Best Marathon win/loss records?
Men: Abebe Bikila Marathon Career: 16 races – 12 wins, one second, one fifth, 2 DNF
Winning Percentage: 75%
Time DNF
2:25:04 DNF
Race
OG – Mexico City
Addis Ababa
Zarauz
Place DNF
1st
Date
20 Oct 1968 Sept 1968
- DNF
- 30 July 1967
30 Oct 1966 30 July 1966 9 May 1965 21 Oct 1964 3 Aug 1964
31 May 1964 19 Apr 1963
8 Oct 1961
25 June 1961
7 May 1961
10 Sept 1960
? Aug 1960 ? July 1960
2:17:04
2:20:28.8 2:22:58.8
2:12:11.2
2:16:18.8 2:23:14.4
2:24:43 2:20:12 2:29:27
2:23:44.6 2:15:16.2
2:21:23 2:39:50
Seoul Zarauz Otsu
1st 1st 1st
- Personal Best
- OG – Tokyo
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa
Boston
1st 1st 1st 5th
Kosice Osaka Athinai
1st 1st 1st
OG –Roma Addis Ababa Addis Ababa
1st 1st 2nd
Jim Peters
Marathon Career: 11 races – 8 wins, 1 second, 2 DNF Winning percentage: 72.7%
Time DNF
Race
CWG – Vancouver
Chiswick
Place DNF
1st
Date
7 Aug 1954
26 June 1954 19 Apr 1954
4 Oct 1953
12 Sept 1953 25 July 1953 13 June 1953 27 July 1952 14 June 1952 21 July 1951 16 June 1951
Personal Best
2:17:39.4
2:22:40
2:18:34.8
2:19:22 2:22:29
2:18:40.2
DNF
2:20:42.2
2:31:42 2:29:24
Boston Turku Enschede Cardiff
2nd 1st 1st 1st
Chiswick
1st
OG – Helsinki
Chiswick
AAA - Perry Barr
Chiswick
DNF
1st 1st 1st
Samuel Wanjiru
Marathon career: 7 races – 5 wins, one second and one DNF Winning percentage: 71%
Time
2:06:24 DNF
2:05:41
2:05:10
2:06:32 2:05:24 2:06:39
Race Chicago London Chicago London
- Place
- Date
1st
10 Oct 2010 25 Apr 2010 11 Oct 2009 26 Apr 2009 24 Aug 2008 13 Apr 2008
2 Dec 2007
DNF
11121
Personal Best
OG – Beijing
London
- Debut
- Fukuoka
Haile Gebrselassie
Marathon career: 13 races – 9 wins, 1 third, 1 ninth, 2 DNF; Winning percentage: 69%
Time DNF
Race
New York
Dubai Berlin Dubai Berlin Dubai Berlin London Fukuoka Berlin London Amsterdam London
Place DNF
1st
Date
7 Nov 2010 22 Jan 2010
20 Sept 2009
16 Jan 2009
28 Sept 2008
18 Jan 2008
30 Sept 2007 22 Apr 2007
3 Dec 2006
24 Sept 2006 23 Apr 2006 16 Oct 2005 14 Apr 2002
2:06:09 2:06:08 2:05:29
2:03:59
2:04:53 2:04:26 DNF
2:06:52 2:05:56 2:09:05 2:06:20 2:06:35
1st 1st
Personal best
1st 1st 1st
DNF
1st 1st 9th 1st 3rd
Toshihiko Seko
Marathon career: 15 races – 10 wins, one second, one fifth, one ninth, one tenth and one 14th Winning Percentage: 66.7%
- Time
- Race
OG- Seoul Lake Biwa Boston Chicago London
Place
9th
Date
2:13:41 2:12:41 2:11:50 2:08:27 2:10:02 2:14:13 2:08:52 2:08:38 2:09:26 2:09:45 2:10:35 2:10:12 2:10:21 2:15:01 2:26:00
2 Oct 1988
13 Mar 1988 20 Apr 1987 26 Oct 1986 20 Apr 1986 12 Aug 1984
4 Dec 1983 13 Feb 1983 20 Apr 1981
7 Dec 1980 2 Dec 1979
16 Apr 1979
3 Dec 1978 4 Dec 1977 13 Feb 1977
1st 1st
Personal Best
1st 1st
OG- Los Angeles
Fukuoka Tokyo
14th
1st 1st
Boston
1st
Fukuoka Fukuoka Boston Fukuoka Fukuoka Kyoto
1st 1st 2nd 1st 5th
10th
Steve Jones
Marathon career: 8 races – 5 wins, one fourth, one 13th and one 20th Winning percentage: 62.5%
- Time
- Race
WC – Stuttgart
Toronto
CWG – Auckland
New York EC –Stuttgart
Chicago
Place
13th
1st
Date
2:20:04 2:10:06 2:12:44 2:08:20 2:22:12 2:07:13 2:08:16 2:08:05
14 Aug 1993
4 Oct 1992 30 Jan 1990 5 Nov 1988
30 Aug 1986 20 Oct 1985 21 Apr 1985 21 Oct 1984
4th 1st
20th
1st
Personal Best
London Chicago
1st 1st
Women:
Rosa Mota
Marathon Career: 17 races – 14 wins, two third place, one 4th place Winning percentage: 82%
- Time
- Race
- Place
- Date
2:26:14 2:31:27 2:25:24 2:27:47 2:25:40 2:24:30 2:25:17 2:25:21 2:27:15 2:28:38 2:23:29 2:26:01 2:26:57 2:31:12 2:31:50 2:32:27 2:36:04
London EC – Split Boston
Osaka Ladies OG – Seoul
Boston
WC – Roma
Boson
1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 4th 1st 1st
21 Apr 1991 27 Aug 1990 16 Apr 1990 28 Jan 1990
23 Sept 1988 18 Apr 1988 29 Aug 1987 20 Apr 1987 16 Nov 1986 26 Aug 1986 20 Oct 1985 21 Oct 1984 5 Aug 1984 16 Oct 1983 7 Aug 1983 9 Apr 1983
Tokyo Women
Euro Champ – Stuttgart
Chicago Chicago
OG – Los Angeles
Chicago
WC – Helsinki
Rotterdam
Euro Champ –Athinai
Personal Best
12 Sept 1982