National records in the marathon explained

The following tables are an overview of all current national records in the marathon, as compiled by World Athletics^[1] and other authoritative sources of road racing statistics.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Background

World Athletics is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. As of 2023, the national governing bodies of 214 countries and territories are affiliated to World Athletics as National Member Federations.^[5] According to World Athletics, their lists of national records "mainly include official records as recognized by various national federations" and notes that in some cases "federations recognize invalid performances".^[1] The Boston Marathon is considered the site of several national records, yet this course is invalid for the world record because it is point-to-point with a greater than allowable elevation drop -— performance aiding situations.^[6]

World Athletic's list includes Palestine, whose Palestine Athletic Federation is the national governing body of athletics affiliated to World Athletics.^{[5] [7]} The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is represented in World Athletics by UK Athletics,^[8] which in turn is affiliated with the athletic associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales (collectively known as the Home Country Athletics Federations).^[9] Although World Athletics notes only the fastest performance under the UK umbrella, these associations each compile a list of national records in track and field.^{[10] [11] [12] [13]} World Athletic's list includes some British overseas territories that compete under their own flags (e.g. Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, and Cayman Islands).^[14]

Other road racing sources slightly differ regarding which types of political states are included in their national records lists. For example, Athletics Weekly's list includes countries of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man, and Jersey which are technically not part of the United Kingdom.^[3] The Association of Road Racing Statisticians' list includes all of the above plus the British overseas territory of Saint Helena.^[2] Similar list variations occur with other political states or territories affiliated with Denmark, France, and New Zealand.

Another important reference source is the 2018 edition of NATIONAL ATHLETICS RECORDS (NAR) for all countries in the world by Winfried Kramer with the assistance of Heinrich Hubbeling, Yves Pinaud and Steffan Stube.

Several national records were run on a date when an athlete represented a country currently no longer in existence such as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. On achieving independence the appropriate national federation of the current national state retroactively recognized them as valid NRs.

Marathon records by region

The following table contains marathon records within each world region.^[15]

Men

Region	Country/territory	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
Africa		2:00:35	Kelvin Kiptum	8 Oct 2023	Chicago
Asia		2:04:43		2 Dec 2018	Valencia
Europe		2:03:35		24 Oct 2021	Rotterdam
North/Central America		2:05:36		5 Mar 2023	Tokyo
Oceania		2:07:31		4 Dec 2022	Fukuoka
South America		2:04:51		17 Apr 2022	Seoul

Women

Region	Country/territory	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
Africa		2:11:53		24 Sep 2023	Berlin
Asia		2:18:59		28 Jan 2024	Osaka
Europe		2:13:44		8 Oct 2023	Chicago
North/Central America		2:18:29		9 Oct 2022	Chicago
Oceania		2:21:34		4 Dec 2022	Valencia
South America		2:24:18		18 Feb 2024	Seville

Men's national records

Key:

Country/territory	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
	2:28:46		2 Dec 1990	Sacramento
	2:25:29		29 Sep 1991	Burgas
	2:09:54		7 Apr 2002	Paris
	2:25:35		10 Sep 1988	Seoul	Note
	2:14:25		16 Mar 2003	Barcelona
	2:11:40		30 Sep 2001	Berlin
	2:31:49	Cordover Simon	28 Aug 1994	Victoria
	2:09:36		5 Dec 2021	Valencia
	2:20:36		4 Apr 1968	Uzhgorod
	2:13:43		10 Sep 1989	Berchem
	2:07:31		4 Dec 2022	Fukuoka	^[16]
	2:10:06		4 Oct 2020	London
	2:11:22		25 Jan 2013	Dubai	^[17]
	2:29:28		20 Oct 2019	Amsterdam	^[18]
	2:04:43		2 Dec 2018	Valencia	^[19]
	2:22:03		7 Mar 1987	Dhaka
	2:29:40		4 Dec 1988	Bridgetown
	2:10:58		24 May 1980	Moscow
	2:03:36		24 Oct 2021	Rotterdam	^[20]
	2:22:01		8 Feb 2003	Birmingham, USA
	2:24:53		11 Feb 2012	Parakou
	2:19:55		15 Apr 2013	Boston	^[21]
	2:36:58		7 Mar 2020	Punakha
	2:07:44		19 Feb 2023	Seville
	2:15:55		3 May 1975	Karl-Marx-Stadt
	2:14:57		24 Jul 2004	Selebi-Phikwe	Note
	2:04:51		17 Apr 2022	Seoul	^[22]
	2:36:54		11 Nov 2008	Baltimore	^[23]
	2:41:12		14 Oct 2008	Kota Kinabalu	Note
	2:11:26		19 Oct 1997	Sofia
	2:34:14		2 Feb 2014	Bamako	Note
	2:07:13		10 Apr 2022	Zürich
	2:23:29		15 Apr 2012	Paris	^[24]
	2:15:43		27 Oct 2019	Douala
	2:05:36		4 Mar 2023	Tokyo	^[25]
	2:18:47		10 Apr 2011	Rotterdam	Note
	2:34:29		5 Dec 2010	Sacramento
	2:18:06		30 Aug 2003	Paris
	2:19:34		29 Nov 2015	France
	2:12:19		17 Apr 1988	Rotterdam
	2:06:57	He Jie	24 Mar 2024	Wuxi	^[26]
	2:14:35		25 Feb 1995	Beppu
	2:10:51		18 Apr 2021	Enschede, Netherlands	^[27]
	2:35:43		18 Sep 1998	Saint-Paul, Réunion
	2:51:26		3 May 1980	Avarua
	2:13:23		3 Mar 1996	Los Angeles
	2:19:55		7 Dec 2019	Ouagadougou	Note
	2:17:05		29 Mar 1992	Bologna
	2:10:53		13 Dec 1992	Mérida	Note
	2:55:50		6 Nov 2016	New York City
	2:19:51		8 Oct 1982	Brisbane
	2:11:57		23 May 1993	Hamburg	Note
	2:08:40		4 Apr 1999	Paris
	2:07:51		29 Sep 2024	Berlin	^[28]
	2:07:07		17 Apr 1988	Rotterdam
	3:18:24		29 Jul 2006	Cartagen
	2:14:30		15 Jan 2023	Houston	^[29]
	2:26:46		19 Aug 2017	Dili
	2:09:49		19 Oct 1997	Chicago
	2:19:39		25 Dec 1997	Al Arish
	2:26:57		13 Jan 1990	Tegucigalpa
	2:05:11		7 Oct 2018	Chicago	^[30]
	2:21:22		12 May 2019	Saumur	^[31]
	2:04:35		17 Oct 2021	Amsterdam
	2:08:53		7 Apr 2002	Paris
	2:01:41		29 Sep 2019	Berlin	^[32]
	2:43:31		28 Aug 1994	Victoria, Canada
	2:27:53		24 Apr 1988	Hamburg
	2:52:29		14 Jul 1990	San Antonio
	2:23:33		24 Feb 1989	Las Vegas
	2:10:46		13 Apr 2008	Rotterdam
	2:03:46		18 Feb 2024	Seville	^[33]
	2:25:28		7 Aug 1983	Apia
	2:31:59		9 Nov 2008	Cannes
	2:18:42		8 Dec 2019	Reggio Emilia
	2:15:10		15 May 2022	Copenhagen
	2:04:58		24 Sep 2023	Berlin
	2:18:43		11 Nov 1990	Lagos
	2:28:08		20 Feb 2022	Seville	^[34]
	2:12:04		9 Oct 1988	Berlin
	2:24:53		21 May 2000	Copenhagen
	2:46:50		4 Jun 1995	Port of Spain
	2:16:57	Jean Marie Dorvilma	7 Oct 1990	Nice	^[35]
	2:31:44	Wayne Blas	5 Nov 2016	Indianapolis
	2:12:53		30 May 2004	Ottawa
	2:13:41^[36]		22 Apr 2012	London
	2:16:48		25 Feb 2018	Seville
	2:29:04		8 Nov 1987	Lisbon
	2:25:02		29 May 2004	Louisville
	2:14:22		16 Apr 1988	Gagny
	2:17:49		24 Apr 1977	Porz
	2:16:22		24 Sep 2023	Berlin	^[37]
	2:12:10		25 Apr 1993	Paris
	2:13:37		21 Mar 2021	Dresden
	2:12:00		28 May 1978	Jalandhar	Note
	2:19:18		12 Sep 1993	Jakarta
	2:17:14		24 Sep 2023	Berlin	^[38]
	2:21:54		3 Jan 1982	Baghdad
	2:09:15		18 Apr 1988	Boston	Note
	2:23:34		31 Jan 1974	Christchurch
	2:04:53		18 Feb 2024	Seville	^[39]
	2:06:06		18 Feb 2024	Seville	^[40]
	2:16:39		25 Nov 1984	Philadelphia
	2:04:56		28 Feb 2021	Lake Biwa	^[41]
	2:22:36		23 Apr 1989	London, Great Britain
	2:17:24		25 Jan 2015	Marrakesh	^[42]
	2:11:59		3 Sep 1978	Prague
	2:00:35		8 Oct 2023	Chicago	^[43]
	2:29:36		9 Feb 1997	Las Vegas
	2:21:15		26 Sep 2021	Moline
	2:11:16		24 May 1980	Moscow
	2:43:45		24 Feb 2013	Vientiane
	2:14:24		14 May 2017	Riga
	2:20:31		7 Nov 2010	Beirut	^[44]
	2:09:47		9 Apr 2017	Paris
	3:00:15		25 Aug 2013	Monrovia
	2:13:33		23 Nov 2008	Milan
	2:23:55		9 Oct 2011	Chicago
	2:12:35		26 Oct 1997	Frankfurt
	2:14:03		19 May 1985	Frankfurt
	2:28:22		5 Jun 1994	Melbourne
	2:17:14		29 Jul 1979	Moscow
	2:16:04		4 Dec 2021	Gqeberha
	2:23:13		20 Dec 2020	Taipei City	^[45]
	2:32:56		25 Jan 2019	Dubai	^[46]
	2:34:16		23 Jan 2011	Bamako	^[47]
	2:25:02		1 Dec 2019	Valencia
	2:27:03		30 Jan 2000	Port-of-Spain
	2:43:10		13 Apr 2008	Rotterdam	Note
	2:18:20		17 Apr 2016	Hamburg	^[48]
	2:07:19		18 Apr 1994	Boston, United States	Note
	2:08:32		2 May 2010	Düsseldorf	^[49]
	2:30:08		18 Feb 2024	Seville	^[50]
	2:08:50		7 Dec 2014	Fukuoka	^[51]
	2:24:18		4 Oct 1998	Podgorica
	2:05:26		2 Dec 2018	Valencia
	2:16:42		8 May 2022	Durban
	2:19:57		17 Dec 1978	Bangkok
	2:09:08		18 Apr 1994	Boston	Note
	3:48:06		1968	Nauru
	2:15:03		10 May 1987	Calcutta	Note
	2:04:45		14 Apr 2024	Rotterdam	^[52]
	2:57:28		17 Mar 2007	Curaçao	Note
	2:11:59		12 Feb 1984	Tokyo
	2:08:19		7 Jul 2019	Gold Coast	^[53]
	2:20:39		13 Jan 1990	Tegucigalpa
	2:25:05		2 Oct 1988	Seoul
	2:16:06		11 Nov 1990	Lagos
	3:30:00	Simpson Ikimau	19 Oct 1982	Paliati
	3:30:20	James Donaldson	28 Jul 2002
	2:09:49		4 Oct 2020	London	^[54]
	2:44:44		17 Apr 2006	Boston
	2:09:26		19 Oct 1983	Pyongyang	Note
	2:08:26		18 Feb 2024	Seville	^[55]
	2:05:48		3 Dec 2017	Fukuoka	^[56]
	2:43:32		21 Feb 2020	Muscat
	2:14:11	Naseer Ahmad	19 Dec 2003	Rawalpindi	Note
	3:36:07	Brook Kinz	2 Apr 2011	Koror, Palau
	2:29:28	Ihab Salama	16 Apr 2000	Rotterdam
	2:09:49		6 Dec 2020	Valencia
	2:28:13		7 Dec 1980	Honolulu
	2:10:11		6 December 2020	Valencia	^[57]
	2:07:38		19 Feb 2023	Seville	^[58]
	2:18:44		1 Feb 2004	Ōita
	2:07:39		4 Mar 2012	Ōtsu	^[59]
	2:06:36		16 Apr 2000	London
	2:12:43		28 Aug 1983	Caracas
	2:07:19		15 Apr 2007	Paris
	2:26:01		16 Sep 1990	Puteaux
	2:19:17		1 May 1977	Nogent sur Marne
	2:12:30		3 Sep 1978	Prague	Note
	2:09:07		29 Oct 2007	Dublin
	2:09:55		16 Apr 2000	London
	3:11:21		19 Mar 2006	Melbourne
	2:38:48		5 Nov 1989	New York City
	2:16:06		5 Oct 2003	Saint Paul, USA
	2:15:30		26 Jan 2003	Port-of-Spain	Note
	2:41:50		22 Mar 1969	Apia
	2:21:19		27 Oct 1991	Carpi
	2:38:32		29 Jun 1980	Brazzaville
	2:20:35		30 Sep 2001	Budapest
	2:08:14		28 Apr 2019	London	^[60]
	2:25:01	Samba Faye	14 Feb 2016	Dakar	^[61]
	2:13:57		15 Jan 1995	Houston	Note
	2:25:48		23 Oct 1988	Victoria
	2:33:38		13 Apr 2014	London	^[62]
	2:22:59		5 Dec 2021	Valencia	^[63]
	2:09:53		26 Apr 1998	London	Note
	2:11:50		26 Mar 2000	Turin
	2:36:16		8 Oct 1982	Brisbane
	2:17:24		19 Oct 1986	Detroit
	2:06:33		14 Feb 1999	Tokyo
	2:07:20		13 Feb 2000	Tokyo
	2:14:32		2 Oct 2011	Saint Paul, United States
	2:05:48		3 Dec 2023		^[64]
	2:13:47		26 Apr 2015	London	^[65]
	2:11:41		10 Aug 2024	Paris	^[66]
	2:31:48		10 Apr 2022	Rotterdam
	2:12:54		31 Jan 1974	Christchurch	Note
	2:08:41		15 Oct 2023	Amsterdam	^[67]
	2:05:01		10 Mar 2024	Barcelona	^[68]
	2:26:27		26 Dec 1985	Latakia
	2:18:40		20 Jun 1980	Moscow	Note
	2:03:00		4 Dec 2022	Valencia
	2:16:56		28 Oct 2018	Frankfurt	^[69]
	2:30:17		11 Nov 1990	Lomé
	2:45:04		2 Mar 2013	Phoenix
	2:13:03		29 Apr 2001	Cleveland
	2:12:36		14 Jan 1996	Marrakesh
	2:04:16		1 Dec 2019	Valencia
	2:15:53		5 Oct 1980	Uzhgorod
	3:47:57		10 Oct 2004	Chicago
	2:04:48		24 Apr 2022	Hamburg	^[70]
	2:07:15		3 Dec 2006	Fukuoka
	2:23:42		11 Jan 2002	Dubai
	2:05:11		7 Oct 2018	Chicago
	2:05:38		14 Apr 2002	London	Note
	2:17:45		2 Dec 2021	Sacramento
	2:10:35		23 Apr 2023	Hamburg	^[71]
	2:13:28		15 Jun 1985	Mogilev
	2:11:25		30 Apr 2000	Cleveland
	2:18:42		21 Jan 2024	Hongkong	^[72] ^[73]
	2:07:13		20 Oct 1985	Chicago
	2:40:41		4 Aug 1996	Atlanta
	2:11:35		20 Jun 2015	Duluth	^[74]
	2:09:52		11 May 2014	Prague	^[75]

Women's national records

Country/territory	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
	3:24:07		15 Sep 2007	Bismarck
	2:35:34		4 Oct 2020	Skopje	^[76]
	2:25:08		18 Mar 2007	Rome
	3:57:15	Faye Ondelacy	19 Jun 1999	Anchorage
	3:09:49	Dulce Casanova	19 Nov 2017	Valencia
	3:48:29	Cristina Saraiva	2 Nov 2014	Porto
	3:17:42	Sheryl Hastings	7 Nov 1999	New York
	2:24:18		18 Feb 2024	Seville	^[77]
	2:56:57		12 Aug 2001	Edmonton
	2:53:24		23 Sep 1988	Seoul
	2:21:34		4 Dec 2022	Valencia	^[78]
	2:26:43	Julia Mayer	3 Dec 2023	Valencia	^[79]
	2:42:32	Anna Yusupova	7 Jan 2024	Dubai
	2:54:37	Giselle Pyfrom	16 Dec 1995	Jacksonville
	2:20:02		17 Apr 2022	Seoul
	3:39:50		10 Jan 2022	Dhaka	^[80]
	3:06:07	Caroline Moorat	7 Jun 1987	Port of Spain
	2:23:54			24 Apr 2016	London
	2:23:05		7 Apr 2002	Paris
	3:05:13	Melissa Henderson	15 Jan 2007	Houston
	2:49:19	Bentille Alassane	9 Feb 2019	Parakou
	2:54:18	Deborah Butterfield	14 Jan 1990	Hamilton
	3:07:39	Deki Yangzom	7 Nov 2021	New York City
	2:41:21		11 Dec 2022	Malaga	^[81]
	2:34:57		9 Oct 2011	Zagreb
	2:51:32	Onkemetse Solotate	10 Feb 2008	Durban
	2:29:17		26 Feb 2012	Tokyo	^[82]
	4:24:44	Anna Kinkead	11 Jan 2016	Orlando
	3:56:11	Jacqueline Teo Cheng Nee	7 Dec 2008	Singapore
	2:29:23	Militsa Mircheva	15 May 2022	Copenhagen
	4:00:37	Nicole Badolo	29 May 2010	Ouagadougou
	2:27:50		26 Apr 2015	London	^[83]
	2:56:11		31 Oct 2021	Douala
	2:58:47	Immaculate Tari Wirngo	21 Apr 2008	Boston
	2:23:12		25 Sep 2022	Berlin	^[84]
	3:00:19		9 May 2004	Custoza
	2:37:41		8 Dec 1991	Sacramento
	3:28:41		11 Jun 1994	Bondoufle
	2:51:04			3 Apr 2022	Milan
	2:32:23		18 Apr 1999	Rotterdam
	2:19:39		19 Oct 2003	Beijing
	2:32:41	Tsao Chun-yu	20 Dec 2020	Taipei City	^[85]
	2:25:35		24 Sep 2023		^[86]
	3:30:00	Frahay M'Sa	3 Jun 2012	Moroni
	3:32:33	Kiki Atonia	3 May 1980	Avarua
	2:32:08		3 Dec 2023	Valencia	^[87]
	4:10:09		7 March 2010	Barcelona
	2:23:39		4 Dec 2022	Valencia
	2:36:35		13 Dec 1992	Caracas
	2:50:29	Marlies Kort	29 Jan 2012	Miami
	2:34:17		7 Jul 2019	Gold Coast	^[88]
	2:25:36		2 Dec 2023	Valencia	^[89]
	3:11:14		16 Jun 2019	Kigali
	2:29:34		23 Apr 1989	London
	4:14:59	Janelle Prevost	12 Apr 2015	Paris
	2:43:26		24 Nov 2019	Santiago de los Caballeros
	3:03:53	Aguema Fatida Amaral	12 Dec 2003	Hanoi
	2:27:38		5 Dec 2021	Valencia	^[90]
	3:36:56	Mona Mahmoud	8 Oct 2004	Alexandria
	2:49:34		15 May 1988	San Salvador
	2:15:24		13 Apr 2003	London
	2:21:56		3 Apr 2022	Daegu
	2:27:04		11 May 1997	Torino
	2:11:53		24 Sep 2023	Berlin	^[91]
	3:13:23	Rigmor Arge	28 Oct 2006	Fredrikstad
	4:13:21		13 Oct 2013	Chicago
	4:13:06	Anna Cowley	21 Jul 2018	Suva
	2:24:38		3 Dec 2023		^[92]
	2:24:22		11 Apr 2010	Paris	^[93]
	2:49:12	Sophie Gardon	12 Feb 2006	Moorea
	2:49:14	Josiane Abougone	9 Apr 2000	Paris
	2:45:00	Mariama Jallow	18 Sep 2016	Kassel	^[94]
	3:18:48		17 Nov 2013	Philadelphia
	2:19:19		28 Sep 2008	Berlin
	2:42:12	Sakat Lariba	21 Sep 2015	Accra
	3:00:03		18 Feb 2024	Seville	^[95]
	2:33:40		23 Aug 1998	Budapest
	3:02:29	Liza Tuperna Itzchaky	30 Sep 2012	Berlin
	3:22:40	Jenifer Boca	4 Nov 1990	New York City
	3:07:23	Guylyne Louis	4 Apr 2004	Paris
	2:59:43		29 Feb 1992	Pensacola
	2:39:23		23 Apr 2023	Hamburg	^[96]
	2:58:40	Penny Buckingham	28 Jul 2002	Manchester
	3:20:11	Aida Diallo-Camara	23 Nov 2003	Carqueiranne
	3:01:08	Abidemi Charles	30 Jan 2000	Port of Spain
	3:10:51	Bertine Laine	2 Oct 2014	Miami
	2:57:17	Magda Milady Castillo	12 Aug 2001	Edmonton
	2:31:24		16 May 2021	Milan
	2:28:25		19 Feb 2023	Seville	^[97]
	2:35:15	Martha Ernstsdottir	26 Sep 1999	Berlin
	2:34:43		30 Aug 2015	Beijing	^[98]
	2:31:49		27 Nov 2010	Guangzhou	^[99]
	2:45:23	Mandana Nouri	5 Dec 2021	Valencia
	3:22:23	Yasmin Wadhai	20 Jan 2017	Dubai
	2:22:23		1 Nov 1998	Amsterdam
	2:39:10	Christa Cain	1 Dec 2024	Valencia
	2:17:45		1 March 2020	Tokyo	^[100]
	2:23:44		15 Apr 2012	Rotterdam	^[101]
	3:08:47	Jill Vincent	4 Jun 2000	San Diego
	2:18:59		28 Jan 2024	Osaka	^[102]
	2:50:44	Joann Gorrod	17 Apr 2011	London
	2:56:39		28 Apr 2019	London	^[103]
	2:26:54		10 Apr 2022	Rotterdam
	2:14:04		13 Oct 2019	Chicago	^[104]
	3:02:15		23 Sep 2018	Krems
	3:32:26	Taiba Al-Nouri	16 Jan 2016	Kuwait City	^[105]
	2:27:46		24 Oct 1999	Chicago
	3:21:22		9 Dec 2019	Vientiane
	2:22:56		30 Jan 2005	Osaka
	2:36:40	Chirine Njeim	13 Apr 2021	Eugene
	2:28:06	Neheng Katala	30 May 21	Cape Town
	2:50:10	Monique Maddy	15 Apr 2002	Boston
	3:34:11		20 Jan 2019	Houston
	2:51:20	Nicole Klinger	11 May 2008	Prague
	2:25:15		20 Nov 2005	Tokyo
	2:29:23		23 Sep 1988	Seoul
	2:55:05	Hoi Long	1 Dec 2019	Macau
	2:38:21		6 Aug 2003	Réduit
	2:48:34		14 Aug 2016	Rio de Janeiro	^[106]
	2:49:28	Yu-feng Yuan	30 Apr 2000	Kuala Lumpur
	3:02:41	Shamha Ahmed	25 Sep 2022	Berlin
	5:04:08	Yognica Begni	25 Jan 2009	Marrakesh
	2:36:52		12 Dec 1996	Florence
	2:29:45		16 Apr 2023	Rotterdam
	2:22:59		22 Oct 2006	Chicago
	2:27:26		28 Apr 2019	London	^[107]
	3:35:39	Adrienne Pastorelly	12 Jan 1992	Marrakesh
	2:28:03		26 Jan 2020	Osaka	^[108]
	2:39:07		5 Aug 2012	London	^[109]
	2:24:09	Majida Maayouf	20 Feb 2022	Seville
	4:26:37		3 Nov 2019	New York
	2:38:42	Pa Pa	14 Apr 2004	Yangon
	2:19:52		20 Dec 2020	Valencia	^[110]
	2:55:57		24 Sep 2016	Kathmandu
	2:13:44		8 Oct 2023	Chicago	^[111]
	3:43:27	Nel Geerings	15 Apr 1991	Boston
	2:29:48		5 Mar 1995	Los Angeles
	2:25:21		25 Apr 2010	London	^[112]
	3:07:13	Yelka Mairena	17 Dec 2017	Managua
	2:40:37	Mary Akor	3 Apr 2004	St. Louis
	2:29:34	Ann Marie McGlynn	25 Apr 2021	Wrexham
	3:09:49		3 Mar 2012	Saipan
	2:25:31		31 Aug 2003	Paris
	2:35:29	Andrijana Pop Arsova	15 May 2022	Copenhagen
	2:21:06		21 Apr 1985	London
	3:57:33	Zuwena Al-Rawahi	27 Jan 2017	Muscat
	3:39:56	Zeenat Mansoor	3 Nov 2019	New York
	3:43:31	Jaqueline Keri Telli	9 May 2015	St. Joseph, Minnesota
	2:39:28		7 Apr 2019	Hannover	^[113]
	2:49:28	Danielle Wagner	29 May 2016	Ottawa	^[114]
	3:41:14		13 Nov 1994	Goroka
	2:35:17		30 Apr 2017	Düsseldorf
	2:25:57		20 Feb 2022	Seville
	2:43:31		27 May 2016	Ottawa
	2:26:08		7 Oct 2001	Chicago
	2:23:29		20 Oct 1985	Chicago
	2:32:43		11 Apr 2021	Siena
	4:23:30		3 Oct 2021	London
	2:42:37	Clème Mambéké	31 Oct 2021	Douala
	2:18:04		17 Apr 2022	Seoul
	2:20:47		22 Oct 2006	Chicago
	2:28:02		23 Sep 2018	Montreal	^[115]
	6:30:52	Jacqueline Leo	18 Sep 2003	Saint Helena
	3:55:39	Vanessa Williams	20 Sep 2014	Charlestown
	4:25:39	Lizette Ward	25 Sep 2011	Berlin	^[116]
	3:18:44	Adelaide Carrington	26 Jan 2003	Port of Spain
	3:11:58	Mele Steiner	22 Nov 1981	Auckland
	3:10:00	Amy Cesaretti	1 May 1983	Ravenna
	3:07:16		7 Oct 2018	Chicago
	2:26:40		27 Oct 2019	Frankfurt	^[117]
	3:39:17	Madjiguène Mbaye	21 Nov 2021	Dakar
	2:25:23		13 Apr 2003	Rotterdam
	3:30:19	Simone Jaffa	15 Feb 2009	Beau Vallon
	2:46:20	Mamie Konneh-Lahun	13 Apr 2014	London	^[118]
	2:34:41		13 Dec 1995	Chiang Mai
	2:33:19		22 Apr 1990	Vienna
	2:27:33		17 Oct 2004	Amsterdam
	3:02:10		7 Aug 2021	Sapporo
	4:13:15	Aisha Musa	30 Oct 2016	Frankfurt
	2:25:15		18 Apr 1994	Boston
	2:25:41	Kim Do-yeon	18 Mar 2018	Seoul
	2:21:27		3 Dec 2023	Valencia	^[119]
	2:34:10		28 Apr 2019	Düsseldorf	^[120]
	2:49:52	Chaltu Niguese Shiferaw	20 Jan 2016	Dubai
	3:40:32	Ilsida Toemere	12 Oct 2014	Eindhoven
	2:56:24		19 Mar 2005	Ngodwana
	2:23:41		21 Jan 2011	Dubai	^[121] ^[122]
	2:24:30		3 Dec 2023	Valencia	^[123]
	3:25:28	Amal Katrib	10 Jun 2018	North Bend	^[124]
	2:39:01		26 Oct 2003	Ljubljana
	2:24:59	Banuela Mrashani	17 Nov 2002	Tokyo
	2:40:40		12 Oct 2014	Chicago
	3:02:52	Kpeta Tchatom	10 Feb 2018	Parakou
	5:09:41	Falamoe Fau’ese Weber	25 Sep 2011	Berlin
	2:42:58		8 Dec 2019	Sacramento	^[125]
	2:40:13		5 Aug 2012	London
	2:24:44		23 Jan 2015	Dubai	^[126]
	2:57:36	Tamara Tongush	5 Dec 1985	Ashkhabad
	3:45:48	Lynn Robinson	6 Nov 2011	New York City
	2:23:13		23 Feb 2020	Seville	^[127]
	2:23:32		30 Sept 2012	Berlin	^[128] ^[129] ^[130]
	4:08:14	Sara Al-Ulama	24 Jan 2020	Dubai
	2:15:24		13 Apr 2003	London
	2:18:29		9 Oct 2022	Chicago	^[131]
	2:43:59	Lisha Hamilton	6 Jun 2004	San Diego
	2:48:43		19 Nov 2013	Verona	^[132]
	2:30:36		7 Aug 1984	Vilnius
	2:31:45		3 Dec 2023	Valencia	^[133]
	2:44:51	Hoàng Thị Ngoc Hoa	21 Jan 2024	Hong Kong	^[134] ^[135]
	2:31:33		23 Sep 1988	Seoul
	5:15:03		28 Apr 2019	Yemen
	2:46:16	Elizabeth Mukoloma	28 Apr 2024	Lusaka
	2:29:20		16 Mar 2008	Seoul

See also

• Marathon year rankings
• Marathon world record progression

Notes

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29. Web site: Alvaro Abreu Houston Marathon 2023 Result. houstonresults.com. 15 January 2023. 3 April 2023.
30. News: Farah and Kosgei notch convincing Chicago Marathon victories. IAAF. Bob Ramsak. 7 October 2018. 18 October 2018.
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42. Web site: Methkal Abu Drais Marrakesh Marathon 2015 Result. racetimer.se. 25 January 2015. 8 May 2016.
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44. News: Pacemaker Teman hangs on to win in Beirut. IAAF. Pat Butcher. 2010-11-07. 2010-11-07.
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47. Web site: National Records- Marathon. ARRS. 3 September 2011. 9 September 2011.
48. Web site: http://hamburg.r.mikatiming.de/2016/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=999999074FFEEF000026F779&lang=DE&event=HML&search[name=carver&search_sort=name&search_event=HML David Carver Hamburg Marathon 2016 Result]. mikatiming.de. 17 April 2016. 8 May 2016.
49. News: Jörg. Wenig. 2:08:32 course record for Musinschi in Dusseldorf. IAAF. 2010-05-02. 2010-05-02.
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52. Web site: Nageeye and Bekere win Rotterdam Marathon. World Athletics. 14 April 2024. 23 April 2024.
53. News: Kiwi Zane Robertson shatters NZ marathon record, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics. 1 NEWS NOW. en-NZ. 7 July 2019. 9 July 2019.
54. Web site: Northern Island and Ulster Track Stats. 8 Nov 2023.
55. Web site: Marathon Result. World Athletics. 18 February 2024. 19 February 2024.
56. Web site: Fukuoka Marathon 2017 Results. fukuoka-marathon.com. 3 December 2017. 3 December 2017. 5 December 2021. https://archive.today/20211205071742/http://www.fukuoka-marathon.com/results/index.php?lang=en. dead.
57. News: 2020 Valencia Marathon Results. valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 6 December 2020. 9 December 2020.
58. Web site: 2023 Seville Marathon Results. Seville Marathon. 19 February 2023. 6 March 2023.
59. News: Lake Biwa Marathon 2012 Top Results. japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. 4 March 2012. 4 March 2012.
60. News: Farah battles to a fifth-place finish in London Marathon in 2:05:39. European Athletics. 28 April 2019. 28 May 2019.
61. Web site: National Records - Marathon. ARRS. 14 February 2016. 5 December 2016.
62. Web site: Virgin London Marathon. runbritainrankings.com. 13 April 2014. 15 January 2016.
63. News: Singaporean runner Soh Rui Yong breaks national marathon record, meets qualifying mark for 2022 Asian Games. channelnewsasia.com. Kurt Ganapathy. 6 December 2021. 25 March 2022.
64. Web site: Lemma breaks course record, Degefa dominates in Valencia. World Athletics. Emeterio Valiente. 3 December 2023. 4 December 2023.
65. Web site: http://results-2015.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/2015/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=9999990F5ECC830000172DB6&lang=EN_CAP&event=ELIT&search[sex=M&search[nation]=%25&search_sort=place_nosex&search_event=ELIT Anuradha Cooray Virgin Money London Marathon 2015 Result]. Virgin Money. 26 April 2015. 27 April 2015.
66. Web site: Men's Marathon - Results. olympics.com. 16 August 2024.
67. Web site: Samuel Tsegay Amsterdam Marathon 2023 Result. sporthive.com. 15 October 2023. 24 January 2024.
68. Web site: Tadesse Abraham Barcelona Marathon 2024 Result. zurichmaratobarcelona.es. 23 March 2024.
69. Web site: Frankfurt Marathon 2018 Results. iaaf.org. 28 October 2018. 3 March 2019.
70. Web site: Yehualaw runs 2:17:23 in Hamburg for fastest ever women's marathon debut. World Athletics. 24 April 2022. 2 May 2022.
71. Web site: Andrés Zamora Hamburg Marathon 2023 Result. mikatiming.com. 23 April 2023. 19 July 2023.
72. Web site: Results from ASIA 2024 – 2. AAA. 25 January 2024. 30 January 2024.
73. Web site: 2024 Hong Kong Marathon Results. World Athletics. 13 June 2024.
74. News: Jordan Chipangama Grandma's Marathon 2015 Result. mtecresults.com. 20 June 2015. 24 April 2016.
75. News: Terer fulfils his vow with victorious return to Prague. IAAF. Jörg Wenig. 11 May 2014. 29 May 2014.
76. Web site: Women's Results 2020 Skopje Marathon. skopskimaraton.com.mk. 4 October 2020. 3 August 2021.
77. News: Wins for Geleta and Gebru as records fall in Seville. World Athletics. en. 18 February 2024. 14 July 2024.
78. News: UPDATED: SINÉAD DIVER RUNS A FANTASTIC 2:21.34 PB IN MARATÓN VALENCIA. mayoac.com. 4 December 2022. 31 March 2023.
79. Web site: Women's Marathon Results. World Athletics. 26 April 2024.
80. Web site: Results from ASIA 2022 – 1. AAA. 25 January 2022. 11 September 2022.
81. Web site: Tania Chavez Malaga Marathon 2022 Result. sportmaniacs.com. 11 December 2022. 31 December 2023.
82. Web site: Recordes Brasileiros. cbat.org.br. 2 July 2024. 3 July 2024.
83. News: Diane Nukuri-Johnson London Marathon 2015 Result. virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. 26 April 2015. 30 July 2016.
84. News: Natasha Wodak takes down Malindi Elmore's Canadian women's marathon record in Berlin. cbc.ca. Lori Ewing. 25 September 2022. 22 November 2022.
85. News: Tommy Hughes threatens world M60 10,000m record in Belfast – weekly round-up. athleticsweekly.com. Steve Smythe. 21 December 2020. 9 January 2021.
86. Web site: Angie Orjuela impone récord suramericano de maratón, con la mínima para París 2024. Spanish. fecodatle.com. 24 September 2023. 11 February 2024.
87. Web site: 2024 Valencia Marathon Result. valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 10 March 2024.
88. News: Shitara Rocks Fastest-Ever Marathon in Australia Two Months Out From Olympic Trials. germanroadraces.de. Brett Larner. 7 July 2019. 28 June 2020.
89. Web site: Moira Stewartová Valencia Marathon 2023 Result. valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 2 December 2023. 4 February 2024.
90. Web site: Andrea Bonilla Valencia Marathon 2021 Result. valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 5 December 2021. 6 December 2021.
91. Web site: Assefa smashes world marathon record in Berlin with 2:11:53, Kipchoge achieves record fifth win. World Athletics. 24 Sep 2023. 7 Nov 2023.
92. Web site: Camilla Richardsson Valencia Marathon 2023 Result. valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 16 October 2024.
93. News: Vazel . Pierre Jean . 2:22:03 World lead for Baysa, Tola improves to 2:06:37 – Paris Marathon report . . 2010-04-11 . 2010-04-11.
94. Web site: National Records - Marathon. ARRS. 14 February 2016. 13 January 2017.
95. Web site: Kim Baglietto Seville Marathon 2024 Result. sportmaniacs.com. 18 February 2024. 19 March 2024.
96. Web site: Sandra Genoveva 2023 Hamburg Marathon Result. mikatiming.com. 23 April 2023. 5 July 2023.
97. Web site: 2023 Seville Marathon Results. Seville Marathon. 19 February 2023. 6 March 2023.
98. Web site: IAAF World Championships 2015 – Women's Marathon Results. 30 August 2015. 30 August 2015.
99. Web site: Marathon Results. gz2010.cn. 2010-11-27. 2010-11-27. 30 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101130045637/http://www.gz2010.cn/info/ENG_ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW09909950000001ENG.html. dead.
100. News: Legese retains Tokyo Marathon crown while Salpeter smashes course record. IAAF. Ken Nakamura. 1 March 2020. 25 March 2020.
101. News: Spectacular double Ethiopian success brings home 2:04 and 2:18 victories in Rotterdam. IAAF. Wim van Hemert. 15 April 2012. 15 April 2012.
102. Web site: Edesa smashes Osaka course record, Maeda breaks Asian record. World Athletics. 28 January 2024. 30 January 2024.
103. Web site: Tamara Armoush London Marathon 2019 Result. virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. 28 April 2019. 28 May 2019.
104. Web site: Race Results Elite Runners Women Chicago Marathon 2019. Chicago Marathon. 13 October 2019. 17 October 2019.
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107. News: Lilia Fisikovici is the first Moldovan athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games. moldova.org. 29 April 2019. 30 April 2019.
108. Web site: 2020 Osaka Women's Marathon Results. World Athletics. 26 January 2020. 9 August 2022.
109. Web site: 2012 Summer Olympics Women's Marathon Results. london2012.com. 5 August 2012. 7 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120731094221/http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-marathon/. 31 July 2012.
110. Web site: Jepchirchir and Chebet power to Kenyan double at Valencia Marathon. en. 6 December 2020.
111. Web site: 8 Oct 2023 . Kiptum smashes world marathon record with 2:00:35, Hassan runs 2:13:44 in Chicago . 7 November 2023 . World Athletics.
112. Web site: Kim Smith London Marathon Result. virginlondonmarathon.com. 2010-04-25. 2010-04-26.
113. News: Mayada Al-Sayad Hannover Marathon 2019 Result. mikatiming.de. 7 April 2019. 13 April 2019.
114. Web site: Ottawa Marathon 2016 – Women's Results. sportstats.ca. 29 May 2016. 13 January 2017.
115. News: Montreal marathon: Mutai, Nyirarukundo set record times. Montreal Gazette. 23 September 2018. 6 October 2018.
116. Web site: Lizette Berlin Marathon 2011 Result. scc-events.com. 25 September 2011. 20 January 2023.
117. News: Weekend road round-up: Aiyabei sets Frankfurt Marathon record, Teferi breaks Ethiopian record in Valencia. IAAF. 27 October 2019. 22 November 2019.
118. Web site: http://results-2014.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/2014/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=9999990F5ECC830000142DF3&lang=EN_CAP&event=MAS&search[sex=W&search[nation]=SLE&search_sort=name&search_event=MAS Mamie Konneh-Lahun London Marathon 2014 Result]. virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. 13 April 2014. 6 March 2016.
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120. Web site: National record for Hiruni in Dusseldorf. 28 April 2019 . The Papare. 29 April 2019.
121. News: Andersson improves her own Swedish marathon record in Dubai. https://archive.today/20120731140714/http://www.european-athletics.org/general-news/andersson-improves-her-own-swedish-marathon-record-in-dubai.html. dead. 2012-07-31. EAA. 2011-01-21. 2011-01-26.
122. Web site: Isabella Andersson Dubai Marathon 2011 Result. dubai.mikatiming.de. 2011-01-21. 2011-01-26.
123. Web site: Fabienne Schlumpf Valencia Marathon 2023 Result. valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 3 December 2023. 10 December 2023.
124. Web site: Amal Katrib The Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon Result. itsyourrace.com. 10 June 2018. 23 February 2019.
125. Web site: Tonya Nera CIM 2019 Result. athlinks.com. 8 December 2019. 23 January 2021.
126. Web site: 2015 Dubai Marathon Results. letsrun.com. 23 January 2015. 23 January 2015.
127. News: Ayenew and debutante Chekwel break course records at Seville Marathon. World Athletics. 23 February 2020. 23 March 2020.
128. News: Close victory for Mutai but more straightforward for Kebede in Berlin - REPORT. IAAF. Pat Butcher. 30 September 2012. 24 February 2013.
129. News: Record-setting Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko wins Osaka Women's Marathon for third straight year. IAAF. Ken Nakamura. 25 January 2015. 25 January 2015.
130. http://sport.segodnya.ua/others/rekordsmenku-ukrainy-diskvalificirovali-za-doping-670313.html Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko was disqualified for doping
131. News: Chepngetich dominates in Chicago with second-fastest marathon in history. World Athletics. 9 October 2022. 10 October 2022.
132. Web site: Italian Marathon Championships 2023 – Women's Results. World Athletics. 24 January 2024.
133. Web site: Megaly García 2023 Valencia Marathon Result. valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 3 December 2023. 4 December 2023.
134. Web site: Results from ASIA 2024 – 2. AAA. 25 January 2024. 30 January 2024.
135. Web site: 2024 Hong Kong Marathon Results. World Athletics. 13 June 2024.