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
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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