Oldest/Youngest Marathon Winners
These are the oldest and youngest marathon winners that have
been reported. Only one performance is listed for each runner altho many of the runners listed have
more than one qualifying performance.
Oldest
Men: 78y276d Dan Schuff (25 Feb 1935,USA) 6:23:01 28 Nov 2013 San Antonio TX USA 70y301d Anton Gombar (16 Nov 1944,SVK) 6:08:03 13 Sep 2015 Bojnice SVK 70y156d Robert Lynch (1945) 6:32:41 04 Jun 2016 Henderson NV USA 70y111d Charlie Viers (29 Aug 1941,USA) 5:12:32 18 Dec 2011 Dallas TX USA 70y 1d Laurence Macon (31 Dec 1944,USA) 6:52:13 01 Jan 2015 Long Beach CA USA 69y 97d Lex deBoer (23 Jun 1947,NED) 3:49:26 29 Sep 2016 Tynaarlo NED 69y 44d Peter Wieneke (28 Dec 1946,GER) 7:22:37 10 Feb 2016 Hamburg GER 68y199d Alexander Simon (17 Nov 1947,SVK) 4:16:51 03 Jun 2016 Zilina SVK 66y325d Jeff Burleson (15 Dec 1948,USA) 6:45:12 05 Nov 2015 Las Cruces NM USA 65y322d Dusan Hora (06 Feb 1945,AUS) 5:49:34 25 Dec 2010 Jindabyne AUS 10 65y263d Danny Keatley (1947,USA) 5:32: 21 Sep 2013 Boone NC USA 65y244d Gerald Glass (28 Apr 1938,USA) 3:45:40 28 Dec 2003 Springfield MO USA 64y 64d Dietrich Eberle (28 Mar 1951,GER) 7:45:06 31 May 2015 Salzgitter GER 63y352d Jay-Jacob Wind (12 Jan 1950,USA) 3:29:20 31 Dec 2013 Hagerstown MD USA 63y185d Leif Feøy (29 Jun 1936,NOR) 3:24:25 31 Dec 1999 Alesund NOR 63y104d Richard Holmes (1949,USA) 4:45:40 14 Apr 2013 Raleigh NC USA 62y319d James McCam (1952,USA) 4:10:28.9 15 Nov 2015 Orlando FL USA 62y287d Miroslav Krumer (02 Jul 1949,CZE) 3:55:55 15 Apr 2012 Zilina SVK 62y189d Jeff Arndt (1953,USA) 3:37:13 08 Aug 2015 Sitka AK USA 62y189d Joseph Poliquin (1952,USA) 6:56:08 08 Aug 2015 Medora ND USA 20 62y 93d Gilles Lacasse (18 Apr 1946,CAN) 3:19:31.4 20 Jul 2008 Sept-Iles PQ CAN 62y 50d Sjoerd Slaaf (19 Aug 1952,NED) 4:19:11 09 Oct 2014 Bremen GER 61y348d Calvin Dallas (1952,ISV) 3:19:33 14 Dec 2014 Frederiksted ISV 61y268d Benji Durden (28 Aug 1951,USA) 3:56:36 23 May 2013 Hartford CT USA 61y255d Michael Jong (1951,CAN) 3:13:26 13 Oct 2013 Goose Bay NF CAN 61y236d John Bryant (1954,USA) 7:38:58 24 Sep 2016 Lebanon TN USA 61y229d Jan Manak (03 Apr 1954,SVK) 3:57:13 18 Nov 2015 Kosice SVK 61y226d Francis Fagan (1949,CAN) 3:29:09 14 Aug 2011 Port Greville NS CAN 61y186d Aleksandr Medvedev (12 Oct 1944,RUS) n/a 16 Apr 2006 Voronezh RUS 61y140d Veikko Ollila (1954,FIN) 3:47:49 18 Mar 2016 Helsinki FIN 30 61y 75d Karl-Heinz Wiegand (09 Jan 1945,GER) 4:20:34 25 Mar 2006 Lilienthal GER 61y 57d Wolfgang Gröning (19 Feb 1953,GER) 3:28:37 18 Apr 2014 Kaltenkirchen GER 61y 39d Stevan Ranson (28 Sep 1954,USA) 4:41:15 06 Nov 2015 Las Cruces NM USA 60y257d Hartmut Feldman (29 Aug 1951,GER) 4:12:33 13 May 2012 Hamburg GER 60y 82d Helmut Böttjer (1946,GER) 4:24:40 22 Mar 2008 Lilienthal GER 60y 37d Sidy Dialo (1955,FRA) 4:36:54 06 Feb 2016 Saint Martin AHO 60y 32d Leonard Vergunst (17 Oct 1955,USA) 3:16:28 28 Nov 2015 Waveland MS USA 60y 14d Christian Hottas (03 May 1956,GER) 6:17:25 17 May 2016 Hamburg GER 59y224d Bert Stella (1955,USA) 3:53:02 12 Sep 2015 Wakefield MI USA 59y 86d Francesco Zecchillo (10 Seo 1956,ITA) 3:40:46 05 Dec 2015 Lavello ITA 40 58y340d Mel Preedy (1933,USA) 3:18:16 05 Dec 1992 Blaine WA USA 58y314d David Dwornick (28 Dec 1957,USA) 3:25:32 06 Nov 2016 Utica MI USA 58y310d Miroslav Krisko (11 Dec 1957,SVK) 4:52:11 16 Oct 2016 Prievidza SVK 58y308d Antoni Cichonczuk (02 Nov 1949,POL) 2:45:14 06 Sep 2008 Malmo SWE 58y257d Richard Chase (16 Feb 1956,USA) 3:45:51 01 Nov 2014 Holbrook AZ USA 58y215d Kenneth Stebler (30 Mar 1957,USA) 3:49:03 01 Nov 2015 Las Crucas NM USA 58y195d Terrence Stanley (05 Sep 1952,USA) 3:11:37 19 Mar 2011 Chesterfield VA USA 58y169d Howard Daniel (1933,USA) 4:57:40 18 Jul 1992 Sausalito CA USA 58y131d Hans-Gunter Wolff (05 Jun 1951,GER) 3:15:46 24 Oct 2009 Wilsche GER 50 58y130d George Purdy (1955,USA) 4:45:43 10 May 2014 Nashville IN USA 58y130d Joe Weaver (27 Jun 1957,USA) 5:38:25 04 Nov 2015 Las Cruces NM USA Women: 76y 91d Sigrid Eichner (29 Sep 1940,GER) 6:52:30 29 Dec 2016 Berlin GER 72y118d Bettie Wailes (03 Sep 1944,USA) 6:53:22 30 Dec 2016 San Antonio TX USA 72y 3d Rosemary vonKocemba (29 Sep 1944,GER) 6:31:03 02 Oct 2016 Hamburg GER 71y265d Rimma Vasina (23 Oct 1940,RUS) 3:42:05 14 Jul 2012 [Moscow oblast] RUS 71y 64d Bibbi Lind (22 May 1944,SWE) 3:48:23 25 Jul 2015 Lottorp SWE 70y232d Vera Nystad (18 Dec 1945,NOR) 3:48:01 06 Aug 2016 Stokmarkness NOR 70y 74d Nadezda Kavtaskina (25 Jul 1936,LAT) 4:02:36 07 Oct 2006 Riga LAT 69y160d Leili Teevali (22 Dec 1946,EST) 5:52:12 29 May 2016 Salo FIN 69y 75d Barbara Gil (15 Dec 1946,POL) 8:15:20 28 Feb 2016 Witunia POL 68y363d Oline Yksnoy (1942,NOR) 4:39:47 28 Dec 2011 Alesund NOR 10 68y240d Lyubov Bleikh (1947,RUS) 7:01:03 27 Aug 2016 Moscow RUS 68y181d Eva Seidlova (19 May 1948,SVK) 4:21:20 17 Nov 2016 Zilina SVK 68y165d Shirley Young (24 Dec 1929,AUS) 3:59:29 07 Jun 1998 Traralgon AUS 68y 83d Christel Kunze (12 Dec 1937,GER) 6:16:37 05 Mar 2006 Lilienthal GER 66y191d Marianne Dahl (29 Oct 1943,GER) 5:08:12 08 May 2010 Bad Eilsen GER 66y 55d Barbara Churchley (06 Apr 1951,USA 6:42:50 31 May 2017 Bloomington IL USA 65y296d Gunilla Franzen (22 Jul 1944,SWE) 5:20:38 14 May 2010 Skovde SWE 65y 64d Ida Salbakk (09 Apr 1933, NOR) 3:57:04 13 Jun 1998 Alstahaug NOR 64y346d Irena Lasota (27 Apr 1951,POL) 4:33:40 27 Feb 2016 Wituna POL 64y183d Gunla Eberle (19 Mar 1952,GER) 8:38:26 18 Sep 2016 Salzgitter GER 20 63y257d Ingelise Jensen (28 Aug 1949,DEN) 3:39:24 12 May 2013 Ringkobing DEN 63y200d Mary Schumann (15 Nov 1953,USA) 5:16:01 02 Jun 2017 Monroe WI USA 62y267d Gina Little (13 Apr 1945,ENG) 4:13:09 05 Jan 2008 Stevenage ENG 62y180d Martine Brishoual (01 Apr 1952,FRA) 3:50:30 28 Sep 2014 Bain de Bretagne FRA 62y177d Marion Epstein (31 Aug 1917,USA) 5:47:30 24 Feb 1980 Albany NY USA 61y330d Galina Eremina (14 Feb 1953,RUS) 7:38:22 10 Jan 2015 Krasnogorsk RUS 61y295d Judy Fisher (1943,USA) 3:51:21 22 Oct 2005 Olympia WA USA 61y259d Chantal Pain (20 Nov 1955,FRA) 3:47:05 06 Aug 2017 Saint André des Eaux FRA 61y178d Amy Yanni (15 Apr 1954,USA) 3:52:05 10 Oct 2015 Key West FL USA 61y143d Anke Meinberg (07 May 1954,GER) 4:35:48 27 Sep 2015 Northeim GER 30 61y127d Maria Rolfes (25 Sep 1954,GER) 4:06:02 30 Jan 2016 Oldenburg GER 61y 58d Dorrit-Thomhav Horlyck (1954,DEN) 3:50:29 27 Feb 2016 Aarhus DEN 61y 7d Burnis Hicks (09 Mar 1913,USA) 4:45:23 16 Mar 1974 Virginia Beach VA USA 61y 3d Cornelia Feurich (1955,GER) 5:30:16 04 Jan 2017 Hamburg GER 60y288d Maj Hedberg (30 Oct 1938,SWE) 4:32:00 14 Aug 1999 Nordingra SWE 60y255d Cheryl Murdock (21 Apr 1950,USA) 6:50:36 01 Jan 2011 Ocala FL USA 60y231d Helga Backhaus (19 Jan 1953,GER) 5:54:00 07 Sep 2013 Gardelegen GER 60y229d Carrie Parsi (21 Dec 1938,USA) 8:30: 07 Aug 1999 Cuzco PER 60y213d Anna-Leena Pirhonen (1954,FIN) 4:09:02 01 Aug 2015 Kauhava FIN 60y143d Marcie Trent (22 Dec 1917,USA) 3:31:30 14 May 1978 Girdwood AK USA 40 60y 76d Jacqueline Millet (03 Jan 1953,ENG) 4:09:37 20 Mar 2014 Bletchley ENG 60y 51d Alicja Banasiak (20 Sep 1952,POL) 4:05:10 10 Nov 2012 Bydgoszcz POL Youngest
Men: 13y243d Brent Capps (26 Sep 2003,USA) 3:39:54 27 May 2017 Craig AK USA 14y 67d James Drews (26 Apr 1958,USA) 2:37:05 02 Jul 1972 Whitewater WI USA 14y146d Christopher Rayder (11 Mar 1999,USA) 3:10:46 04 Aug 2013 Cookeville TN USA 14y233d Chang-Son Kim (11 Apr 1952,PRK) 2:42:30 30 Nov 1966 Pnon Penh CAM 15y 19d Rosfelo Siosi (23 Aug 1996,SOL) 2:59:00 11 Sep 2011 Honiara SOL 15y 90d Kiptanui Sirma (22 Aug 1958,KEN) 2:29:27.0 28 Nov 1973 Kisumu KEN 16y175d Gert Thys (12 Nov 1971,RSA) 2:34:10 07 May 1988 Kenhardt RSA 17y 28d Scott Bagley (10 Aug 1964,USA) 2:28:49 07 Sep 1981 Rochester NY USA 17y 30d Philip Nicholls (29 Sep 1983,ENG) 2:48:12 29 Oct 2000 Llanberis WAL 17y 35d James Berka (12 Jan 1952,USA) 2:40:35.3 16 Feb 1969 Artesia NM USA 10 17y 89d Jeff Dettmer (09 Jan 1961,USA) 2:29:03 08 Apr 1978 Orange CA USA Women: 10y262d Jennifer Amyx (16 Jan 1970,USA) 3:12:48 04 Oct 1980 Johnstown PA USA 11y 33d Gwendolyn Brauer (1962,USA) 3:44:59 03 Feb 1973 Las Vegas NV USA 11y 62d Mary Etta Boitano (04 Mar 1963,USA) 3:08:21 05 May 1974 Weott CA USA 11y218d Gabriel Warrington (1965,USA) 4:53:04 06 Sep 1976 Columbia MO USA 11y294d Debbie Koffel (10 May 1964,USA) 3:04:26 28 Feb 1976 Seaside OR USA 12y 62d Mary Etta Boitano (05 May 1974,USA) 3:08:21 05 May 1974 Weott CA USA 12y 70d Manuela Veith (11 May 1974,GER) 3:09:36 Jul 1986 Bühlertal GER (now Zipse) 12y 81d Laurie Bangert (1963,USA) 3:59:59 23 Mar 1975 San Martin CA USA 12y 91d Michelle Sellers (1972,USA) 3:12:04 31 Mar 1984 Abilene TX USA 12y127d Lili Ledbetter (02 Jun 1961,USA) 3:03:32 07 Oct 1973 Eugene OR USA 10
Last Updated on 12 Dec 2017
Contributors: Jon Walk, Maarten Krol, Andy Milroy, Marty Post