr 1990 => 18 Apr 2011 Larisa Zyusko (27 Apr 1969,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)
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20y121d 20 Feb 1983 => 21 Jun 2003 Maria Trujillo (19 Oct 1959,USA)
20y 67d 13 Jul 1991 => 18 Sep 2011 Tatyana Zolotareva (22 Jul 1970,RUS)
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)
19y354d 22 Apr 1990 => 11 Apr 2010 Addis Gezahegne (14 Oct 1970,ETH)
19y354d 10 Nov 1991 => 30 Oct 2011 Helena Javornik (26 Mar 1966,SLO)
19y208d 05 Apr 1992 => 30 Oct 2011 Lidia Simon (04 Sep 1973,ROM)
19y152d 28 Mar 1992 => 27 Aug 2011 Colleen deReuck (16 Apr 1964,RSA=>USA)
19y150d 20 Jan 1991 => 19 Jun 2010 Tatyana Titova (06 Aug 1965,RUS)
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19y 4d 11 Oct 1981 => 15 Oct 2000 Elena Tsukhlo (13 May 1954,BLR)
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 27 Oct 1991 => 26 Sep 2010 Malgorzata Sobanska (25 Apr 1969,POL)
18y259d 02 Aug 1991 => 18 Apr 2010 Luminita Talpos (09 Oct 1972,ROM)
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)
18y202d 21 Mar 1993 => 09 Oct 2011 Sun-Suk Yun (28 May 1972,KOR)
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18y202d 25 Apr 1993 => 13 Nov 2011 Alena Vinitskaya (23 Aug 1973,BLR)
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)
18y139d 18 Jul 1993 => 04 Dec 2011 Nita Olaru (28 Aug 1970,ROM)
18y133d 08 Dec 1979 => 20 Apr 1998 Jane Welzel (24 Apr 1955,USA)
18y117d 22 Apr 1990 => 17 Aug 2008 Marisol Vargas (25 Jul 1971,MEX)
18y 76d 20 Sep 1992 => 05 Dec 2010 Dorota Gruca (05 Dec 1970,POL)
18y 56d 25 Apr 1992 => 19 Jun 2010 Firiya Sultanova (29 Apr 1961,RUS)
18y 55d 04 Sep 1988 => 28 Oct 2006 Fabiola Oppliger (26 Mar 1963,SUI)
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Sub-2:40 22y 58d 10 Sep 1988 => 07 Nov 2010 Lyudmila Petrova (07 Oct 1968,RUS) 21y164d 10 Sep 1988 => 21 Feb 2010 Ramilya Burangulova (11 Jul 1951,RUS) 21y121d 11 Jun 1983 => 10 Oct 2004 Jenni Spangler (20 Jul 1963,USA) 20y292d 16 Apr 1979 => 26 Feb 2000 Joan Samuelson (16 May 1957,USA) 20y108d 03 Dec 1989 => 21 Mar 2010 Linda Somers (07 May 1961,USA)
Sub-2:35 21y121d 11 Jun 1983 => 10 Oct 2004 Jenni Spangler (20 Jul 1963,USA) 18y196d 28 Mar 1992 => 10 Oct 2010 Colleen deReuck (16 Apr 1964,RSA=>USA) 17y274d 05 Jul 1986 => 04 Apr 2004 Irina Bogacheva (30 Apr 1961,KGZ) 17y189d 24 Apr 1994 => 30 Oct 2011 Lidia Simon (04 Sep 1973,ROM) 16y175d 15 Nov 1992 => 10 May 2009 Malgorzata Sobanska (25 Apr 1969,POL)
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) 13y 5d 26 Jan 1997 => 31 Jan 2010 Lidia Simon (04 Sep 1973,ROM) 12y125d 28 Sep 1997 => 31 Jan 2010 Kayoko Obata (18 Sep 1971,JPN) 11y364d 17 Oct 1999 => 16 Oct 2011 Lornah Kiplagat (01 May 1974,KEN=>NED) Sub-2:25 9y164d 14 Apr 2002 => 25 Sep 2011 Paula Radcliffe (17 Dec 1973,ENG) 7y362d 28 Jan 2001 => 25 Jan 2009 Yoko Shibui (14 Mar 1979,JPN) 6y356d 22 Apr 2001 => 13 Apr 2008 Svetlana Zakharova (15 Sep 1970,RUS) 6y349d 06 Dec 1998 => 20 Nov 2005 Naoko Takahashi (06 May 1972,JPN) 6y182d 22 Oct 2000 => 22 Apr 2007 Lornah Kiplagat (01 May 1974,KEN=>NED)
Note: Some race dates are not known exactly and are shown in lighter colors.
Last Updated on 18 Jan 2012