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Dear Sports Friends, • Unique experience • Unrivaled photographs Welcome to the 25th edition of the volkswagen . • Live coverage from the course

The Press Guide, which you are holding in your hands, contains basic information for journalists relating to the volkswagen Reserve space in the car at the Press Centre or by calling Diana Rybachenko at tel: +420 777 746 801. Seating is limited. and the elite athletes. Other important facts about the race are presented in the RunCzech Magazine. We hope you find everything you need to cover this year’s event, but please do not hesitate to ask anyone from the Press Team, if you need anything else. Watch live on Czech TV Sport & iVysílaní The Press Team

The Press Team is based at the Hilton Prague Hotel from Thursday to Friday. On race day it will be at the Old Town Hall at Old Town Square near the Start/Finish area.

Diana Rybachenko International Media and Guests 777 746 801 [email protected]

Bohuslav Stehno PR & Media 739 083 879 [email protected]

Matěj Hejda PR & Media 739 681 846 [email protected]

James Moberly International Media 737 186 997 [email protected] Press Center

The Press Center is a place where media representatives can pick up their credentials. The latest information about the race will be available there as well as internet access.

On race day the Press Center is moving to the Old Town Hall. All accredited media are provided with a comfortable indoor location, wireless internet access, live results and live race broadcasting. The After-Race Press Conference will take place at the Press Center as well.

Thursday – Friday: Saturday – race day: Florenc Room 2 Old Town Hall Hilton Prague Hotel Old Town Square 1/3 Pobřežní 311/1 Old Town Prague 8 Prague 1

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Saturday - May 4 Press Conferences Press center / Hospitality room 8.30am – 8.30pm Florenc 1 a 2, Hilton Prague Hotel Marathon Expo 10am – 8pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Thursday - May 2, 2019 Prague Spring Concert 11.30am Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Press conference “Running helps” 11am Running Mall Barilla pasta party 12.30pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds

Start of the Walk with dogs 1pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Friday - May 3, 2019 Introduction of charity project 1.30pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Press conference – elite athletes 11am Cloud 9 sky bar & lounge, Hilton Prague Hotel Start of the dm family run 3pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds

Introduction of pacemakers 4pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Sunday - May 5, 2019 Pre-race running with Mattoni FreeRun 5pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds After race press conference 12.20pm Old Town Hall, Old Town Square Presentation of race course 6.30pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds

Media Program Sunday – May 5 Press center 7.30am – 4pm Old Town Hall, Old Town Square Thursday - May 2 Marathon Mass 7.30am Church of The Holy Cross Open doors in Running Mall 8am – 7pm Running Mall Start of program 7.30am Old Town Square Press conference “Running helps” 11am Running Mall Start of Volkswagen Prague Marathon 9am Old Town Square Hospitality Room 11.30am - 8.30pm Florenc 1, Hilton Prague Hotel Anticipated arrival of the first man 11.05am – 11.08am Old Town Square Marathon Expo 12am – 8pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Anticipated arrival of the first woman 11.23am – 11.26am Old Town Square Press center 3pm - 8.30pm Florenc 2, Hilton Prague Hotel Award ceremony 11.25am – 12.10pm Old Town Square Lucie Křížková v Expu 5pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds After race press conference 12.20pm Old Town Hall, Old Town Square Finish of the last participant 4pm Old Town Square Friday – May 3 Pre-race running to Stromovka 7am Running Mall Press center / Hospitality Room 8.30am – 8.30pm Florenc 1 a 2, Hotel Hilton Prague Institutional Title partner Marathon Expo 11am – 8.00pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Title partner partner dm family run Tisková konference elitní atleti 11am Cloud 9 sky bar & lounge, Hotel Hilton Prague Elite athletes with kids 11am Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Presentation of 4pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Interview & autography of Czech athletes 5pm Industrial Palace, Prague Exhibition Grounds Main partners

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Description of intermediate times Using the table on this page you can calculate the times the elite athletes are running. By the intermediate times you can estimate if runners have a real chance to break the world record, the race record and/or the Czech record.

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0:02:51 0:14:13 0:28:26 0:42:40 0:55:53 1:00:00 1:11:06 0:25:19 0:39:32 1:53:45 2:00:00 Emil Zátopek 0:02:43 0:14:24 0:29:01 0:43:37 0:57:56 1:00:36 1:12:24 1:26:45 1:41:01 1:55:32 2:01:39 WR M 0:02:59 0:14:53 0:29:47 0:44:40 0:59:33 1:02:50 1:14:27 0:29:20 0:44:13 1:59:07 2:05:39 ER M The Czech legend. 0:03:08 0:15:38 0:31:16 0:46:54 1:02:33 1:05:59 1:18:11 1:33:49 1:49:27 2:05:05 2:11:57 NR CZ M One of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time. On 0:03:09 0:15:43 0:31:25 0:47:08 1:02:51 1:06:18 1:18:33 1:34:16 1:49:59 2:05:41 2:12:35 ER CZ M the track, his running made him a legend; off it, his charisma and humanity made him 0:03:13 1:16:03 0:32:06 0:48:08 1:04:11 1:07:43 1:20:14 1:36:17 1:52:20 2:08:22 2:15:25 WR F a hero. No runner has generated myth like Emil Zatopek. He set 18 world records. He 0:03:22 0:16:59 0:33:57 0:50:56 0:07:55 1:11:43 1:24:53 1:41:52 1:58:50 2:15:49 2:21:57 ER F won five Olympic medals, three of them during the 1952. For 0:03:29 0:17:25 0:34:50 0:52:15 1:09:41 1:13:30 1:27:06 1:44:31 2:01:56 2:19:21 2:26:31 NR CZ F 5,000 m, 10,000 m and the marathon. No runner managed to do it! 0:03:35 0:17:55 0:35:49 0:53:44 1:11:38 1:15:34 1:29:33 1:47:27 2:05:22 2:23:16 2:30:10 ER CZ F He redefined the boundaries of endurance, training in Army boots, 0:03:55 0:19:33 0:39:06 0:58:39 1:18:12 1:22:30 1:37:46 1:57:19 2:16:52 2:36:25 2:45:00 in snow, in sand, in darkness. But his toughness was also matched by 0:04:16 0:21:20 0:42:40 1:03:59 1:25:19 1:30:00 1:46:93 2:07:59 2:29:18 2:50:38 3:00:00 a strong spirit of friendship that cost him a heavy price sometimes… 0:04:59 0:24:53 0:49:46 1:14:39 1:39:32 1:45:00 2:04:25 2:29:18 2:54:11 3:19:05 3:30:00

Emil Zátopek helped found the Prague 2:05:41 0:28:26 0:56:53 1:25:19 1:53:45 2:00:00 2:22:12 2:50:38 3:19:05 3:47:31 4:00:00 marathon 25 years ago, 0:32:00 1:03:59 1:35:59 2:07:59 2:39:58 3:11:58 3:43:58 4:15:57 being a great supporter of the race until his 0:06:24 2:15:00 4:30:00 last days. 0:07:07 0:35:33 1:11:06 1:46:39 2:22:12 2:30:00 2:57:45 3:33:18 4:08:51 4:44:24 5:00:00

0:08:32 0:42:40 1:25:19 2:07:59 2:50:38 3:00:00 3:33:18 4:15:57 4:58:37 5:41:16 6:00:00 Thank you for everything, Emil!

0:09:57 0:49:46 1:39:32 2:29:18 3:19:05 3:30:00 4:08:51 4:58:37 5:48:23 6:38:09 7:00:00 “If you want to win something, run a mile. If you want to experience a new life, run a marathon.” – Emil Zátopek WR — World Record M — Men ER — Event record F — Women NR — National record Patrons 9 volkswagen prague marathon - elite athletes list men volkswagen prague marathon - elite athletes list women

Num. Country Name Bib. name date of birth FM PB Num. Country Name Bib. name date of birth FM PB

1 BRN Almahjoub Dazza ALMAHJOUB 03.03.1991 2:05:26 1 KEN Bornes Jepkirui Kitur BORNES 23.11.1986 2:24:19 2 KEN Amos Kipruto AMOS 16.09.1992 2:05:43 2 ISR LONAH 12.12.1988 2:24:17 3 KEN Solomon Kirwa Yego SOLOMON 10.05.1987 2:06:24 3 USA Johnson KELLYN 22.07.1986 2:24:29 4 KEN Paul Muchemi Maina PAUL 26.08.1982 2:08:49 4 BRN Shitaye Eshete SHITAYE 21.05.1990 2:24:51 5 ETH Dejene Debele DEJENE 09.01.1995 2:07:10 5 ETH Genet Yalew GENET 31.12.1992 2:27:46 6 KEN Benard Kiprop Kipyego BENARD 01.06.1986 2:06:19 6 ITA Catherine Bertone CATHERINE 06.05.1972 2:28:34 7 ETH Aychew Bantie AYCHEW 12.09.1995 2:08:15 7 KEN Chumba FLOMENA 01.12.1981 2:23:00 8 USA Diane Nukuri 01.12.1984 2:27:50 8 UKR Oleksandr Sitkovskyy OLEKSANDR 09.06.1978 2:09:11 DIANE 9 KEN Diana Chemtai Kipyokei DIANA 05.05.1994 debut 9 ESP Hamid Ben Daoud HAMID 19.02.1996 2:10:21 10 KEN Lucy Cheruiyot LUCY 04.01.1997 debut 10 KEN Stephen Chebogut STEPHEN 09.01.1985 2:05:52 11 KEN Hellen Jepkurgat HELLEN 21.02.1989 2:31:12 12 ETH Dawit Wolde DAWIT 19.05.1991 2:10:04 12 CAN Leslie Sexton LESLIE 17.05.1987 2:33:23 14 ERI Yohannes Ghebregergis YOHANES 01.01.1989 2:08:46 14 SER Olivera Jevtic OLIVERA 24.07.1977 2:25:23 15 ERI Goitom Kifle GOITOM 03.12.1993 debut 15 LAT Ilona Marhele ILONA 05.04.1986 2:37:40 16 KEN Edwin Kimutai Kiplagat EDWIN 19.02.1993 debut 16 ITA Elisa Stefani ELISA 04.05.1986 2:37:54 17 KEN Nicodemus Kipkurui Kimutai 04.04.1994 debut NICODEMUS 17 BEL Hanna Vandenbussche HANNA 03.07.1987 2:37:59 18 BDI Onesphore Nzikwinkunda ONESPHORE 08.07.1997 2:12:11 18 CZE Petra Pastorová PETRA 06.01.1977 2:36:44 19 ISR Girmaw Amare GIRMAW 26.10.1987 2:12:37 19 CZE Ivana Sekýrova IVANA 13.10.1971 2:34:21 20 SVK Tibor Sahajda TIBOR 18.12.1990 2:15:59 20 CZE Tereza Ďurdiaková TEREZA 20.02.1991 2:48:53 21 LTH Remigius Kancys REMIGIUS 17.07.1987 2::13:12 21 USA April Lund APRIL 12.07.1982 2:49:55 22 CZE Jiří Homoláč JIRKA 25.02.1990 2:16:55 22 IRL Dylan Hasset DYLAN 19.05.1993 2:57:46 23 CZE Vít Pavlišta VÍT 22.03.1985 2:17:51 23 CZE Eva Filipiová EVA 26.05.1986 2:51:22 24 CZE David Vaš DAVID 16.10.1990 debut 25 USA Thomas Rivers Puzey THOMAS 22.08.1984 2:18:20 47 NED Emmanuel Kipkoech Biwott PACE W1 25.1284 26 CZE Petr Pechek PETR 11.04.1983 2:18:28 48 KEN Pius Kipchirchir Barmao PACE W2 10.04.1992 27 GRE Christoforos Merousis CHRISTOFOROS 23.03.1982 2:19:00 49 SER Kristian Stošič PACE W3 24.05.1982 28 SVK Boris Csiba BORIS 17.08.1980 2:26:57 50 ITA Gabriele Beltrami PACE W4 07.06.1974 51 FRA Jeremy Pignard PACE W 5 09.08.1985 41 KEN Philip Kibungei Tarbei PACE M 1 13.02.1994 Official partners 42 KEN Shadrack Kiplagat PACE M2 12.12.1990 43 KEN William Waweru Wanjiku PACE M 3 07.05.1995 44 KEN Benard Kiprotich Kosgei PACE M 4 01.09.1991 45 KEN Bethwel Kipkemboi Rutto PACE M 5 06.04.1993 46 KEN Stephen Kiplagat Busienei PACE M 6 02.11.1978 elite athletes - men pRESS gUIDE

Almahjoub Amos Oleksandr Solomon Kirwa Dazza Kipruto Sitkovskyy Yego

• He ran an outstanding time of 2:05:26 last year • He lives by the motto: Stay focused, stay strong • He finished second at Mattoni České Budějovice • So far he’s predominantly focused on in and ranks among the fastest men to and good things will come your way 2018 (1:05:37) being a part of the half marathon courses where he boasts an compete in Prague, at least on paper • He regularly keeps fans updated on his training EuroHeroes project outstanding personal best of 58:44, making him • He completed his first two , in regimen through his Twitter feed • He finished Marathon in 2:10:17 thus the third fastest half marathon runner in history which wasn’t a huge success, and then in Valencia • He premiered on marathon courses in 2016, managed to qualify for Olympic Games in • He ran his first marathon in 2011 in , though where he shaved three minutes off his time winning at his very first race in Rome • He ranks 2020 • He participated in al RunCzech half Prague was his first big race back in 2016 • He didn’t shine as brightly as other Moroccans as last year’s second best runner of the season marathons 2018 • Accolades include winning the Roma-Ostia half during his junior years, yet at the 2009 Cross with a personal best time of 2:05:43 from marathon as well as the half marathon in Udine Country Youth Championship, he competed • He missed most of the 2013 season, but took alongside current top athletic stars Sajf Sajd part in the African Cross Country Championships Shaheen and Moses Kibet one year later, picking up a team gold for

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Hamid Paul Benard Kiprop Jiří BEN Daoud MAINA Kipyego Homoláč

• He has proved his capacity to finish • His current best time of 2:11:22 hails from • At just twenty one, he picked up a bronze medal • Currently the fastest Czech runner a marathon in 2:10:21, having achieved this feat Münster in back in 2017 at the World Cross Country Championships in the • He will continue to train alternately between Kenya at his home race in Valencia in 2018 • Some may be interested to learn that this Kenyan city of Mombasa (2007) and Europe, also having trained with Kenyan long- • In preparation for the Volkswagen Prague runner ran a marathon in the Peruvian capital • He went on to take silver at the World Half distance runners ahead of the Sportisimo Prague Marathon, he took part in a 10 km race in the Lima five years ago Marathon Championships two years later Half Marathon Moroccan city of Taroudant back in March, • He ranks among veteran runners, having not • The thirty-two year old athlete’s personal best • He comes with experience running all courses from finishing fourth with a time of 28:07 competed in these seasons: 2013, 2015 and 2018 time currently stands at an impressive 2:06:19 the 1500 metre distance all the way to the marathon recorded at a race in Amsterdam in 2015 • Two-times champion in road • He previously ran half marathons too where he distance runs • He sticks to the motto – believe in boasts a fantastic personal best of 59:10 your dreams and run after them

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Bornes Jepkirui Lonah Chemtai Shitaye Kellyn KITUR SALPETER Eshete TAYLOR

• During her career to date she has already • Versatile athlete originally from Kenya who has • Native Ethiopian runner currently racing for • She won the Pan American Cross Country Cup in managed to bring home over 78 thousand dollars accepted Israeli citizenship and already smashed Bahrain 2015 with the US women’s team, while picking up in prize money, mostly picked up over the past some national records • She picked up a bronze medal in the 10 km race silver in the individual race • The thirty-two year three years • She entered the history books in August 2018 as at the 2010 held in the Chinese city old athlete has won 118 thousand dollars for her • She has won 7 races already the first Israeli to pick up the European Champion of Guangzhou efforts so far • She has run a marathon this year in , title in the 10 000 metres track race during the • In 2011 she picked up bronze in the 5 km and • She has 18 career wins under her belt at races where she finished in 2:26:01 • Her personal best European Championships silver in the 10 km at the of varying distances from the 5 kilometres to the of 2:24:19 was recorded at last year’s Volkswagen • At the same event in the 5 km race, the runner • She ran her marathon best last year in marathon • Her best marathon performance on Prague Marathon, a race in which she also reigned made a tragic error, miscalculating the number of (2:24:51) record is 2:24:29 from the US city, Duluth (2018) supreme laps left and stopping one early thinking she had won. This made way for Dutch runner Sifan Hassan SPONSOR: Nike | Nationality: Kenya to snatch gold, leaving Salpeter devastated • Her personal best time of 2:24:17 hails from the SPONSOR: adidas | Nationality: BAHRAIN SPONSOR: Nike | Nationality: USA Italian city of (2018)

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Genet • She hails from Burundi, and as of 2017 also Yalew holds a US passport • She has appeared at 5 Olympic Games in a row • Last year’s national champion and fastest • Following on from the Francophone Games In 1996 she was declared best young female Czech woman of Volkswagen Prague in 2001, she flew to where she sought athlete Marathon 2018 asylum from the civil war in Burundi, during • She is Ethiopia’s national champion • She ran her best marathon in 2003 in • She reached her best results coached by which her father died • She has competed at She holds one silver from the World Cross (2:25:23) Alena Peterková three Olympic Games – in 2000 as Country Championships • She has represented three different countries - • Her personal best for the marathon is a fifteen year old, in 2012 as well as Rio • Her fastest marathon in 2018 was in Dubai Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro 2:36:44 2016. She enhanced her own national record at (2:27:46) • She is running now mainly for fun the New York half marathon in 2013 • Her best • In 2011 she began competing on the adult time on the marathon course is 2:27:50 recorded circuit, later moving onto the Diamond League in in London back in 2015 athletics

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• The Volkswagen Prague Marathon will be broadcast live on ČT Sport and internationally through Lagardere faster than Kenyan runner Bornes Jepkirui Kitur’s record. distribution. • Czech fans can look forward to the traditional Czech national marathon championships, which will be held as part • More than 100 000 runners took part in RunCzech races held in the Czech Republic plus two in Italy last year. The of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon. Among those taking part include the 2017 winner and five-times national Volkswagen Prague Marathon is the third race in the 2019 RunCzech running season. champion Petr Pechek, plus the current champion Jiří Homoláč as well as Vít Pavlišta.

• The race has been awarded the Gold Label from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for • The main Czech favourites to win include three-times Czech marathon champion Petra Pastorová, the Olympian the tenth time in a row. Ivana Sekyrová, Eva Filipiová who finished among the first Czech runners at this year’s Sportisimo and the talented Tereza Ďurdiaková. • ’s race record of 2:05:39 from 2010 made the Volkswagen Prague Marathon the fastest May marathon of all time. The women’s race record of 2:21:57 has been held by Valary Aiyabei since 2017. • Aside from professional athletes, a number of well-known personalities are also due to take part in the race. These participants include Olympic gold medallist in the decathlon Roman Šebrle, virtuoso violinist Michal Rezek, Czech • As has been the case in previous years, top African long-distance runners are among the hot favourites to win. marathon runner and ultra marathon runner René Kujan, the film producer Václav Mottl, blind runner Jan Bauer Amos Kipruto and his compatriot Solomon Kirwa Yego will be arriving in Prague in good form. Great things are and ten-times Czech national badminton champion Petr Koukal. expected from Bahrain’s number one Almajhoub Dazza who has already managed to get his personal best time • The Volkswagen Prague Marathon not only offers fans the chance to witness an interesting sporting spectacle, but under the current Volkswagen Prague Marathon record. Though he will face fierce competition from fellow Kenyan also a diverse accompanying programme. The Marathon Expo sports fair will be held throughout Thursday, Friday runners Paul Maina and Bernard Kiprop Kipyego plus the Ethiopians Dejene Debele and Aychew Bantie. and Saturday. As part of the accompanying programme there will be the chance to meet elite athletes and runners plus attend our traditional Barilla Pasta Party. • Meanwhile the talented, Kenyan RunCzech Racing Team members Nicodemus Kipkirui and Edwin Kiplagat will be running their first ever marathon. • 350 high school students will be among those joining the finale of the Junior Marathon. This is the culmination of 13 semi-final rounds which took place all over the Czech Republic and involved a record 2920 students this year, and • The women’s race also promises to be exceptionally well balanced with a total of four runners boasting fantastic will bring together 35 ten-member teams. times under 2 hours ad 25 minutes. Originally from Kenya, the Israeli champion and good all-rounder Lonah Chemtai Salpeter is the hot favourite to win with an impressive best time of 2:24:17, though this is only two seconds

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Used during the race: Interesting statistics • 421 traffic signs • Race capacity at the Volkswagen Prague Marathon stands at 10 600 runners, a further 5 900 people are expected • 16 500 medals at the dm family run and the Walk with Dogs. 16 500 active runners are expected to take part in the Volkswagen • 5 621 metres of Johnny Servis fencing Marathon Weekend in total. • 241 Johnny Servis portable toilets • 92 nationalities in total will appear at the start line. Drunk: • 75.9 % of runners taking part are men, 24,1 % are women. • 45 720 litres of Mattoni water • The average age of women taking part in the marathon is 40.4 years, the average age of men is 42.7 years. • 21 200 litres of hypotonic Gatorade drink • Thirty-six men and six women taking part will be celebrating their birthdays on race day. Eaten: • On average women manage to complete the Volkswagen Prague Marathon in 4:19:29, men in 3:50:52. • 5 565 kilogrammes of Kaufland bananas • The most common first names of those taking part among men are Jan (x336), Petr (x281), Martin (x271), Petr • 2 691 kilogrammes of Kaufland oranges (x270) and Tomáš (x200). The most common names among the women are Jana (x65), Petra (x47), Martina • 45 kilogrammes of salt (x46), Kateřina (x37) and Michaela (x36). • 77 kilogrammes of sugar • The most common surnames of those taking part among the men are Novák (x25), Svoboda (x22), Wang (x21), Zhang and Li (both x16). For women these are Li (x17), Zhang (x15), Wang (x14), Chen (x12) and Liu (x11). Records: • The most widely represented professions of those taking part in the RunCzech League are managers (x816), • World record – men: 2:01:39 (2018) (KEN), admin workers (x587), electrical or mechanical engineers (x404), teachers, lecturers and coaches (x276) and • World record – women: 2:15:25 (2003) (GBR), London programmers (x266). • Fastest Czech man: 2:11:57 (1993), Karel David • The least well-represented professions of those taking part in the RunCzech League are councillors and mayors • Fastest Czech woman: 2:26:31 (2018), Eva Vrabcová Nývltová (x1), politicians (x4), couriers (x5), diplomats (x7) and rescue workers (8x). • The oldest male runner is 85 years of age (Jiří P., CZE), the oldest female runner is 75 years of age (Patricia G., GBR). • Race record – men: 2:05:39 (2010), Eliud Kiptanui (KEN) • More than 1 000 volunteers will be helping out on race day. • Race record – women: 2:21:57 (2017), Valary Aiyabei (KEN)

•Czech race record – men: 2:12:35 (2004), Róbert Štefko •Czech race record – women: 2:30:10 (2016), Eva Vrabcová Nývltová beads volkswagen prague marathon pRESS gUIDE

National records - marathon / men National records - marathon / women

KENYA KENYA Eliud Kipchoge / 2:01:39 / September 16, 2018 (Berlin, Germany) Mary Jepkosgei Keitany / 2:17:01 / April 23, 2017 (London, )

BAHRAIN BAHRAIN El Hassan El-Abbasi / 2:04:43 / December 2, 2018 (Valencia, Spain) Eunice Kirwa / 2:21:17 / March 12, 2017 (, )

ETIOPIA EThIOPIA Kenenisa Bekele / 2:03:03 / September 25, 2016 (Berlin, Germany) Woknesh Degefa / 2:17:41 / January 25, 2019 (Dubai, UAE)

ISRAEL ISRAEL Maru Teferi / 2:10:11 / February 17, 2019 (Sevilla, Spain) Lonah Chemtai Salpeter / 2:24:17 / November 25 2018 (Firenze, Italy)

SLOVAKIA ITALY Róbert Štefko / 2:09:53 / April 26, 1998 (London, United Kingdom) / 2:23:44 / April 15, 2012 (Rotterdam, )

SPAIN CANADA Julio Rey / 2:06:52 / April 23, 2006 (Hamburg, Germany) Lanni Marchant / 2:28:00 / October 20, 2013 (Toronto, Canada)

UKRAINE USA Dmytro Baranovskyy / 2:07:15 / December 3, 2006 (Fukuoka, Japan) / 2:19:36 / April 23, 2006 (London, United Kingdom)

CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC Karel David / 2:11:57 / May 23, 1993 (Hamburg, Germany) Eva Vrabcová Nývltová / 2:26:31 / August 12, 2018 (Berlin, Germany)

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