Press Release - Berlin Marathon - 11/15/13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

            Marathon World Record of 2:03:23 Ratified By IAAF

IAAF has ratified the marathon world record set by Wilson Kipsang of Kenya 
at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 29 September 2013. Kipsang (31) won in 
2:03:23 hrs breaking the previous record of 2:03:38 set by Patrick Makau at 
the 2011 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. Kipsang marked the ninth marathon world 
record set in Berlin since 1977, of which the last five were all set in the 
past ten years. 

2:04:55   Paul Tergat         (Kenya)    2003
2:04:26   Haile Gebrselassie  (Ethiopia) 2007
2:03:59   Haile Gebrselassie  (Ethiopia) 2008
2:03:38   Patrick Makau       (Kenya)    2011
2:03:23   Wilson Kipsang      (Kenya)    2013

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