| '''Runner''' | '''Place''' | '''Date''' |
| 2:58:50 | Spiridon Louis ( Greece ) | Athens , Greece | April 10 , 1896 |
| 2:55:18.4 | Johnny Hayes ( USA ) | Shepherd's Bush , England | July 24 , 1908 |
| 2:52:45.4 | Robert Fowler ( USA ) | Yonkers , USA | January 1 , 1909 |
| 2:46:52.6 | James Clark ( USA ) | New York , USA | February 12 , 1909 |
| 2:46:04.6 | Albert Raines ( USA ) | New York , USA | May 8 , 1909 |
| 2:42:31 | Frederick Barrett ( Great Britain ) | Shepherd's Bush , England | February 12 , 1909 |
| 2:38:16.2 | Harry Green ( Great Britain ) | Shepherd's Bush , England | May 12 , 1913 |
| 2:36:06.6 | Alexis Ahlgren ( Sweden ) | Shepherd's Bush , England | May 31 , 1913 |
| 2:32:35:8 | Hannes Kolehmainen ( Finland ) | Antwerp, Belgium | August 20 , 1920 |
| 2:29:01.8 | Albert Michelsen ( USA ) | Port Chester | October 13 , 1925 |
| 2:27:49 | Fusashige Suzuki ( Japan ) | Tokyo , Japan | March 31 , 1935 |
| 2:26:44 | Yasuo Ikenaka ( Japan ) | Tokyo , Japan | April 3 , 1935 |
| 2:26:42 | Sohn Kee-chung ( Korea ) | Tokyo , Japan | November 3 , 1935 |
| 2:25:39 | Yon Bok Suh ( Korea ) | Boston , USA | April 19 , 1947 |
| 2:20:42.2 | James Peters ( Great Britain ) | Chiswick , England | July 14 , 1952 |
| 2:18:40.2 | James Peters ( Great Britain ) | Chiswick , England | July 13 , 1953 |
| 2:18:34.8 | James Peters ( Great Britain ) | Turku , Finland | October 4 , 1953 |
| 2:17:39.4 | James Peters ( Great Britain ) | Chiswick , England | July 26 , 1954 |
| 2:15:17 | Sergey Popov ( Soviet Union ) | Stockholm , Sweden | August 24 , 1958 |
| 2:15:16.2 | Abebe Bikila ( Ethiopia ) | Rome , Italy | September 10 , 1960 |
| 2:15:15.8 | Toru Terasawa ( Japan ) | Beppu , Japan | February 17 , 1963 |
| 2:14:28 | Leonard Edelen ( USA ) | Chiswick , England | July 15 , 1963 |
| 2:13:55.4 | Basil Heatley ( Great Britain ) | Chiswick , England | July 13 , 1964 |
| 2:12:11 | Abebe Bikila ( Ethiopia ) | Tokyo , Japan | October 21 , 1964 |
| 2:12:00 | Morio Shigematsu ( Japan ) | Shepherd's Bush , England | June 12 , 1965 |
| 2:09:36 | Derek Clayton ( Australia ) | Fukuoka , Japan | December 3 , 1967 |
| 2:08:33 | Derek Clayton ( Australia ) | Antwerp , Belgium | May 3 , 1969 |
| 2:08:18 | Robert De Castella ( Australia ) | Fukuoka , Japan | December 6 , 1981 |
| 2:08:05 | Steve Jones ( Great Britain ) | Chicago , USA | October 21 , 1984 |
| 2:07:12 | Carlos Lopes ( Portugal ) | Rotterdam , The Netherlands | April 20 , 1985 |
| 2:06:50 | Belayneh Dinsamo ( Ethiopia ) | Rotterdam , The Netherlands | April 17 , 1988 |
| 2:06:05 | Ronaldo Da Costa ( Brazil ) | Berlin , Germany | September 20 , 1998 |
| 2:05:42 | Khalid Khannouchi ( Morocco ) | Chicago , USA | October 24 , 1999 |
| 2:05:38 | Khalid Khannouchi ( USA ) | London , England | April 14 , 2002 |
| 2:04:55 | Paul Tergat ( Kenya ) | Berlin , Germany | September 28 , 2003 |
| '''Runner''' | '''Place''' | '''Date''' |
| 3:27:45 | Dale Greig ( Great Britain ) | Ryde , England | May 23 , 1964 |
| 3:19:33 | Mildred Sampson ( New Zealand ) | Auckland , New Zealand | July 21 , 1964 |
| 3:15:22 | Maureen Wilton ( Canada ) | Toronto , Canada | May 6 , 1967 |
| 3:07:26 | Anni Pede-Erdkamp ( German Democratic Republic ) | Waidneil ,? Germany ? | September 16 , 1967 |
| 3:02:53 | Caroline Walker ( USA ) | Seaside ,? USA ? | February 28 , 1970 |
| 3:01:42 | Elizabeth Bonner ( USA ) | Philadelphia , USA | May 9 , 1971 |
| 2:46:30 | Adrienne Beamses ( Australia ) | Werribee , Australia | August 31 , 1971 |
| 2:46:24 | Chantal Langlace ( France ) | Neuf Brisach , France | October 27 , 1974 |
| 2:43:54.5 | Jacqueline Hansen ( USA ) | Culver City , USA | December 1 , 1974 |
| 2:42:24 | Liane Winter ( GDR ) | Boston , USA | April 21 , 1975 |
| 2:40:15.8 | Christa Vahlensieck ( GDR ) | Dulmen , Germany | May 3 , 1975 |
| 2:38:19 | Jacqueline Hansen ( USA ) | Eugene , USA | October 12 , 1975 |
| 2:35:15.4 | Chantal Langlace ( France ) | Oiartzun , Spain | May 1 , 1977 |
| 2:34:47.5 | Christa Vahlensieck ( West Germany ) | West Berlin , West Berlin | September 10 , 1977 |
| 2:32:29.9 | Grete Waitz ( Norway ) | New York City , USA | October 22 , 1978 |
| 2:27:32.6 | Grete Waitz ( Norway ) | New York City , USA | October 21 , 1979 |
| 2:25:41.3 | Grete Waitz ( Norway ) | New York City , USA | October 26 , 1980 |
| 2:25:29 | Allison Roe ( New Zealand ) | New York City , USA | October 25 , 1981 |
| 2:22:43 | Joan Benoit ( USA ) | Boston , USA | April 18 , 1983 |
| 2:21:06 | Ingrid Kristiansen ( Norway ) | London , England | April 21 , 1985 |
| 2:20:47 | Tegla Loroupe ( Kenya ) | Rotterdam , The Netherlands | April 19 , 1998 |
| 2:20:43 | Tegla Loroupe ( Kenya ) | Berlin , Germany | September 26 , 1999 |
| 2:19:46 | Naoko Takahashi ( Japan ) | Berlin , Germany | September 30 , 2001 |
| 2:18:47 | Catherine N'dereba ( Kenya ) | Chicago , USA | October 7 , 2001 |
| 2:17:18 | Paula Radcliffe ( Great Britain ) | Chicago , USA | October 13 , 2002 |
| 2:15:25 | Paula Radcliffe ( Great Britain ) | London , England | April 13 , 2003 |
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