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Top mark
2:09:56
🇰🇪 Ruth Chepngetich
Chicago · 2024-10-13
10th-place mark
2:14:57
gap: +301.00
100th-place mark
2:18:30
gap: +514.00
Median age, top 100
28.6 yrs
Distinct athletes
1584
5763 canonical perfs
Years contested
1979–2026
14 historical WRs
World-record progression 14 world records since 1979

Canonical list: All-time women's best marathon. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 48 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
1979: 1 performance1980: 2 performances1981: 4 performances1982: 6 performances1983: 9 performances1984: 17 performances1985: 14 performances1986: 14 performances1987: 13 performances1988: 28 performances1989: 17 performances1990: 18 performances1991: 25 performances1992: 27 performances1993: 33 performances1994: 30 performances1995: 35 performances1996: 49 performances1997: 59 performances1998: 60 performances1999: 78 performances2000: 94 performances2001: 111 performances2002: 112 performances2003: 108 performances2004: 94 performances2005: 103 performances2006: 105 performances2007: 79 performances2008: 138 performances2009: 113 performances2010: 126 performances2011: 193 performances2012: 193 performances2013: 148 performances2014: 170 performances2015: 194 performances2016: 164 performances2017: 217 performances2018: 206 performances2019: 302 performances2020: 141 performances2021: 251 performances2022: 358 performances2023: 447 performances2024: 378 performances2025: 497 performances2026: 182 performances19801990200020102020049719792026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1970s 2:27:33 🇳🇴 Grete Waitz 1979-10-21
  2. 1980s 2:21:06 🇳🇴 Ingrid Kristiansen 1985-04-21
  3. 1990s 2:20:43 🇰🇪 Tegla Loroupe 1999-09-26
  4. 2000s 2:15:25 🇬🇧 Paula Radcliffe 2003-04-13
  5. 2010s 2:14:04 🇰🇪 Brigid Kosgei 2019-10-13
  6. 2020s 2:09:56 🇰🇪 Ruth Chepngetich 2024-10-13
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇪🇹 ETH 53
  2. 🇰🇪 KEN 37
  3. 🇬🇧 GBR 3
  4. 🇳🇱 NED 3
  5. 🇺🇬 UGA 1
  6. 🇺🇸 USA 1
  7. 🇮🇱 ISR 1
  8. 🇹🇿 TAN 1
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇰🇪 Joyciline Jepkosgei 6
  2. 🇰🇪 Ruth Chepngetich 6
  3. 🇪🇹 Tigist Assefa 5
  4. 🇰🇪 Brigid Kosgei 5
  5. 🇪🇹 Sutume Asefa 5
  6. 🇪🇹 Hawi Feysa 4
  7. 🇪🇹 Yalemzerf Yehualaw 4
  8. 🇰🇪 Rosemary Wanjiru 3
Mark vs age 800 points