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Marathon Shoe History

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  • About
  • FAQ
  • Glossary
  • Articles
    • Margin Call: how the New York City Marathon came up short
    • The Last Unicorn: Adidas and the AdiZero Sub2
    • Vertical Limit: Why the Boston Marathon is unofficial for the world record
    • Field of Dreams: uncovering the truth of the 1969 Antwerp Marathon
    • How Fila Created The Original Carbon-Plated Super Shoe – published by Marathon Handbook
    • Almost Famous: Fila and their other Carbon-Kevlar runners
    • Innovation, regulation, and prohibition: track spikes over the last century
    • The past, present, and future of air
  • Men’s World Record
    • 1960 – Abebe Bikila
    • 1963 – Toru Terasawa
    • 1963 – Leonard ‘Buddy’ Edelen
    • 1964 – Basil Heatley
    • 1964 – Abebe Bikila
    • 1965 – Morio Shigematsu
    • 1967 – Derek Clayton
    • 1970 – Ron Hill
    • 1974 – Ian Thompson
    • 1978 – Shigeru So
    • 1980 – Gerard Nijboer
    • 1981 – Robert De Castella
    • 1984 – Steve Jones
    • 1985 – Carlos Lopes
    • 1988 – Belayneh Densamo
    • 1998 – Ronaldo da Costa
    • 1999 – Khalid Khannouchi
    • 2002 – Khalid Khannouchi
    • 2003 – Paul Tergat
    • 2007 – Haile Gebrselassie
    • 2008 – Haile Gebrselassie
    • 2011 – Patrick Makau Musyoki
    • 2013 – Wilson Kipsang
    • 2014 – Dennis Kimetto
    • 2018 – Eliud Kipchoge
    • 2022 – Eliud Kipchoge
    • 2023 – Kelvin Kiptum
  • Men’s Olympic Record
    • 1960 – Abebe Bikila
    • 1964 – Abebe Bikila
    • 1976 – Waldemar Cierpinski
    • 1984 – Carlos Lopes
    • 2008 – Samuel Wanjiru
    • 2024 – Tamirat Tola
  • Men’s Disputed and Unofficial
    • 1963 – Brian Kilby
    • 1969 – Derek Clayton
    • 1981 – Alberto Salazar
    • 2011 – Geoffrey Mutai
    • 2017 – Eliud Kipchoge
    • 2019 – Eliud Kipchoge
  • Women’s World Record
    • 1974 – Jacqueline Hansen
    • 1975 – Christa Vahlensieck
    • 1975 – Jacqueline Hansen
    • 1977 – Chantal Langlacé
    • 1977 – Christa Vahlensieck
    • 1980 – Joan Benoit
    • 1980 – Patti Catalano Dillon
    • 1980 – Joyce Smith
    • 1981 – Joyce Smith
    • 1982 – Charlotte Teske
    • 1982 – Joan Benoit
    • 1983 – Grete Waitz
    • 1984 – Ingrid Kristiansen
    • 1985 – Ingrid Kristiansen
    • 1998 – Tegla Loroupe
    • 1999 – Tegla Loroupe
    • 2001 – Naoko Takahashi
    • 2001 – Catherine Ndereba
    • 2002 – Paula Radcliffe
    • 2003 – Paula Radcliffe
    • 2019 – Brigid Kosgei
    • 2023 – Tigst Assefa
    • 2024 – Ruth Chepng’etich
  • Women’s Olympic Record
    • 1984 – Joan Benoit
    • 2000 – Naoko Takahashi
    • 2012 – Tiki Gelana
    • 2024 – Sifan Hassan
  • Women’s Disputed and Unofficial
    • 1975 – Liane Winter
    • 1978 – Grete Waitz
    • 1979 – Grete Waitz
    • 1980 – Grete Waitz
    • 1981 – Allison Roe
    • 1983 – Joan Benoit
    • 2013 – Phạm Thị Bình

Articles

Margin Call: how the New York City Marathon came up short

The Last Unicorn: Adidas and the AdiZero Sub2

Vertical Limit: Why the Boston Marathon is unofficial for the world record

Field of Dreams: uncovering the truth of the 1969 Antwerp Marathon

How Fila Created The Original Carbon-Plated Super Shoe – published by Marathon Handbook

Almost Famous: Fila and their other Carbon-Kevlar runners

Innovation, regulation, and prohibition: track spikes over the last century

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