TICKING OFF THE BOXES: yearly leader, check; World Record, check; undefeated, check; win 2 (it’s basically impossible to win 3) World Marathon Majors races, check. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget, Athlete Of The Year: CHECK!
ALL-TIME RANKING STATS only bolster Kipchoge’s credentials. Not only is he the first to win 5 times (as he was last year at 4), he’s also soaring up the all-time scoring list, which leads us to a trivia quiz: what do Juma Ikangaa, Haile Gebrselassie, Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers & Rob de Castella have in common? All of them dropped a spot on the event’s all-time scoring list as the Kenyan great soared from No. 9 to No. 4. He now has 52 points. Ahead of him? Veikko Karvonen 65, Wilson Kipsang 56, Toshihiko Seko 55…
THE RUNNER-UP SPOT went to Mo Farah in his first real season of marathoning, which produced a WMM win (Chicago) and 3rd. That was rated just ahead of Mosinet Geremew’s Dubai win and Chicago 2nd, since the Briton won their head-to-head match… The first 5 is rounded out by Tola Shura with a pair of WMM runner-up finishes and Leul Gebrselassie, who didn’t run any of the WMMs, but did have a pair of 2:04 finishes.
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| 1. ELIUD KIPCHOGE (Kenya) (11/5/84, 5-5¾/115) (1.67/52) | |||||
| 2:04:17 | … | 1)London | 4/22 | ||
| 2:01:39 | … | 1)Berlin | 9/16 | ||
| 2. MO FARAH (Great Britain) (3/23/83, 5-8¾/143) (1.75/65) | |||||
| 2:06:21 | … | 3)London | 4/22 | ▷ | 1. Kipchoge; 2. Shura |
| 2:05:11 | … | 1)Chicago | 10/07 | ||
| 3. MOSINET GEREMEW (Ethiopia) (2/12/92, 5-8½/126) (1.74/57) | |||||
| 2:04:00 | … | 1)Dubai | 1/26 | ||
| 2:05:24 | … | 2)Chicago | 10/07 | ▷ | 1. Farah |
| 4. TOLA SHURA (Ethiopia) (6/9/96) | |||||
| 2:04:49 | … | 2)London | 4/22 | ▷ | 1. Kipchoge |
| 2:06:01 | … | 2)New York | 11/04 | ▷ | 1. Desisa |
| 5. LEUL GEBRSELASSIE (Ethiopia) (9/20/93, 5-7/121) (1.70/55) | |||||
| 2:04:02 | … | 2)Dubai | 1/26 | ▷ | 1. Geremew |
| 2:04:31 | … | 1)Valencia | 12/02 | ||
| 6. LELISA DESISA (Ethiopia) (1/14/90, 5-7/115) (1.70/52) | |||||
| dnf | … | –)Boston | 4/16 | ▷ | 1. Kawauchi; 2. Kirui; 3. Biwott; 4. Pennel; 5. Bumbalough; 6. Smith; 7. Nageeye; 8. Kibet; 9. Coolsaet; 10. Vassallo; |
| 2:05:59 | … | 1)New York | 11/04 | ||
| 7. KENNETH KIPKEMOI (Kenya) (8/2/84, 5-5/119) (1.65/54) | |||||
| 2:05:44 | … | 1)Rotterdam | 4/08 | ||
| 2:05:57 | … | 4)Chicago | 10/07 | ▷ | 1. Farah; 2. Geremew; 3. Osako |
| 8. SISAY LEMMA (Ethiopia) (12/12/90, 5-7/125) (1.70/57) | |||||
| 2:04:08 | … | 5)Dubai | 1/26 | ▷ | 1. Geremew; 2. Gebrselassie; 3. Tola; 4. Mengistu |
| 2:07:02 | … | 2)Prague | 5/06 | ▷ | 1. Rupp |
| 2:04:58 | … | 1)Ljubljana | 10/28 | ||
| 9. TAMIRAT TOLA (Ethiopia) (8/11/91, 5-11/130) (1.80/59) | |||||
| 2:04:06 | … | 3)Dubai | 1/26 | ▷ | 1. Geremew; 2. Gebrselassie |
| dnf | … | –)Boston | 4/16 | ▷ | 1. Kawauchi; 2. Kirui; 3. Biwott; 4. Pennel; 5. Bumbalough; 6. Smith; 7. Nageeye; 8. Kibet; 9. Coolsaet; 10. Vassallo; |
| 2:08:30 | … | 4)New York | 11/04 | ▷ | 1. Desisa; 2. Shura; 3. Kamworor |
| 10. LAWRENCE CHERONO (Kenya) (8/7/88, 5-7/121) (1.70/55) | |||||
| 2:09:25 | … | 7)London | 4/22 | ▷ | 1. Kipchoge; 2. Shura; 3. Farah; 4. Kirui; 5. Muchiri; 6. Bekele |
| 2:04:06 | … | 1)Amsterdam | 10/21 | ||
