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Table 1 Athletes with repeated world records

From: Relationship between age and elite marathon race time in world single age records from 5 to 93 years

Name and origin

Number of records

Ages (years)

Men

  

Bucky Cox (USA)

2

5, 6

Zhu-hong Li (CHN)

2

16, 17

Feyisa Lelisa Gemechu (ETH)

2

20, 22

Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN)

2

29, 31

Emanuel Mutai (KEN)

2

32, 35

Jaouad Gharib (MAR)

2

36, 39

Jackson Kipngok Yegon (KEN)

2

45, 47

Clive Davies (USA)

2

64, 66

Ed Benham (USA)

2

77, 84

Mike Fremont (USA)

2

88, 90

Fauja Singh (ENG)

3

91-93

Wesley Paul (USA)

4

7, 9, 11, 12

Yoshihisa Hosaka (JPN)

4

59-61, 63

Piet vanAlphen (NED)

5

51-55

Ed Whitlock (CAN)

11

68-70, 72-76, 80-82

Women

  

Julie Mullin (USA)

2

9, 10

Birhane Dibaba Adugna (ETH)

2

19, 20

Aselefech Mergia (ETH)

2

21, 23

Jung-Ok Kim (KOR)

2

56, 57

Angela Copson (ENG)

2

62, 66

Emmi Lüthi (SUI)

2

63, 65

Margaret Davis (USA)

2

83, 86

Jennifer Amyx (USA)

3

5-7

Paula Radcliffe (ENG)

3

28, 29, 31

Gwen McFarlan (CAN)

3

74, 76, 80

Ida Mintz (USA)

3

78, 79, 84

Irina Mikitenko (GER)

4

36, 39-41

Helga Miketta (GER)

4

67, 70-72

Betty-Jean McHugh (CAN)

4

75, 81, 82, 85

Mavis Lindgren (USA)

4

87-90

Tatyana Pozdniakova (UKR)

6

43, 46, 47, 49-51