Fastest marathon (male)

Fastest marathon (male)
Who
Kelvin Kiptum
What
2:00:35 hour(s):minute(s):second(s)
Where
United States (Chicago)
When

The fastest marathon (male) is 2 hr 35 sec, achieved by Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya), at the 2023 Chicago Marathon in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 8 October 2023.


Kiptum broke the previous record by over 30 seconds to achieve the first ever sub-2:01 finish in a record-eligible marathon race.

He ran the second half of the marathon in just 59 min 47 sec.

On 11 February 2024, Kelvin Kiptum died in a road accident in Kenya. He was 24 years old.