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World best yearly performance in men's marathon
1921:
Florestano Benedetti
(ITA)
1922:
Gabriel Ruotsalainen
(FIN)
1923:
Aksel Jensen
(DEN)
1924:
Shizo Kanaguri
(JPN)
1925:
Sam Ferris
(NIR)
1926:
Iivari Rötkö
(FIN)
1927:
Verner Laaksonen
(FIN)
1928:
Boughera El Ouafi
(FRA)
1929:
Harry Payne
(GBR)
1930:
Fukutaro Shibui
(JPN)
1931:
Juan Carlos Zabala
(ARG)
1932:
Tanji Yahagi
(JPN)
1933:
Kozo Kusunoki
(JPN)
1934:
Tamao Shiaku
(JPN)
1935–36:
Sohn Kee-chung
(JPN)
1937:
Manuel Dias
(POR)
1938:
Pat Dengis
(USA)
1939:
Toyu Ko
(KOR)
1940:
Shoichiro Takenaka
(JPN)
1941:
Les Pawson
(USA)
1942:
Zaiten Kimoto
(JPN)
1943:
Gérard Côté
(CAN)
1944:
Charles Robbins
(USA)
1945:
Sven Håkansson
(SWE)
1946–48:
Mikko Hietanen
(FIN)
1949:
Salomon Könönen
(FIN)
1950:
Feodosy Vanin
(URS)
1951:
Veikko Karvonen
(FIN)
1952–54:
Jim Peters
(ENG)
1955:
Veikko Karvonen
(FIN)
1956:
Paavo Kotila
(FIN)
1957–59:
Sergei Popov
(URS)
1960:
Abebe Bikila
(ETH)
1961:
Takayuki Nakao
(JPN)
1962:
Yu Mang-Hyang
(PRK)
1963:
Buddy Edelen
(USA)
1964:
Abebe Bikila
(ETH)
1965:
Morio Shigematsu
(JPN)
1966:
Michael Ryan
(NZL)
1967:
Derek Clayton
(AUS)
1968–69:
Bill Adcocks
(ENG)
1970:
Ron Hill
(ENG)
1971:
Derek Clayton
(AUS)
1972:
Frank Shorter
(USA)
1973:
John Farrington
(AUS)
1974:
Ian Thompson
(ENG)
1975:
Bill Rodgers
(USA)
1976:
Waldemar Cierpinski
(GDR)
1977:
Bill Rodgers
(USA)
1978:
Shigeru So
(JPN)
1979:
Bill Rodgers
(USA)
1980:
Gerard Nijboer
(NED)
1981:
Robert de Castella
(AUS)
1982:
Alberto Salazar
(USA)
1983:
Robert de Castella
(AUS)
1984:
Steve Jones
(WAL)
1985:
Carlos Lopes
(POR)
1986:
Robert de Castella
(AUS)
1987:
Takeyuki Nakayama
(JPN)
1988:
Belayneh Dinsamo
(ETH)
1989:
Juma Ikangaa
(TAN)
1990:
Steve Moneghetti
(AUS)
1991:
Kōichi Morishita
(JPN)
1992:
David Tsebe
(RSA)
1993:
Dionicio Cerón
(MEX)
1994:
Cosmas Ndeti
(KEN)
1995:
Sammy Lelei
(KEN)
1996:
Martín Fiz
(ESP)
1997:
Khalid Khannouchi
(MAR)
1998:
Ronaldo da Costa
(BRA)
1999:
Khalid Khannouchi
(MAR)
2000:
António Pinto
(POR)
2001:
Josephat Kiprono
(KEN)
2002:
Khalid Khannouchi
(USA)
2003:
Paul Tergat
(KEN)
2004:
Felix Limo
(KEN)
2005–08:
Haile Gebrselassie
(ETH)
2009:
Duncan Kibet
(KEN)
2010–11:
Patrick Makau Musyoki
(KEN)
2012:
Geoffrey Mutai
(KEN)
2013:
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich
(KEN)
2014:
Dennis Kipruto Kimetto
(KEN)
2015:
Eliud Kipchoge
(KEN)
2016:
Kenenisa Bekele
(ETH)
2017–18:
Eliud Kipchoge
(KEN)
2019:
Kenenisa Bekele
(ETH)
2020:
Evans Chebet
(KEN)
2021:
Titus Ekiru
(KEN)
2022:
Eliud Kipchoge
(KEN)
2023:
Kelvin Kiptum
(KEN)
References
"Yearly Rankings- Marathon"
.
Association of Road Racing Statisticians
. Retrieved
January 18,
2011
.
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