14 October 2024, 10am UTC
Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Sun 13 October 2024
Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya has broken the world marathon women’s record, running 2:09:56 at the Chicago Marathon.
The 30-year-old ran almost two minutes faster than the existing record of 2:11:53 set by Tigist Assefa (Ethiopia) in Berlin in 2023.
With this time Chepngetich is the first woman ever to run faster than 2:10:00.
1 | John | KORIR | KEN | 2:02:44 |
2 | Huseydin Mohamed | ESA | ETH | 2:04:39 |
3 | Amos | KIPRUTO | KEN | 2:04:50 |
4 | Vincent | NGETICH | KEN | 2:05:16 |
5 | Daniel | EBENYO | KEN | 2:06:04 |
1 | Ruth | CHEPNGETICH | KEN | 2:09:56 |
2 | Sutume Asefa | KEBEDE | ETH | 2:17:32 |
3 | Irine | CHEPTAI | KEN | 2:17:51 |
4 | Buze Diriba | KEJELA | ETH | 2:20:22 |
5 | Joyciline | JEPKOSGEI | KEN | 2:20:51 |