Marathon year rankings

history

The following table shows the yearly rankings in the marathon since 1921 (men) and 1980 (women), based on the best performance in the classic distance race of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards).

Unless otherwise noted, all data is complied from the Association of Road Racing Statisticians.

Men's year rankings

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" !!style="width: 10em"|Year!! Time!!style="width: 17em"|Athlete !!style="width: 12em"|Date !!style="width: 15em"|Place |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2009 || 2:04:27||align=left|Kirong, Duncan Kibet || 2009-04-05 || Rotterdam, Netherlands |- | 2008 || 2:03:59
(current WR) ||align=left|Gebrselassie, Haile || 2008-09-28 || Berlin, Germany |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2007 || 2:04:26 ||align=left|Gebrselassie, Haile || 2007-09-30 || Berlin, Germany |- | 2006 || 2:05:56 ||align=left|Gebrselassie, Haile || 2006-09-24 || Berlin, Germany |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2005 || 2:06:19.5 ||align=left|Gebrselassie, Haile || 2005-10-16 || Amsterdam, Netherlands |- | 2004 || 2:06:16 ||align=left|Rutto, Evans || 2004-10-10 || Chicago, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2003 || 2:04:55||align=left|Tergat, Paul || 2003-09-28 || Berlin, Germany |- | 2002 || 2:05:37.8||align=left|Khannouchi, Khalid || 2002-04-14 || London, UK |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2001 || 2:06:50||align=left|Kiprono, Josephat || 2001-04-22 || Rotterdam, Netherlands |- | 2000 || 2:06:36||align=left|Pinto, Antonio || 2000-04-16 || London, UK |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1999 || 2:05:42||align=left|Khannouchi, Khalid || 1999-10-24 || Chicago, USA |- | 1998 || 2:06:05||align=left|da Costa, Ronaldo || 1998-09-20 || Berlin, Germany |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1997 || 2:07:10||align=left|Khannouchi, Khalid || 1997-10-19 || Chicago, USA |- | 1996 || 2:08:25||align=left|Fiz, Martin || 1996-03-24 || Kyong-Ju, South Korea |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1995 || 2:07:02||align=left|Lelei, Sammy || 1995-09-24 || Berlin, Germany |- | 1994 || 2:07:15||align=left|Ndeti, Cosmas || 1994-04-18 || Boston, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1993 || 2:08:51||align=left|Ceron, Dionicio || 1993-12-05 || Fukuoka, Japan |- | 1992 || 2:08:07||align=left|Tsebe, David || 1992-09-27 || Berlin, Germany |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1991 || 2:08:53||align=left|Morishita, Koichi || 1991-02-03 || Beppu, Japan |- | 1990 || 2:08:16||align=left|Moneghetti, Steve || 1990-09-30 || Berlin, Germany |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1989 || 2:08:01||align=left|Ikangaa, Juma || 1989-11-05 || New York, USA |- | 1988 || 2:06:50||align=left|Dinsamo, Belayneh || 1988-04-17 || Rotterdam, Netherlands |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1987 || 2:08:18||align=left|Nakayama, Takeyuki || 1987-12-06 || Fukuoka, Japan |- | 1986 || 2:07:51||align=left|de Castella, Robert || 1986-04-21 || Boston, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1985 || 2:07:12||align=left|Lopes, Carlos || 1985-04-20 || Rotterdam, Netherlands |- | 1984 || 2:08:05||align=left|Jones, Steve || 1984-10-21 || Chicago, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1983 || 2:08:37||align=left|de Castella, Robert || 1983-04-09 || Rotterdam, Netherlands |- | 1982 || 2:08:52||align=left|Salazar, Bill || 1982-04-19 || Boston, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1981 || 2:08:18||align=left|de Castella, Robert || 1981-12-06 || Fukuoka, Japan |- | 1980 || 2:09:01||align=left|Nijboer, Gerard || 1980-04-26 || Amsterdam, Netherlands |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1979 || 2:09:28||align=left|Rodgers, Bill || 1979-04-16 || Boston, USA |- | 1978 || 2:09:05.6||align=left|So, Shigeru || 1978-02-05 || Beppu, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1977 || 2:10:55.3||align=left|Rodgers, Bill || 1977-12-04 || Fukuoka, Japan |- | 1976 || 2:09:55.0||align=left|Cierpinski, Waldemar || 1976-07-31 || Montreal, Canada |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1975 || 2:09:56||align=left|Rodgers, Bill || 1975-04-21 || Boston, USA |- | 1974 || 2:09:12.0||align=left|Thompson, Ian || 1974-01-31 || Christchurch, New Zealand |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1973 || 2:11:12.6||align=left|Farrington, John || 1973-07-14 || Sydney, Australia |- | 1972 || 2:10:30||align=left|Shorter, Frank || 1972-12-03 || Fukuoka, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1971 || 2:11:08.8||align=left|Clayton, Derek || 1971-09-25 || Hobart, Australia |- | 1970 || 2:09:28.8||align=left|Hill, Ron || 1970-07-23 || Edinburgh, Scotland |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1969 || 2:11:07.2||align=left|Adcocks, Bill || 1969-04-06 || Athens, Greece |- | 1968 || 2:10:47.8||align=left|Adcocks, Bill || 1968-12-08 || Fukuoka, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1967 || 2:09:36.4||align=left|Clayton, Derek || 1967-12-03 || Fukuoka, Japan |- | 1966 || 2:14:04.8||align=left|Ryan, Michael || 1966-11-27 || Fukuoka, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1965 || 2:12:00||align=left|Shigematsu, Morio || 1965-06-12 || Chiswick, England |- | 1964 || 2:12:11.2||align=left|Bikila, Abebe || 1964-10-21 || Tokyo, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1963 || 2:14:28||align=left|Edelen, Leonard || 1963-06-15 || Chiswick, England |- | 1962 || 2:16:09.6||align=left| || 1962-10-24 || Pyongyang, North Korea |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1961 || 2:18:54||align=left|Nakao, Takayuki || 1961-03-21 || Nagoya, Japan |- | 1960 || 2:15:16.2||align=left|Bikila, Abebe || 1960-09-10 || Rome, Italy |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1959 || 2:17:45.2||align=left|Popov, Sergei || 1959-11-11 || Košice, Slovakia |- | 1958 || 2:15:17.6||align=left|Popov, Sergei || 1958-08-24 || Stockholm, Sweden |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1957 || 2:19:50||align=left|Popov, Sergei || 1957-09-01 || Moscow, Russia |- | 1956 || 2:18:04.8||align=left|Kotila, Paavo || 1956-08-12 || Pieksämäki, Finland |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1955 || 2:21:21.6||align=left|Karvonen, Veikko || 1955-09-04 || Copenhagen, Denmark |- | 1954 || 2:17:39.4||align=left|Peters, Jim || 1954-06-26 || Chiswick, England |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1953 || 2:18:34.8||align=left|Peters, Jim || 1953-10-04 || Turku, Finland |- | 1952 || 2:20:42.2||align=left|Peters, Jim || 1952-06-14 || Windsor, England |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1951 || 2:28:07.4||align=left|Karvonen, Veikko || 1951-08-03 || Tampere, Finland |- | 1950 || 2:29:09.4||align=left|Vanin, Fedosiy || 1950-07-12 || Moscow, Russia |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1949 || 2:28:39.4||align=left|Kononen, Salomon || 1949-10-02 || Turku, Finland |- | 1948 || 2:31:02||align=left|Hietanen, Mikko || 1948-09-07 || Stockholm, Sweden |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1947 || 2:30:58||align=left|Hietanen, Mikko || 1947-08-23 || Loughborough, England |- | 1946 || 2:31:37||align=left|Hietanen, Mikko || 1946-07-11 || Imatra, Finland |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1945 || 2:36:37.6||align=left|Hakansson, Sven || 1945-10-28 || Gothenburg, Sweden |- | 1944 || 2:40:48.6||align=left|Robbins, Charles || 1944-11-12 || Yonkers, New York, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1943 || 2:38:35.3||align=left|Cote, Gerard || 1943-11-07 || Yonkers, New York, USA |- | 1942 || 2:31:38||align=left|Kimoto, Zaiten || 1942-11-02 || Tokyo, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1941 || 2:31:27||align=left|Pawson, Les || 1941-05-30 || Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA |- | 1940 || 2:33:42||align=left|Takenaka, Shoichiro || 1940-11-01 || Tokyo, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1939 || 2:31:26||align=left| || 1939-11-03 || Tokyo, Japan |- | 1938 || 2:30:27.6||align=left|Dengis, Pat || 1938-05-30 || Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1937 || 2:30:38||align=left|Dias, Manuel || 1937-03-28 || Lisbon, Portugal |- | 1936 || 2:28:32||align=left| || 1936-04-18 || Tokyo, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1935 || 2:26:14||align=left| || 1935-03-21 || Tokyo, Japan |- | 1934 || 2:31:30||align=left|Dengis, Pat || 1934-10-12 || Port Chester, New York, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1933 || 2:31:01||align=left|Pawson, Les || 1933-04-19 || Boston, USA |- | 1932 || 2:31:36||align=left|Zabala, Juan Carlos || 1932-08-07 || Los Angeles, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1931 || 2:32:35||align=left|Michelsen, Albert || 1931-04-05 || New York, USA |- | 1930 || 2:34:45||align=left|DeMar, Clarence || 1930-06-14 || Los Angeles, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1929 || 2:30:57||align=left|Payne, Harry || 1929-07-05 || Stamford Bridge, England |- | 1928 || 2:32:57||align=left|El Ouafi, Boughera || 1928-08-05 || Amsterdam, Netherlands |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1927 || 2:35:21||align=left|Laaksonen, Verner || 1927-09-11 || Helsinki, Finland |- | 1926 || 2:34:25||align=left|Rotko, Iivari || 1926-09-12 || Helsinki, Finland |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1925 || 2:35:59||align=left|Ferris, Samuel || 1925-05-30 || Windsor, England |- | 1924 || 2:36:10||align=left|Kanaguri, Shizo || 1924-04-12 || Tokyo, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1923 || 2:40:47||align=left|Jensen, Aksel || 1923-06-16 || Windsor, England |- | 1922 || 2:46:26||align=left|Ruotsalainen, Gabriel || 1922-09-10 || Helsinki, Finland |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1921 || 2:51:41.8||align=left|Mills, Arthur Robert || 1921-07-16 || Windsor, England |}

Women's Year Rankings

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" !!style="width: 10em"|Year!! Time!!style="width: 17em"|Athlete !!style="width: 12em"|Date !!style="width: 15em"|Place |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2009 || 2:22:11 ||align=left| || 2009-04-26 || London, UK |- | 2008 || 2:19:19 ||align=left| || 2008-09-28 || Berlin, Germany |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2007 || 2:20:38 ||align=left| || 2007-04-22 || London, UK |- | 2006 || 2:19:36 ||align=left| || 2006-04-23 || London, UK |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2005 || 2:17:42 ||align=left| || 2005-04-17 || London, UK |- | 2004 || 2:19:41 ||align=left| || 2004-09-26 || Berlin, Germany |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2003 || 2:15:24.6
(current WR) ||align=left| || 2003-04-13 || London, UK |- | 2002 || 2:17:17.7 ||align=left| || 2002-10-13 || Chicago, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 2001 || 2:18:47 ||align=left| || 2001-10-07 || Chicago, USA |- | 2000 || 2:21:33 ||align=left| || 2000-10-22 || Chicago, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1999 || 2:20:43 ||align=left| || 1999-09-26 || Berlin, Germany |- | 1998 || 2:20:47 ||align=left| || 1998-04-19 || Rotterdam, Netherlands |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1997 || 2:22:07 ||align=left| || 1997-04-20 || Rotterdam, Netherlands |- | 1996 || 2:26:04 ||align=left| || 1996-01-28 || Osaka, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1995 || 2:25:11 ||align=left| || 1995-04-17 || Boston, USA |- | 1994 || 2:21:45 ||align=left| || 1994-04-18 || Boston, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1993 || 2:24:07 ||align=left| || 1993-04-04 || Tianjin, PR China |- | 1992 || 2:23:43 ||align=left| || 1992-04-20 || Boston, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1991 || 2:24:18 ||align=left| || 1991-04-15 || Boston, USA |- | 1990 || 2:25:24 ||align=left| || 1990-04-16 || Boston, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1989 || 2:24:33 ||align=left| || 1989-04-17 || Boston, USA |- | 1988 || 2:23:51 ||align=left| || 1988-01-31 || Osaka, Japan |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1987 || 2:22:48 ||align=left| || 1987-05-10 || London, UK |- | 1986 || 2:24:54 ||align=left| || 1987-04-20 || London, UK |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1985 || 2:21:06 ||align=left| || 1985-04-21 || London, UK |- | 1984 || 2:24:26 ||align=left| || 1984-05-13 || London, UK |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1983 || 2:22:43 ||align=left| || 1983-04-18 || Boston, USA |- | 1982 || 2:26:12 ||align=left| || 1982-09-12 || Eugene, USA |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | 1981 || 2:26:47 ||align=left| || 1981-04-20 || Boston, USA |- | 1980 || 2:30:27 ||align=left| || 1980-11-16 || Tokyo, Japan |}

References

See also

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