Guinness World Records 2018

SPORTS

FASTEST MARATHON

(FEMALE, WOMEN‑ONLY RACE)

On 23 Apr 2017, Mary Keitany (KEN) won her third

London Marathon title, in 2 hr 17 min 1 sec. This

was the fastest time in a women-only marathon

by 41 sec, and second only to Paula Radcliffe

(UK), whose fastest marathon (female) of 2 hr

15 min 25 sec in 2003 used male pacemakers.

Most Olympic marathon medals
won by a country
Between 1904 and 2016, the USA won 13 Olympic
medals in the marathon. They dominated early
editions of the men’s event, winning seven
medals by 1924 – including a clean sweep at
St Louis 1904. But in recent years Kenya and
Ethiopia have been dominant in the road race,
and at Rio 2016 Kenya briefly equalled the USA’s
tally of 12 medals when Eliud Kipchoge took gold

• only for Galen Rupp (USA) to cross the line in
  bronze-medal position just 1 min 21 sec later.
  In doing so, Rupp became only the third US man
  to win a medal in the marathon since 1924.

First triplets to compete

in the Olympic marathon

Identical sisters Lily, Leila and Liina Luik –

the “Trio to Rio” – competed in the

2016 Olympic marathon for Estonia.

It was Lily who finished first, coming

home in 97th place.

Fastest race walk 50 km (female)

On 15 Jan 2017, Inês Henriques (PRT)

won the Portuguese Race Walking

Championships in Porto de Mos in

4 hr 8 min 26 sec. This was the first official

IAAF women’s world record in this discipline.

MOST WHEELCHAIR

LONDON MARATHON WINS (MALE)

David Weir (UK) won his seventh men’s

wheelchair London Marathon title on 23 Apr 2017,

winning in 1 hr 3 1 min 6 sec. He had previously

triumphed in 2002, 2006–08 and 2011–12. Weir’s

seventh victory took him one clear of Dame Tanni

Grey-Thompson (UK), earning him the most

overall wheelchair London Marathon wins.

Most Ultra-Trail Mt Fuji podiums

by an individual

Fernanda Maciel (BRA) has finished in the top

three of the Japanese ultramarathon three

times: runner-up in both 2014 and 2015, she

finally won in 2016. The Ultra-Trail Mt Fuji is

run over a 165-km (102.5-mi) course with a

46 - hr time limit.

Most wins of the Berlin Inline Skating

Marathon (male)

Skater Bart Swings (BEL) won the Berlin Inline

Skating Marathon in four consecutive years

from 2013 to 2016.

Swings was also responsible for the fastest

time to complete the Berlin Inline Skating

Marathon – 56 min 49 sec, on 26 Sep 2015.

ELIUD KIPCHOGE

On 6 May 2017, Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) completed

Nike’s “Breaking2” marathon challenge in 2 hr

25 sec at the Monza Grand Prix circuit in Italy.

Although Kipchoge’s time was faster than Dennis

Kimetto’s (KEN) fastest marathon (male) – 2 hr

2 min 57 sec – it did not count as an official IAAF

record owing to the use of in-out pacemakers.

=23.

Cheerleader (female)

Julia Mitchelmore (UK) –^

3:46:55

25.

Medical instrument

Mark Conlin (UK) – 3:48:09 28.

Padlock (male)

27. Kou-Hau Tseng (UK) – 3:59:40

DNA double helix (male)

John Lambourne (UK) – 3:58:2830.

Television character

(female)

29. Alice Gerlach (UK) – 4:13:39

Telephone box

Warren Edwicker (UK) – 4:07:5732.

Dragon (female)

31. Jayne Moreton (UK) – 4:32:54

Star

Michael Law (UK) – 4:20:07 34.

Toilet roll (female)

33. Susan Ridgeon (UK) – 4:54:00

Wearing chainmail

(upper

bod

y)

Thomas Langdown (UK) –^

4:50:16

36.

Star Wars character

(male)Jeremy Allinson (UK)

• 4:59:12

35.

Car (male)

Thomas Bolton (UK) – 4:55:09 38.

Carrying a household

37. appliance (white goods)Ben Blowes (UK) – 5:58:37

Three-dimensional

aircraft (male)Paul Cousins (UK) – 5:03:15 40.

Carrying a 100-lb pack

Marc Jenner (ROM, b. UK) –^

6:

47:03

39. Five-person costumeDavid Hepburn, Megan Walker, Ceyhun Uzun, Andrew Sharpe, Holly Bishop (all UK) –

6:17:26

26.

Full-body

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=23. (female)Gemma Stevens (UK) – 3:57:46

Gingerbread man

(female)Cat Dascendis (UK) – 3:46:55

David Weir has

also triumphed

in the New York City

Marathon, winning the

2010 event in 1 hr

37 min 29 sec.

FASTEST WORLD MARATHON MAJORS

Marathon Fastest male Fastest female

Berlin Dennis Kimetto (KEN) *2:02:57 28 Sep 2014 Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 2:19:12 25 Sep 2005

Boston Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2:03:02 18 Apr 2011 Bizunesh Deba (ETH) 2:19:59 21 Apr 2014

Chicago Dennis Kimetto (KEN) 2:03:45 13 Oct 2013 Paula Radcliffe (UK) 2:17:18 13 Oct 2002

London Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 2:03:05 24 Apr 2016 Paula Radcliffe (UK) *2:15:25 13 Apr 2003

New York Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2:05:06 6 Nov 2011 Margaret Okayo (KEN) 2:22:31 2 Nov 2003

Tok yo Wilson Kipsang (KEN) 2:03:58 26 Feb 2017 Sarah Chepchirchir (KEN) 2:19:47 26 Feb 2017

*denotes fastest male and female marathon times