Oldest/Youngest Marathon Winners
These are the oldest and youngest marathon winners that have
been reported. Only one performance is listed for each runner altho several runners of the runners listed have
more than one qualifying performance.
Oldest
Men: 65y244d Gerald Glass (28 Apr 1938,USA) 3:45:40 28 Dec 2003 Springfield MO USA 63y185d Leif Feøy (29 Jun 1936,NOR) 3:24:25 31 Dec 1999 Alesund NOR 62y 93d Gilles Lacasse (18 Apr 1946,CAN) 3:19:31.4 20 Jul 2008 Sept-Iles PQ CAN 62y 0d Alexander Simon (17 Nov 1947,SVK) 3:47:49 17 Nov 2009 Zilina SVK 61y186d Aleksandr Medvedev (12 Oct 1944,RUS) n/a 16 Apr 2006 Voronezh RUS 61y171d Gilles Lacasse (1946,CAN) 3:19:31.4 20 Jul 2008 Sept-Iles PQ CAN 60y 85d Kalle Wiegand (1945,GER) 4:20:34 25 Mar 2006 Lilienthal GER 60y 82d Helmur Böttjer (1946,GER) 4:24:40 22 Mar 2008 Lilienthal GER 58y340d Mel Preedy (1933,USA) 3:18:16 05 Dec 1992 Blaine WA USA 58y219d Antoni Cichonczuk (1949,POL) 2:45:14 06 Sep 2008 Malmo SWE 10 58y169d Howard Daniel (1933,USA) 4:57:40 18 Jul 1992 Sausalito CA USA 58y131d Hans-Gunter Wolff (05 Jun 1951,GER) 3:15:46 24 Oct 2009 Wilsche GER 57y148d Terrence Stanley (05 Sep 1952,USA) 2:58:09 31 Jan 2010 Ada OH USA 57y118d James Rucker (1948,USA) 3:35:04 28 May 2006 Coeur d'Alene ID USA 56y342d Martin Wahl (1950,GER) 3:11:01 08 Dec 2007 Sonderhausen GER 56y336d Sjoerd Slaaf (1952,NED) 4:11;46 22 Nov 2009 Lilienthal GER 56y280d Thomas Kempf (16 Aug 1924,USA) 2:32:49 23 May 1981 Gage OK USA 56y236d Erik Ostbye (25 Jan 1921,SWE) 2:27:05 18 Sep 1977 Goteborg SWE 56y 71d Neil Wakelin (1947,CAN) 3:24:07 10 Apr 2004 Olympia WA USA 56y 35d Anson Clapcott (1944,USA) 2:47:25 03 Feb 2001 Savannah GA USA 20 Women: 70y 74d Nadezda Kavtaskina (25 Jul 1936,LAT) 4:02:36 07 Oct 2006 Riga LAT 69y236d Sigrid Eichner (29 Sep 1940,GER) 5:43:38 23 Jan 2010 Berlin GER 68y165d Shirley Young (24 Dec 1929,AUS) 3:59:29 07 Jun 1998 Traralgon AUS 68y 64d Christel Kunze (1937,GER) 6:16:37 05 Mar 2006 Lilienthal GER 65y362d Oline Yksnoy (1942,NOR) 4:39:47 27 Dec 2008 Alesund NOR 65y223d Marianne Dahl (29 Oct 1943,GER) 5:06:30 09 Aug 2009 Sehnde GER 65y 66d Rosemary vonKocemba (1944,GER) 5:33:42 07 Mar 2010 Hamburg GER 63y254d Vera Nystad (18 Dec 1945,NOR) 3:36:34 29 Aug 2009 Stavanger NOR 62y263d Barbara Gil (1946,POL) 6:42:00 20 Sep 2009 Sopot POL 62y 5d Gina Little (1945,ENG) 4:13:09 05 Jan 2008 Stevenage ENG 10 61y295d Judy Fisher (1943,USA) 3:51:21 22 Oct 2005 Olympia WA USA 61y270d Eva Seidlova (19 May 1948,SVK) 3:49:07 13 Feb 2010 Prievidza SVK 61y177d Marion Epstein (31 Aug 1918,USA) 5:47:30 24 Feb 1980 Albany NY USA 61y 7d Burnis Hicks (09 Mar 1913,USA) 4:45:23 16 Mar 1974 Virginia Beach VA USA 60y288d Maj Hedberg (30 Oct 1938,SWE) 4:32:00 14 Aug 1999 Nordingra SWE 60y143d Marcie Trent (22 Dec 1917,USA) 3:31:30 14 May 1978 Girdwood AK USA 60y120d Ida Salbakk (09 Apr 1933, NOR) 3:38:37 07 Aug 1993 Stockmarknes NOR Youngest
Men: 14y 67d James Drews (26 Apr 1958,USA) 2:37:05 02 Jul 1972 Whitewater WI USA 14y233d Chang-Son Kim (11 Apr 1952,PRK) 2:42:30 30 Nov 1966 Pnon Penh CAM 15y 90d Kiptanui Sirma (22 Aug 1958,KEN) 2:29:27.0 28 Nov 1973 Kisumu KEN 16y175d Gert Thys (12 Nov 1971,RSA) 2:34:10 07 May 1988 Kenhardt RSA 16y364d Clayton Craig (1956,USA) 2:28:22 30 Dec 1972 Melbourne FL USA 17y 28d Scott Bagley (10 Aug 1964,USA) 2:28:49 07 Sep 1981 Rochester NY USA 17y 30d Philip Nicholls (29 Sep 1983,ENG) 2:48:12 29 Oct 2000 Llanberis WAL 17y 35d James Berka (12 Jan 1952,USA) 2:40:35.3 16 Feb 1969 Artesia NM USA 17y 89d Jeff Dettmer (09 Jan 1961,USA) 2:29:03 08 Apr 1978 Orange CA USA 17y229d Ed Steingraber (1956,USA) 2:40:52 18 Aug 1973 Quincy IL USA Women: 10y262d Jennifer Amyx (16 Jan 1970,USA) 3:12:48 04 Oct 1980 Johnstown PA USA 11y 33d Gwendolyn Brauer (1962,USA) 3:44:59 03 Feb 1973 Las Vegas NV USA 11y 62d Mary Etta Boitano (04 Mar 1963,USA) 3:08:21 05 May 1974 Weott CA USA 11y218d Gabriel Warrington (1965,USA) 4:53:04 06 Sep 1976 Columbia MO USA 11y294d Debbie Koffel (10 May 1964,USA) 3:04:26 28 Feb 1976 Seaside OR USA 12y 62d Mary Etta Boitano (05 May 1974,USA) 3:08:21 05 May 1974 Weott CA USA 12y 70d Manuela Veith (11 May 1974,GER) 3:09:36 Jul 1986 Bühlertal GER (now Zipse) 12y 81d Laurie Bangert (1963,USA) 3:59:59 23 Mar 1975 San Martin CA USA 12y 91d Michelle Sellers (1972,USA) 3:12:04 31 Mar 1984 Abilene TX USA 12y127d Lili Ledbetter (02 Jun 1961,USA) 3:03:32 07 Oct 1973 Eugene OR USA
Last Updated on 12 Mar 2010