Marathon Year Rankings
Encyclopedia
The following table shows the yearly rankings in the marathon since 1921 (men) and 1980 (women), based on the best performance in the classic distance race of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards).

Unless otherwise noted, all data is complied from the Association of Road Racing Statisticians
Association of Road Racing Statisticians
The Association of Road Racing Statisticians is an independent, non-profit organization that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics regarding road running races. The primary purpose of the ARRS is to maintain a valid list of world road records for standard race distances and to establish...

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Men's year rankings

Key:
|Athlete |Place
2010  2:04:48 2010-04-11 Rotterdam, Netherlands
2009  2:04:26.3 2009-04-05 Rotterdam, Netherlands
2008  2:03:58.2 2008-09-28 Berlin, Germany
2007  2:04:26 2007-09-30 Berlin, Germany
2006  2:05:56 2006-09-24 Berlin, Germany
2005  2:06:19.5 2005-10-16 Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004  2:06:16 2004-10-10 Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, USA
2003  2:04:55 2003-09-28 Berlin, Germany
2002  2:05:37.8 2002-04-14 London, UK
2001  2:06:50 2001-04-22 Rotterdam, Netherlands
2000  2:06:36 2000-04-16 London, UK
1999  2:05:42 1999-10-24 Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, USA
1998  2:06:05 1998-09-20 Berlin, Germany
1997  2:07:10 1997-10-19 Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, USA
1996  2:08:25 1996-03-24 Kyong-Ju, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

1995  2:07:02 1995-09-24 Berlin, Germany
1994  2:07:15 1994-04-18 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1993  2:08:51 1993-12-05 Fukuoka, Japan
1992  2:08:07 1992-09-27 Berlin, Germany
1991  2:08:53 1991-02-03 Beppu, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

1990  2:08:16 1990-09-30 Berlin, Germany
1989  2:08:01 1989-11-05 New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, USA
1988  2:06:50 1988-04-17 Rotterdam, Netherlands
1987  2:08:18 1987-12-06 Fukuoka, Japan
1986  2:07:51 1986-04-21 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1985  2:07:12 1985-04-20 Rotterdam, Netherlands
1984  2:08:05 1984-10-21 Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, USA
1983  2:08:37 1983-04-09 Rotterdam, Netherlands
1982  2:08:52 1982-04-19 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1981  2:08:18 1981-12-06 Fukuoka, Japan
1980  2:09:01 1980-04-26 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1979  2:09:28 1979-04-16 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1978  2:09:05.6 1978-02-05 Beppu, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

1977  2:10:55.3 1977-12-04 Fukuoka, Japan
1976  2:09:55.0 1976-07-31 Montreal, Canada
1975  2:09:56 1975-04-21 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1974  2:09:12.0 1974-01-31 Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

, New Zealand
1973  2:11:12.6 1973-07-14 Sydney, Australia
1972  2:10:30 1972-12-03 Fukuoka, Japan
1971  2:11:08.8 1971-09-25 Hobart, Australia
1970  2:09:28.8 1970-07-23 Edinburgh, Scotland
1969  2:11:07.2 1969-04-06 Athens, Greece
1968  2:10:47.8 1968-12-08 Fukuoka, Japan
1967  2:09:36.4 1967-12-03 Fukuoka, Japan
1966  2:14:04.8 1966-11-27 Fukuoka, Japan
1965  2:12:00 1965-06-12 Chiswick
Chiswick
Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

1964  2:12:11.2 1964-10-21 Tokyo, Japan
1963  2:14:28 1963-06-15 Chiswick
Chiswick
Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

1962  2:16:09.6 1962-10-24 Pyongyang
Pyongyang
Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...

, North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

1961  2:18:54 1961-03-21 Nagoya, Japan
1960  2:15:16.2 1960-09-10 Rome, Italy
1959  2:17:45.2 1959-11-11 Košice
Košice
Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary...

, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

1958  2:15:17.6 1958-08-24 Stockholm, Sweden
1957  2:19:50 1957-09-01 Moscow, Russia
1956  2:18:04.8 1956-08-12 Pieksämäki
Pieksämäki
Pieksämäki is a town and municipality of Finland. Its original name was Haukivuori .It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

1955  2:21:21.6 1955-09-04 Copenhagen, Denmark
1954  2:17:39.4 1954-06-26 Chiswick
Chiswick
Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

1953  2:18:34.8 1953-10-04 Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

1952  2:20:42.2 1952-06-14 Windsor, England
Windsor, England
There are three places called Windsor in England:* Windsor, Berkshire, the primary use of the name and home to Windsor Castle* Windsor, Cornwall* Windsor, Lincolnshire...

1951  2:28:07.4 1951-08-03 Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

1950  2:29:09.4 1950-07-12 Moscow, Russia
1949  2:28:39.4 1949-10-02 Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

1948  2:31:02 1948-09-07 Stockholm, Sweden
1947  2:30:58 1947-08-23 Loughborough
Loughborough
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and is home to Loughborough University...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

1946  2:31:37 1946-07-11 Imatra
Imatra
Imatra is a town and municipality in eastern Finland, founded in 1948 around three industrial settlements near the Finnish–Russian border. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

1945  2:36:37.6 1945-10-28 Gothenburg, Sweden
1944  2:40:48.6 1944-11-12 Yonkers, New York
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...

, USA
1943  2:38:35.3 1943-11-07 Yonkers, New York
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...

, USA
1942  2:31:38 1942-11-02 Tokyo, Japan
1941  2:31:27 1941-05-30 Salisbury, Massachusetts
Salisbury, Massachusetts
Salisbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,827 at the 2000 census. The community is a popular summer resort beach town situated on the Atlantic Ocean north of Boston on the New Hampshire border....

, USA
1940  2:33:42 1940-11-01 Tokyo, Japan
1939  2:31:26 1939-11-03 Tokyo, Japan
1938  2:30:27.6 1938-05-30 Salisbury, Massachusetts
Salisbury, Massachusetts
Salisbury is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,827 at the 2000 census. The community is a popular summer resort beach town situated on the Atlantic Ocean north of Boston on the New Hampshire border....

, USA
1937  2:30:38 1937-03-28 Lisbon, Portugal
1936  2:28:32 1936-04-18 Tokyo, Japan
1935  2:26:14 1935-03-21 Tokyo, Japan
1934  2:32:56 1934-11-23 Osaka, Japan
1933  2:31:10 1933-11-03 Tokyo, Japan
1932  2:31:31 1932-04-30 Tokyo, Japan
1931  2:33:19 1931-10-28 Košice, SVK
1930  2:36:33 1930-05-28 Tokyo, Japan
1929  2:30:57.6 1929-07-05 Stamford Bridge
Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

1928  2:32:57 1928-08-05 Amsterdam, Netherlands
1927  2:35:21.4 1927-09-11 Helsinki, Finland
1926  2:34:25 1926-09-12 Helsinki, Finland
1925  2:35:59 1925-05-30 Windsor, England
Windsor, England
There are three places called Windsor in England:* Windsor, Berkshire, the primary use of the name and home to Windsor Castle* Windsor, Cornwall* Windsor, Lincolnshire...

1924  2:36:10 1924-04-12 Tokyo, Japan
1923  2:40:47 1923-06-16 Windsor, England
Windsor, England
There are three places called Windsor in England:* Windsor, Berkshire, the primary use of the name and home to Windsor Castle* Windsor, Cornwall* Windsor, Lincolnshire...

1922  2:46:26 1922-09-10 Helsinki, Finland
1921  2:47:29.8 1921-09-20 Bologna, Italy

Women's year rankings

Key:
|Athlete |Place
2010  2:20:25 2010-10-10 Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, USA
2009  2:22:11 2009-04-26 London, UK
2008  2:19:19 2008-09-28 Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

2007  2:20:38 2007-04-22 London, UK
2006  2:19:36 2006-04-23 London, UK
2005  2:17:42 2005-04-17 London, UK
2004  2:19:41 2004-09-26 Berlin, Germany
2003  2:15:24.6 2003-04-13 London, UK
2002  2:17:17.7 2002-10-13 Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, USA
2001  2:18:47 2001-10-07 Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, USA
2000  2:21:33 2000-10-22 Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, USA
1999  2:20:43 1999-09-26 Berlin, Germany
1998  2:20:47 1998-04-19 Rotterdam, Netherlands
1997  2:22:07 1997-04-20 Rotterdam, Netherlands
1996  2:26:04 1996-01-28 Osaka, Japan
1995  2:25:11 1995-04-17 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1994  2:21:45 1994-04-18 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1993  2:24:07 1993-04-04 Tianjin
Tianjin
' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

, PR China
1992  2:23:43 1992-04-20 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1991  2:24:18 1991-04-15 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1990  2:25:24 1990-04-16 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1989  2:24:33 1989-04-17 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1988  2:23:51 1988-01-31 Osaka, Japan
1987  2:22:48 1987-05-10 London, UK
1986  2:24:54 1987-04-20 London, UK
1985  2:21:06 1985-04-21 London, UK
1984  2:24:26 1984-05-13 London, UK
1983  2:22:43 1983-04-18 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1982  2:26:12 1982-09-12 Eugene
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

, USA
1981  2:26:47 1981-04-20 Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, USA
1980  2:30:27 1980-11-16 Tokyo, Japan
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