Marathon year rankings
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 compiled from the Association of Road Racing Statisticians.[1]
Men's year rankings[]
Key: Current world record
Year | Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
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1921 | 2:47:29.8 | ![]() |
1921-09-20 | Bologna, Italy |
1922 | 2:46:26 | ![]() |
1922-09-10 | Helsinki, Finland |
1923 | 2:40:47 | ![]() |
1923-06-16 | Windsor, England |
1924 | 2:36:10 | ![]() |
1924-04-12 | Tokyo, Japan |
1925 | 2:35:59 | ![]() |
1925-05-30 | Windsor, England |
1926 | 2:34:25 | ![]() |
1926-09-12 | Helsinki, Finland |
1927 | 2:35:21.4 | ![]() |
1927-09-11 | Helsinki, Finland |
1928 | 2:32:57 | ![]() |
1928-08-05 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
1929 | 2:30:57.6 | ![]() |
1929-07-05 | Stamford Bridge, England |
1930 | 2:36:33 | ![]() |
1930-05-28 | Tokyo, Japan |
1931 | 2:33:19 | ![]() |
1931-10-28 | Košice, Slovakia |
1932 | 2:31:31 | ![]() |
1932-04-30 | Tokyo, Japan |
1933 | 2:31:10 | ![]() |
1933-11-03 | Tokyo, Japan |
1934 | 2:32:56 | ![]() |
1934-11-23 | Osaka, Japan |
1935 | 2:26:14 | ![]() |
1935-03-21 | Tokyo, Japan |
1936 | 2:28:32 | ![]() |
1936-04-18 | Tokyo, Japan |
1937 | 2:30:38 | ![]() |
1937-03-28 | Lisbon, Portugal |
1938 | 2:30:27.6 | ![]() |
1938-05-30 | Salisbury, Massachusetts, United States |
1939 | 2:31:26 | ![]() |
1939-11-03 | Tokyo, Japan |
1940 | 2:33:42 | ![]() |
1940-11-01 | Tokyo, Japan |
1941 | 2:31:27 | ![]() |
1941-05-30 | Salisbury, Massachusetts, United States |
1942 | 2:31:38 | ![]() |
1942-11-02 | Tokyo, Japan |
1943 | 2:38:35.3 | ![]() |
1943-11-07 | Yonkers, New York, United States |
1944 | 2:40:48.6 | ![]() |
1944-11-12 | Yonkers, New York, United States |
1945 | 2:36:37.6 | ![]() |
1945-10-28 | Gothenburg, Sweden |
1946 | 2:31:37 | ![]() |
1946-07-11 | Imatra, Finland |
1947 | 2:30:58 | ![]() |
1947-08-23 | Loughborough, England |
1948 | 2:31:02 | ![]() |
1948-09-07 | Stockholm, Sweden |
1949 | 2:28:39.4 | ![]() |
1949-10-02 | Turku, Finland |
1950 | 2:29:09.4 | ![]() |
1950-07-12 | Moscow, Russia |
1951 | 2:28:07.4 | ![]() |
1951-08-03 | Tampere, Finland |
1952 | 2:20:42.2 | ![]() |
1952-06-14 | Windsor, England |
1953 | 2:18:34.8 | ![]() |
1953-10-04 | Turku, Finland |
1954 | 2:17:39.4 | ![]() |
1954-06-26 | Chiswick, England |
1955 | 2:21:21.6 | ![]() |
1955-09-04 | Copenhagen, Denmark |
1956 | 2:18:04.8 | ![]() |
1956-08-12 | Pieksämäki, Finland |
1957 | 2:19:50 | ![]() |
1957-09-01 | Moscow, Russia |
1958 | 2:15:17.6 | ![]() |
1958-08-24 | Stockholm, Sweden |
1959 | 2:17:45.2 | ![]() |
1959-11-11 | Košice, Slovakia |
1960 | 2:15:16.2 | ![]() |
1960-09-10 | Rome, Italy |
1961 | 2:18:54 | ![]() |
1961-03-21 | Nagoya, Japan |
1962 | 2:16:09.6 | ![]() |
1962-10-24 | Pyongyang, North Korea |
1963 | 2:14:28 | ![]() |
1963-06-15 | Chiswick, England |
1964 | 2:12:11.2 | ![]() |
1964-10-21 | Tokyo, Japan |
1965 | 2:12:00 | ![]() |
1965-06-12 | Chiswick, England |
1966 | 2:14:04.8 | ![]() |
1966-11-27 | Fukuoka, Japan |
1967 | 2:09:36.4 | ![]() |
1967-12-03 | Fukuoka, Japan |
1968 | 2:10:47.8 | ![]() |
1968-12-08 | Fukuoka, Japan |
1969 | 2:08:33.6 | ![]() |
1969-05-30 | Antwerp, Belgium |
1970 | 2:09:28.8 | ![]() |
1970-07-23 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
1971 | 2:11:08.8 | ![]() |
1971-09-25 | Hobart, Australia |
1972 | 2:10:30 | ![]() |
1972-12-03 | Fukuoka, Japan |
1973 | 2:11:12.6 | ![]() |
1973-07-14 | Richmond, South Australia |
1974 | 2:09:12.0 | ![]() |
1974-01-31 | Christchurch, New Zealand |
1975 | 2:09:55 | ![]() |
1975-04-21 | Boston, United States |
1976 | 2:09:55.0 | ![]() |
1976-07-31 | Montreal, Canada |
1977 | 2:10:55.3 | ![]() |
1977-12-04 | Fukuoka, Japan |
1978 | 2:09:05.6 | ![]() |
1978-02-05 | Beppu, Japan |
1979 | 2:09:27 | ![]() |
1979-04-16 | Boston, United States |
1980 | 2:09:01 | ![]() |
1980-04-26 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
1981 | 2:08:18 | ![]() |
1981-12-06 | Fukuoka, Japan |
1982 | 2:08:52 | ![]() |
1982-04-19 | Boston, United States |
1983 | 2:08:37 | ![]() |
1983-04-09 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
1984 | 2:08:05 | ![]() |
1984-10-21 | Chicago, United States |
1985 | 2:07:12 | ![]() |
1985-04-20 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
1986 | 2:07:51 | ![]() |
1986-04-21 | Boston, United States |
1987 | 2:08:18 | ![]() |
1987-12-06 | Fukuoka, Japan |
1988 | 2:06:50 | ![]() |
1988-04-17 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
1989 | 2:08:01 | ![]() |
1989-11-05 | New York City, United States |
1990 | 2:08:16 | ![]() |
1990-09-30 | Berlin, Germany |
1991 | 2:08:53 | ![]() |
1991-02-03 | Beppu, Japan |
1992 | 2:08:07 | ![]() |
1992-09-27 | Berlin, Germany |
1993 | 2:08:51 | ![]() |
1993-12-05 | Fukuoka, Japan |
1994 | 2:07:15 | ![]() |
1994-04-18 | Boston, United States |
1995 | 2:07:02 | ![]() |
1995-09-24 | Berlin, Germany |
1996 | 2:08:25 | ![]() |
1996-03-24 | Kyong-Ju, South Korea |
1997 | 2:07:10 | ![]() |
1997-10-19 | Chicago, United States |
1998 | 2:06:05 | ![]() |
1998-09-20 | Berlin, Germany |
1999 | 2:05:42 | ![]() |
1999-10-24 | Chicago, United States |
2000 | 2:06:36 | ![]() |
2000-04-16 | London, UK |
2001 | 2:06:50 | ![]() |
2001-04-22 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
2002 | 2:05:37.8 | ![]() |
2002-04-14 | London, UK |
2003 | 2:04:55 | ![]() |
2003-09-28 | Berlin, Germany |
2004 | 2:06:14 | ![]() |
2004-04-04 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
2005 | 2:06:19.5 | ![]() |
2005-10-16 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
2006 | 2:05:56 | ![]() |
2006-09-24 | Berlin, Germany |
2007 | 2:04:26 | ![]() |
2007-09-30 | Berlin, Germany |
2008 | 2:03:58.2 | ![]() |
2008-09-28 | Berlin, Germany |
2009 | 2:04:26.3 | ![]() |
2009-04-05 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
2010 | 2:04:48 | ![]() |
2010-04-11 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
2011 | 2:03:38 | ![]() |
2011-09-11 | Berlin, Germany |
2012 | 2:04:15 | ![]() |
2012-09-09 | Berlin, Germany |
2013 | 2:03:23 | ![]() |
2013-09-28 | Berlin, Germany |
2014 | 2:02:57 | ![]() |
2014-09-28 | Berlin, Germany |
2015 | 2:04:00 | ![]() |
2015-09-27 | Berlin, Germany |
2016 | 2:03:03 | ![]() |
2016-09-25 | Berlin, Germany |
2017 | 2:03:32 | ![]() |
2017-09-24 | Berlin, Germany |
2018 | 2:01:39 | ![]() |
2018-09-16 | Berlin, Germany |
2019 | 2:01:41 | ![]() |
2019-09-29 | Berlin, Germany |
2020 | 2:03:00 | ![]() |
2020-12-06 | Valencia, Spain |
2021 | 2:02:57 | ![]() |
2021-05-16 | Milan, Italy |
Women's year rankings[]
Key: Current world record
Year | Time | Athlete | Date | Place |
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1980 | 2:30:27 | ![]() |
1980-11-16 | Tokyo, Japan |
1981 | 2:26:47 | ![]() |
1981-04-20 | Boston, United States |
1982 | 2:26:12 | ![]() |
1982-09-12 | Eugene, United States |
1983 | 2:22:43 | ![]() |
1983-04-18 | Boston, United States |
1984 | 2:24:26 | ![]() |
1984-05-13 | London, UK |
1985 | 2:21:06 | ![]() |
1985-04-21 | London, UK |
1986 | 2:24:54 | ![]() |
1987-04-20 | London, UK |
1987 | 2:22:48 | ![]() |
1987-05-10 | London, UK |
1988 | 2:23:51 | ![]() |
1988-01-31 | Osaka, Japan |
1989 | 2:24:33 | ![]() |
1989-04-17 | Boston, United States |
1990 | 2:25:24 | ![]() |
1990-04-16 | Boston, United States |
1991 | 2:24:18 | ![]() |
1991-04-15 | Boston, United States |
1992 | 2:23:43 | ![]() |
1992-04-20 | Boston, United States |
1993 | 2:24:07 | ![]() |
1993-04-04 | Tianjin, PR China |
1994 | 2:21:45 | ![]() |
1994-04-18 | Boston, United States |
1995 | 2:25:11 | ![]() |
1995-04-17 | Boston, United States |
1996 | 2:26:04 | ![]() |
1996-01-28 | Osaka, Japan |
1997 | 2:22:07 | ![]() |
1997-04-20 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
1998 | 2:20:47 | ![]() |
1998-04-19 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
1999 | 2:20:43 | ![]() |
1999-09-26 | Berlin, Germany |
2000 | 2:21:33 | ![]() |
2000-10-22 | Chicago, United States |
2001 | 2:18:47 | ![]() |
2001-10-07 | Chicago, United States |
2002 | 2:17:17.7 | ![]() |
2002-10-13 | Chicago, United States |
2003 | 2:15:24.6 | ![]() |
2003-04-13 | London, UK |
2004 | 2:19:41 | ![]() |
2004-09-26 | Berlin, Germany |
2005 | 2:17:42 | ![]() |
2005-04-17 | London, UK |
2006 | 2:19:36 | ![]() |
2006-04-23 | London, UK |
2007 | 2:20:38 | ![]() |
2007-04-22 | London, UK |
2008 | 2:19:19 | ![]() |
2008-09-28 | Berlin, Germany |
2009 | 2:22:11 | ![]() |
2009-04-26 | London, UK |
2010 | 2:22:04 | ![]() |
2010-04-11 | Paris, France |
2011 | 2:19:19 | ![]() |
2011-04-17 | London, UK |
2012 | 2:18:37 | ![]() |
2012-04-22 | London, UK |
2013 | 2:19:57 | ![]() |
2013-10-15 | Chicago, USA |
2014 | 2:20:18 | ![]() |
2014-09-28 | Berlin, Germany |
2015 | 2:19:25 | ![]() |
2015-09-27 | Berlin, Germany |
2016 | 2:19:41 | ![]() |
2016-01-22 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
2017 | 2:17:01 | ![]() |
2017-04-23 | London, UK |
2018 | 2:18:11 | ![]() |
2018-09-16 | Berlin, Germany |
2019 | 2:14:04 | ![]() |
2019-10-13 | Chicago, USA |
2020 | 2:17:16 | ![]() |
2020-12-06 | Valencia, Spain |
2021 | 2:17:43 | ![]() |
2021-10-03 | London, UK |
See also[]
- National records in the marathon
- Marathon world record progression
- Masters M35 marathon world record progression
- Masters M40 marathon world record progression
- Masters M45 marathon world record progression
- Masters M50 marathon world record progression
- Masters M55 marathon world record progression
- Masters M60 marathon world record progression
- Masters M65 marathon world record progression
- Masters M70 marathon world record progression
- Masters M75 marathon world record progression
- Masters M80 marathon world record progression
- Masters M85 marathon world record progression
- Masters W35 marathon world record progression
- Masters W40 marathon world record progression
- Masters W45 marathon world record progression
- Masters W50 marathon world record progression
- Masters W55 marathon world record progression
- Masters W60 marathon world record progression
- Masters W65 marathon world record progression
- Masters W70 marathon world record progression
- Masters W75 marathon world record progression
- Masters W80 marathon world record progression
- Masters W85 marathon world record progression
References[]
- ^ "Yearly Rankings- Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Marathon - men - senior - outdoor - 2004".
Categories:
- Marathon world records
- Sport of athletics records