The current (as of 7 January 2010) world record holders are:
Men's
Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) - 2:03:59 (Berlin Marathon, 28 September 2008)
Women's
Pauls Radcliffe (United Kingdom) - 2:15:25 (London Marathon, 13 April 2003)
The fastest marathon ever was run by Geoffrey Mutai(2:03:02) at the Boston Marathon on April 18, 2011. But because the legendary Boston course does not meet IAAF layout standards, the World Record belongs to Patrick Makau(2:03:38) recorded at the Berlin Marathon on September 25, 2011.
Hicham El Guerrouj of Morroco holds the world record in the mile, 3:43.13.
The average mile split for the world record holder in the marathon is 4:43 per mile.
That is Naoko Takahashi of Japan who won gold at the 2000 Games in Sydney with a time of 2:23:14.
Boston is the first and longest running marathon in the world.
Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, while Svetlana Masterkova has the women's record of 4:12.56.
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Joshua Jones was 18 with a mile and a half time of 6:31 in 2011. This is by far the fastest mile and 1/2 time recorded ever. His coach Jay Chagnon had this to say, "it was a really fast time and i am pround of all the hard work he has done." In that race Jones crushed his competition, with second place being Johnathan Butts nearly 2 min behind
Moses Mosop of Kenya ran 2:03:06 at the 2011 Boston Marathon
Fastest Time: 2:03:02 Geoffrey Mutai (4/18/11 Boston Marathon)
There is no time limit for completing a marathon. Sometimes people who are physically challenged in some way will take until after sunset to complete the race, just to prove to themselves that they can. The fastest time ever recorded for a marathon was just over 123 minutes at the 2011 Boston Marathon.
The fastest men's time recorded at London was run in 2011 by Emmanuel Mutai in a time of 2:04:40.
The IAAF regards Patrick Makau's 2:03:38 (Berlin 2011) to be the official men's World Record. However the fastest marathon ever (2:03:02) was run by Geoffrey Mutai (Boston 2011).
Fastest Time: 2:03:02 (Geoffrey Mutai, 18APR2011 in the Boston Marathon) *World Record: 2:03:38 (Patrick Makau, 25SEP2011 in the Berlin Marathon)* not recognized by the IAAF as a World Record because it was run on a course with a net elevation loss.
Lornah Kiplagat in 1h06:25 is the fastest recognised record (unassisted course)
what was the fastest time in last years boston marathon
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what was last years fastest time in the boston marathon
The fastest marathon run was done so by Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia at the Berlin Marathon on September 28, 2008. His time was 2:03:59. He also holds the second best marathon time, which he achieved at the same marathon a year earlier (September 30, 2007). His time then was 2:04:26. He also holds the 5th, 14th, 23rd, 39th, 48th, and 80th best times, all of which were 2:06:52 and under.
The record time for the Belmont Stakes was set by Secretariat in 1973 in a time of 2 minutes and 24 seconds.