National records in the marathon


The following tables are an overview of all current national records in the marathon, as compiled by the International Association of Athletics Federations and other authoritative sources of road racing statistics.

Background

The IAAF is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. As of 2018, the national governing bodies of 214 countries and territories are affiliated to the IAAF as National Member Federations. According to the IAAF, their lists of national records "mainly include official records as recognized by various national federations" and notes that in some cases "federations recognize invalid performances". The Boston Marathon is considered the site of several national records, yet this course is invalid for the world record because it is point-to-point with a greater than allowable elevation drop -— performance aiding situations.
The IAAF's list includes Palestine, whose Palestine Athletic Federation is the national governing body of athletics affiliated to the IAAF. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is represented in the IAAF by UK Athletics, which in turn is affiliated with the athletic associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Although the IAAF notes only the fastest performance under the UK umbrella, these associations each compile a list of national records in track and field. The IAAF's list includes some British overseas territories that compete under their own flags.
Other road racing sources slightly differ regarding which types of political states are included in their national records lists. For example, Athletics Weekly's list includes countries of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as well as the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, the Isle of Man, and Jersey which are technically not part of the United Kingdom. The Association of Road Racing Statisticians' list includes all of the above plus the British overseas territory of Saint Helena. Similar list variations occur with other political states or territories affiliated with Denmark, France, and New Zealand.
Another important reference source is the 2018 edition of NATIONAL ATHLETICS RECORDS for all countries in the world by Winfried Kramer with the assistance of Heinrich Hubbeling, Yves Pinaud and Steffan Stube.
Several national records were run on a date when an athlete represented a country currently no longer in existence such as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. On achieving independence the appropriate national federation of the current national state retroactively recognized them as valid NRs.

Marathon records by region

The following table contains marathon records within each world region.

Men

Women

Men's national records

Key:
Country/TerritoryTimeAthleteDatePlaceRef
Afghanistan2:28:46Waheed Karim2 Dec 1990Sacramento
Albania2:25:29Remzi Laho29 Sep 1991Burgas
Algeria2:09:54Rachid Ziar7 Apr 2002Paris
American Samoa2:25:35Gary Fanelli10 Sep 1988SeoulNote
Andorra2:14:25Antoni Bernadó16 Mar 2003Barcelona
Angola2:11:40João n'Tyamba30 Sep 2001Berlin
Antigua and Barbuda2:31:49Cordover Simon28 Aug 1994Victoria
Argentina2:09:57Antonio Silio30 Apr 1995Hamburg
Armenia2:20:36Ashik Mkhitarian4 Apr 1968Uzhgorod
Aruba2:13:43Kim Reynierse10 Sep 1989Berchem
Australia2:07:51Robert de Castella21 Apr 1986BostonNote
Austria2:10:44Lemawork Ketema7 Apr 2019Vienna
Azerbaijan2:11:22Tilahun Aliyev25 Jan 2013Dubai
Bahamas2:34:00Delroy Boothe18 Dec 1999Jacksonville
Bahrain2:04:43El Hassan El-Abbassi2 Dec 2018Valencia
Bangladesh2:22:03Ali Mohamed7 Mar 1987Dhaka
Barbados2:29:40Reuben McColin4 Dec 1988Bridgetown
Belarus2:10:58Vladimir Kotov24 May 1980Moscow
Belgium2:04:49Bashir Abdi1 Mar 2020Tokyo
Belize2:22:01Patrick Fuller8 Feb 2003Birmingham, USA
Benin2:24:53Patrice Lompo11 Feb 2012Parakou
Bermuda2:19:55Christopher Estwanik15 Apr 2013Boston
Bhutan2:44:21Passang Passang23 May 2010Wangdue Phodrang
Bolivia2:17:49Juan Camacho7 Apr 1984Maassluis
Bosnia and Herzegovina2:15:55Sead Kondo3 May 1975Karl-Marx-Stadt
Botswana2:14:57John James24 Jul 2004Selebi-PhikweNote
Brazil2:06:05Ronaldo da Costa20 Sep 1998Berlin
British Virgin Islands2:36:54Rasalula Nagarit11 Nov 2008Baltimore
Brunei2:41:12Sifli Anak Ahar14 Oct 2008Kota KinabaluNote
Bulgaria2:11:26Christo Stefanov19 Oct 1997Sofia
Burkina Faso2:34:14Salifou Guebre2 Feb 2014BamakoNote
Burundi2:09:48Olivier Irabaruta4 Nov 2018Porto
Cambodia2:23:29Hem Bunting15 Apr 2012Paris
Cameroon2:18:35Paul Kuete8 Dec 1993Palermo
Canada2:09:25Cam Levins21 Oct 2018Toronto
Cape Verde2:18:47Ruben Sança10 Apr 2011RotterdamNote
Cayman Islands2:40:28Tony Keely22 Oct 2000Chicago
Central African Republic2:18:06Ernest Ndjissipou30 Aug 2003Paris
Chad2:19:34Ahmat Abdou-Daoud29 Nov 2015France
Chile2:12:19Omar Aguilar17 Apr 1988Rotterdam
People's Republic of China2:08:15Ren Longyun21 Oct 2007Beijing
2:14:35Gi-sheng Hsu25 Feb 1995Beppu
Colombia2:11:17Carlos Grisales15 Apr 1996Boston
Comoros2:35:43Youssouf Gagou18 Sep 1998Saint-Paul, Réunion
Cook Islands2:51:26Muriaroa Ngaro3 May 1980Avarua
Costa Rica2:13:23José Luis Molina3 Mar 1996Los Angeles
Côte d'Ivoire2:22:19Bassirima Soro2 Feb 2003MiamiNote
Croatia2:17:05Drago Paripović29 Mar 1992Bologna
Cuba2:10:53Ignacio A. Cuba13 Dec 1992MéridaNote
Curacao2:55:50Herman Couoperus6 Nov 2016New York City
Cyprus2:19:51Marios Kassianidis8 Oct 1982Brisbane
Czech Republic2:11:57Karel David23 May 1993HamburgNote
Democratic Republic of the Congo2:08:55Patrick Tambwé20 Jun 2004Mont St. Michel
Denmark2:09:43Henrik Jørgensen21 Apr 1985London
Djibouti2:07:07Ahmed Saleh17 Apr 1988Rotterdam
Dominica3:18:24Lindson Lynch29 Jul 2006Cartagen
Dominican Republic2:26:00Pablo Arroyo28 Dec 1986Santo Domingo
East Timor2:26:46Romenio de Deus Maia19 Aug 2017Dili
Ecuador2:09:49Silvio Guerra19 Oct 1997Chicago
Egypt2:19:39Aissa Rezah Abou Diaf25 Dec 1997Al Arish
El Salvador2:26:57Víctor Vasquez13 Jan 1990Tegucigalpa
2:05:11Mo Farah7 Oct 2018Chicago
Equatorial Guinea3:02:00Candido Owono Nsang15 Mar 1992Barcelona
Eritrea2:06:36Okubay Tsegay17 Feb 2019Seville
Estonia2:08:53Pavel Loskutov7 Apr 2002Paris
Ethiopia2:01:41Kenenisa Bekele29 Sep 2019Berlin
Falkland Islands2:43:31Hugh Marsden28 Aug 1994Victoria, Canada
Faroe Islands2:27:53Absalon Hansen24 Apr 1988Hamburg
Federated States of Micronesia2:52:29Elías Rodríguez14 Jul 1990San Antonio, USA
Fiji2:23:33Binesh Prasad24 Feb 1989Las Vegas
Finland2:10:46Janne Holmén13 Apr 2008Rotterdam
France2:06:36Benoît Zwierzchiewski6 Apr 2003Paris
French Polynesia2:25:28Jean-Louis Bounhoure7 Aug 1983Apia
Gabon2:31:59Jean-Marc Leandro9 Nov 2008Cannes
Gambia2:22:06Ousman Jaiteh7 Apr 2019Milan
Georgia2:16:17Daviti Kharazishvili27 Sep 2015Berlin
Germany2:08:33Arne Gabius25 Oct 2015Frankfurt
Ghana2:18:43Emanuel Amoo11 Nov 1990Lagos
Gibraltar2:32:02Jimmy Parodi6 Apr 1985Gibraltar
Greece2:12:04Spyros Andriopoulos9 Oct 1988Berlin
Greenland2:24:53Janus Eigaard21 May 2000Copenhagen
Grenada2:46:50Findlay O'Neal4 Jun 1995Port of Spain
Guam2:31:44Wayne Blas5 Nov 2016Indianapolis
Guatemala2:12:53Alfredo Arevalo30 May 2004Ottawa
Guernsey2:13:41Lee Merrien22 Apr 2012London
Guinea2:16:48Alhassane Bangoura25 Feb 2018Seville
Guinea-Bissau2:29:04Joaquim Moreira da Silva8 Nov 1987Lisbon
Guyana2:25:02Andrew Smith29 May 2004Louisville
Haiti2:14:22Dieudonné Lamothe16 Apr 1988Gagny
Honduras2:17:49Clovis Morales24 Apr 1977Porz
Hong Kong2:24:43Tsui Chi Hin16 Sep 2018Berlin
Hungary2:12:10Csaba Szűcs25 Apr 1993Paris
Iceland2:17:12Kari Steinn Karlsson25 Sep 2011Berlin
India2:12:00Shivnath Singh28 May 1978JalandharNote
Indonesia2:19:18Eduardus Nabunome12 Sep 1993Jakarta
Iran2:17:41Mohammad Jafar Moradi23 Jan 2015Dubai
Iraq2:21:54Sadoun Nassir3 Jan 1982Baghdad
Ireland2:09:15John Treacy18 Apr 1988BostonNote
Isle of Man2:23:34Dave Cowell31 Jan 1974Christchurch
Israel2:09:54Girmaw Amare5 May 2019Prague
Italy2:07:19Eyob Faniel23 Feb 2020Seville
Jamaica2:16:39Derrick Adamson25 Nov 1984Philadelphia
Japan2:05:29Suguru Osako3 Mar 2020Tokyo
Jersey2:22:36William Tweed23 Apr 1989London, Great Britain
Jordan2:17:24Methkal Abu Drais25 Jan 2015Marrakesh
Kazakhstan2:11:59Nikolay Penzin3 Sep 1978Prague
Kenya2:01:39Eliud Kipchoge16 Sep 2018Berlin
Kosovo2:29:36Rexhep Ajvazaj9 Feb 1997Las Vegas
Kuwait2:34:25Ateya Seoud Khallaf17 Dec 1978Bangkok
Kyrgyzstan2:11:16Satymkul Dzhumanazarov24 May 1980Moscow
Laos2:43:45Sysavath Thammavongchit24 Feb 2013Vientiane
Latvia2:14:24Valērijs Žolnerovičs14 May 2017Riga
Lebanon2:20:31Hussein Awadah7 Nov 2010Beirut
Lesotho2:09:47Motloka Nkhabutlane9 Apr 2017Paris
Liberia3:00:15Raymond Dovenon25 Aug 2013Monrovia
Libya2:13:33Ali Zayed Mabrouk23 Nov 2008Milan
Liechtenstein2:23:55Marcel Tschopp9 Oct 2011Chicago
Lithuania2:12:35Česlovas Kundrotas26 Oct 1997Frankfurt
Luxembourg2:14:03Justin Gloden19 May 1985Frankfurt
Macao2:28:22Lam-weng Hei5 Jun 1994Melbourne
Macedonia2:25:06Trpe Martinovski17 Sep 2000Novi SadNote
Madagascar2:17:14Jules Randrianarivelo29 Jul 1979Moscow
Malawi2:17:18Smartex Tambala2 Feb 1991Las VegasNote
Malaysia2:25:07Chan Yew Woo17 Jun 2012Duluth
Maldives2:32:56Mohamed Shifaz25 Jan 2019Dubai
Mali2:34:16Siaka Sangaré23 Jan 2011Bamako
Malta2:25:02Charlton Debono1 December 2019Valencia
Martinique2:27:03Claude Nohile30 Jan 2000Port-of-Spain
Mauritania2:43:10Majid Touré13 Apr 2008RotterdamNote
Mauritius2:18:20David Carver17 Apr 2016Hamburg
Mexico2:07:19Andres Espinosa18 Apr 1994BostonNote
Moldova, Republic of2:08:32Jaroslav Mushinschi2 May 2010Düsseldorf
Monaco2:49:36Sonny Folcheri23 Feb 2019Seville
Mongolia2:08:50Ser-Od Bat-Ochir7 Dec 2014Fukuoka
Montenegro2:24:18Drago Musić4 Oct 1998Podgorica
Morocco2:05:26Almahjoub Dazza2 Dec 2018Valencia
Mozambique2:31:20Yancubo Issufo4 Dec 2011Macau
Myanmar2:19:57Khin Soe17 Dec 1978Bangkok
Namibia2:09:08Luketz Swartbooi18 Apr 1994BostonNote
Nauru3:48:06Karl Hartman?? ??? 1968Nauru
Nepal2:15:03Baikuntha Manandhar10 May 1987CalcuttaNote
Netherlands2:06:17Abdi Nageeye7 Apr 2019Rotterdam
2:57:28Herman Couperus17 Mar 2007CuraçaoNote
New Caledonia2:11:59Alain Lazare12 Feb 1984Tokyo
New Zealand2:08:19Zane Robertson7 Jul 2019Gold Coast
Nicaragua2:20:39William Aguirre13 Jan 1990Tegucigalpa
Niger2:25:05Abdou Manzo2 Oct 1988Seoul
Nigeria2:16:06Mohamed Abbas11 Nov 1990Lagos
Niue3:30:00Simpson Ikimau19 Oct 1982Paliati
Norfolk Island3:30:20James Donaldson28 Jul 2002Manchester, UK
North Korea2:09:26Li Jong Hyong19 Oct 1983PyongyangNote
2:13:06Gregory Hannon13 May 1979Coventry
Northern Mariana Islands2:44:44Eli Torgeson17 Apr 2006Boston
Norway2:05:48Sondre Nordstad Moen3 Dec 2017Fukuoka
Oman2:44:01Sami Al-Saidi18 Jan 2019Muscat
Pakistan2:14:11Naseer Ahmad19 Dec 2003RawalpindiNote
2:29:28Ihab Salama16 Apr 2000Rotterdam
Panama2:15:57Jorge Castelblanco17 Apr 2016Hamburg
Papua New Guinea2:28:13Tau John Tokwepota7 Dec 1980Honolulu
Paraguay2:12:54Derlis Ayala27 Jul 2019Lima
Peru2:09:31Christian Pacheco27 Jul 2019Lima
Philippines2:18:44Eduardo Buenavista1 Feb 2004Ōita
Poland2:07:39Henryk Szost4 Mar 2012Ōtsu
Portugal2:06:36António Pinto16 Apr 2000London
Puerto Rico2:12:43Jorge González28 Aug 1983Caracas
Qatar2:07:19Mubarak Hassan Shami15 Apr 2007Paris
Republic of the Congo2:26:01Bernard Tsati16 Sep 1990Puteaux
Réunion2:19:17Jean-Jacques Prianon1 May 1977Nogent sur Marne
Romania2:12:30Catalin Andreica3 Sep 1978PragueNote
Russia2:09:07Aleksey Sokolov29 Oct 2007Dublin
Rwanda2:09:55Mathias Ntawulikuri16 Apr 2000London
3:11:21Erroll Duncan19 Mar 2006Melbourne
Saint Kitts and Nevis2:38:48Jesse Mulcaire5 Nov 1989New York City
Saint Lucia2:16:06Joseph Zepherinus5 Oct 2003Saint Paul, USA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2:15:30Pamenos Ballantyne26 Jan 2003Port-of-SpainNote
Samoa2:41:50Amani Tapusoa22 Mar 1969Apia
San Marino2:21:19Gian Luigi Macina27 Oct 1991Carpi
Sao Tome and Principe2:38:32Mario Pitra29 Jun 1980Brazzaville
Saudi Arabia2:20:35Abdullah Al-Sadiq30 Sep 2001Budapest
2:08:14Callum Hawkins28 Apr 2019London
Senegal2:25:01Samba Faye14 Feb 2016Dakar
Serbia2:13:57Borislav Devic15 Jan 1995HoustonNote
Seychelles2:25:48Albert Marie23 Oct 1988Victoria
Sierra Leone2:33:38Idrissa Kargbo13 Apr 2014London
Singapore2:23:42Soh Rui Yong17 Mar 2019Seoul
Slovakia2:09:53Robert Stefko26 Apr 1998LondonNote
Slovenia2:11:50Roman Kejžar26 Mar 2000Turin
Solomon Islands2:36:16Mackay Talasasa8 Oct 1982Brisbane
Somalia2:17:24Ahmed Mohamed Ismail19 Oct 1986Detroit
South Africa2:06:33Gert Thys14 Feb 1999Tokyo
South Korea2:07:20Lee Bong-Ju13 Feb 2000Tokyo
South Sudan2:14:32Guor Marial2 Oct 2011Saint Paul, USA
Spain2:06:52Julio Rey23 Apr 2006Hamburg
Sri Lanka2:13:47Anuradha Cooray26 Apr 2015London
Sudan2:19:51John Narat10 Mar 1977Khartoum
Suriname2:39:11Radjinder Patan27 Nov 2005ParamariboNote
Swaziland2:12:54Richard Mabuza31 Jan 1974ChristchurchNote
Sweden2:10:09David Nilsson1 Dec 2019Valencia
Switzerland2:06:40Tadesse Abraham20 Mar 2016Seoul
Syria2:26:27Ahmed Saker26 Dec 1985Latakia
Tahiti2:25:28Jean-Louis Boonma7 Aug 1983Apia
Tajikistan2:18:40Anatoliy Belogurov20 Jun 1980MoscowNote
Tanzania2:07:46Augustino Sulle21 Oct 2018Toronto
Thailand2:16:56Tony Ah-Thit Payne28 Oct 2018Frankfurt
Togo2:30:17Outcha Améwouho11 Nov 1990Lomé
Tonga2:45:04Tongia Vakaafi2 Mar 2013Phoenix
Trinidad and Tobago2:13:03Ronnie Holassie29 Apr 2001Cleveland
Tunisia2:12:36Tahar Manjouri14 Jan 1996Marrakesh
Turkey2:05:27Kaan Kigen Özbilen7 Apr 2019Rotterdam
Turkmenistan2:15:53Rashid Kakadshanov5 Oct 1980Uzhgorod
Uganda2:06:33Stephen Kiprotich22 Feb 2015Tokyo
Ukraine2:07:15Dmytry Baranovskiy3 Dec 2006Fukuoka
United Arab Emirates2:23:42Jassim Abbas Ali11 Jan 2002Dubai
United Kingdom2:05:11Mo Farah7 Oct 2018Chicago
United States2:05:38Khalid Khannouchi14 Apr 2002LondonNote
United States Virgin Islands2:18:50Eduardo Garcia20 Jan 2019Houston
Uruguay2:12:48Néstor García24 Oct 1999Chicago
Uzbekistan2:13:28Vladimir Beloborodov15 Jun 1985Mogilev
Venezuela2:11:25Carlos Tarazona30 Apr 2000Cleveland
Viet Nam2:21:51Nguyen Chi Dong12 Dec 2003Hanoi
2:07:13Steve Jones20 Oct 1985Chicago
Yemen2:40:41Mohamed Al-Saadi4 Aug 1996Atlanta
Zambia2:11:35Jordan Chipangama20 Jun 2015Duluth
Zimbabwe2:09:52Cuthbert Nyasango11 May 2014Prague

Women's national records