Symbol/Column Description Gold medal in the Olympics , IAAF World Championships or World Marathon Majors Silver medal in the Olympics, IAAF World Championships or World Marathon MajorsBronze medal in the Olympics, IAAF World Championships or World Marathon MajorsPlacement in any major marathon competition ranked 4th or below Name Athlete's name Name Names in bold are current or former world record holders. Country Athlete's citizenship during competition Olympics Placement in the Olympics IAAF WC Medal years in the IAAF World Championships WMM Placement in the World Marathon Majors 1st Marathon Victories. Number of times athlete placed first in a marathon Career Best Fastest marathon time during career Other Other notable information
Name Country Olympics IAAF WC WMM 1s Career Best Other Ref Gezahegne Abera 2000 2001 5 2:07:54 First to win gold at Olympics and World Championships Abel Antón 1997 2 2:07:54 First to win two golds at World Championships Stefano Baldini 2004 2001 3 Two time European champion Dick Beardsley 3 The "Duel in the Sun" with Alberto Salazar at the 1982 Boston Marathon . Abebe Bikila 1960 First black African gold medalist by winning in Rome barefoot, previous world record holder Gelindo Bordin 1988 1987 6 Two time European champion Amby Burfoot 1 2:14:28 Boston Marathon winner Dionicio Cerón 7 2:12:13 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot 2006/2007 7 2:07:14 Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot 2 2:05:52 Waldemar Cierpinski 1976 1983 Andrea Cionna 2:31:59 World record holder for the fastest marathon run by a totally blind man Derek Clayton 2:08:34 The first to run a world record under 02:10:00 Robert de Castella 1983 4 2:07:51 Former marathon world record holder; holds Australian national record Belayneh Densamo 7 2:06:50 Held the world record for the span of 10 years . Leonard Edelen 1964 2:14:28 In 1963, he became the first American to hold the world record since 1925. Steve Edwards First person to complete 500 sub 3:30:00 marathonsStefaan Engels First person to complete 365 marathons in 365 days Martín Fiz 1996 1995 3 Haile Gebrselassie 2006/2007 9 2:03:59 Winner of many distance racing championships and holder of 27 world records Jaouad Gharib 2008 2003 2:05:27 Rodolfo Gómez 1976 3 2:09:33 Ryan Hall 2008 2:04:58 Hal Higdon Freelance writer for Runner's World ; a founder of Road Runners Club of America Ron Hill 1964 2:09:28 Hwang Young-Cho 1992 3 2:08:09 Juma Ikangaa 1984 Steve Jones 4 2:07:13 Former marathon world record holder Veikko Karvonen 1952 Yuki Kawauchi 2011 , 2013 10 2:08:14 Amateur citizen runner working full-time and training alone. Tsegaye Kebede 2008 2009 2008/2009 4 2:05:18 Meb Keflezighi 2004 1 2:08:37 Khalid Khannouchi 5 2:05:42 Former marathon world record holder Dennis Kipruto KimettoUGAKENKENFINKORKENBRAflagcountry|CAN|1868PORUSAflagIOC|GRE|1896 SummerKENETHUSAflag|Independent State of CroatiaYUGFRAAUSJPNKENJPNNEDJPNMEXGBRPORITARSAESPUSAUSABRAJPNJPNJPNUSAECUMEXGBRJPNJPNJPNFRAJPNJPNRSAETHKENclarify|Either "One of the few athletes" or "The only athlete", but can't be "One of the only"|April 2012|date=April 2012KENETHGRETCHNORWomen Name Country Olympics IAAF WC WMM 1st Career Best Other Ref Tomoe Abe 1993 3 2:26:09 Holder of IAAF 100 km Road Women's World Record Yukiko Akaba 2011 2:24:08 Elfenesh Alemu 2000 3 2:24:29 Yuko Arimori 1992 2 2:26:39 Junko Asari 1993 3 2:26:10 Joan Benoit 1984 3 2:21:21 First female gold medalist in women's marathon Carla Beurskens 1984 1987 14 2:28:27 Joyce Chepchumba 2000 2:23:22 Masako Chiba 2003 4 2:21:45 Zhou Chunxiu 2008 2:19:51 Constantina Diţă-Tomescu 2008 1 2:21:30 Adriana Fernández 1 2:24:06 First Mexican woman to win the New York City Marathon , in a time of 2:25:06 Franca Fiacconi 1997 1 2:25:17 Katrin Dörre-Heinig 1988 1991 17 2:24:35 Kayoko Fukushi 2013 2:24:21 Jacqueline Gareau 1983 3 2:30:58 Tiki Gelana 2012 1 2:18:58 Bobbi Gibb 3 First woman to run the entire Boston MarathonKara Goucher 2009 2:25:53 Lidiya Grigoryeva 4 2:25:10 Ari Ichihashi 1999 2:27:02 Helena Javornik 3 2:27:33 Priscah Jeptoo 2012 2011 2:20:14 Olivera Jevtić 4 2:25:23 Deena Kastor 2004 2:19:36 Mary Keitany 2010/2011 2:18:37 Edna Kiplagat 2010/2011 2:19:50 Lornah Kiplagat 4 2:22:22 Renata Kokowska 3 2:26:20 Brigid Kosgei
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