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Fastest Marathon Courses — Men
(fastest women’s courses here)
Among the three stat compilations on this page, you will find a listing of the 10 fastest marathon courses as measured by the averages of the 10 fastest times run on each course. Click HERE for detailed compilations of those performances along with the top 10 times and averages for 5 other major races.
| List of Course Records |
|
Time |
Race |
Name |
Nation |
Year |
| 1 |
2:03:59 |
Berlin |
Haile Gebrselassie |
ETH |
2008 |
| 2 |
2:04:27 |
Rotterdam |
Duncan Kibet |
KEN |
2009 |
| 3 |
2:04:53 |
Dubai |
Haile Gebrselassie |
ETH |
2008 |
| 4 |
2:04:57 |
Frankfurt |
Wilson Kiprotich Kipsang |
KEN |
2010 |
| 5 |
2:05:10 |
London |
Samuel Wanjiru |
KEN |
2009 |
| 6 |
2:05:18 |
Fukuoka |
Tsegaye Kebede |
ETH |
2009 |
| 7 |
2:05:39 |
Prague |
Eliud Kiptanui |
KEN |
2010 |
| 8 |
2:05:41 |
Chicago |
Samuel Wanjiru |
KEN |
2009 |
| 9 |
2:05:44 |
Amsterdam |
Getu Feleke |
ETH |
2010 |
| 10 |
2:05:47 |
Paris |
Vincent Kipruto |
KEN |
2009 |
| 11 |
2:05:52 |
Boston |
Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot |
KEN |
2010 |
| 12 |
2:06:32 |
Olympics |
Samuel Wanjiru |
KEN |
2008 |
| 13 |
2:06:33 |
Tokyo Int’l
|
Gert Thys |
RSA |
1999 |
| 14 |
2:06:49 |
Seoul |
Sylvester Teimat |
KEN |
2010 |
| 15 |
2:06:52 |
Hamburg |
Julio Rey |
ESP |
2006 |
| 16 |
2:06:54 |
World Champs |
Abel Kirui |
KEN |
2009 |
| 17 |
2:07:01 |
Eindhoven |
Geoffrey Mutai |
KEN |
2009 |
| 18 |
2:07:04 |
Houston |
Bekana Daba |
ETH |
2011 |
| 19 |
2:07:17 |
Roma |
Benjamin Kiptoo Kolum |
KEN |
2009 |
| 20 |
2:07:23 |
Tokyo |
Viktor Rothlin |
SUI |
2008 |
| 21 |
2:07:30 |
Barcelona |
Jackson Kipkoech Kotut |
KEN |
2010 |
| 22 |
2:07:33 |
Linz |
Alexander Kuzin |
UKR |
2007 |
| 23 |
2:07:34 |
Lake Biwa – Otsu |
Antonio Pena |
ESP |
2001 |
| Averages of Top 10 Performances in Major Marathons |
| Click here for the 10 fastest times run on each of these courses |
|
Average |
Marathon |
| 1 |
2:05:10 |
Berlin |
| 2 |
2:05:15 |
Rotterdam |
| 3 |
2:05:31 |
London |
| 4 |
2:06:02 |
Chicago |
| 5 |
2:06:25 |
Amsterdam |
| 6 |
2:06:30 |
Paris |
| 7 |
2:06:47 |
Fukuoka |
| 8 |
2:06:53 |
Frankfurt |
| 9 |
2:07:04 |
Dubai |
| 10 |
2:07:22 |
Boston |
| Number of PRs by venue for top 10, 20, 50 & 100 performers |
| Venue |
PRs in Top 10
|
PRs in Top 20 |
PRs in Top 50 |
PRs Top 100 |
| Rotterdam |
5 |
7 |
10 |
18 |
| Berlin |
3 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
| London |
1 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
| Frankfurt |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| Amsterdam |
|
1 |
6 |
12 |
| Fukuoka |
|
1 |
1 |
4 |
| Prague |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Chicago |
|
|
6 |
11 |
| Paris |
|
|
4 |
10 |
| Boston |
|
|
1 |
4 |
| Dubai |
|
|
1 |
4 |
| Tokyo |
|
|
1 |
1 |
| Seoul |
|
|
|
1 |
| Hamburg |
|
|
|
1 |
| Rome |
|
|
|
1 |
| Houston |
|
|
|
1 |
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