Patrick Makau
Paula Radcliffe
1896 Athens Olympics MarathonHistory
1896 April 10 - Inauguration of modern Olympics in Athens, Greece when 1st marathon race was run from Marathon Bridge to the Olympic Stadium in Athens, a distance of 24.85 miles (40km) which was won by Spiridon Louis of Greece in 2:58:50
1908 July 24 - 2:55:18 Johnny Hayes (USA) London Olympics - distance was increased to 26.2 miles ( 42.195km) (to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City Stadium and after 16 years of heated discussion, this 26.2 mile distance was established at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as the official marathon distance.) This 2:55:18 was the first official time of the 26.2 mile marathon on record.
Marathon world record progression since 1981:
Men (last 3 world records set in Berlin in last 4 years)
2:08:18 - Robert De Castella (AUS) - Fukuoka 1981
2:08:05 - Steve Jones (GBR) - Chicago 1984
2:07:12 - Carlos Lopes (POR) - Rotterdam 1985
2:06:50 - Belavneh Dinsamo (ETH) - Rotterdam 1988
2:06:05 - Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) - Berlin 1998
2:05:42 - Khalid Khannouchi (MOR) - Chicago 1999
2:05:38 - Khalid Khannouchi (USA) - London 2002
2:04:55 - Paul Tergat (KEN) - Berlin 2003
2:04:26 - Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) - Berlin 2007
2:03:59 - Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) - Berlin 2008
2:03:38 - Patrick Makau (KEN) - Berlin 2011 (at 2:56 pace)
Women: (1 world record in last 8 years)
2:29:57 - Joyce Smith (GBR) - London 1981
2:29:01 - Charlotte Teske (West Germany) - Miami, USA 1982
2:26:12 - Joan Benoit (USA) - Eugene, USA 1982
2:25:29 - Crete Waitz (NOR) - London 1983
2:22:43 - Joan Benoit (USA) - Boston 1983
2:24:26 - Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) - London 1984
2:21:06 - Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) - London 1985
2:20:47 - Tegla Loroupe (KEN) - Rotterdam 1998
2:20:43 - Tegla Loroupe (KEN) - Berlin 1999
2:19:46 - Naoko Takahashi (JPN) - Berlin 2001
2:18:47 - Catherine Ndereba (KEN) - Chicago 2001
2:17:18 - Paula Radcliffe (GBR) - Chicago 2002
2:15:25 - Paula Radcliffe (GBR) - London 2003 (as at 19 September 2011)
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