Records broken at the TCS London Marathon

The Men's Elite Races

World Records
  • 2:05:38, Khalid Khannouchi (USA), 2002 
Area and Commonwealth Records
  • North American: 2:05:38, Khalid Khannouchi (USA), 2002
  • Commonwealth: 2:05:48, Paul Tergat (KEN), 2002
  • European: 2:06:36, António Pinto (POR), 2000 
British Records
  • 2:05:39, Sir Mo Farah, 2019
Current National Records
  • Austria: 2:10:06, Peter Herzog, 2020
  • Guernsey: 2:13:41, Lee Merrien, 2012
  • Jersey: 2:22:36, William Tweed 1989
  • Northern Ireland: 2:09:49, Stephen Scullion, 2020
  • Portugal: 2:06:36, António Pinto, 2000
  • Rwanda: 2:09:55, Mathias Ntawalikura, 2000
  • Scotland: 2:08:14, Callum Hawkins, 2019
  • Slovakia: 2:09:53, Róbert Stefko, 1998
  • Sri Lanka: 2:13:47, Anuradha Cooray, 2015
  • USA: 2:05:38, Khalid Khannouchi, 2002

The Women's Elite Races

World records

Women’s only world record

  • 2:16:16, Peres Jepchirchir (KEN), 2024
  • 2:17:01, Mary Keitany (KEN), 2017
  • 2:17:42, Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 2005
  • 2:18:56, Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 2002
  • 2:21:06, Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR), 1985
  • 2:25:29, Grete Waitz (NOR), 1983

Women’s world record (mixed)

  • 2:15:25, Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 2003
Area and Commonwealth Records
  • African: 2:17:01, Mary Keitany (KEN), 2017
  • African: 2:18:37, Mary Keitany (KEN), 2012
  • North American: 2:19:36, Deena Kastor (Drossin) (USA), 2006
  • European: 2:15:25, Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 2003
  • Commonwealth: 2:15:25, Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 2003
  • North American: 2:21:16, Deena Drossin (USA), 2003
  • Central American: 2:24:06, Adriana Fernández (MEX), 1999
  • European: 2:21:06, Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR), 1985
  • European: 2:24:26, Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR), 1984
  • European: 2:25:29, Grete Waitz (NOR), 1983
British Records
  • 2:15:25, Paula Radcliffe, 2003
  • 2:18:56, Paula Radcliffe, 2002
  • 2:25:56, Véronique Marot, 1989
  • 2:26:51, Priscilla Welch, 1987
  • 2:28:06, Sarah Rowell, 1985
  • 2:29:43, Joyce Smith, 1982
  • 2:29:57, Joyce Smith, 1981 
Current National Records
  • Belarus: 2:23:54, Volha Mazuronak, 2016
  • Burundi: 2:27:50, Diane Nukuri, 2015
  • Denmark: 2:29:34, Dorthe Rasmussen, 1989
  • England, Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 2:15:25, Paula Radcliffe, 2003
  • Jersey: 2:50:44, Joann Gorrod, 2011
  • Jordan: 2:56:39, Tamara Armoush, 2019
  • Moldova: 2:27:26, Lilia Fisikovici, 2019
  • New Zealand: 2:25:21, Kim Smith, 2010
  • Norway: 2:21:06, Ingrid Kristiansen, 1985
  • Qatar: 4:34:30, Hanoof Al-Thani, 2021
  • Sierra Leone: 2:46:20, Mamie Konneh-Lahun, 2014