Rekorde
Die Entwicklung des Marathon-Weltrekordes - Männer
| Name | Land | Zeit | Lauf | Schuhmarke |
| Tergat, Paul | KEN | 2:04:55 | 2003 Berlin | Nike |
| Khannouchi, Khalid | USA | 2:05:38 | 2002 London | New Balance |
| Khannouchi, Khalid | MAR | 2:05:42 | 1999 Chicago | New Balance |
| da Costa, Ronaldo | BRA | 2:06:05 | 1998 Berlin | Nike |
| Dinsamo, Belayneh | ETH | 2:06:50 | 1988 Rotterdam | Adidas |
| Lopes, Carlos | POR | 2:07:12 | 1985 Rotterdam | Nike |
| Jones, Steve | GBR | 2:08:05 | 1984 Chicago | Reebok |
| de Castella, Rob | AUS | 2:08:18 | 1981 Fukuoka | Adidas |
| Clayton, Derek | AUS | 2:08:34 | 1969 Antwerpen | |
| Clayton, Derek | AUS | 2:09:36 | 1967 Fukuoka | |
| Shigematsu, Morio | JPN | 2:12:00 | 1965 Cheswick | |
| Bikila, Abebe | ETH | 2:12:11 | 1964 Tokyo | |
| Heatley, Basil | GBR | 2:13:55 | 1964 Cheswick | |
| Edelen, Leonard | USA | 2:14:28 | 1963 Cheswick | |
| Terasawa, Toru | JPN | 2:15:15 | 1963 Beppu | |
| Bikila, Abebe | ETH | 2:15:16 | 1960 Rom | |
| Popov, Sergey | URS | 2:15:17 | 1958 Stockholm | |
| Peters, Jim | GBR | 2:17:39 | 1954 Cheswick | |
| Peters, Jim | GBR | 2:18:34 | 1953 Turku | |
| Peters, Jim | GBR | 2:18:40 | 1953 Cheswick | |
| Peters, Jim | GBR | 2:20:42 | 1952 Cheswick | |
| Bok Suh, Yun | KOR | 2:25:39 | 1947 Boston | |
| Son, Kitei | JPN | 2:26:42 | 1935 Tokyo | |
| Ikenaka, Yashuo | JPN | 2:26:44 | 1935 Tokyo | |
| Suzuki, Fushashige | JPN | 2:27:49 | 1935 Tokyo | |
| Michelson, Albert | USA | 2:29:01 | 1925 PortChester | |
| Kolehmainen, Hannes | FIN | 2:32:35 | 1920 Antwerpen | |
| Ahlgren, Alexis | SWE | 2:36:06 | 1913 London | |
| Green, Harry | GBR | 2:38:16 | 1913 London | |
| Johansson, Thure | SWE | 2:40:34 | 1909 Stockholm | |
| Barett, Fred | GBR | 2:42:31 | 1909 London | |
| Raines, Albert | USA | 2:46:04 | 1909 NewYork | |
| Clark, James | USA | 2:46:52 | 1909 NewYork | |
| Fowler, Robert | USA | 2:52:45 | 1909 NewYork | |
| Hayes, John | USA | 2:55:19 | 1908 London |