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.
Geoffrey Mutai ran the Boston marathon in 2:03. Fastest recorded time for a marathon to date.
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.
Delfo Cabrera of Argentina won gold in men's marathon at the 1948 Games in London in a time of 2:34:51.6.
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.
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.
Fastest Time: 2:03:02 Geoffrey Mutai (4/18/11 Boston Marathon)
Moses Mosop of Kenya ran 2:03:06 at the 2011 Boston Marathon
The IAAF regards Patrick Makau's 2:03:38 (Berlin 2011) to be the official men's World Record. However the fastest marathon ever (2:03:02) was run by Geoffrey Mutai (Boston 2011).
Lornah Kiplagat in 1h06:25 is the fastest recognised record (unassisted course)
what was the fastest time in last years boston marathon
There is no time limit for completing a marathon. Sometimes people who are physically challenged in some way will take until after sunset to complete the race, just to prove to themselves that they can. The fastest time ever recorded for a marathon was just over 123 minutes at the 2011 Boston Marathon.
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what was last years fastest time in the boston marathon
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The fastest marathon run was done so by Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia at the Berlin Marathon on September 28, 2008. His time was 2:03:59. He also holds the second best marathon time, which he achieved at the same marathon a year earlier (September 30, 2007). His time then was 2:04:26. He also holds the 5th, 14th, 23rd, 39th, 48th, and 80th best times, all of which were 2:06:52 and under.
The fastest men's time recorded at London was run in 2011 by Emmanuel Mutai in a time of 2:04:40.
Men: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2:03:02 Women: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:15:25