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Top mark
2:06:55
🇰🇪 Benson Cherono
Beijing · 2005-10-16
10th-place mark
2:09:21
gap: +146.00
Median age, top 100
28.8 yrs
Distinct athletes
25
25 canonical perfs
Years contested
1981–2017
2 historical WRs
World-record progression 2 world records since 1981

Canonical list: short course. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 10 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1981: 1 performance1982: 1 performance1990: 1 performance1991: 1 performance1995: 7 performances1998: 4 performances2001: 1 performance2005: 1 performance2011: 1 performance2017: 7 performances1990200020100719812017
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1980s 2:08:13 🇺🇸 Alberto Salazar 1981-10-25
  2. 1990s 2:09:08 🇰🇪 Paul Yego 1998-12-31
  3. 2000s 2:06:55 🇰🇪 Benson Cherono 2005-10-16
  4. 2010s 2:07:52 🇲🇦 Hamza Sahili 2017-04-23
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇰🇪 KEN 8
  2. 🇮🇹 ITA 6
  3. 🇪🇹 ETH 4
  4. 🇲🇦 MAR 2
  5. 🇺🇸 USA 1
  6. 🇵🇱 POL 1
  7. 🇹🇿 TAN 1
  8. 🇧🇪 BEL 1
Mark vs age 24 points