Fastest run marathon by an individual on debut
- Who
- Kelvin Kiptum
- What
- 2:01:53 hour(s):minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- Spain (Valencia)
- When
- 04 December 2022
The fastest marathon run on debut is 2 hours 1 minute 53 seconds, achieved by Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya) at the Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso EDP in Valencia, Spain, on 4 December 2022.
Kiptum completed an astonishing debut marathon by winning the Valencia Marathon in the fourth-fastest time ever recorded over the distance, just 44 seconds shy of Eliud Kipchoge’s world record.
On 11 February 2024, Kelvin Kiptum died in a road accident in Kenya. He was 24 years old.