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: 70y111d Charlie Viers (29 Aug 1941,USA) 5:12:32 18 Dec 2011 Dallas TX USA 65y322d Dusan Hora (06 Feb 1945,AUS) 5:49:34 25 Dec 2010 Jindabyne AUS 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 63y122d Alexander Simon (17 Nov 1947,SVK) 3:56:45 19 Mar 2011 Zilina SVK 62y 93d Gilles Lacasse (18 Apr 1946,CAN) 3:19:31.4 20 Jul 2008 Sept-Iles PQ CAN 61y226d Francis Fagan (1949,CAN) 3:29:09 14 Aug 2011 Port Greville NS CAN 61y186d Aleksandr Medvedev (12 Oct 1944,RUS) n/a 16 Apr 2006 Voronezh RUS 61y 75d Karl-Heinz Wiegand (09 Jan 1945,GER) 4:20:34 25 Mar 2006 Lilienthal GER 60y 82d Helmut Böttjer (1946,GER) 4:24:40 22 Mar 2008 Lilienthal GER 10 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 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 58y 13d Terrence Stanley (05 Sep 1952,USA) 2:58:09 18 Sep 2010 Millboro VA USA 57y324d Doug Balogh (22 May 1952,USA) 3:04:53 11 Apr 2010 Evansville IN USA 57y118d James Rucker (1948,USA) 3:35:04 28 May 2006 Coeur d'Alene ID USA 57y 95d Sjoerd Slaaf (19 Aug 1952,NED) 4:11;46 22 Nov 2009 Lilienthal GER 56y342d Martin Wahl (1950,GER) 3:11:01 08 Dec 2007 Sonderhausen GER 56y280d Thomas Kempf (16 Aug 1924,USA) 2:32:49 23 May 1981 Gage OK USA 20 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 55y282d Hans-Jörg Dörr (1955,GER) 2:45:03 09 Oct 2011 Bräunlingen GER Women: 71y 91d Sigrid Eichner (29 Sep 1940,GER) 5:58:05 29 Dec 2011 Berlin GER 70y 74d Nadezda Kavtaskina (25 Jul 1936,LAT) 4:02:36 07 Oct 2006 Riga LAT 68y363d Oline Yksnoy (1942,NOR) 4:39:47 28 Dec 2011 Alesund NOR 68y165d Shirley Young (24 Dec 1929,AUS) 3:59:29 07 Jun 1998 Traralgon AUS 68y 83d Christel Kunze (12 Dec 1937,GER) 6:16:37 05 Mar 2006 Lilienthal GER 66y312d Rosemary vonKocemba (29 Sep 1944,GER) 5:30:56 07 Aug 2011 Hamburg GER 66y191d Marianne Dahl (29 Oct 1943,GER) 5:08:12 08 May 2010 Bad Eilsen GER 65y296d Gunilla Franzen (22 Jul 1944,SWE) 5:20:38 14 May 2010 Skovde SWE 65y161d Vera Nystad (18 Dec 1945,NOR) 4:17:43 28 May 2011 Sirdal NOR 65y 64d Ida Salbakk (09 Apr 1933, NOR) 3:57:04 13 Jun 1998 Alstahaug NOR 10 65y 44d Barbara Gil (15 Dec 1946,POL) 6:52:18 28 Jan 2012 Krakow POL 63y225d Lyubov Bleikh (1947,RUS) 5:50:00 13 Aug 2011 Penza RUS 63y182d Eva Seidlova (19 May 1948,SVK) 4:01: 17 Nov 2011 Zilina SVK 62y267d Gina Little (13 Apr 1945,ENG) 4:13:09 05 Jan 2008 Stevenage ENG 61y357d Ingelise Jensen (28 Aug 1949,DEN) 3:39:24 20 Aug 2011 Farso DEN 61y295d Judy Fisher (1943,USA) 3:51:21 22 Oct 2005 Olympia WA USA 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 20 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
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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
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Last Updated on 05 Feb 2012
Contributors: Jon Walk, Maarten Krol, Andy Milroy