United Kingdom Track and Field All-Time Lists

WORLD RECORDS SET IN BRITAIN

This section only includes records formally ratified by the IAAF or FSFI (in italics). Outdoor Records were first ratified in 1921, Indoor & Junior Records in 1987, Road Best Performances in 2003 and Road Records in 2004. See Compilation Notes for details of abbreviations.

OUTDOOR

1 30 Dec 1870 London (LB) 21 miles 20 miles Walk 2:47:52.0+ Thomas Griffith (GBR)
2 22 Sep 1894 London (SB) 2 hours 20 miles 1:51:54.0+ George Crossland (GBR)
3 5 Aug 1901 Dublin (Bb)   LJ 7.61 Peter O'Connor (IRE)
4 21 Jul 1902 London (SB)   15 miles 1:20:04.6 Fred Appleby (GBR)
5 21 May 1903 London (SB) handicap 3 miles 14:17.6 Alf Shrubb (GBR)
6 12 May 1904 London (SB)   5 miles 24:33.4 Alf Shrubb (GBR)
7 11 Jun 1904 Glasgow (IP) handicap 2 miles 9:09.6 Alf Shrubb (GBR)
8 13 Jun 1904 Glasgow (IP)   4 miles 19:23.4 Alf Shrubb (GBR)
9 13 Jul 1904 Manchester (F?)   2 miles Walk 13:11.4 George Larner (GBR)
10 5 Nov 1904 Glasgow (IP) handicap 6 miles 29:59.4+ Alf Shrubb (GBR)
11       7 miles 35:04.6+ Alf Shrubb (GBR)
12       8 miles 40:16.0+ Alf Shrubb (GBR)
13       9 miles 45:27.6+ Alf Shrubb (GBR)
14       10 miles 50:40.6+ Alf Shrubb (GBR)
15       1 hour 18,742m Alf Shrubb (GBR)
16 19 Aug 1905 Brighton (PP)   3 miles Walk 20:25.8+ George Larner (GBR)
17       4 miles Walk 27:14.0 George Larner (GBR)
18 30 Sep 1905 London (SB) handicap 5 miles Walk 36:00.2+ George Larner (GBR)
19       6 miles Walk 43:26.2+ George Larner (GBR)
20       7 miles Walk 50:50.8+ George Larner (GBR)
21       8 miles Walk 58:18.4+ George Larner (GBR)
22       1 hour Walk 13,275m George Larner (GBR)
23 17 Jul 1908 London (WC) OG 9 miles Walk 1:07:37.8+ George Larner (GBR)
24       10 miles Walk 1:15:57.4 George Larner (GBR)
25 22 Jul 1908 London (WC) OG 400H 55.0 Charles Bacon (USA)
26 25 Jul 1908 London (WC) OG 120yH 15.0x Forrest Smithson (USA)
27       110H 15.0 Forrest Smithson (USA)
28 16 Jul 1910 London (CP)   440yH 56.8 Gerard Anderson (GBR)
29 20 May 1911 London (HH) 25 miles 15 miles Walk 1:59:12.6+ Harold Ross (GBR)
30       2 hours Walk 24,256m+ Harold Ross (GBR)
31       25 miles Walk 3:37:06.8 Sidney Schofield (GBR)
32 12 May 1913 London (SB) 50 miles 2 hours 33,057m+ Harry Green (GBR)
33       25 miles 2:29:04.0+ Harry Green (GBR)
34 4 Jul 1914 London (SB) AAA =200 21.2y Willie Applegarth (GBR)
35       =220y 21.2 Willie Applegarth (GBR)
  17 Jul 1922 London (Pa)   100y 11.6 Mary Lines (GBR)
        440y 64.4 Mary Lines (GBR)
  2 Aug 1922 Torquay handicap 880y 2:45.0 Nelly Hicks (GBR)
  23 Sep 1922 Waddon WAAA 220y 26.8 Mary Lines (GBR)
36 30 Sep 1922 London (CP)   880y 2:26.6 Mary Lines (GBR)
  6 Aug 1923 Brentwood   =HJ 1.485 Sophie Elliott-Lynn (GBR) (doubtful performance)
  18 Aug 1923 Bromley (Oxo) WAAA 440y 62.4 Mary Lines (GBR)
        120yH 18.8 Mary Lines (GBR)
        880y Walk 4:35.0 Edith Trickey (GBR)
  28 Jun 1924 London (Wo) WAAA 880y Walk 4:17.4 Edith Trickey (GBR)
  16 Jul 1924 London (BP)   440y 60.8 Eileen Edwards (GBR)
  4 Aug 1924 London (SB)   1000 3:08.2 Edith Trickey (GBR)
        1000 Walk 5:14.0 Albertine Regel (FRA)
  20 Aug 1924 London (SB)   220y 26.2 Eileen Edwards (GBR)
  11 Jul 1925 London (SB) WAAA HJ 1.524 Phyllis Green (GBR)
  1 Aug 1925 London (SB) ENGvCANvTCH 250 33.8 Vera Palmer (GBR)
  19 Jun 1926 London (SB) WAAA 880y Walk 4:06.0 Daisy Crossley (GBR)
37 26 Jun 1926 London (SB) handicap 300y 30.6 Guy Butler (GBR)
38       600y 1:10.4 Douglas Lowe (GBR)
39 3 Jul 1926 London (SB) AAA 800 1:51.6y Otto Peltzer (GER)
40       880y 1:51.6 Otto Peltzer (GER)
  2 Aug 1926 London (Ch)   HJ 1.552 Phyllis Green (GBR)
  2 Aug 1926 London (SB) BG LJ 5.485 Muriel Gunn (GBR)
41 2 Jul 1927 London (SB) AAA =440yH 54.2 Lord Burghley (GBR)
  20 Jul 1927 London (??)   Standing LJ 2.57 Barbara Halliday (GBR)
  1 Aug 1927 London (SB) BG LJ 5.575 Muriel Gunn (GBR)
42 11 Aug 1928 London (WC) BEvUSA 4x400 3:13.4y USA (George Baird, Morgan Taylor, Ray Barbuti, Emerson "Bud" Spencer)
43       4x440y 3:13.4 USA (George Baird, Morgan Taylor, Ray Barbuti, Emerson "Bud" Spencer)
  14 Aug 1928 London (??)   10x100 2:08.4y London Olympiades A.C. (GBR)
44 7 Sep 1929 London (SB) handicap 1000y 2:11.2 Cyril Ellis (GBR)
45 9 Jun 1930 London (WC) handicap 6 miles 29:36.4 Paavo Nurmi (FIN)
  16 May 1931 London (SB) handicap 1000 3:04.4 Gladys Lunn (GBR)
46 7 May 1932 Birmingham (FD) RWA 20 miles Walk 2:43:38.0R Albert Plumb (GBR)
47 11 Jun 1932 London (SB)   1320y 3:02.2 Jack Lovelock (NZL)
48 31 Aug 1932 London (WC)   5 miles Walk 35:47.2+ Alfred Pope (GBR)
49       6 miles Walk 43:07.0+ Alfred Pope (GBR)
50       10000 Walk 44:42.4+ Alfred Pope (GBR)
51       7 miles Walk 50:28.8+ Alfred Pope (GBR)
52       8 miles Walk 58:04.6+ Alfred Pope (GBR)
53       1 hour Walk 13,308m Alfred Pope (GBR)
54 18 Sep 1933 Glasgow (IP?)   2 hours 33,653m Ernie Harper (GBR)
55 26 May 1934 London (WC) CAU 10 miles Walk 1:14:30.6 Frank Redman (GBR)
  23 Jun 1934 Birmingham (PB) handicap 1000 3:00.6 Gladys Lunn (GBR)
56 9/11 Aug 1934 London (WC) FSFI Pent 4155 Gisela Mauermayer (GER)
57 11 Aug 1934 London (WC) FSFI 80H 11.6 Ruth Engelhard (GER)
        DT 43.795 Jadwiga Wajs (POL)
58 20 Jul 1935 Enfield (DP) handicap 3000 Walk 12:38.2 Bert Cooper (GBR)
59 14 Sep 1935 London (BP)   5000 Walk 21:52.4 Bert Cooper (GBR)
60 5 Oct 1935 London (WC)   30 miles Walk 4:29:31.8 Harold Whitlock (GBR)
61 25 Jul 1936 Birmingham (PB) BirchSp(hc) 880y 2:17.4 Olive Hall (GBR)
62 15 Aug 1936 London (WC) BEvUSA 4x800 7:35.8y USA (Charles Hornbostel, Robert Young, Harry Williamson, John Woodruff)
63       4x880y 7:35.8 USA (Charles Hornbostel, Robert Young, Harry Williamson, John Woodruff)
64       4x1 mile 17:17.2 USA (Charles Hornbostel, Gene Venzke, Archie San Romani, Glenn Cunningham)
65 3 Apr 1937 London (WC)   7 miles Walk 50:19.2 John Mikaelsson (SWE)
66 28 Aug 1937 Motspur Park handicap 1 mile 4:06.4 Sydney Wooderson (GBR)
67 20 Aug 1938 Motspur Park handicap 800 1:48.4+ Sydney Wooderson (GBR)
68       880y 1:49.2 Sydney Wooderson (GBR)
69 29 May 1939 Brentwood SC HJ 1.66 Dorothy Odam (GBR)
70 5 Jun 1948 Motspur Park   5 miles Walk 35:43.4 Harry Churcher (GBR)
71 16 Jun 1949 London (WC)   5 miles Walk 35:33.0 Harry Churcher (GBR)
72 6 Aug 1949 London (WC)   3x800 7:07.8y Southern Counties (GBR) (Dorothy Born, Valerie Winn, Eileen Garritt)
73       3x880y 7:07.8 Southern Counties (GBR) (Dorothy Born, Valerie Winn, Eileen Garritt)
74 7 Jul 1951 London (WC) WAAA HJ 1.72 Sheila Lerwill (GBR)
75 17 Jul 1951 London (WC)   4x220y 1:43.9 Spartan Ladies A.C. (GBR) (Valerie Robins, Bettie Turner, June Foulds, Sylvia Cheeseman)
76 4 Aug 1951 London (WC) GBRvFRA-10k 5 miles Walk 35:24.0+ Roland Hardy (GBR)
77 19 Sep 1951 Motspur Park   4x220y 1:43.4 Spartan Ladies A.C. (GBR) (June Foulds, Valerie Robins, Valerie Ball, Sylvia Cheeseman)
78 26 Sep 1951 London (WC) LvGothenburg-ns 4x880y 7:30.6 GBR (Bill Nankeville, Albert Webster, Frank Evans, John Parlett)
79       4x220y 1:41.4 GBR (Sylvia Cheeseman, Margaret Brian, Barbara Foster, Dorothy Hall)
80 31 May 1952 London (WC) CAU-7M 5 miles Walk 35:15.0+ Roland Hardy (GBR)
81 28 Jun 1952 Ilford Gibson 3x880y 7:00.6 Ilford A.C. (GBR) (Muriel Lee, Phyllis Green, Joan Dryden)
82 5 Jul 1952 London (WC) HI-gst =4x110y 46.9 AUS (Shirley Strickland, Verna Johnston, Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson)
83 4 Aug 1952 London (WC) BEvUSA 4x110y 46.3 AUS (Shirley Strickland, Verna Johnston, Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson)
84       =440yH 51.9 Charles Moore (USA)
85       4x880y 7:29.2 USA (Bill Ashenfelter, Reggie Pearman, John Barnes, Mal Whitfield)
86       4x220y 1:40.0 USA (Mae Faggs, Dolores Dwyer, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy)
87 9 Aug 1952 London (WC) BG 440yH 51.6 Charles Moore (USA)
88       4x440y 3:08.8 USA (Gene Cole, Jesse Mashburn, Reggie Pearman, Mal Whitfield)
89 17 Sep 1952 London (WC) ICity 880y 2:14.5 Valerie Ball (GBR)
90       =4x200 1:39.7 Southern Counties (GBR) (Shirley Hampton, Ann Johnson, June Foulds, Sylvia Cheeseman)
91 10 Jul 1953 London (WC) AAA 6 miles 28:19.4 Gordon Pirie (GBR)
92 1 Aug 1953 London (WC) GBRvFRA-ns 4x1 mile 16:41.0 GBR (Chris Chataway, Bill Nankeville, Don Seaman, Roger Bannister)
93 3 Aug 1953 London (WC) GBRvFRA-ns 3x880y 6:49.0 GBR "B" (Norah Smalley, Christine Slemon, Diane Leather)
94 23 Sep 1953 London (WC) Inv 4x1500 15:27.2 ENG (Ralph Dunkley, David Law, Gordon Pirie, Bill Nankeville)
95 30 Sep 1953 London (WC) ENGvNED 4x220y 1:39.9 ENG (Anne Pashley, Jean Newboult, Shirley Hampton, Ann Johnson)
96 6 May 1954 Oxford OUvAAA 1 mile 3:59.4 Roger Bannister (GBR)
97 19 Jun 1954 London (WC) WAAA 880y 2:09.0 Diane Leather (GBR)
98 10 Jul 1954 London (WC) AAA 3 miles 13:32.2 Fred Green (GBR)
99       =3 miles 13:32.2 Chris Chataway (GBR)
100 17 Jul 1954 London (WC) HI-ns 3x880y 6:46.0 GBR (Anne Oliver, Norah Smalley, Diane Leather)
101 13 Oct 1954 London (WC) LvMoscow 3 miles 13:27.0+ Vladimir Kuts (URS)
102       5000 13:51.6 Chris Chataway (GBR)
103       440yH 51.3 Yuriy Lituyev (URS)
104 30 May 1955 London (WC) BG 2 miles 8:33.4 Sándor Iharos (HUN)
105 30 Jul 1955 London (WC) GBRvFRG 3 miles 13:23.2 Chris Chataway (GBR)
106 15 Oct 1955 Manchester (WC) NCvPrague 5 miles Walk 34:32.8 Josef Doležal (TCH)
107 5 May 1956 Belfast (C)   HJ 1.74 Thelma Hopkins (GBR)
108 19 Jul 1957 London (WC) LvNY-ns 1 mile 3:57.2 Derek Ibbotson (GBR)
109 22 Jul 1958 Cardiff (AP) CG 440yH 49.7 Gert Potgieter (SAF)
110 24 Jul 1958 Cardiff (AP) CG JT 57.40 Anna Pazera (AUS)
111 26 Jul 1958 Cardiff (AP) CG 4x110y 45.3 ENG (Madeleine Weston, Dorothy Hyman, June Paul, Heather Young)
112 2 Aug 1958 London (WC) GBRvBE-ns 440y 55.6 Molly Hiscox (GBR)
113 27 Sep 1958 London (WC) ENGvFIN 4x1 mile 16:30.6 ENG (Mike Blagrove, Peter Clark, Derek Ibbotson, Brian Hewson)
114 28 May 1960 Wolverhampton Staf 200 20.5y Peter Radford (GBR)
115       220y 20.5 Peter Radford (GBR)
116 14 Sep 1960 London (WC) BEvUSA 4x880y 7:19.4 USA (Ernie Cunliffe, Tom Murphy, Jack Yerman, Jerry Siebert)
117 24 Sep 1960 Welwyn Garden City   880y 2:06.1 Joy Jordan (GBR)
118 15 Apr 1961 London (Hu) AAA 10 miles 47:47.0 Basil Heatley (GBR)
119 20 Sep 1961 London (WC) ENGvRUS DT 58.98 Tamara Press (URS)
120 3 Aug 1963 London (WC) GBRvUSA =4x110y 40.0 GBR (Peter Radford, Dave Jones, Ron Jones, Berwyn Jones)
121 5 Aug 1963 London (WC) GBRvUSA 4x110y 45.2 GBR (Madeleine Cobb, Mary Rand, Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman)
122       PV 5.13 John Pennel (USA)
123 11 Apr 1964 London (Hu) AAA 10 miles 47:26.8 Mel Batty (GBR)
124 17 Oct 1964 Walton-on-Thames RRC-2H 30000 1:34:01.8+ Jim Alder (GBR)
125 10 Jul 1965 London (WC) AAA 3 miles 12:52.4 Ron Clarke (AUS)
126 21 Jul 1965 Bolton   15 miles 1:12:48.2+ Ron Hill (GBR)
127       25000 1:15:22.6 Ron Hill (GBR)
128 16 Oct 1965 Walton-on-Thames RRC 30000 1:32:34.6 Tim Johnston (GBR)
129 18 Jun 1966 London (WC) GBRvURS 3x800 6:21.2 URS (Vera Mukhanova, Tamara Babintseva, Laine Erik)
130 22 Jun 1966 London (CP) OCUvC&P-ns 4x880y 7:16.0 URS (Aleksandr Ustantsev, Remir Mitrofanov, Oleg Rayko, Vadim Mikhailov)
131 12 Nov 1966 Walton-on-Thames   30000 1:32:25.4 Jim Hogan (GBR)
132 3 Jun 1967 London (Ch) SC 1500 4:17.3+ Anne Smith (GBR)
133       1 mile 4:37.0 Anne Smith (GBR)
134 28 Aug 1967 London (WC) Inv 3x800 6:20.0 GBR (Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe, Pam Piercy)
135 6 Apr 1968 Leicester AAA 10 miles 47:02.2 Ron Hill (GBR)
136 20 Jul 1968 London (CP) WAAA 800 2:00.5 Vera Nikolic (YUG)
137 24 Aug 1968 London (CP) IAC 2 miles 8:19.6 Ron Clarke (AUS)
138       4x200 1:33.8 GBR (Maureen Tranter, Della James, Janet Simpson, Val Peat)
139 14 Sep 1968 Portsmouth GBRvRest 4x110y 45.0 GBR (Anita Neil, Maureen Tranter, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board)
140 9 Nov 1968 Leicester 1 hour 10 miles 46:44.0+ Ron Hill (GBR)
141 14 Jun 1969 Leicester MCvSC-ns 1 mile 4:36.8 Maria Gommers (NED)
142 22 Jun 1969 London (CP) Sward-ns 4x400 3:37.6 GBR (Jenny Pawsey, Pauline Attwood, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board)
143 13 Jun 1970 Edinburgh BG 4x800 8:27.0 GBR (Rosemary Stirling, Sheila Carey, Pat Lowe, Lillian Board)
144 23 Jul 1970 Edinburgh CG 400 51.0 Marilyn Neufville (JAM)
145 5 Sep 1970 London (CP) IAC 30000 1:31:30.4 Jim Alder (GBR)
146       4x800 8:25.0 GBR (Rosemary Stirling, Georgena Craig, Pat Lowe, Sheila Carey)
147       4x880y 7:11.6 KEN (Naftali Bon, Hezekiah Nyamau, Thomas Saisi, Robert Ouko)
148 21 Aug 1971 Edinburgh EHG 2 miles 8:17.8 Emiel Puttemans (BEL)
149 13 Jul 1973 London (CP) AAA 10000 27:30.8 Dave Bedford (GBR)
150 27 Aug 1973 London (CP) GBRvHUN-ns 2 miles 8:13.8 Brendan Foster (GBR)
151 7 Sep 1973 Edinburgh EP JT 66.10 Ruth Fuchs (GDR)
152       DT 69.48 Faina Melnik (URS)
153 22 Jun 1974 London (CP) SC-nc =60 7.2 Andrea Lynch (GBR)
154 3 Aug 1974 Gateshead GateG 3000 7:35.2 Brendan Foster (GBR)
155 20 Aug 1977 London (CP) WAAA-nc 4x200 1:31.6 GBR (Verona Elder, Donna Hartley, Sharon Colyear, Sonia Lannaman)
156 30 Aug 1982 London (CP) BG 4x800 7:03.89 GBR (Peter Elliott, Garry Cook, Steve Cram, Sebastian Coe)
157 21 Aug 1983 London (CP) EP HJ 2.03 Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)
158       =HJ 2.03 Tamara Bykova (URS)
159 14 Sep 1983 Leicester   10000 Walk 45:47.0 Sue Cook (AUS)
160 13 Jul 1984 London (CP) PTG PV 5.90 Sergey Bubka (URS)
161 26 Aug 1985 London (CP) ENGv3N-ns 5000 14:48.07 Zola Budd (GBR)
162 11 Jul 1986 London (CP) PTG 2000 5:28.69 Maricica Puica (ROM)
163 20 Jul 1990 London (CP) Pforce JT 90.98R Steve Backley (GBR)
164 29 Aug 1993 Sheffield McDon JT 95.66 Jan Železný (CZE)
165 8 Jul 1994 Edinburgh TSB 2000 5:25.36 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
166 2 Jul 1995 Gateshead GateG PV 4.14 Daniela Bártová (CZE)
167 13 Jul 2003 Gateshead NUSL PV 4.82 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
168 27 Jun 2004 Gateshead BGP PV 4.87 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
169 25 Jul 2004 Birmingham EurvGBR,Com,USA PV 4.89 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
170 30 Jul 2004 London (CP) NULGP PV 4.90 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
171 22 Jul 2005 London (CP) NULGP PV 4.96 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
172 22 Jul 2005 London (CP) NULGP PV 5.00 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
173 11 Jun 2006 Gateshead BGP =100 9.77 Asafa Powell (JAM)

INDOOR

1 12 Mar 1983 Cosford ENGvUSA 800 1:44.91 Sebastian Coe (GBR)
2 8 Feb 1986 Cosford GBRvHUN 3000 8:39.79 Zola Budd (GBR)
3 10 Mar 1989 Glasgow GBRvURSvUSA 4x400 3:05.21 USA (Clarence Daniel, Chip Jenkins, Ken Lowery, Mark Rowe)
4 3 Mar 1990 Glasgow EI-nc TJ 14.14 Galina Chistyakova (URS)
5 4 Mar 1990 Glasgow EI 3000 Walk 11:59.36 Beate Anders (GDR)
6 3 Mar 1991 Glasgow GBRvUSA 4x200 1:22.11 GBR (Linford Christie, Darren Braithwaite, Ade Mafe, John Regis)
7 22 Feb 1992 Birmingham TSB 1000 2:15.26 Noureddine Morceli (ALG)
8       5000 15:03.17 Liz McColgan (GBR)
9 12 Feb 1994 Glasgow GBRvUSA 60H 7.36 Colin Jackson (GBR)
10 10 Feb 1996 Birmingham IFlora 1000 2:32.08 Maria Mutola (MOZ)
11 14 Feb 1999 Birmingham BUPA 5000 12:50.38 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
12 20 Feb 2000 Birmingham CGU 1000 2:14.96 Wilson Kipketer (DEN)
13 18 Feb 2001 Birmingham NUGP 3000 8:32.88 Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
14 2 Feb 2003 Glasgow 5N PV 4.76 Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
15 15 Feb 2003 Belfast AAI 3000 Walk 11:35.34 Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)
16 21 Feb 2003 Birmingham NUGP PV 4.77 Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
17 16 Mar 2003 Birmingham WI PV 4.80 Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
18 20 Feb 2004 Birmingham NUGP 5000 12:49.60 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
19 29 Jan 2005 Glasgow 5N 4x200 1:32.41 RUS (Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Irina Khabarova, Yuliya Pechonkina, Yuliya Gushchina)
20 18 Feb 2005 Birmingham NUGP PV 4.88 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
21 28 Jan 2006 Glasgow 5N 4x400 3:23.37 RUS (Yuliya Gushchina, Olga Kotlyarova, Olga Zaytseva, Olesya Krasnomovets)

JUNIOR

1 28 May 1984 Cwmbran UK 3000 4:04.39 Zola Budd (GBR)
2 6 Jun 1984 London (CP) OT 3000 8:40.22 Zola Budd (GBR)
3 7 Aug 1987 Birmingham EJ 5000 Walk 21:30.92 Oksana Shchastnaya (URS)
4 8 Aug 1987 Birmingham EJ DT 69.88 Ilke Wyludda (GDR)
5       DT 70.58 Ilke Wyludda (GDR)
6 5 Jun 1988 Derby UK JT 79.50 Steve Backley (GBR)

ROAD

1 6 Oct 2001 Bristol WC-HM 20K 1:03:26+ Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2 14 Apr 2002 London   Marathon 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi (USA)
3 13 Apr 2003 London AAA/UK Marathon 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe (GBR)

MARATHON BEST PERFORMANCES (unratified)

1 24 Jul 1908 Windsor-London (WC) OG Marathon 2:55:18.4 Johnny Hayes (USA)
2 26 May 1909 Windsor-London (SB)   Marathon 2:42:31.0 Henry Barrett (GBR)
3 12 May 1913 London (SB) 50 miles Marathon 2:38:16.2t+ Harry Green (GBR)
4 31 May 1913 Windsor-London (SB) Poly Marathon 2:36:06.6 Alexis Ahlgren (SWE)
5 3 Oct 1926 Windsor-London (Ch) time trial Marathon 3:40:22 Violet Piercy (GBR)
6 14 Jun 1952 Windsor-London (Ch) AAA Marathon 2:20:42.2 Jim Peters (GBR)
7 13 Jun 1953 Windsor-London (Ch) Poly Marathon 2:18:40.4 Jim Peters (GBR)
8 26 Jun 1954 Windsor-London (Ch) Poly Marathon 2:17:39.4 Jim Peters (GBR)
9 15 Jun 1963 Windsor-London (Ch) Poly Marathon 2:14:28 Leonard "Buddy" Edelen (USA)
10 23 May 1964 Ryde   Marathon 3:27:45 Dale Greig (GBR)
11 13 Jun 1964 Windsor-London (Ch) Poly Marathon 2:13:55.0 Basil Heatley (GBR)
12 12 Jun 1965 Windsor-London (Ch) Poly Marathon 2:12:00.0 Morio Shigematsu (JPN)
13 17 Apr 1983 London   Marathon 2:25:28.7 Grete Waitz (NOR)
14 21 Apr 1985 London   Marathon 2:21:06 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
15 14 Apr 2002 London   Marathon 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi (USA) (ratified on 1st Jan 2003)
16 13 Apr 2003 London AAA/UK Marathon 2:15:25 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 

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