Kipchoge returns to Berlin

In 2022, Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record for the men’s marathon in Berlin, a fast, flat course that has seen all eight new record times since the marathon mark was first officially ratified in 2003


EVOLUTION OF MEN’S MARATHON WORLD RECORD

Johnny  Hayes (USA) 
London, 1908
2:55:18

Harry Green (GBR) 
London, 1913
2:38:16

Albert Michelsen (USA) 
Port Chester, 1925
2:29:02

Jim Peters (GBR) 
Chiswick, 1953
2:18:40
        
Derek Clayton (AUS)
Fukuoka, 1967
2:09:36

PaulTergat (KEN) 
Berlin, 2003
2:04:55

World record first ratified

Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 
Berlin, 2022
2:01:09

Kipchoge aiming to win Berlin Marathon for fifth time


BERLIN MARATHON COURSE
Sep 24 

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Sources: IOC, Berlin Marathon
Picture: Getty Images
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