Longest Time Spans Between First and Last Marathon Wins
Men
29y 56d 10 Sep 1977 => 05 Nov 2006 Terrence Stanley (05 Sep 1952,USA)
26y123d 20 Jun 1981 => 21 Oct 2007 Klaus Goldammer (28 Aug 1952,GER)
25y332d 02 Apr 1978 => 28 Feb 2004 Hugh Jones (01 Nov 1955,ENG)
25y144d 19 Apr 1981 => 10 Sep 2006 Phil Meagher (1960,CAN)
24y362d 25 Jul 1981 => 22 Jul 2006 Jaakko Rouhiainen (FIN)
24y 27d 12 Aug 1961 => 08 Sep 1985 Ron Hill (25 Sep 1938,ENG)
24y 10d 07 Sep 1981 => 17 Sep 2005 Scott Bagley (10 Aug 1964,USA)
24y 6d 20 Jun 1981 => 26 Jun 2005 Dominique Chauvelier (03 Aug 1956,FRA)
23y347d 03 Mar 1980 => 14 Feb 2004 Michael Georgi (USA)
23y246d 24 May 1980 => 25 Jan 2004 Vladimir Kotov (21 Feb 1958,BLR)
10
23y209d 29 Mar 1981 => 24 Oct 2004 Dick Beardsley (21 Mar 1956,USA)
23y146d 19 Apr 1911 => 12 Oct 1934 Clarence DeMar (07 Jun 1888,USA)
23y 33d 26 Mar 1979 => 28 Apr 2002 Doug Kurtis (12 Mar 1952,USA)
22y322d 23 Jul 1983 => 10 Jun 2006 Paavo Kettunen (FIN)
22y175d 14 Mar 1982 => 05 Sep 2004 Rainer Müller (17 Nov 1956,GER)
22y 19d 10 Aug 1985 => 29 Aug 2007 Miroslav Krisko (11 Dec 1957,SVK)
22y 7d 21 Mar 1971 => 28 Mar 1993 Ken Young (09 Nov 1941,USA)
21y240d 11 Apr 1970 => 07 Dec 1991 Jim Pearson (1944,USA)
21y 50d 10 Oct 1976 => 30 Nov 1997 Robert Hensley (28 Jun 1954,USA)
21y 1d 30 Oct 1983 => 31 Oct 2004 Antoni Niemczak (17 Nov 1955,POL)
20
20y316d 07 Oct 1979 => 17 Sep 2000 Jeff Foster (09 Jul 1956,USA)
20y303d 02 Dec 1984 => 01 Oct 2005 Ken Wilson (1959,USA)
20y288d 07 Dec 1985 => 24 Sep 2006 Steve Krebs (1962,USA)
20y262d 11 Sep 1983 => 30 May 2004 Peter Fleming (05 Jan 1961,SCO)
20y 87d 14 Mar 1976 => 09 Jun 1996 Jack Callacci (1956,USA)
20y 38d 03 Dec 1983 => 10 Jan 2004 Greg Gearhart (1956,USA)
20y 38d 28 Feb 1988 => 06 Apr 2008 Thierry Foulhoux (1965,FRA)
19y361d 19 May 1973 => 15 May 1993 Cavin Woodward (01 Aug 1947,ENG)
19y353d 18 Jun 1978 => 06 Jun 1998 Richard Hooper (26 Aug 1956,IRL)
19y326d 10 Oct 1926 => 01 Sep 1946 Stefano Natale (16 Apr 1903,ITA)
30
19y145d 04 Dec 1982 => 28 Apr 2002 Joe Metcalf (16 Sep 1963,USA)
19y 75d 29 Jul 1984 => 12 Oct 2003 David Ruggles (1965,CAN)
19y 39d 12 Dec 1981 => 20 Jan 2001 Jeff Keady (1960,USA)
19y 5d 02 May 1981 => 07 May 2000 Herb Tanzer (1951,USA)
18y363d 21 Aug 1988 => 19 Aug 2007 Matt Carpenter (20 Jul 1964,USA)
18y347d 09 Apr 1978 => 22 Mar 1997 Bill McDermott (1951,USA)
18y343d 13 May 1972 => 21 Apr 1991 Don Ritchie (06 Jul 1944,SCO)
18y343d 11 Jan 1986 => 19 Dec 2004 Sean McCormick (USA)
18y266d 27 Feb 1965 => 20 Nov 1983 Barry Sawyer (28 Oct 1933,RSA)
18y249d 02 Mar 1975 => 06 Nov 1993 Carl-Magnus Berg (18 Jan 1949,SWE)
40
18y230d 07 Jun 1975 => 23 Jan 1994 Kirk Pfeffer (30 Jul 1956,USA)
18y182d 27 Oct 1973 => 26 Apr 1992 Colin Youngson (27 Oct 1947,SCO)
18y145d 25 Mar 1979 => 17 Aug 1997 Bo Engwall (SWE)
18y142d 05 Aug 1971 => 14 Jan 1990 Frank Shorter (31 Oct 1947,USA)
18y117d 10 May 1987 => 04 Sep 2005 Adri Hartveld (07 Oct 1959,NED)
18y 61d 19 Jul 1959 => 18 Sep 1977 Erik Ostbye (25 Jan 1921,SWE)
18y 60d 15 Dec 1963 => 13 Feb 1982 Jeff Galloway (12 Jul 1945,USA)
18y 48d 25 Feb 1989 => 14 Apr 2007 Tom Possert (1962,USA)
17y364d 03 May 1980 => 02 May 1998 Monte Brothwell (02 Apr 1955,USA)
17y364d 21 Sep 1986 => 19 Sep 2004 Ad deBruijn (NED)
50
17y346d 06 Nov 1983 => 28 Oct 2001 Farley Simon (13 Jul 1955,USA)
17y328d 27 Jun 1971 => 21 May 1989 Fernand Kolbeck (11 Oct 1944,FRA)
17y309d 07 May 1988 => 12 Mar 2006 Gert Thys (12 Nov 1971,RSA)
17y259d 19 Jan 1986 => 05 Oct 2003 Eddy Hellebuyck (22 Jan 1961,BEL=>USA)
17y245d 27 Oct 1984 => 29 Jun 2002 Mirko Vindis (08 Nov 1963,SLO)
17y230d 14 Oct 1984 => 01 Jun 2002 Michael Duncan (1950,USA)
17y204d 30 Sep 1972 => 22 Apr 1990 Gary Bryan (USA)
17y161d 07 Feb 1987 => 17 Jul 2004 Michel deMaat (10 Sep 1961,NED)
17y113d 25 Apr 1970 => 16 Aug 1987 Lutz Phillip (14 Oct 1940,GER)
17y 71d 15 Aug 1970 => 25 Oct 1987 Jeffrey Norman (06 Feb 1945,ENG)
60
17y 28d 02 Feb 1991 => 01 Mar 2008 Josiah Thugwane (15 Apr 1971,RSA)
17y 14d 03 Oct 1976 => 17 Oct 1993 Takeshi So (09 Jan 1953,JPN)
17y 7d 01 May 1977 => 08 May 1994 Michael Dyon (26 Oct 1955,CAN)
16y358d 28 Mar 1981 => 21 Mar 1998 Charles Vilakazi (16 Jul 1960,RSA)
16y343d 10 Oct 1982 => 18 Sep 1999 Joseph Perske (14 Feb 1956,USA)
16y330d 26 Aug 1990 => 22 Jul 2007 Ricardo Mejia (1963,MEX)
16y316d 14 Jun 1970 => 26 Apr 1987 Karel Lismont (08 Mar 1949,BEL)
16y259d 17 Dec 1967 => 02 Sep 1984 Skip Houk (26 Feb 1942,USA)
16y231d 15 Sep 1991 => 03 May 2008 Lucien Taelman (09 Jul 1957,BEL)
16y211d 19 Sep 1987 => 17 Apr 2004 Wes Kessenich (1962,USA)
70
16y175d 05 May 1991 => 27 Oct 2007 Shaun Milford (13 Jul 1963,ENG)
16y170d 12 May 1973 => 29 Oct 1989 Robert Heron (14 Dev 1947,SCO)
16y162d 02 Dec 1984 => 13 May 2001 Jeffrey Martin (27 Jan 1958,CAN)
16y155d 21 Sep 1986 => 23 Feb 2003 James Garcia (1958,USA)
16y106d 17 Apr 1988 => 01 Aug 2004 Jean Duperfait (1957,FRA)
16y 85d 09 Sep 1984 => 03 Dec 2000 Willie Mtolo (05 May 1964,RSA)
16y 78d 28 Aug 1988 => 14 Nov 2004 Marco Kaminski (08 Feb 1964,SUI)
16y 72d 08 Jul 1989 => 18 Sep 2005 Roger Scott (1965,USA)
16y 57d 29 Jun 1980 => 25 Aug 1996 Miguel Tibaduiza (29 Sep 1956,USA)
16y 50d 05 Oct 1985 => 24 Nov 2001 S Mark Courtney (1956,USA)
80
16y 15d 02 Jun 1990 => 17 Jun 2006 Palle Redder (DEN)
16y 1d 23 Sep 1978 => 24 Sep 1994 Bob Murphy (USA)
15y359d 30 Jun 1990 => 24 Jun 2006 Vladimir Netreba (21 Oct 1967,RUS)
15y359d 27 Jun 1988 => 20 Jun 2004 Bertrand Itsweire (30 Aug 1965,FRA)
15y352d 20 May 1984 => 07 May 2000 Celio Hernandez (USA)
15y341d 04 May 1980 => 09 Apr 1996 Garry Henry (17 May 1955,AUS)
15y339d 20 Oct 1979 => 24 Sep 1995 Zoltan Nalesnyik (02 Jan 1957,HUN)
15y333d 01 Dec 1956 => 29 Oct 1972 Alain Mimoun (01 Jan 1921,FRA)
15y324d 15 Oct 1989 => 04 Sep 2005 Uwe Hartmann (04 Apr 1959,GER)
15y311d 04 Mar 1973 => 08 Jan 1989 Shigeru So (09 Jan 1953,JPN)
90
15y298d 31 Oct 1992 => 15 Aug 2008 Jaroslaw Janicki (06 Jul 1966,POL)
15y277d 11 Aug 1978 => 15 May 1994 Gidamis Shahanga (04 Sep 1957,TAN
15y275d 08 Sep 1991 => 09 Jun 2007 Richard Webb (CAN)
15y269d 07 Jan 1984 => 03 Oct 1999 Don Norman (21 Oct 1958,USA)
15y261d 06 Sep 1992 => 25 May 2008 Brian Michasiw (CAN)
15y228d 21 Mar 1992 => 04 Nov 2007 Jose Ortiz (1963,USA)
15y211d 08 Oct 1989 => 07 May 2005 Dan Martin (1958,USA)
15y207d 26 Dec 1975 => 21 Jul 1991 Dean Foster (1955,CAN)
15y191d 30 Oct 1988 => 08 May 2004 Volker Krajenski (16 Jan 1966,GER)
15y177d 30 Apr 1983 => 24 Oct 1998 Ondrej Nemec (18 Oct 1958,CZE)
100
15y153d 21 Feb 1985 => 23 Jul 2000 Yukio Suzuki (05 Feb 1963,JPN)
15y142d 25 May 1991 => 14 Oct 2006 Vlastimil Bukovjan (27 Jul 1961,CZE)
15y136d 02 Dec 1990 => 17 Apr 2006 Roman Kejzar (11 Feb 1966,SLO)
15y 85d 05 Sep 1971 => 29 Nov 1986 James Hatcher (1949,USA)
15y 79d 13 Jun 1992 => 01 Sep 2007 Janusz Sarnicki (17 Mar 1966,POL)
15y 71d 02 Dec 1984 => 11 Feb 2000 Takeyuki Nakayama (20 Dec 1959,JPN)
15y 69d 09 Aug 1975 => 07 Oct 1990 Thomas Antczak (06 Jan 1951,USA)
15y 44d 14 Jan 1990 => 27 Feb 2005 Koji Koyanagi (15 Apr 1967,JPN)
15y 2d 11 Aug 1979 => 13 Aug 1994 Martin Balding (USA)
Women
31y176d 02 Nov 1975 => 28 Apr 2007 Penny DeMoss (04 Jan 1950,USA)
30y222d 20 Mar 1977 => 28 Oct 2007 Louise Voghel (1959,CAN)
27y325d 20 Sep 1980 => 10 Aug 2008 Birgit Lennartz (22 Nov 1965,GER)
27y114d 28 Oct 1978 => 29 Jan 2006 Linda Mason-Barber (1953,USA)
27y 37d 11 May 1980 => 17 Jun 2007 Beverly Williams-Robertson (1953,CAN)
26y227d 22 Aug 1981 => 06 Apr 2008 Daniele Cherniak (1962,USA)
25y 89d 30 Aug 1980 => 27 Nov 2005 Kimberly Bruce (1962,FL/USA)
24y159d 03 May 1975 => 09 Oct 1999 Vlasta Rulcova (03 Jun 1944,CZE)
24y 39d 08 May 1983 => 16 Jun 2007 Maria Grazia Navacchia (05 Nov 1952,ITA)
24y 27d 03 Sep 1983 => 30 Sep 2007 Cindy Keeler-Barber (30 Nov 1957,USA)
10
23y262d 11 Oct 1981 => 30 Jul 2005 Elena Tsukhlo (13 May 1954,BLR)
23y230d 30 Oct 1983 => 17 Jun 2007 Ludmila Melicherova (06 Jun 1964,SVK)
23y223d 30 Sep 1984 => 11 May 2008 Sigrid Eichner (29 Sep 1940,GER)
23y 56d 15 Jun 1985 => 09 Aug 2008 Anna Balosakova (17 Mar 1961,SVK)
22y273d 25 Sep 1983 => 25 Jun 2006 Irena Maliborska (POL)
22y 70d 03 Aug 1985 => 13 Oct 2007 Nina Korvryzkina (05 Feb 1965,UKR)
22y 57d 10 Oct 1976 => 06 Dec 1998 Mary Burns (09 Sep 1957,USA)
21y141d 10 Nov 1984 => 01 Apr 2006 Carolyn Smith (04 Jun 1965,USA)
21y 29d 20 Apr 1986 => 19 May 2007 Agota Farkas (29 Apr 1964,HUN)
20y306d 18 Apr 1987 => 16 Feb 2008 Eva Seidlova (19 May 1948,SVK)
20
20y136d 29 May 1982 => 12 Oct 2002 Gunhild Moran-Swanson (1944,USA)
19y305d 02 Dec 1985 => 02 Oct 2004 Christine Gibbons (07 Oct 1961,USA)
19y296d 13 Oct 1985 => 05 Aug 2005 Ritva Lemettinen (09 Sep 1960,FIN)
19y235d 28 Sep 1975 => 21 May 1995 Dorthe Rasmussen (27 Jan 1960,DEN)
19y 54d 16 Sep 1978 => 09 Nov 1997 Caroll Myers (1957,USA)
18y349d 04 Sep 1988 => 19 Aug 2007 Mariya Lantsova (26 Nov 1962,RUS)
18y271d 09 Feb 1980 => 07 Nov 1998 Vicki Johnson (1948,USA)
18y222d 07 Sep 1980 => 17 Apr 1999 Janice Ettle (03 Dec 1958,USA)
18y221d 24 Jan 1988 => 02 Sep 2006 Frith vanderMerwe (26 May 1964,RSA)
18y202d 03 Mar 1979 => 21 Sep 1997 Anna Thornhill (02 Aug 1940,USA)
30
18y194d 25 Apr 1988 => 05 Nov 2006 Madina Biktagirova (20 Sep 1964,RUS)
18y 96d 27 Oct 1980 => 31 Jan 1999 Carey May (19 Jul 1959,IRL)
18y 82d 27 Jun 1982 => 17 Sep 2000 Karolina Szabo (17 Nov 1961,HUN)
18y 54d 12 Oct 1986 => 05 Dec 2004 Kim Marie Goff (13 May 1961,USA)
18y 54d 04 Sep 1988 => 28 Oct 2006 Fabiola Oppliger (26 Mar 1963,SUI)
17y363d 19 Jun 1983 => 17 Jun 2001 Susan Martin-Clarke (13 Sep 1955,WAL)
17y355d 18 Oct 1981 => 10 Oct 1999 Maureen Custy-Roben (31 Aug 1955,USA)
17y355d 31 May 1987 => 21 May 2005 Rumyana Panovska (13 May 1966,BUL)
17y343d 09 Jun 1984 => 18 May 2002 Julie McKinney (USA)
17y288d 03 Feb 1990 => 18 Nov 2007 Claudia Kasen (07 Feb 1957,USA)
40
17y287d 11 Oct 1987 => 25 Jul 2005 Irina Bogacheva (30 Apr 1961,KGZ)
17y196d 17 Oct 1976 => 21 May 1994 Leslie Watson (04 Feb 1948,SCO)
17y184d 20 May 1990 => 18 Nov 2007 Judit Nagy (09 Dec 1965,HUN)
17y182d 27 Apr 1985 => 26 Oct 2002 Dana Hajna (02 Jan 1964,CZE)
17y145d 11 Feb 1980 => 06 Jul 1997 Chie Matsuda (27 Mar 1948,JPN)
17y133d 10 Jun 1990 => 21 Oct 2007 Krystyna Kuta (21 Sep 1967,POL)
17y105d 14 Oct 1984 => 27 Jan 2002 Joaquina Casas (1951,ESP)
17y 96d 23 Aug 1980 => 27 Nov 1997 Karen Miles (23 Apr 1953,USA)
17y 84d 03 Dec 1978 => 25 Feb 1996 Jean Kerr (31 Oct 1958,USA)
17y 84d 11 Nov 1984 => 03 Feb 2002 Bernadette Hudy (23 Dec 1962,GER)
50
17y 68d 14 Apr 1991 => 21 Jun 2008 Zlatica Semanova (25 Oct 1958,SVK)
17y 14d 02 May 1982 => 16 May 1999 Eleanor Robinson (20 Nov 1947,ENG)
17y 14d 08 May 1988 => 22 May 2005 Holly Whitman (CAN)
17y 13d 12 Mar 1978 => 25 Mar 1995 Irene Göllas (SWE)
17y 6d 21 Apr 1991 => 27 Apr 2008 Elena Yegorova (28 Jan 1966,RUS)
17y 0d 01 Nov 1986 => 01 Nov 2003 Tuula Salminen (FIN)
17y 0d 04 Mar 1990 => 04 Mar 2007 Grace deOliveira (05 Jul 1961,RSA)
16y345d 21 May 1989 => 01 May 2006 Anna Solecka (27 Aug 1968,POL)
16y329d 24 Nov 1973 => 20 Oct 1990 Tammie Gilpin (USA)
16y322d 14 Oct 1990 => 01 Sep 2007 Susanne Johansson (13 Jan 1962,SWE)
60
16y316d 22 Apr 1990 => 04 Mar 2007 Ramilya Burangulova (11 Jul 1961,RUS)
16y299d 30 Jun 1982 => 25 Apr 1999 Katrin Dörre (06 Oct 1961,GER)
16y295d 24 Jan 1988 => 14 Nov 2004 Emperatriz Wilson (20 Jan 1966,CUB)
16y141d 13 Jan 1990 => 03 Jun 2006 Marie Boyd (27 Dec 1959,USA)
16y 92d 11 Mar 1990 => 11 Jun 2006 Jeannie Wokasch (15 May 1962,USA)
16y 70d 29 Apr 1990 => 08 Jul 2006 Anne Kuiken-Popek (1969,USA)
15y359d 26 Oct 1975 => 20 Oct 1991 Ella Willis (02 Sep 1957,USA)
15y338d 08 Sep 1991 => 12 Aug 2007 Karoline Dohr (23 Jan 1958,AUT)
15y240d 17 Apr 1988 => 13 Dec 2003 Alevtina Naumova (16 Jan 1961,RUS)
15y234d 17 Oct 1981 => 08 Jun 1997 Carla Beurskens (15 Feb 1952,NED)
70
15y234d 05 Apr 1992 => 25 Nov 2007 Lidia Simon (04 Sep 1973,ROM)
15y227d 03 Jul 1982 => 15 Feb 1998 Cynthia Pickering (1956,USA)
15y226d 16 Mar 1986 => 28 Oct 2001 Bernardine Portenski (26 Aug 1949,NZL)
15y224d 26 Apr 1977 => 06 Dec 1992 Gillian Horovitz (07 Jun 1955,ENG)
15y223d 15 Mar 1992 => 24 Oct 2007 Letteke Broekman (NED)
15y206d 26 Apr 1986 => 18 Nov 2001 Martine Cubizolles (24 May 1960,FRA)
15y189d 08 Nov 1992 => 17 May 2008 Helena Javornik (26 Mar 1966,SLO)
15y170d 28 Oct 1973 => 16 Apr 1989 Christa Vahlensieck (27 May 1949,GER)
15y169d 03 Nov 1991 => 22 Apr 2007 Liz McColgan (24 May 1964,SCO)
15y170d 22 Oct 1978 => 10 Apr 1994 Sissel Grottenberg (17 Aug 1956,NOR)
80
15y127d 14 May 1989 => 18 Sep 2004 Pam Power-McKenna (CAN)
15y115d 19 Oct 1985 => 11 Feb 2001 Sybille Möllensiep (07 Jun 1962,GER)
15y 92d 30 Apr 1989 => 31 Jul 2004 Eroica Staudenmann (02 Jan 1963,SUI)
15y 79d 04 Apr 1993 => 22 Jun 2008 Nicole Volard-Gilet (01 Aug 1965,FRA)
15y 73d 20 Sep 1992 => 02 Dec 2007 Wioletta Kryza (10 Aug 1968,POL)
15y 72d 07 Dec 1986 => 17 Feb 2002 Monica Sarmiento (26 Aug 1956,VEN)
15y 50d 12 Aug 1973 => 01 Oct 1988 Joan Ullyot (01 Jul 1940,USA)
15y 44d 14 Mar 1982 => 27 Apr 1997 Laura Fogli (05 Oct 1959,ITA)
15y 38d 30 Mar 1980 => 07 May 1995 Peggy Lavelle (1960,USA)
15y 37d 28 Oct 1990 => 04 Dec 2005 Zoe Lowe (GBR)
90
15y 30d 28 Sep 1986 => 28 Oct 2001 Maija Vuorinen (19 Feb 1952,FIN)
Note: Some race dates are not known exactly and are shown in lighter colors.
Last Updated on 20 Aug 2008
Contributors: Ron Hill, Hugh Jones, Malcolm Heyworth, Franco Civai, Maurice Wilson, Shigenobu Ota