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Fastest Marathon Courses — Women
(fastest men’s courses here)
Copyright © 2011 Ken Nakamura (updated 02/16/11)
Below you will find a listing of the 9 fastest women’s marathon courses as measured by the averages of the 10 fastest times run on each course. Click HERE for detailed compilations of those performances.
| List of Course Records |
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Time |
Race |
Name |
Nation |
Year |
| 1 |
2:15:25 |
London |
Paula Radcliffe |
GBR |
2003 |
| 2 |
2:17:18 |
Chicago |
Paula Radcliffe |
GBR |
2002 |
| 3 |
2:19:12 |
Berlin |
Mizuki Noguchi |
JPN |
2005 |
| 4 |
2:19:39 |
Beijing |
Sun Yingjie |
CHN |
2003 |
| 5 |
2:19:51 |
Seoul |
Zhou Chunxiu |
CHN |
2006 |
| 6 |
2:20:43 |
Boston |
Margaret Okayo |
KEN |
2002 |
| 7 |
2:20:47 |
Rotterdam |
Tegla Loroupe |
KEN |
1998 |
| 8 |
2:20:57 |
World Champs |
Paula Radcliffe |
GBR |
2005 |
| 9 |
2:21:18 |
Osaka Ladies |
Mizuki Noguchi |
JPN |
2003 |
| 10 |
2:21:37 |
Tokyo Women |
Mizuki Noguchi |
JPN |
2007 |
| 11 |
2:21:47 |
Asian Games |
Naoko Takahashi |
JPN |
1998 |
| 12 |
2:22:04 |
Paris |
Atsede Bayisa |
ETH |
2010 |
| 13 |
2:22:19 |
Nagoya Women |
Naoko Takahashi |
JPN |
2000 |
| 14 |
2:22:20 |
Amsterdam |
Gete Wami |
ETH |
2002 |
| 15 |
2:22:31 |
New York |
Margaret Okayo |
KEN |
2003 |
| 16 |
2:22:38 |
Xiamen |
Zhang Yingning |
CHN |
2008 |
| 17 |
2:22:42 |
Dubai |
Berhane Adere |
ETH |
2008 |
| 18 |
2:22:43 |
Toronto |
Sharon Cherop |
KEN |
2010 |
| 19 |
2:22:53 |
Rome |
Galina Bogomalova |
RUS |
2008 |
| 20 |
2:23:14 |
Olympic Games |
Naoko Takahashi |
JPN |
2000 |
| Average of Top 10 Times in Major Marathons |
|
Average |
Marathon |
| 1 |
2:19:47 |
London |
| 2 |
2:20:18 |
Chicago |
| 3 |
2:21:01 |
Berlin |
| 4 |
2:22:36 |
Beijing |
| 5 |
2:22:37 |
Osaka Ladies |
| 6 |
2:22:47 |
Boston |
| 7 |
2:23:32 |
New York |
| 8 |
2:23:51 |
Tokyo Women |
| 9 |
2:24:10 |
Nagoya Women |
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