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The oldest man to finish the London Marathon was Buster Martin, Britains oldest worker at the age of 101. Although instead of running, he walked the course in approximately 10 hours.
The oldest person to run a marathon was Fauja Singh, who completed the Toronto Waterfront Marathon at the age of 100 in 2011. Singh, a British Sikh marathon runner, started running marathons in his late 80s and became an inspiration for many.
According to the Boston Marathon website: Wood, Keith H. an 83 man from Sultan, WA finished in 6:23:16 and was the oldest participant in the 2012 edition. Keith placed 21151 overall, and was the 12378 male finisher and 2nd male finisher in the 80+ age group.
Sister Madonna Buder is the oldest person to finish an Ironman Triathlon. She completed the race at the age of 82 in 2012. Sister Madonna Buder is also known as the "Iron Nun" for her impressive athletic achievements.
The age of the oldest person in the world is 116 years.
The oldest age is 114
There is no listing for the oldest person in Alaska. The oldest person ever to live in the United States was 119 years of age.
As of spring, 2009, the oldest man to complete a marathon is Dimitrion Yordanidis, aged 98, in Athens in 1976. He finished in seven hours 33 minutes. Alas, older women do not fare as well as their male counterparts. The oldest woman is Jenny Wood-Allen, aged 90, in London in 2002. She finished in 11 hours and 34 minutes. ----------- On October 16, 2011, Fauja Singh (claimed, and seems likely to be true, age 100) became the first centenarian to finish a marathon when he finished the Toronto Marathon in over eight hours. His record will not be recognized by Guiness because he cannot produce a birth certificate (India did not keep birth records back then).
the youngest person to complete the london marathon was Ryder Hussey a 13 year old boy from Wales...
Any person under the age of 18.
Edited answer: I don't know who keeps answering Eddie Kilgore over and over on this question, but it is an insult to the real man who was the oldest to finish the Iditarod, Colonel Norman Vaughn who finished the race at age 86. Norman was a WWII war hero and ran the race 4 times.
The First perso to ever run a marathon was actually a women named "Kathrine Switzer". It was in the years of 1967 in Boston