The following tables are an overview of all current national records in the marathon, as compiled by the International Association of Athletics Federations

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation...

 and other authoritative sources of road racing

Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...

 statistics.

Background

The IAAF is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. As of 2009, the national governing bodies of 213 countries

Country

A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...

and territories are affiliated to the IAAF as National Member Federations. According to the IAAF, their lists of national records "mainly include official records as recognised by various national federations" and notes that in some cases "federations recognise invalid performances".

The IAAF's list includes Palestine, whose Palestine Athletic Federation is the national governing body of athletics affiliated to the IAAF. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is represented in the IAAF by UK Athletics

UK Athletics

UK Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for overseeing the governance of athletics events in the UK as well as athletes, their development, and athletics officials....

, which in turn is affiliated with the athletic associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, and Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 (collectively known as the Home Country Athletics Federations). Although the IAAF notes only the fastest performance under the UK umbrella, these associations each compile a list of national records in track and field. The IAAF's list includes some British overseas territories

British overseas territories

The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories of the United Kingdom which, although they do not form part of the United Kingdom itself, fall under its jurisdiction. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not acquired independence or have voted to remain British territories...

 that compete under their own flags (e.g. Bermuda

Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...

, British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...

, and Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...

).

Other road racing sources slightly differ regarding which types of political states

State (polity)

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 are included in their national records lists. For example, Athletics Weekly

Athletics Weekly

Athletics Weekly is the world's only weekly athletics magazine.It is published in the United Kingdom by Athletics Weekly Limited and covers news, results, fixtures, coaching and product advice for all aspects of athletics, including track and field, cross-country, road racing and race walking.-...

's list includes countries of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey

Guernsey

Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

, the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

, and Jersey

Jersey

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...

 which are technically not part of the United Kingdom. Although the World Marathon Major's list does include the major countries within the United Kingdom as well as at least one other British overseas territory not on the IAAF list of (i.e. Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...

), it does not include the Crown Dependencies. The Association of Road Racing Statistician's list includes all of the above plus the British overseas territory of Saint Helena

Saint Helena

Saint Helena , named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha...

. Similar list variations occur with other political states or territories affiliated with Denmark, France, and New Zealand.

Marathon records by region

The following table contains marathon records within each world region.

Men

Region	Country/Territory	Time	Athlete	Date	Marathon
Africa	Kenya	2:03:38	Patrick Makau Musyoki Patrick Makau Musyoki Patrick Makau Musyoki is a runner from Kenya. He holds the world record in the marathon with a time of 2:03:38, set at the 2011 Berlin Marathon. He is also notable for his half marathon performances, having won a number of prominent competitions in Europe...	25 September 2011	Berlin Marathon Berlin Marathon The Berlin Marathon is a major running and sporting event held annually in Berlin, Germany. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers is set up as a city-wide road race where professional athletes and amateur runners jointly participate...
Asia	Japan	2:06:16	Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race...	13 October 2002	Chicago Marathon Chicago Marathon The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is a major marathon held yearly in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Alongside the Boston, New York, London and Berlin Marathons, it is one of the five World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also an IAAF Gold Label race...
Europe	Portugal	2:06:36	António Pinto António Pinto António Coelho Pinto is a Portuguese long-distance runner.Pinto won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000, as well as the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36...	16 April 2000	London Marathon London Marathon The London Marathon is one of the biggest running events in the world, and one of the five top world marathons that make up the World Marathon Majors competition, which has a $1 million prize purse. It has been held each spring in London since 1981. The race is currently sponsored by Virgin Money,...
Europe	Early Modern France	2:06:36	Benoit Zwierzchiewski Benoît Zwierzchiewski thumb|200px|Benoît Zwierzchiewski in 2007Benoît Zwierzchiewski is a male long-distance runner from France who mainly competes in the marathon race during his career...	4 June 2003	Paris Marathon Paris Marathon The Paris International Marathon is an annual marathon which takes place from the Champs-Élysées heading towards the Place de la Concorde and continuing through the city to finish at Foch Avenue....
North/Central America	United States	2:05:38	Khalid Khannouchi Khalid Khannouchi Khalid Khannouchi is a Moroccan American marathoner. He was born in Meknes, Morocco. He is the former world record holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the 20 km distance. He is one of only five men to break the marathon world record more than once, and one of only four...	14 April 2002	London Marathon London Marathon The London Marathon is one of the biggest running events in the world, and one of the five top world marathons that make up the World Marathon Majors competition, which has a $1 million prize purse. It has been held each spring in London since 1981. The race is currently sponsored by Virgin Money,...
Oceana	Australia	2:07:51	Robert de Castella Robert de Castella Robert Francois de Castella, MBE is an Australian former world champion marathon runner. He is widely known as "Deek" or "Deeks" to the Australian public, and "Tree" to his competitors due to his thick legs and inner calm...	21 April 1986	Boston Marathon Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest...
South America	Brazil	2:06:05	Ronaldo da Costa Ronaldo da Costa Ronaldo da Costa broke the ten-year-old marathon world record in 1998 in Berlin. The record was previously held by Belayneh Densamo from Ethiopia at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, 1988...	20 September 1998	Berlin Marathon Berlin Marathon The Berlin Marathon is a major running and sporting event held annually in Berlin, Germany. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers is set up as a city-wide road race where professional athletes and amateur runners jointly participate...

Women

Region	Country/Territory	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
Africa	Kenya	2:18:47	Catherine Ndereba Catherine Ndereba Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba is a Kenyan marathon runner. She has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals in the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She is also a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon...	2001-10-07	Chicago Chicago Marathon The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is a major marathon held yearly in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Alongside the Boston, New York, London and Berlin Marathons, it is one of the five World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also an IAAF Gold Label race...
Asia	Japan	2:19:12	Mizuki Noguchi Mizuki Noguchi is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance and set two world records in 2005....	2005-09-25	Berlin Berlin Marathon The Berlin Marathon is a major running and sporting event held annually in Berlin, Germany. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers is set up as a city-wide road race where professional athletes and amateur runners jointly participate...
Europe	United Kingdom	2:15:25	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...	2003-04-13	London London Marathon The London Marathon is one of the biggest running events in the world, and one of the five top world marathons that make up the World Marathon Majors competition, which has a $1 million prize purse. It has been held each spring in London since 1981. The race is currently sponsored by Virgin Money,...
North/Central America	United States	2:19:36	Deena Kastor Deena Kastor Deena Michelle Kastor is an American long-distance runner. She holds American records in the marathon, half-marathon, and numerous road distances. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece...	2006-04-23	London London Marathon The London Marathon is one of the biggest running events in the world, and one of the five top world marathons that make up the World Marathon Majors competition, which has a $1 million prize purse. It has been held each spring in London since 1981. The race is currently sponsored by Virgin Money,...
Oceania	Australia	2:22:36	Benita Willis	2006-10-22	Chicago Chicago Marathon The Bank of America Chicago Marathon is a major marathon held yearly in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Alongside the Boston, New York, London and Berlin Marathons, it is one of the five World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also an IAAF Gold Label race...
South America	Brazil	2:27:41	Carmen Oliveira Carmen Oliveira Carmen Sousa de Oliveira Furtado is a retired Brazilian long-distance runner.She finished eleventh in the 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in a new South American record time of 31:47.76 minutes...	2004-04-18	Boston Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest...

Men's national records

Key:

Country/Territory	Time	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
Afghanistan	2:28:46	Waheed Karim Waheed Karim Waheed Karim is a former Afghan long-distance runner who is recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations as holding the Afghan national record in the marathon and the 5,000 meters....	1990-12-02	Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento is the capital of the state of California, in the United States of America.Sacramento may also refer to:- United States :*Sacramento County, California*Sacramento, Kentucky*Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta... , USA
Albania	2:25:29	Remzi Laho	1991-09-29	Burgas Burgas -History:During the rule of the Ancient Romans, near Burgas, Debeltum was established as a military colony for veterans by Vespasian. In the Middle Ages, a small fortress called Pyrgos was erected where Burgas is today and was most probably used as a watchtower... , Bulgaria
Algeria	2:09:54	Rachid Ziar Rachid Ziar Rachid Ziar is a retired Algerian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.He finished 24th at the 1999 World Half Marathon Championships, 19th at the 2001 World Half Marathon Championships and 18th at the 2003 World Championships...	2002-04-07	Paris, France
American Samoa	2:25:35	Gary Fanelli Gary Fanelli Gary M. Fanelli is a long-distance runner from the United States who represented American Samoa in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Fanelli's 2:25:35 performance at the Olympics is an American Samoan national record...	1988-09-10	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea	Note
Andorra	2:14:25	Antoni Bernadó	2003-03-16	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain
Angola	2:11:40	João n'Tyamba João N'Tyamba João Baptista N'Tyamba is an Angolan runner. He was born in Lubango.He started as a middle distance runner, and competed in 800 meters at 1988 Summer Olympics, then competed in 1500 metres at the 1991 World Championships, the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics and in 3000 metres at...	2001-09-30	Berlin, Germany
Antigua and Barbuda	2:31:49	Cordover Simon	1994-08-28	Victoria, BC, Canada
Argentina	2:09:57	Antonio Silio Antonio Silio Antonio Fabián Silio Alaguire is a retired long-distance runner from Argentina, who won the bronze medal in the men's 5.000 metres at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba...	1995-04-30	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Germany
Armenia	2:20:36	Ashik Mkhitarian	1968-04-04	Uzhgorod, Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Aruba	2:13:43	Kim Reynierse	1989-09-10	Berchem Berchem The 'Ring', Antwerp's circular motorway which follows the track of the former city defense walls, cuts Berchem in two parts, separating the urban inner city area of Oud-Berchem from the more residential and suburban areas Groenenhoek en Nieuw Kwartier .-Demography:Berchem's total surface is over ,... , Belgium
Australia	2:07:51	Robert de Castella Robert de Castella Robert Francois de Castella, MBE is an Australian former world champion marathon runner. He is widely known as "Deek" or "Deeks" to the Australian public, and "Tree" to his competitors due to his thick legs and inner calm...	1986-04-21	Boston, USA	Note
Austria	2:10:47	Günther Weidlinger Günther Weidlinger Günther Weidlinger is an Austrian long-distance runner who is a former 3000 metres steeplechase specialist but now competes in the marathon....	2009-10-25	Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... , Germany
Azerbaijan	2:19:45	Boris Dergachov	1968-08-29	Noginsk Noginsk Noginsk is a town and the administrative center of Noginsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of the MKAD ring road on the Klyazma River. Population:... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
The Bahamas	2:34:00	Delroy Boothe	1999-12-18	Jacksonville, USA
Bahrain	2:09:09	Adam Ismail Khamis	2009-10-01	Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... , Germany
Bangladesh	2:22:03	Ali Mohamed	1987-03-07	Dhaka Dhaka Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city... , Bangladesh
Barbados	2:29:40	Reuben McColin	1988-12-04	Bridgetown Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael... , Barbados
Belarus	2:10:58	Vladimir Kotov Vladimir Kotov Vladimir Kotov is a Belarus-born South African long distance runner, who competed for the Soviet Union at the marathon of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he finished in fourth place, thirty seconds behind countryman and bronze medalist Setymkul Dzhumanazarov...	1980-05-24	Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Belgium	2:07:20	Vincent Rousseau Vincent Rousseau Vincent Rousseau is a former long-distance runner from Belgium, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. In 1993, he had his biggest success by winning the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Brussels, the next year followed by the first...	1995-09-24	Berlin, Germany
Belize	2:22:01	Patrick Fuller	2003-02-08	Birmingham, AL, USA
Benin	2:30:13	Patrice Lompo	17 April 2011	Annecy Annecy Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy , 35 kilometres south of Geneva.-Administration:... , France
Bermuda	2:26:37	Raymond Swan	1981-04-20	Boston, USA
Bhutan	2:44:21	Passang Passang	2010-05-23	Wangdue Phodrang Wangdue Phodrang Wangdue Phodrang District is a dzongkhag of central Bhutan. This is also the name of the dzong which dominates the district, and the name of the small market town outside the gates of the dzong... , Bhutan
Bolivia	2:17:49	Juan Camacho Juan Camacho (athlete) Juan Rodrigo Camacho is a retired male long-distance runner from Bolivia, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He set his personal best in the men's marathon on April 7, 1984 in Maassluis, Netherlands.-Achievements:*All results regarding...	1984-04-07	Maassluis Maassluis Maassluis is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 32,847 in 2004, and covers an area of 10.11 km² .It received city rights in 1811... , Netherlands
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2:15:55	Sead Kondo	1975-05-03	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Botswana	2:14:57	John James	2004-07-24	Selebi-Phikwe	Note
Brazil	2:06:05	Ronaldo da Costa Ronaldo da Costa Ronaldo da Costa broke the ten-year-old marathon world record in 1998 in Berlin. The record was previously held by Belayneh Densamo from Ethiopia at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, 1988...	1998-09-20	Berlin, Germany
British Virgin Islands	3:32:39	Marc Downing	2007-05-13	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czech Republic
Brunei	2:43:32	Sifli Anak Ahar	2006-12-10	Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan Bandar Seri Begawan, with an estimated population 140,000 , is the capital and largest city of the Sultanate of Brunei... , Brunei	Note
Kingdom of Bulgaria	2:11:26	Christo Stefanov	1997-10-19	Sofia Sofia Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated... , Bulgaria
Burkina Faso	2:36:29	Charles Neboua	2005-11-26	Quagadougou	Note
Burundi	2:13:14	Patrick Ndayisenga	1999-05-02	Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... , Italy
Cambodia	2:25:20	Hem Bunting Hem Bunting Hem Bunting, born December 12, 1985, is a Cambodian marathoner.Bunting is one of nine children from a family of farmers in Stung Treng Province. The British Broadcasting Corporation has described him as "so poor he lives in the crumbling athletics stadium where he trains"...	2009-12-15	Vientiane Vientiane -Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the... , Laos
Cameroon	2:18:35	Paul Kuete	1993-12-08	Palermo Palermo Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old... , Italy
Canada	2:10:09	Jerome Drayton Jerome Drayton Jerome Drayton is a former long-distance runner who competed internationally for Canada. He was born as Peter Buniak in Germany. A prominent runner in the 1970s, he won the Fukuoka Marathon on three occasions, in 1969, 1975, and 1976...	1975-12-07	Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by... , Japan	Note
Cape Verde	2:18:47	Ruben Sança	10 April 2011	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands	Notes
Cayman Islands	2:40:28	Tony Keely	2000-10-22	Chicago, USA
Central African Republic	2:18:06	Ernest Ndjissipou	2003-08-30	Paris, France
Chad	2:20:16	Abdoulaye Abdelkerim	2008-05-31	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... , Sweden	Note
Chile	2:12:19	Omar Aguilar Omar Aguilar Domingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988....	1988-04-17	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
People's Republic of China	2:08:15	Ren Longyun Ren Longyun Ren Longyun is a Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.He finished ninth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and competed at the 2007 World Championships. He also finished second in the 2007 Beijing Marathon...	2007-10-21	Beijing, PR China
	2:14:35	Gi-sheng Hsu	1995-02-05	Beppu, Japan
Colombia	2:11:17	Carlos Grisales Carlos Grisales Carlos Mario Grisales is a retired Colombian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. He is a two-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:*...	1996-04-15	Boston, USA
Comoros	2:35:43	Youssouf Gagou	1998-09-18	Saint-Paul, Réunion
Cook Islands	2:51:26	Muriaroa Ngaro	1980-05-03	Avarua Avarua Avarua is a town and district in the north of Rarotonga Island, the national capital of the Cook Islands... , Cook Islands Cook Islands The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
Costa Rica	2:13:23	José Luis Molina	1996-03-03	Los Angeles, USA
Côte d'Ivoire	2:22:19	Bassirima Soro	2003-02-02	Miami, USA	Note
Independent State of Croatia	2:17:05	Drago Paripović	1992-03-29	Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... , Italy
Cuba	2:10:53	Ignacio A. Cuba	1992-12-13	Merida Merida Places of the world named Mérida or Merida include:*Mérida, Spain, capital city of the Spanish Community of Extremadura*Mérida, Yucatán, capital city of the Mexican state of Yucatán*Merida, Leyte, a municipality in Leyte province in the Philippines...	Note
Cyprus	2:19:51	Marios Kassianidis	1982-10-08	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... , Australia
Czech Republic	2:11:57	Karel David Karel David Karel David is a retired long-distance runner from the Czech Republic, who won the 1991 and 1992 edition of the Vienna Marathon. David represented Czechoslovakia twice in the men's marathon at the Summer Olympics...	1993-05-23	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Germany	Note
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2:08:40	Mwenze Kalombo	1999-04-04	Paris, France
Denmark	2:09:43	Henrik Jørgensen	1985-04-21	London, UK
Djibouti	2:07:07	Ahmed Saleh	1988-04-17	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
Dominica	3:18:24	Lindson Lynch	2006-07-29	Cartagena Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...
Dominican Republic	2:26:00	Pablo Arroyo	1986-12-28	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... , Dominican Republic
Ecuador	2:09:49	Silvio Guerra Silvio Guerra Silvio Román Guerra Burbano is a well-regarded Ecuadorian athlete and olympic participant.A member of Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha he represented Ecuador at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 2004 Summer Olympics in...	1997-10-19	Chicago, USA
Egypt	2:19:39	Aissa Rezah Abou Diaf	1997-12-25	Al Arish, Egypt
El Salvador	2:26:57	Víctor Vasquez	1990-01-13	Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto... , Honduras
Kingdom of England	2:08:33	Charles Spedding	1985-04-21	London, UK
Equatorial Guinea	3:02:00	Candido Owono Nsang	1992-03-15	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain
Eritrea	2:07:34	Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008...	2007-10-21	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... , Netherlands	Note
Estonia	2:08:53	Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov is a former Estonian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races. He has competed in the Olympic marathon race four times consecutively, from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2008 Beijing Games.In 2001, he won the Göteborgsvarvet half marathon in Gothenburg with a time of...	2002-04-07	Paris, France
Ethiopia	2:03:59	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...	2008-09-28	Berlin, Germany	Note
Falkland Islands	2:43:31	Hugh Marsden	1994-08-28	Victoria, Canada
Faroe Islands	2:27:53	Absalon Hansen	1988-04-24	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Germany
Federated States of Micronesia	2:52:29	Elías Rodríguez	1990-07-14	San Antonio, USA
Fiji	2:23:33	Binesh Prasad	1989-02-04	Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... , USA
Finland	2:10:46	Janne Holmén Janne Holmén Janne Sven-Åke Holmén is a former Finnish long-distance runner.Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the marathon event in the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich, Germany, finishing in 2:12:04. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Holmén finished in 22nd place, with...	2008-04-13	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
Early Modern France	2:06:36	Benoît Zwierzchiewski Benoît Zwierzchiewski thumb|200px|Benoît Zwierzchiewski in 2007Benoît Zwierzchiewski is a male long-distance runner from France who mainly competes in the marathon race during his career...	2003-04-06	Paris, France
French Polynesia	2:25:28	Jean-Louis Bounhoure	1983-08-07	Apia, Samoa
Gabon	2:31:59	Jean-Marc Leandro	2008-11-09	Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department.... , France
The Gambia	2:23:10	Baba Njie	1993-12-12	Banjul Banjul -Transport:Ferries sail from Banjul to Barra. The city is served by the Banjul International Airport. Banjul is on the Trans–West African Coastal Highway connecting it to Dakar and Bissau, and will eventually provide a paved highway link to 11 other nations of ECOWAS.Banjul International Airport... , Gambia
Georgia (country)	2:19:12	Vitaliy Gedevanishvili	1987-05-24	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Germany	2:08:47	Jörg Peter Jörg Peter Jörg Peter is a former German long-distance runner and holder of the current German records over the marathon distance. Peter won in 1978 at the 3000 m. run...	1988-02-14	Tokyo, Japan
Ghana	2:18:43	Emanuel Amoo	1990-11-11	Lagos Lagos Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa... , Nigeria
Gibraltar	2:32:02	Jimmy Parodi	1985-04-06	Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
Greece	2:12:04	Spyridon Andriopoulos	1988-10-09	Berlin, Germany
Greenland	2:24:53	Janus Eigaard	2000-05-21	Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region... , Denmark
Grenada	2:46:50	Findlay O'Neal	1995-06-04	Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... , Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
Guam	2:34:08	Wayne Blas	2009-09-20	Berlin, Germany	Note
Guatemala	2:12:53	Alfredo Arevalo	2004-05-30	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... , Canada
Guernsey	2:23:54	Peter Bourgaize	1985-07-21	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... , Australia
Guinea	2:56:20	Alhassane Bah	1987-06-26	Warendorf Warendorf Warendorf is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of Warendorf District.The town is best known today for its well-preserved medieval town centre, for horse-riding, and the opportunities it provides for cycling... , Germany
Guinea-Bissau	2:29:04	Joaquim Moreira da Silva	1987-11-08	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... , Portugal
Guyana	2:25:02	Andrew Smith	2004-05-29	Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096... , USA
Haiti	2:14:22	Dieudonné Lamothe	1988-04-16	Gagny Gagny Gagny is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:On 20 May 1869, a small part of the territory of Gagny was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Livry-Gargan and a part of the territory of Clichy-sous-Bois to create the... , France
Honduras	2:17:49	Clovis Morales	1977-04-24	Porz Porz Porz is a city district or Stadtbezirk of Cologne, Germany. It is situated on the right side of the Rhine in the south-east of the city... , Germany
Hong Kong	2:24:51	Ng-fai Yeung	1992-02-09	Shenzhen Shenzhen Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones... , PR China
Hungary	2:12:10	Csaba Szűcs	1993-04-25	Paris, France
Iceland	2:19:46	Sigurður Sigmundsson	1985-09-29	Berlin, Germany
India	2:12:00	Shivnath Singh Shivnath Singh Shivnath Singh was one of the few great long-distance runners that India has produced. Singh represented India in the Asian games and twice at the Summer Olympics . Born in Manjoria, Buxar, Bihar he placed 11th in the 1976 Olympic Men's Marathon...	1978-05-28	Jalandhar Jalandhar Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh... , India	Note
Indonesia	2:19:18	Eduardus Nabunome	1993-09-12	Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre... , Indonesia
Iran	2:28:23	Hossein Behdouj	2002-08-22	Mashad, Iran
Iraq	2:21:54	Sadoun Nassir	1982-01-03	Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... , Iraq
Republic of Ireland	2:09:15	John Treacy John Treacy John Treacy is a former Irish athlete and Olympic medalist, who represented Ireland at four Olympic Games between 1980 and 1992.- Career :...	1988-04-18	Boston, USA	Note
Isle of Man	2:23:34	Dave Cowell	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
Israel	2:14:21	Ayele Seteng Satayin	2003-10-26	Venice Venice Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region... , Italy	Note
Italy	2:07:22	Stefano Baldini Stefano Baldini Stefano Baldini is a retired Italian athlete and the 2004 Olympic and former European champion in the marathon....	2006-04-23	London, UK
Jamaica	2:16:39	Derrick Adamson	1984-11-25	Philadelphia, USA
Japan	2:06:16	Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race...	2002-10-13	Chicago, USA
Jersey	2:22:36	William Tweed	1989-04-23	London, UK
Jordan	2:18:15	Ahmed Al-Hamshari	1989-12-10	Calvià Calvià Calvià is a municipality on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is located in the southwestern part of the island of Majorca, between the Serra de Tramuntana and the Serra de Na Burguesa. The municipal seat is the town of Vila Calvia.Calvià... , Spain
Kazakhstan	2:11:59	Nikolay Penzin	1978-09-03	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
Kenya	2:03:38 WR	Patrick Makau Musyoki Patrick Makau Musyoki Patrick Makau Musyoki is a runner from Kenya. He holds the world record in the marathon with a time of 2:03:38, set at the 2011 Berlin Marathon. He is also notable for his half marathon performances, having won a number of prominent competitions in Europe...	25 September 2011	Berlin, Germany
Kuwait	2:34:25	Ateya Seoud Khallaf	1978-12-17	Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... , Thailand
Kyrgyzstan	2:11:16	Satymkul Dzhumanazarov Satymkul Dzhumanazarov Satymkul Dzhumanazarov was a Soviet athlete from Kyrgyzstan who competed mainly in the marathon. He competed for the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union, where he won the bronze medal in the men's marathon.-Achievements:...	1980-05-24	Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Laos	2:50:54	Sengkeo Sengsuritoay	2009-12-15	Vientiane Vientiane -Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the... , Laos
Latvia	2:15:56	Aleksandrs Prokopcuks	1995-09-17	Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states... , Germany
Lebanon	2:20:31	Hussein Awadah	2010-11-07	Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... , Lebanon
Lesotho	2:10:55	Thabiso Moqhali Thabiso Moqhali Thabiso Paul Moqhali is a retired male marathon runner from Lesotho. He won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur in a time of 2:19:15 hours, the slowest winning time since 1966. In addition he finished 16th at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:*All results...	1992-04-12	London, UK
Liberia	3:08:22	Nimley Twegbe	1985-05-19	Monrovia Monrovia Monrovia is the capital city of the West African nation of Liberia. Located on the Atlantic Coast at Cape Mesurado, it lies geographically within Montserrado County, but is administered separately... , Liberia
Libya	2:13:33	Ali Zayed Mabrouk	2008-11-23	Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... , Italy
Liechtenstein	2:24:11	Marcel Tschopp Marcel Tschopp Marcel Tschopp is a Liechtensteiner track athlete, specializing in the marathon. Tschopp was Liechtenstein's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and finished 74th in the men's marathon....	2008-04-20	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... , Switzerland	Note
Lithuania	2:12:35	Česlovas Kundrotas Česlovas Kundrotas Česlovas Kundrotas is a retired male long-distance runner from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country in the men's marathon event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he didn't reach the finish line...	1997-10-26	Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... , Germany
Luxembourg	2:14:03	Justin Gloden	1985-05-19	Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... , Germany
Macau	2:28:22	Lam-weng Hei	1994-06-05	Melbourne, Australia
Republic of Macedonia	2:25:06	Trpe Martinovski	2000-09-17	Novi Sad Novi Sad Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....	Note
Madagascar	2:17:14	Jules Randrianarivelo	1979-07-29	Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Malawi	2:17:18	Smartex Tambala	1991-02-02	Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... , USA	Note
Malaysia	2:28:36	Woo Chan Yew	2010-09-05	Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... , Canada
Maldives	2:45:03	Hussain Haleem	1989-10-24	Islamabad Islamabad Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011... , Pakistan
Mali	2:34:16	Siaka Sangaré	23 January 2011	Bamako Bamako Bamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world... , Mali
Mayotte	2:47:47	Ahmed Yssouffou	2004-04-04	Paris, France
Malta	2:26:29	Jonathan Balzan	2008-02-24	Sliema Sliema Tas-Sliema is a city located on the northeast coast of Malta. It is a centre for shopping, restaurants and café life. Tas-Sliema is also a major commercial and residential area and houses several of Malta's most modern hotels. Tas-Sliema, which means 'peace, comfort', was once a quiet fishing...	Note
Mauritania	2:43:10	Majid Touré	2008-04-13	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands	Note
Mauritius	2:23:07	Ajay Chutto	1995-07-09	Grand Baie Grand Baie Grand Baie, is a seaside village and large tourist beach in the district of Rivière du Rempart on the island of Mauritius. The village is on the western side of the northernmost point of Mauritius and was the site of the British Invasion of Île de France in November 1810.Grand Baie may well be the... , Mauritius
Mexico	2:07:19	Andres Espinosa Andrés Espinosa Andrés Espinosa Pérez is a retired Mexican long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races....	1994-04-18	Boston, USA	Note
Moldova	2:08:32	Jaroslav Mushinschi	2010-05-02	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... , Germany
Monaco	2:59:26	Pierre Maccario	1989-03-23	Nice Nice Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of... , France
Mongolia	2:11:35	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od	2011-04-17	London, United Kingdom
Kingdom of Montenegro	2:24:18	Drago Musić	4 October 1998	Podgorica Podgorica Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement... , Montenegro
Morocco	2:05:27	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...	2009-04-26	London, UK
Mozambique	2:38:32	Antonio Repinga	1964-06-??	Bulawayo Bulawayo Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated population in 2010 of 2,000,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland... , Rhodesia Rhodesia Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...
Myanmar	2:19:57	Khin Soe	1978-12-17	Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom... , Thailand
Namibia	2:09:08	Luketz Swartbooi	1994-04-18	Boston, USA	Note
Nauru	3:48:06	Karl Hartman	1968–??-??	Nauru
Nepal	2:15:03	Baikuntha Manandhar	1987-05-10	Calcutta, India	Note
Netherlands	2:08:21	Kamiel Maase Kamiel Maase Kamiel Maase is a retired long-distance runner from the Netherlands, who is the current Dutch record holder in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres. He also holds the national record in the marathon, which he ran on 21 October 2007 in the Amsterdam Marathon.-Achievements:-External links:...	2007-10-21	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... , Netherlands
	2:57:28	Herman Couperus	2007-03-17	Curaçao Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands... , Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...	Note
New Caledonia	2:12:24	Alain Lazare	1988-04-30	Huy Huy Huy is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to about two-thirds of the Walloon population... , Belgium
New Zealand	2:08:59	Rodney Dixon	1983-10-23	New York, USA	Note
Nicaragua	2:20:39	William Aguirre	1990-01-13	Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto... , Honduras
Niger	2:25:05	Abdou Manzo	1988-10-02	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea
Nigeria	2:16:06	Mohamed Abbas	1990-11-11	Lagos Lagos Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa... , Nigeria
Niue	3:30:00	Simpson Ikimau	1982-10-19	Paliati, Niue Niue Niue , is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to...
Norfolk Island	3:30:20	James Donaldson	2002-07-28	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... , UK
North Korea	2:09:26	Li Jong Hyong	1983-10-19	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	Note
Northern Ireland	2:13:06	Gregory Hannon	1979-05-13	Coventry Coventry Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although... , UK
Northern Mariana Islands	2:55:31	Yong Choi	1990-07-14	San Antonio, Saipan Saipan Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392... , Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
Norway	2:10:17	Geir Kvernmo	1987-05-10	London, UK
Oman	2:46:59	Awad Shaaban Al-Sameer	1988-10-02	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea
Pakistan	2:14:11	Naseer Ahmad	2003-12-19	Rawalpindi Rawalpindi Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad... , Pakistan	Note
Palau	3:59:46	Joynal Chilton	2 April 2011	Koror Koror Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island .... , Palau
Palestinian territories	2:29:28	Ihab Salama	2000-04-16	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
Panama	2:22:51	Juan Solis	1985-08-24	Panama City Panama City Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the... , Panama
Papua New Guinea	2:28:13	Tau John Tokwepota	1980-12-07	Honolulu, USA
Paraguay	2:20:48	Jorge Cabrera	2001-08-19	Asunción Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San... , Paraguay
Peru	2:11:36	Miguel Mallqui	1998-10-11	Chicago, USA
Philippines	2:18:44	Eduardo Buenavista Eduardo Buenavista Eduardo Buenavista is a Filipino long-distance runner and two-time Olympian. He holds the Philippine record for multiple long distance events.His best marathon time is 2:18:44 hours...	2004-02-01	Ōita Oita, Oita is the capital city of Ōita Prefecture located on the island of Kyushu, Japan.- Demographics and geography :Ōita is the most populous city in Ōita Prefecture... , Japan
Poland	2:09:23	Grzegorz Gajdus Grzegorz Gajdus Grzegorz Gajdus is a long-distance runner from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He ran his personal best in 2003, when he finished in fourth place at the Eindhoven Marathon.-Marathon achievements:-References:* *...	2003-10-12	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Portugal	2:06:36	António Pinto António Pinto António Coelho Pinto is a Portuguese long-distance runner.Pinto won the London Marathon in 1992, 1997 and 2000, as well as the 10,000 metres final at the 1998 European Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary. Pinto's best time in the marathon is 2:06:36...	2000-04-16	London, UK
Puerto Rico	2:12:43	Jorge González Jorge Gonzalez (runner) Jorge Luis González is a famous Puerto Rican marathon runner. He has won many races and competed in many international events, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Olympic Games....	1983-08-28	Caracas Caracas Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range... , Venezuela
Qatar	2:07:19	Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races.He won the Baringo Half Marathon, a race inaugurated by Paul Tergat, in 2005 and 2006, becoming the first runner to defend the title....	2007-04-15	Paris, France
Republic of the Congo	2:26:01	Bernard Tsati	1990-09-16	Puteaux Puteaux Puteaux is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department from the center of Paris.... , France
Réunion	2:19:17	Jean-Jacques Prianon	1977-05-01	Nogent sur Marne, France
Kingdom of Romania	2:12:30	Catalin Andreica	1978-09-03	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...	Note
Russia	2:09:07	Aleksey Sokolov Aleksey Sokolov Aleksey Vladimirovich Sokolov is a marathon runner. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He won the Dublin Marathon twice and was Russia's national marathon champion in 2007...	2007-10-29	Dublin, Ireland
Rwanda	2:09:55	Mathias Ntawulikuri	2000-04-16	London, UK
Saint Helena	4:06:47	Erroll Duncan	2006-03-19	Melbourne, Australia	Note
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2:38:48	Jesse Mulcaire	1989-11-05	New York, USA
Saint Lucia	2:16:06	Joseph Zepherinus	2003-10-05	St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state... , USA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2:15:30	Pamenos Ballantyne	2003-01-26	Port-of-Spain	Note
American Samoa	2:41:50	Amani Tapusoa	1969-03-22	Apia, Samoa
San Marino	2:21:19	Gian Luigi Macina	1991-10-27	Carpi Carpi (Modena) Carpi is an Italian town and comune of about 67,000 people in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna.It is a busy centre for industrial and craft activities and for cultural and commercial exchanges.-History:... , Italy
São Tomé and Príncipe	2:38:32	Mario Pitra	1980-06-29	Brazzaville Brazzaville -Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo... , Republic of Congo
Saudi Arabia	2:20:35	Abdullah Al-Sadiq	2001-09-30	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary
Kingdom of Scotland	2:09:16	Allister Hutton Allister Hutton Allister Hutton is former elite long-distance runner from Scotland, who won the London Marathon in 1990. He competed in three consecutive Commonwealth Games for Scotland during his career, starting in 1978....	1985-04-21	London, UK
Senegal	2:30:44	Cheikh Ndiaye	2002-03-17	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea
Serbia	2:13:57	Borislav Devic	1995-01-15	Houston, USA	Note
Seychelles	2:25:48	Albert Marie	1988-10-23	Victoria Victoria, Seychelles Victoria is the capital city of the Seychelles and is situated on the north-eastern side of Mahé island, which is the main island of the archipelago. The city was first established as the seat of the British colonial government... , Seychelles
Sierra Leone	2:40:27	Mickael Motori Charles	4 October 2009	Pornichet Pornichet Pornichet is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.- Location :Pornichet is a coastal town of the Côte d'Amour, located a tens of kilometers west of Saint-Nazaire.The adjacent towns are Saint-Nazaire and La Baule-Escoublac.... , France
Singapore	2:24:22	Murugiah Rameshon	1995-12-13	Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is... , Thailand
Slovakia	2:09:53	Robert Stefko	1998-04-26	London, UK	Note
Slovenia	2:11:50	Roman Kejžar	2000-03-26	Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... , Italy
Solomon Islands	2:36:16	Mackay Talasasa	1982-10-08	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... , Australia
Somalia	2:17:24	Ahmed Mohamed Ismail	1986-10-19	Detroit, USA
South Africa	2:06:33	Gert Thys Gert Thys Gert Thys is a male long-distance runner from South Africa, who represented his native country in the marathon at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics...	1999-02-14	Tokyo, Japan
Korea	2:07:20	Lee Bong-Ju Lee Bong-Ju Lee Bong-Ju is a South Korean marathoner.He won the silver medal in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States...	2000-02-13	Tokyo, Japan
Spain	2:06:52	Julio Rey Julio Rey José Julio Rey is a Spanish long-distance runner who mostly concentrates on the marathon race. He was banned from competition for 2 years after testing positive for mesterolone at the 1999 Rotterdam Marathon....	2006-04-23	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Germany
Sri Lanka	2:14:31	Lucien Rosa	1975-12-07	Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by... , Japan
Sudan	2:19:51	John Narat	1977-03-10	Khartoum Khartoum Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"... , Sudan
Suriname	2:39:11	Radjinder Patan	2005-11-27	Paramaribo Paramaribo Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population... , Suriname	Note
Swaziland	2:12:54	Richard Mabuza Richard Mabuza Richard Mabuza is a Swazi athlete. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, where he finished in 17th place.-References:...	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	Note
Sweden	2:10:38	Kjell-Erik Ståhl Kjell-Erik Ståhl Kjell-Erik Bertil Ståhl is a retired long-distance runner from Sweden. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 19th place in Moscow. Ståhl twice won the Stockholm Marathon. He holds the Swedish record with 2:10:38 set in...	1983-08-14	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland
Switzerland	2:07:23	Viktor Röthlin Viktor Röthlin Viktor Röthlin is a Swiss long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Goteborg Sweden, the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka Japan, and the gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona Spain.He...	2008-02-17	Tokyo, Japan	Note
Syria	2:26:27	Ahmed Saker	1985-12-06	Latakia Latakia Latakia, or Latakiyah , is the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. In addition to serving as a port, the city is a manufacturing center for surrounding agricultural towns and villages... , Syria
Tanzania	2:08:01	Juma Ikangaa Juma Ikangaa Juma Ikangaa marathon runner from Tanzania, a sentimental favorite in Boston after finishing second three years in a row atthe Boston Marathon from 1988-1990...   Samson Ramadhani	1989-11-05 2003-04-13	New York, USA London, UK	Note
Tajikistan	2:18:40	Anatoliy Belogurov	1980-06-20	Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	Note
Thailand	2:19:33	Jirattikam Boonma	1995-01-29	Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is... , Thailand
East Timor	2:30:04	Augusto Ramos Soares	15 December 2009	Vientiane Vientiane -Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the... , Laos
Togo	2:30:17	Outcha Améwouho	1990-11-11	Lomé Lomé Lomé, with an estimated population of 737,751, is the capital and largest city of Togo. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center and its chief port. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels... , Togo
Tonga	2:58:51	Matthew Kaea	7 March 2010	Napa Valley Napa County, California Napa County is a county located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is coterminous with the Napa, California, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population is 136,484. The county seat is Napa.... , United States
Trinidad and Tobago	2:13:03	Ronnie Holassie Ronnie Holassie Ronald Holassie is a retired male long-distance runner from Trinidad and Tobago, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. He set his personal best in the marathon on April 29, 2001 in Jacksonville, breaking the national record.-Achievements:-References:*...	2001-04-29	Cleveland, USA
Tunisia	2:12:36	Tahar Manjouri	1996-01-14	Marrakech Marrakech Marrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history... , Morocco
Turkey	2:10:25	Mehmet Terzi Mehmet Terzi Mehmet Terzi is a former medal-winning long-distance runner from Turkey, who specialized in marathon. Since 2004, he serves as the president of the Turkish Athletic Federation ....	1987-05-10	London, UK
Turkmenistan	2:15:53	Rashid Kakadshanov	1980-10-05	Uzhgorod, Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Uganda	2:07:20	Stephen Kiprotich	2011-04-17	Enschede Enschede Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region... , Netherlands
Ukraine	2:07:15	Dmytry Baranovskiy	2006-12-03	Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by... , Japan
United Arab Emirates	2:23:42	Jassim Abbas Ali	2002-01-11	Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , UAE
United Kingdom	2:07:13	Stephen Jones Steve Jones (athlete) Steve Jones is a Welsh athlete and former world marathon record holder.Steve Jones was born in St James' Hospital Tredegar and grew up in the neighbouring town of Ebbw Vale, Wales, Jones began his career as an aircraft technician in the Royal Air Force...	1985-10-20	Chicago, USA
United States	2:05:38	Khalid Khannouchi Khalid Khannouchi Khalid Khannouchi is a Moroccan American marathoner. He was born in Meknes, Morocco. He is the former world record holder for the marathon and held the former road world best for the 20 km distance. He is one of only five men to break the marathon world record more than once, and one of only four...	2002-04-14	London, UK	Note
United States Virgin Islands	2:27:23	Calvin Dallas	1988-05-22	Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... , Trinidad Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
Uruguay	2:12:48	Nestor García Néstor García Néstor Ariel García Rivero is a male marathon runner from Uruguay.Garcia won the 2000 edition of the Buenos Aires Marathon in Argentina...	1999-10-24	Chicago, USA
Uzbekistan	2:13:28	Vladimir Beloborodov	1985-06-15	Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev is a city in eastern Belarus, about 76 km from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and 105 km from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. It has more than 367,788 inhabitants... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Venezuela	2:11:25	Carlos Tarazona Carlos Tarazona Carlos Emilio Tarazona is a retired male long-distance runner from Venezuela. He competed for his native South American country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Tarazona set his personal best in the men's marathon on April 30, 2000 in Cleveland, United States, clocking...	2000-04-30	Cleveland, USA
Vietnam	2:21:51	Nguyen Chi Dong	2003-12-12	Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam... , Vietnam
Wales	2:07:13	Stephen Jones Steve Jones (athlete) Steve Jones is a Welsh athlete and former world marathon record holder.Steve Jones was born in St James' Hospital Tredegar and grew up in the neighbouring town of Ebbw Vale, Wales, Jones began his career as an aircraft technician in the Royal Air Force...	1985-10-20	Chicago, USA
Yemen	2:40:41	Mohamed Al-Saadi	1996-08-04	Atlanta, USA
Zambia	2:15:11	Sebio Sikanyka	1991-10-13	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Zimbabwe	2:10:57	Tendai Chimusasa Tendai Chimusasa Tendai Chimusasa is a retired Zimbabwean long-distance runner. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...	1998-04-19	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Germany

Women's national records

Country/Territory	Time	Athlete	Date	Place	Ref
Afghanistan	3:24:07	Sahir Zamir	2007-09-15	Bismarck Bismarck, North Dakota Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779... , USA
Albania	3:31:51	Manushaque Taku	1991-11-03	Khania, Greece
Algeria	2:25:08	Souad Aït Salem Souad Aït Salem Souad Aït Salem is an Algerian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon. She was born in Mecheria. She won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics and the 2005 Mediterranean Games. Salem also won the gold in the half marathon at...	2007-03-18	Rome, Italy
American Samoa	3:57:15	Faye Ondelacy	1999-06-19	Anchorage, USA
Andorra	4:46:05	Cristina Bres	2000-10-07	Santander Santander, Cantabria The port city of Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 183,446 .-History:... , Spain
Argentina	2:35:12	Griselda Gonzalez Griselda González Griselda María de los Ángeles González Santillo is a retired female long-distance runner from Argentina. She twice won the Buenos Aires Marathon in her native country...	1996-07-28	Atlanta, USA
Armenia	2:56:57	Alexa Babakhanian	2001-08-12	Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... , Canada
Aruba	2:53:24	Cornelia Melis	1988-09-23	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea
Australia	2:22:36	Benita Johnson Benita Johnson Benita Willis is an Australian distance runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres....	2006-10-22	Chicago, United States
Austria	2:30:43	Andrea Mayr Andrea Mayr Andrea Mayr is a female long-distance runner from Austria. She also competes in mountain running and cycling. She set her personal best in the women's marathon on April 19, 2009, winning the Vienna City Marathon...	2009-04-19	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , Austria
Azerbaijan	2:44:45	Gulnara Mammadova	2009-05-10	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czech Republic
The Bahamas	2:54:37	Giselle Pyfrom	1995-12-16	Jacksonville, USA
Bahrain	2:26:56	Lishan Dula	2011-04-10	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
Barbados	3:06:07	Caroline Moorat	1987-06-07	Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... , Trinidad and Tobago
Belarus	2:26:23	Madina Biktagirova Madina Biktagirova Madina Biktagirova is a former long-distance runner who competed for Belarus, then Russia.She represented Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 5th place. Biktagirova set her personal best in 1997, clocking 2:24:46. She also competed at the 1992 and the 1996 Summer...	1992-03-01	Los Angeles, USA
Belgium	2:23:05	Marleen Renders Marleen Renders Marleen Renders is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000...	2002-04-07	Paris, France
Belize	3:05:13	Melissa Henderson	2007-01-15	Houston, USA
Bermuda	2:54:18	Deborah Butterfield	1990-01-14	Hamilton Hamilton, Bermuda Hamilton is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is the territory's financial centre and a major port and tourist destination.-Geography:... , Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
Bolivia	2:45:04	Sonia Calizaya	2007-11-04	Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2:35:47	Lucia Kimani Lucia Kimani Lucia Kimani Mwahiki-Marčetić is a Bosnian Olympic runner and currently holds four Bosnian records in different running competitions.She was part of the Bosnian Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China....	2008-08-17	Beijing, China
Botswana	2:51:32	Onkemetse Solotate	2008-02-10	Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism... , South Africa
Brazil	2:27:41	Carmen Oliveira Carmen Oliveira Carmen Sousa de Oliveira Furtado is a retired Brazilian long-distance runner.She finished eleventh in the 10,000 metres at the 1993 World Championships in a new South American record time of 31:47.76 minutes...	2004-04-18	Boston, United States
British Virgin Islands	4:41:30	Velma George	2006-04-15	New York, United States
Brunei	3:55:40	Jacqueline Teo Cheng Nee	2008-12-07	Singapore
Kingdom of Bulgaria	2:35:02	Galina Goranova	1996-01-21	Houston, USA
Burundi	2:33:47	Diane Nukuri	2011-03-20	Los Angeles, USA
Cambodia	3:03:01	Nary Ly	10 April 2011	Paris, France
Cameroon	2:58:47	Immaculate Tari Wirngo	2008-04-21	Boston, USA
Canada	2:28:36	Sylvie Ruegger	1985-01-06	Houston, USA
Cape Verde	3:00:19	Sonia Lopes	2004-05-09	Custoza, Italy
Cayman Islands	2:38:30	Michele Bush	1991-06-23	San Francisco, USA
Central African Republic	3:28:41	Virginie Gloum	1994-06-11	Bondoufle Bondoufle Bondoufle is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.Inhabitants of Bondoufle are known as Bondouflois.In 1994 the city hosted the Francophonie Games in Robert Bobin stadium, built for the occasion.-References:**... , France
Chile	2:32:23	Érika Olivera Érika Olivera Érika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente is a female marathon runner from Chile. She took the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, setting a Pan American Games record at 2:37.41 hours. She won a bronze at the following edition in 2003...	1999-04-18	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
People's Republic of China	2:19:39	Sun Yingjie Sun Yingjie Sun Yingjie is a Chinese female long-distance runner who competes in events ranging from 5000 metres to the marathon. She rose to prominence by winning two gold medals at the 2002 Asian Games. In 2003, she won a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Paris...	2003-10-19	Beijing, China
	2:39:53	Hsu Yu-Fang	2004-03-27	Xiamen Xiamen Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million... , China
Colombia	2:35:01	Erika Abril	2011-04-03	Santiago Santiago Santiago is the capital city of Chile. Santiago may also refer to:*Santiago *Santiago , a Spanish given name*Santiago!, a shortened form of the Reconquista battle cry "Santiago y cierra, España"... , Chile
Comoros	3:56:54	Zalifa Ali	2001-07-22	Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... , Canada
Cook Islands	3:32:33	Kiki Atonia	1980-05-03	Avarua Avarua Avarua is a town and district in the north of Rarotonga Island, the national capital of the Cook Islands... , Cook Islands Cook Islands The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
Costa Rica	2:43:27	Gabriela Traña	2011-04-10	Paris, France
Independent State of Croatia	2:30:45	Lisa Stublić Lisa Stublić Lisa Christina Stublić is a Croatian long-distance runner. Born and raised in the United States, where she competed for the Columbia University, Stublić moved to Croatia, her father's homeland, and established herself as a leading long-distance athlete in the country, having set the Croatian...	2011-04-10	Linz Linz Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about... , Austria
Cuba	2:36:35	Emperatriz Wilson Emperatriz Wilson Emperatriz Wilson Traba is a retired female long-distance runner from Cuba. She represented her native country at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, where she claimed the bronze medal in the women's marathon event behind Mexico's Olga Appell and compatriot Maribel Durruty...	1992-12-13	Caracas Caracas Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range... , Venezuela
Cyprus	2:39:19	Andri Avraam	1990-01-31	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand
Czech Republic	2:25:19	Alena Peterkova	1994-04-18	Boston, USA
Democratic Republic of the Congo	3:29:10	Kungu Bakombo	1992-08-01	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain
Denmark	2:29:34	Dorthe Rasmussen Dorthe Rasmussen Dorthe Skovshoved Rasmussen is a retired female long-distance runner from Denmark. She competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1992. Her best result was finishing in 13th place in the women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics...	1989-04-23	London, UK
Dominican Republic	2:46:46	Sandra Natal	1995-10-29	Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... , Germany
Ecuador	2:34:00	Martha Tenorio Martha Tenorio Martha Tenorio Pancar is a retired female athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the long-distance events. She competed for her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Tenorio carried the flag for Ecuador at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,...	2000-12-03	Mazatlan Mazatlán Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning... , Mexico
Egypt	3:36:56	Mona Mahmoud	2004-10-08	Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving... , Egypt
El Salvador	2:49:34	Kriscia Lorena Garcia	1988-05-15	San Salvador San Salvador The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador... , El Salvador
Kingdom of England	2:15:24 WR	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...	2003-04-13	London, UK
Eritrea	2:32:04	Nebiat Habtemariam Nebiat Habtemariam Nebiat Habtemariam is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. She was born in Adi-Kinzinab....	2008-04-27	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... , Germany
Estonia	2:28:23	Jane Salumäe Jane Salumäe Jane Salumäe is a retired female long-distance runner from Estonia, who twice competed in the Summer Olympics . She set her personal best in the marathon on May 11, 1997 in Turin.-Achievements:...	1997-11-30	Tokyo, Japan
Ethiopia	2:20:42	Birhane Adere	2006-10-22	Chicago, USA
Faroe Islands	3:13:23	Rigmor Arge	2006-10-28	Fredrikstad Fredrikstad is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad.... , Norway
Fiji	5:06:22	Anasa Navavia	September 1984	London, UK
Finland	2:28:00	Ritva Lemettinen Ritva Lemettinen Ritva Kaija Hannele Lemettinen is a retired female marathon runner from Finland. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, finishing in 14th place in the women's marathon. She is a two-time winner of the Chicago Marathon, having topped the podium in 1993...	1995-04-02	London, UK
Early Modern France	2:24:22	Christelle Daunay Christelle Daunay Christelle Daunay is a French long distance runner who specialises in road running. She is the current French marathon record holder. She represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has competed a number of times in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships...	2010-04-11	Paris, France
French Polynesia	2:49:12	Sophie Gardon	2006-02-12	Moorea Moorea Moʻorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moʻorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian... , French Polynesia French Polynesia French Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
Gabon	2:49:14	Josiane Abougone	2000-04-09	Paris, France
Germany	2:19:19	Irina Mikitenko	2008-09-28	Berlin, Germany
Ghana	2:44:44	Millicent Boadi	2005-09-24	Accra Accra Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous... , Ghana
Gibraltar	3:56:36	Christine Haveland	2010-02-14	Seville Seville Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level... , Spain
Greece	2:33:40	Maria Polizou	1998-08-23	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary
Greenland	3:11:12	Elisa-Laura Agtagkat	2001-07-21	Nuuk Nuuk Nuuk, is the capital of Greenland, the northernmost capital in North America and the largest city in Greenland. Located in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, the city lies on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea and on the west coast of Sermersooq. Nuuk is the largest cultural and economic center in... , Greenland
Grenada	3:22:40	Jenifer Boca	1990-11-04	New York, USA
Guam	2:59:43	Jen Allred	1992-02-29	Pensacola Pensacola Pensacola is a city in the western part of the U.S. state of Florida.Pensacola may also refer to:* Pensacola people, a group of Native Americans* A number of places in the Florida:** Pensacola Bay** Pensacola Regional Airport... , USA
Guatemala	2:49:39	Dina Cruz Velasquez	2011-01-30	Miami, USA
Guernsey	2:58:40	Penny Buckingham	2002-07-28	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... , UK
Guinea	3:20:11	Aida Diallo-Camara	2003-11-23	Carqueiranne Carqueiranne Carqueiranne is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It is known now as a tourist seaside resort with good windsurfing nearby, at Almanarre Beach, and a nudist beach at Ile du Levant.... , France
Guyana	3:01:08	Abidemi Charles	2000-01-30	Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... , Trinidad and Tobago
Honduras	2:57:17	Magda Milady Castillo	2001-08-12	Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... , Canada
Hong Kong	2:37:53	Maggie Chan	2002-11-09	Richmond Richmond Marathon The SunTrust Richmond Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race held in Richmond, Virginia, USA. It was established in 1978 and has been run every year since. It was known as the Richmond Newspapers Marathon until 1997.... , USA
Hungary	2:28:50	Judit Nagy	1996-08-29	Berlin, Germany
Iceland	2:35:15	Martha Ernstsdottir	1999-12-26	Berlin, Germany
India	2:38:10	Vally Sathyabhama Vally Sathyabhama Vally Sathyabhama is a former Indian long-distance runner who currently holds the National record in the marathon. She set the record with a time of 2:38:10 on 21 December 1995 in Chennai....	1995-12-24	Madras, India
Indonesia	2:31:49	Triyaningsih	2010-11-27	Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port... , PR China
Republic of Ireland	2:22:23	Catherina McKiernan Catherina McKiernan Catherina McKiernan is a former long-distance runner from Ireland, who competed in the marathon, 10,000 metres and cross country....	1998-11-01	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... , Netherlands
Isle of Man	2:39:36	Brenda Walker	1993-04-18	Manchester Manchester Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater... , UK
Israel	2:36:36	Nili Abramski Nili Abramski Nili Abramski is an Israeli female long-distance runner.-Career highlights:MarathonsNili Abramski is an Israeli female long-distance runner.-Career highlights:...	2004-04-04	Paris, France
Italy	2:23:47	Maura Viceconte Maura Viceconte Maura Viceconte is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics. She is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary...	2000-05-21	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , Austria
Jamaica	3:08:47	Jill Vincent	2000-06-04	San Diego, USA
Japan	2:19:12	Mizuki Noguchi Mizuki Noguchi is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance and set two world records in 2005....	2005-09-25	Berlin, Germany
Jersey	2:54:56	Barbara Finn	1987-05-10	London, UK
Jordan	3:45:46	Souraya Soufi	2003-10-19	Beyrouth, Lebanon
Kazakhstan	2:27:57	Zoya Ivanova Zoya Ivanova Zoya Ivanova is a retired long-distance runner from Kazakhstan, who represented the Soviet Union in the women's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....	1987-11-15	Tokyo, Japan
Kenya	2:18:47	Catherine Ndereba Catherine Ndereba Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba is a Kenyan marathon runner. She has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals in the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She is also a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon...	2001-10-07	Chicago, USA
Kyrgyzstan	2:27:46	Irina Bogacheva	1999-10-24	Chicago, USA
Kuwait	5:55:13	Ghada Khalaf	2004-11-14	Bethesda Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda... , USA
Laos	3:25:16	Sirivanh Ketavong Sirivanh Ketavong Sirivanh Ketavong is a Laotian athlete.Described as "the best female distance runner in Laos", one of the world's poorest countries with few training facilities, Ketavong competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...	1996-07-28	Atlanta, USA
Latvia	2:22:56	Jeļena Prokopčuka Jelena Prokopcuka Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...	2005-01-30	Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... , Japan
Lebanon	3:00:02	Maria Pia Nehme	2009-04-26	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... , Switzerland
Lesotho	2:39:38	Mamorallo Tjoka	2008-02-10	Durban Durban Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism... , South Africa
Liberia	2:50:10	Monique Maddy	2002-04-15	Boston, USA
Liechtenstein	2:51:20	Nicole Klinger	2008-05-11	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czech Republic
Lithuania	2:25:15	Zivile Balciunaite Živile Balciunaite Živilė Balčiūnaitė is a Lithuanian long-distance runner. Balčiūnaitė won the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championship in Barcelona and finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg...	2005-11-20	Tokyo, Japan
Luxembourg	2:29:23	Danièle Kaber Danièle Kaber Danièle Kaber is a retired female long-distance runner from Luxembourg. She set her personal best in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Kaber is a three-time Luxembourgian Sportswoman of the Year ....	1988-09-23	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea
Macau	3:12:54	Hoi Long	2008-12-07	Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
Republic of Macedonia	3:21:19	Katerina Dimovska	2008-05-11	Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre... , Republic of Macedonia
Madagascar	2:38:21	Clarisse Rasoarizay Clarisse Rasoarizay Clarisse Rasoarizay is a female long-distance runner from Madagascar, who represented her native African country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...	2003-08-06	Réduit Réduit (Mauritius) Réduit is a suburb of the Moka town in Mauritius.Most educational institutions like the University of Mauritius , the Mauritius College of The Air , the Mauritius Institute of Education , the Mauritius Examination Syndicate are all based in Réduit, making it a Center for Secondary and Tertiary... , Mauritius
Malawi	3:16:24	Lucia Chandamale	2003-07-26	Blantyre Blantyre, Malawi Blantyre or Mandala is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, the largest city with an estimated 732,518 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe... , Malawi
Malaysia	2:49:28	Yu-feng Yuan	2000-04-30	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... , Malaysia
Maldives	3:48:11	Zuleikha Ali	2007-12-29	Malé Malé Malé , is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives. It is located at the southern edge of North Malé Atoll . It is also one of the Administrative divisions of the Maldives. Traditionally it was the King's Island, from where the ancient Maldive Royal dynasties ruled and where... , Maldives
Mali	5:04:08	Yognica Begni	2009-01-25	Marrakech Marrakech Marrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history... , Morocco
Malta	2:36:52	Carol Galea	1996-12-12	Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area.... , Italy
Morocco	2:26:10	Zhor El Kamch Zhor El Kamch Zhor El Kamch is a Moroccan long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:08.09 *3000 metres - 8:34.85 *5000 metres - 14:42.53 *10,000 metres - 33:01.29...	2004-04-04	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
Mauritius	2:48:41	Maryse Justin	1988-04-10	Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... , Australia
Mexico	2:22:59	Madai Perez Madaí Pérez Madaí Pérez Carrillo is a Mexican long-distance runner. She represented Mexico in the marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.- Career :...	2006-10-22	Chicago, USA
Moldova	2:31:00	Tatyana Zuyeva	1991-10-27	Carpi, Italy
Mongolia	2:40:34	Lursanikhundeg Otgonbayar	2011-03-27	Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Zhengzhou , is the capital and largest city of Henan province in north-central China. A prefecture-level city, it also serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational centre of the province, as well as a major transportation hub for Central China... , China
Monaco	3:35:39	Adrienne Pastorelly	1992-01-12	Marrakech Marrakech Marrakech or Marrakesh , known as the "Ochre city", is the most important former imperial city in Morocco's history... , Morocco
Kingdom of Montenegro	2:57:37	Sladana Pejović	2010-10-31	Podgorica Podgorica Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement... , Montenegro
Myanmar	2:38:42	Pa Pa	2004-04-14	Yangon Yangon Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial... , Myanmar Myanmar Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
Namibia	2:31:01	Beata Naigambo Beata Naigambo Beata Nandjala Naigambo is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:33:17 hours, achieved in April 2008 in Pyongyang....	2009-10-11	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Nepal	2:58:41	Nirmal Bharati	2006-09-24	Berlin, Germany
Netherlands	2:23:43	Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat is a Dutch long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlands since...	3 November 2003	New York City, United States
	3:43:27	Nel Geerings	1991-04-15	Boston, USA
New Caledonia	2:29:48	Nadia Prasad	1995-03-05	Los Angeles, USA
New Zealand	2:25:21	Kim Smith	2010-04-25	London, UK
Nicaragua	3:13:31	Maria Ocon	1990-06-13	Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto... , Honduras
Nigeria	2:40:37	Mary Akor	3 April 2004	St. Louis, United States
Northern Ireland	2:37:06	Moira O'Neil	1988-10-31	Dublin, Ireland
Northern Mariana Islands	3:16:14	Mamiko Oshima-Berger	2010-03-06	Saipan Saipan Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392... , Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
North Korea	2:25:31	Ham Bong-Sil Ham Bong-Sil Ham Bong-Sil is a North Korean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.She is a three-time Pyongyang Marathon winner .-Achievements:-Personal bests:...	2003-08-31	Paris, France
Norway	2:21:06	Ingrid Kristiansen Ingrid Kristiansen Ingrid Kristiansen née Christensen , was one of the best female long distance runners in the second half of the 1980s. She finished in fourth place in the first women's Olympic marathon race, at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-Career:Kristiansen started her career quite unremarkably, running 2:30 - 2:40...	1985-04-21	London, UK
Oman	4:45:54	Zuwena Al-Rawahi	2010-01-21	Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , United Arab Emirates
Pakistan	4:12:36	Sadia Parveen	2002-02-24	Hong Kong
Palau	3:58:03	Krista Callinan	2006-04-08	Koror Koror Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island .... , Palau
	4:16:09	Najah Freijeh	2006-12-03	Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... , Lebanon
Panama	3:04:58	Gilda Mendez	1995-03-05	Los Angeles, USA
Papua New Guinea	3:41:14	Rosemary Turare	1994-11-13	Goroka Goroka Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 19,000 people , 1600m above sea level. It has an airport and is on the "Highlands Highway", about 285 km from Lae in Morobe province and 90 km from the nearby town of Kainantu also... , Papua New Guinea
Paraguay	3:05:53	Aida Aguilar	2007-11-04	Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina
Peru	2:32:32	Gladys Tejeda	2011-03-20	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea
Philippines	2:38:44	Christabel Martes	2005-07-24	Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... , Philippines
Poland	2:26:08	Małgorzata Sobańska	2001-10-07	Chicago, USA
Portugal	2:23:29	Rosa Mota Rosa Mota Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes. She is also considered to have been one of the best marathon runners of the 20th century....	1985-10-20	Chicago, USA
Puerto Rico	2:44:58	Yolanda Mercado	2007-04-22	London, UK
Republic of the Congo	3:20:56	Ida-Brunelle Kiyindou	2004-04-04	Paris, France
Kingdom of Romania	2:21:30	Constantina Tomescu Constantina Tomescu Constantina Diţă , is a Romanian long-distance runner, who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon....	2005-10-09	Chicago, USA
Russia	2:18:20	Liliya Shobukhova Liliya Shobukhova Liliya Bulatovna Shobukhova is a Russian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She previously specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres track events....	9 October 2011	Chicago, United States
Rwanda	2:33:59	Epiphanie Nyirabarame	2009-08-23	Berlin, Germany
Saint Helena	6:30:52	Jacqueline Leo	2003-09-18	Saint Helena Saint Helena Saint Helena , named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha...
Saint Kitts and Nevis	5:50:34	Wendy Brear	2006-12-03	Bridgetown Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael... , Barbados
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3:18:44	Adelaide Carrington	2003-01-26	Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... , Trinidad and Tobago
American Samoa	3:11:58	Mele Steiner	1981-11-22	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand
San Marino	3:10:00	Amy Cesaretti	1983-05-01	Italy
Saudi Arabia	3:58:47	Reema Al-Jawiny	21 January 2011	Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , United Arab Emirates
Kingdom of Scotland	2:26:52	Liz McColgan Liz McColgan Elizabeth McColgan MBE is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won the gold medal for the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, and a silver medal over the same distance at the 1988 Olympic Games...	1997-04-13	London, UK
Senegal	5:16:00	Marianne Diouf	1988-01-17	Dakar Dakar Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland... , Senegal
Serbia	2:25:23	Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...	2003-04-13	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
Seychelles	3:30:19	Simone Jaffa	2009-02-15	Beau Vallon Beau Vallon Beau Vallon is a bay on the north western coast of Mahé in the Seychelles. Beau Vallon Beach is a very frequented and maybe the most popular on the island. It is known as a base for diving and snorkelling due to its clear waters and coral reefs. Besides many smaller hotels, it has three major... , Mauritius
Singapore	2:34:41	Yvonne Danson Yvonne Danson Yvonne Margaret Danson is a former long distance track and road running athlete. She represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, winning the bronze medal in the women's marathon....	1995-12-13	Chiang Mai Chiang Mai Chiang Mai sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is the capital of Chiang Mai Province , a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna and was the tributary Kingdom of Chiang Mai from 1774 until 1939. It is... , Thailand
Slovakia	2:33:19	Ludmila Melicherová Ludmila Melicherová Ludmila Melicherová is a retired female long-distance runner from Slovakia, who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon. She set her personal best in the classic distance on April 22, 1990, winning the Vienna City Marathon...	1990-04-22	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... , Austria
Slovenia	2:27:33	Helena Javornik Helena Javornik Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....	2004-10-17	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... , Netherlands
Somalia	4:58:20	Leila Ismail	2009-01-16	Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , United Arab Emirates
South Africa	2:25:15	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....	18 April 1994	Boston, United States
Korea	2:26:12	Eun-Ju Kwon	1997-10-26	Chunchon, South Korea
Spain	2:26:51	Ana Isabel Alonso Ana Isabel Alonso Ana Isabel Alonso is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who represented her native country in three Summer Olympics: 1988, 1996 and 2000. Her best finish came at her Olympic debut in Seoul, South Korea, where Alonso ended up in 25th place in the women's 10.000 metres race...	1995-10-15	San Sebastian San Sebastián Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its... , Spain
Sri Lanka	2:51:00	Kande Gamaralalage	2006-10-15	Beijing, China
Sudan	3:29:44	Ali Abdelreda Mashaer	2007-03-31	Xiamen Xiamen Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million... , China
Suriname	3:44:24	Marianne Hiralal	2005-11-27	Paramaribo Paramaribo Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population... , Surinam
Swaziland	2:56:24	Priscilla Mamba Priscilla Mamba Priscilla Mamba is a Swaziland athlete. She competed for Swaziland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Women's 5000 metres event. She finished 16th of 17 competitors in her heat and did not advance to the final. She also competed at the 1991, 1999 and the 2003 World Championships.-External links:...	19 March 2005	Ngodwana, South Africa
Sweden	2:23:41	Isabella Andersson	2011-01-21	Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... , United Arab Emirates
Switzerland	2:27:44	Franziska Moser	1994-10-23	Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... , Germany
Tajikistan	2:39:03	Gulsara Dadabayeva	2003-10-26	Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants... , Slovenia
Tanzania	2:24:59	Banuela Mrashani	2002-11-17	Tokyo, Japan
Thailand	2:43:33	Sunisa Sailomyen	2007-12-09	Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima or is a city in the north-east of Thailand and gateway to Isan. It is the capital of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Nakhon Ratchasima district... , Thailand
East Timor	3:03:53	Aguema Fatida Amaral	2003-12-12	Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam... , Vietnam
Trinidad and Tobago	3:05:00	Cyrelene Nero	2000-01-30	Port of Spain Port of Spain Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population... , Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	2:43:41	Sonia Agoun	1997-04-20	Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... , Netherlands
Turkey	2:31:43	Serap Aktas Serap Aktas Serap Aktaş is a Turkish female middle and long-distance runner, who later specialized in marathon. She holds various Turkish records....	1999-09-26	Berlin, Germany
Turkmenistan	2:57:36	Tamara Tongush	1985-12-05	Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan
Uganda	2:40:31	Jane Suto	2009-04-19	Annecy Annecy Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy , 35 kilometres south of Geneva.-Administration:... , France
Ukraine	2:25:44	Tatyana Hladyr	2006-03-26	Rome, Italy
United Kingdom	2:15:24 WR	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...	2003-04-13	London, UK
United States	2:19:36	Deena Kastor Deena Kastor Deena Michelle Kastor is an American long-distance runner. She holds American records in the marathon, half-marathon, and numerous road distances. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece...	2006-04-23	London, UK
United States Virgin Islands	2:43:59	Lisha Hamilton	2004-06-06	San Diego, USA
Uruguay	2:57:49	Mercedita Cuevas	2003-04-20	Santa Rosa, Argentina
Uzbekistan	2:30:36	Nadezhda Usmanova	1984-08-07	Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County... , Lithuania
Venezuela	2:36:17	Elisabeth Schuh	1984-05-13	Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010... , Germany
Vietnam	2:48:34	Pham Thi Hien	2007-12-09	Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima or is a city in the north-east of Thailand and gateway to Isan. It is the capital of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Nakhon Ratchasima district... , Thailand
Wales	2:31:33	Susan Tooby Susan Tooby Susan Tooby is a retired female long-distance runner from Great Britain, who represented Wales during her career. She set her personal best in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Tooby is a twin sister of Angela Tooby.- Achievements :- References :*...	1988-09-23	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea
Zambia	3:08:39	Lizzie Chansa	2005-12-04	Singapore
Zimbabwe	2:29:20	Tabitha Tsatsa	2008-03-16	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea