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Fastest Time: 2:03:02 (Geoffrey Mutai, 18APR2011 in the Boston Marathon) *

World Record: 2:03:38 (Patrick Makau, 25SEP2011 in the Berlin Marathon)

* not recognized by the IAAF as a World Record because it was run on a course with a net elevation loss.

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Geoffrey Mutai ran the Boston marathon in 2:03. Fastest recorded time for a marathon to date.

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Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya (2:03:02 in the 2011 Boston Marathon)

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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the men's Olympic record in marathon is 2:06:32 set by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya at the 2008 Games.

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Delfo Cabrera of Argentina won gold in men's marathon at the 1948 Games in London in a time of 2:34:51.6.

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The fastest marathon ever run is 2 hours, 3 minutes and 02 seconds - set by Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai on April 18th 2011 at the Boston Marathon.

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after the battle of marathon. A runner was sent to the capital to tell the news of the battle. He dropped dead after telling the news to the king. It's a Greek myth.

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