.jpg) Kipchoge at the 2015 Berlin Marathon | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1984-11-05)5 November 1984 (age 41)[1] |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb)[2] |
| Sport | |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Marathon,5000 m |
| Team | NN Running Team |
| Coached by | Patrick Sang |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 2004 Athens 5000 m,  Bronze2008 Beijing 5000 m,  Silver2016 Rio de Janeiro Marathon,  Gold2020 Tokyo Marathon, Gold |
| World finals | 2003 Paris 5000 m, Gold2005 Helsinki 5000 m, 4th 2007 Osaka 5000 m, Silver2009 Berlin 5000 m, 5th 2011 Daegu 5000 m, 7th |
| Highest world ranking | 1st (2023) |
| Personalbests | |
Medal record | |
Eliud KipchogeEGH (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyanlong-distance runner who competes in themarathon and formerly specialized in the5000 metres. Kipchoge is the2016 and2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was theworld record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023,[3] until that record was broken byKelvin Kiptum at the2023 Chicago Marathon. Kipchoge has run 4 of the 10 fastest marathons in history, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest marathon runners of all time.[4][3]
Kipchoge claimed his first individual world championship title in 2003 by winning the junior race at theWorld Cross Country Championships and setting aworld junior record for the 5000 m. At the age of eighteen, he became the senior 5000 m world champion at the2003 World Championships with a championship record, then followed by an Olympic bronze for Kenya in2004 and a bronze at the2006 World Indoor Championships. A five-timeWorld Championship 5000 m finalist, Kipchoge took silver medals at the2007 World Championships,2008 Beijing Olympics, and2010 Commonwealth Games.
He switched toroad running in 2012 and made the second-fastesthalf marathon debut ever, at 59:25. In his marathon debut, he won the 2013Hamburg Marathon in a course record time. His first victory at aWorld Marathon Major came at theChicago Marathon in 2014, and he went on to become series champion a record five times – for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022. He has won theLondon Marathon a record four times and also holds the record for mostBerlin Marathon wins with five, his latest coming in September 2023. With 15 victories in his first 18 marathons from 2013 to 2023, Kipchoge's only losses were a second-place finish behindWilson Kipsang Kiprotich at the2013 Berlin Marathon, where Kipsang broke the world record, an eighth-place finish at the2020 London Marathon and a sixth place in his debut at theBoston Marathon in2023.[5][6][7] He has since 2024, been defeated in his last three marathons. Kipchoge's last world record run broke by 30 seconds his own 2018 world record, which was in turn a 78-second improvement over the existing best, the greatest improvement in a marathon world record time since 1967.
On 12 October 2019, Kipchoge ran the marathon distance for theIneos 1:59 Challenge inVienna, achieving a time of 1:59:40.2, becoming the first person in recorded history to do a sub-two-hour marathon.[8] The run did not count as a new marathon record, as standard competition rules for pacing and fluids were not followed, and it was not an open event.[9][10][11]
Kipchoge was appointedElder of the Order of the Golden Heart by former Kenyan PresidentUhuru Kenyatta on 20 October 2019 in recognition of his sub-two-hour marathon.[12] He was also named the 2019BBC World Sport Star of the Year. In 2023 he was awarded thePrincess of Asturias Award in the category "Sports".[13]
Kipchoge was born on 5 November 1984 in Kapsisiywa,Nandi County, in Kenya. He graduated from the Kaptel Secondary School in Nandi County in 1999 but did not run seriously or as a profession then.[14][15] He ran three kilometres (2 mi) to school on a daily basis.[16] Kipchoge was raised by a single mother (a teacher), and only knew his father from pictures. He is the youngest of four children. He met his trainerPatrick Sang (a former Olympic medalist in thesteeplechase) in 2001 at the age of 16.[17]
Kipchoge's wife and three children live inEldoret, Kenya.[18][19] He lives and trains inKaptagat, 30 km (19 miles) from Eldoret.[20] He is a devoutCatholic.[21]
Following the death ofKelvin Kiptum in 2024, Kipchoge and his family faced online threats falsely accusing him of being involved in Kiptum's death. These threats impacted his training and well-being.[22][23]
In 2002, he won at the Kenyan trials for the2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships junior race. At the World Cross Country Championships, held inDublin, Kipchoge finished fifth in the individual race and was part of the Kenyan junior team that won gold. Kipchoge also won the 5000 metres race at the Kenyan trial for the2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics but fell ill and missed the championships. He won the junior race at the2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
He set aworld junior record in the 5000 m at the 2003Bislett Games, running a time of 12:52.61 minutes. This stood as the world andAfrican junior record until 2012 when it was improved to 12:47.53 minutes byHagos Gebrhiwet of Ethiopia.[24]
Kipchoge won a gold medal at the5000 m final at the2003 World Championships in Paris, outsprinting runner-upHicham El Guerrouj, the world record holder in the1500 metres andmile, by four-hundredths of a second in 12:52.79.[25]
In July, he participated in the Golden League 2004 Roma Meeting. In the 5000 m event, he dipped first among the starters with 12:46.53, which made him the sixth-fastest ever in the event.[26]
In 2004, Kipchoge won a bronze medal at the5000 m final at the2004 Athens Olympics, behind El Guerrouj andKenenisa Bekele.[27] He also won theTrofeo Alasport cross country race earlier that season.
Kipchoge won the bronze in the 3000 metres indoor at the2006 World Championships in Moscow.
At the end of the year, Kipchoge won theSan Silvestre Vallecana New Year's Eve 10 km road race in a time of 26:54 minutes, which beat his own course record by 40 seconds. This time was also better than the 10K road world record at the time but was run on a downhill course.[28]
Kipchoge won a silver medal at the 5000 m final of the2007 World Championships atOsaka in 13:46.00, behindBernard Lagat (13:45.87).[29]
During the2008 Olympics held in Beijing, China, Kipchoge won a silver medal in the 5000 m event with a time of 13:02.80; although better than the previous Olympic record of 13:05.59, it was not enough to match Kenenisa Bekele's pace, who won the gold medal for this race.[30] On the circuit, he won theGreat Yorkshire Run 10K andCampaccio Cross Country that year.
He failed to reach the podium at the2009 World Championships in Athletics, finishing in fifth place. He also finished ninth in the 3000 m at the2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.
He made his debut on the2010 IAAF Diamond League by winning the 5000 mQatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in a meet record time.[31]
Kipchoge then entered the Carlsbad 5000 in California, United States. The Carlsbad 5 km road race is the venue for the world's best times for a 5k road race for men and women, respectively. The fastest to cover the track was Sammy Kipketer in 2000, with 12:59.52 min.[32] Kipchoge made a world best attempt, and although he won the race, weather affected his chances, and he finished in 13:11, the fourth-fastest ever for the course up to that point in time.[33]
In the first athletics final of the2010 Commonwealth Games, he attempted to win the 5000 m Commonwealth title. Ugandan runnerMoses Kipsiro held a slender lead over him in the race's final stages, and Kipchoge ended up in second place, taking the silver medal some seven-hundredths of a second behind.[34][35] He flew back to Europe immediately after to take part in theBelgrade Race through History the following day. His shoe fell off in the first kilometre, and, after putting it back on, he made up much ground on the field to eventually take second place two seconds behindJosphat Menjo.[36]
At the start of 2011, he won the short race at theGreat Edinburgh Cross Country, ahead ofAsbel Kiprop.[37] He attempted to retain his title at the Carlsbad 5000 in April but came a close second behindDejen Gebremeskel.[38] In May he raced the3000 metres (finished third) in Doha, with a time of 7:27.66 and ranked him as the 12th-fastest at the distance up to this point.[39] Kipchoge was chosen to represent Kenya at the2011 World Championships in Athletics and reached the 5000 m final for the fifth consecutive time, although he only managed seventh place on this occasion.
Kipchoge returned to the Edinburgh Cross Country in 2012, but this time he finished third behind Asbel Kiprop and Britain'sJonathan Hay.[40] He was also third at theCarlsbad 5000 in March.[41] He attempted to gain a place on the 10,000 m Olympic team at thePrefontaine Classic, but fell back in the late stages of the Kenyan trial race, finishing seventh.[42] A seventh-place finish in the Kenyan 5000 m trial race meant he would not make a third consecutive Olympic team.[43]
He made hishalf marathon debut in theLille Half Marathon.[44] The run was won by a new course record time of 59:05 (previously 59:36 by ilahun Regassa set in 2008) by Ezekiel Chebii (former pb 59:22), trailed by Bernard Koech 59:10, and Kipchoge earned a third place with 59:25. His time of 59:25 became the second fastest Half Marathon debut, only second to Moses Mosop's 59:20 in Milan in 2010.[45]
On 6 October 2012, Kipchoge ran at the2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships inKavarna, Bulgaria.Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea won in 1:00:19 and Kipchoge placed sixth in 1:01:52.[46]
Kipchoge opened his 2013 season with a win at theBarcelona Half Marathon in a time of one hour and four seconds.[47] Making hismarathon debut in April, he demonstrated a smooth transition to the longer distance by taking theHamburg Marathon title with a run of 2:05:30 hours, beating the field by over two minutes and setting a new course record.[48] In August 2013, he won the Half Marathon ofKlagenfurt in 1:01:02 minutes.[49]
Then, he raced in the2013 Berlin Marathon and finished second in 2:04:05, the fifth-fastest time in history, in his second-ever marathon,[50] behindWilson Kipsang, who set a new marathon world record with 2:03:23. Third place went toGeoffrey Kamworor of Kenya with 2:06:26.[6] This was the ninth world record set at the Berlin Marathon.[51]
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On 2 February, Kipchoge participated in the Ras al-Khaimah Half Marathon. He placed sixth with a time of 1:00:50. The run was won by Mosinet Geremew (Ethiopia) in 1:00:05.[52] Kipchoge ran 2:04:42 to win the2015 London Marathon in April. He also won the2015 Berlin Marathon later in the year. His win and then-personal best time (2:04:00) occurred even though his shoes malfunctioned, causing his insoles to flap out of both shoes from 10 km onward; rather than risk time lost from an adjustment, he finished the race with bloodied, blistered feet.[53]
In April, Kipchoge won the2016 London Marathon for the second consecutive year in a time of 2:03:05.[54] His performance broke the course record in London and became the second-fastest marathon time in history, missingDennis Kimetto's world record by 8 seconds.[55]
Rio Olympic Games
As the prerace favourite, during the2016 Rio Summer Olympics, Kipchoge gained a gold medal in themarathon event.[56][57][58] On the last day of the Olympic Games on 21 August 2016, he won in a time of 2:08:44. The runner up was Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia) in 2:09:54 and the bronze medal went to Galen Rupp (USA), doing his second marathon, crossing the finish line in 2:10:05. When the halfway point after 21.0975 km was reached, 37 men were within 10 seconds of the lead runner. The participants' field diminished to 3 lead runners shortly before 34 km. Kipchoge made his final move on silver medal winner Lilesa around 36 km into the race. He covered the first half of the race in 1:05:55 while doing the second half in 1:02:49, which amounts to a difference of more than 3 minutes, a negative split.[59][60] The winning gap between Kipchoge and Lilesa by 70 seconds was the largest victory margin since the1972 Olympic marathon.[61] Kipchoge's winning time of 2:08:44 was, as of August 2021, his slowest marathon time. One hundred fifty-five runners started the race, the largest field in Olympic history; 140 of them finished the race.[62][63] With this win, Kipchoge became the second Kenyan male after Sammy Wanjiru inBeijing 2008 to win an Olympic marathon gold medal. At the same Olympics, the women's marathon was won byJemima Sumgong, who became the first female Kenyan winner.[64][60]
On 20 November 2016, Kipchoge ran in the AirtelDelhi Half Marathon, winning the race, clocking a time of 59:44.[65]
On 6 May, Kipchoge, along with Zersenay Tadese (then world record holder in the half marathon) andLelisa Desisa (2-time Boston Marathon winner), attempted the first sub-two-hour assisted marathon in the NikeBreaking2 project on theMonzaFormula 1 racetrack nearMilan, Italy. All three runners ran a test 2 months before the attempt. The target time was 1 hour for a half Marathon. Kipchoge finished first in 59:17. The course was measured at 2400 m per lap.[66] During the 2-hour attempt, the runners were paced by a lead car and 30 supporting pacers joining in stages (both considered illegal underIAAF rules).[67] The race started at 5:45h local time on the 2.4 km track. Kipchoge finished in 2:00:25, while the other two had to slow and finished far behind.[68] The runners planned even 14:13 5k splits to break 2 hours. His 5k splits were: 14:14, 14:07, 14:13, 14:15, 14:14, 14:17, 14:17, 14:27, and 6:20 to finish.[69] The 5k split times from 25k and further would be world records: 25k in 1:11:03, 30k in 1:25:20, 35k in 1:39:37, 40k in 1:54:04.
On 24 September, he won the2017 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:03:32.[70] In rainy conditions, he finished 14 seconds ahead ofGuye Adola who ran his first marathon, and set the fastest marathon debut ever.[71] Former marathon world record holder Wilson Kipsang and 2016 winner Kenenisa Bekele failed to finish.[72][73]
Kipchoge won theLondon Marathon against a field that includedMo Farah, Kenenisa Bekele, and defending championDaniel Wanjiru.[74][75][76][77][78]
"A 2:01:39 in the Marathon is like a Mars landing for Space travel."
"Whatever happens, this will surely go down as Kipchoge's crowning glory, his marathon opus. It would be no surprise if his record stood for a generation unless, of course, he himself has other ideas."
"In an astonishing performance at the 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon, Kipchoge took marathoning into a new stratosphere by clocking 2:01:39 – the first man ever under 2:02, and a full 78 seconds faster than Dennis Kimetto's four-year-old world record.
It was a performance so far superior to anything we've seen before that comparing it to another marathon feels inadequate. This was Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in basketball, Usain Bolt's 9.58 in the 100-meter dash.
Kipchoge's splits – 1:01:06 for the first half, a ridiculous 1:00:33 for his second half – sound made up. But they were real, and they were spectacular."
On 16 September, Kipchoge won the2018 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:01:39, breaking the previous world record by 1 minute and 18 seconds (2:02:57 set by fellow countryman Dennis Kimetto at the Berlin Marathon in 2014). It was the greatest improvement in a marathon world record time since 1967.[82] He finished 4:43 min ahead of second-placed fellow Kenyan Amos Kipruto. The world record holder from 2013, Wilson Kipsang of Kenya, came in third at 2:06:48.[83][84] It was the 11th world record set at the Berlin Marathon.[51]
| Berlin 2018 Marathon split times | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Split | Time | Notes |
| 5k | 14:24 | 14:24 | |
| 10k | 14:37 | 29:01 | |
| 15k | 14:36 | 43:37 | |
| 20k | 14:19 | 57:56 | |
| Half Marathon | (3:10) | 1:01:06 | |
| 25k | 14:28 | 1:12:24 | (WBP 1:11:18,Dennis Kipruto Kimetto) |
| 30k | 14:21 | 1:26:45 | (WBP 1:27:13, Eliud Kipchoge/Stanley Biwott) |
| 35k | 14:16 | 1:41:01 | (BP 1:41:47, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto) |
| 40k | 14:31 | 1:55:32 | (BP 1:56:29, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto) |
| Marathon | (6:08) | 2:01:39 | (WR 2:02:57, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto) |
Following his performances in the 2018 season, Kipchoge received numerous accolades and awards. He was namedIAAF World Athlete of the Year together withCaterine Ibargüen, who received the female World Athlete of the Year award.[85] On 11 January 2019, Kipchoge was named the 2018 Sportsman of the Year at theKenyan Sports Personality of the Year Awards inMombasa, Kenya.[86]
Kipchoge won the2019 London Marathon in a time of 2:02:37, the second fastest marathon ever at that time, behind his 2018 Berlin Marathon win.[87] He became the first man to win the event four times and set a new course record, beating his own 2016 London Marathon best by 28 seconds.[88] The lead runner passed the half marathon mark in 1:01:37.[89]Mosinet Geremew (Ethiopia) finished as the runner up in 2:02:55 andMule Wasihun (Ethiopia) came in third place in 2:03:16.[5] The British runnerMo Farah, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and a pre-race favourite, finished 5th.[90]
In May 2019, a few days after his London Marathon win, Kipchoge announced another take on the sub-two-hour marathon, named theIneos 1:59 Challenge. On 12 October 2019 inVienna'sPrater park, he ran 4.4 laps of the Hauptallee in 1:59:40, becoming the first person in recorded history to break the two-hour barrier over a marathon distance.[91][92][93]
The effort did not count as a new world record under IAAF rules due to the setup of the challenge. Specifically, it was not an open event; Kipchoge was handed fluids by his support team throughout; the run featured a pace car and included rotating teams of other runners pacing Kipchoge in a formation designed to reduce wind resistance and maximise efficiency.[94][95] The achievement was recognised byGuinness World Records with the titles 'Fastest marathon distance (male)' and 'First marathon distance run under two hours'.[96][97]
Kipchoge placed 8th in the2020 London Marathon in October with a time of 2:06:49, the lowest finish of his marathoning career.[7]
In preparation for the delayed2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, he won theNN Mission Marathon, which was held atEnschede Airport Twente in the Netherlands on 18 April 2021 in a time of 2:04:30. Jonathan Korir finished as the runner up with a personal best of 2:06:40.[98]
Kipchoge successfully defended his title from the Rio Olympics by winning the gold medal in the men's marathon at the Tokyo Games in a time of 2:08:38, becoming only the third person to successfully defend their gold medal in the men's marathon, afterAbebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964, andWaldemar Cierpinski in 1976 and 1980.[99] He was the favourite to win and attacked around the 30 km mark, looking back only once afterwards. He won by 80 seconds, the largest margin in 49 years.[100] The silver medal went toAbdi Nageeye (Netherlands), whileBashir Abdi (Belgium) came in third for a bronze medal with 2:10:00. Kipchoge was the oldest Olympic marathon winner sinceCarlos Lopes won in 1984 at the age of 37. The run was staged 500 miles north of Tokyo inSapporo, with 106 runners participating.[101] A documentary on the Ineos 1:59 Challenge, titledKipchoge: The Last Milestone, was released digitallyon-demand on 24 August 2021.
On 20 January, Kipchoge announced his desire to win all sixWorld Marathon Majors (he had already won three, the London, Berlin, and Chicago marathons by that time). This was followed up by an announcement on 18 February that he would be participating in the2021 Tokyo Marathon (which took place on 6 March 2022 due toCOVID-19 restrictions in 2021) and that the majority of his recent training has been dedicated towards this goal.[102] He won the Tokyo Marathon with a time of 2:02:40 – a course and all-comers' record.Amos Kipruto of Kenya finished second with a personal best of 2:03:13, andTamirat Tola from Ethiopia came in third in a time of 2:04:14.[103]
On 25 September, Kipchoge won theBerlin Marathon decisively in a time of 2:01:09, beating by 30 seconds his own previous world record, which he set on the same course in 2018. With his fourth victory in Berlin, he equalled the record achievement ofHaile Gebrselassie. He finished 4:49 min ahead of second-placed compatriotMark Korir while Ethiopia's Tadu Abate took third place with a time of 2:06:28. Kipchoge achieved halfway in 59:51 which, being at the time, the fastest split in marathon history, would have been a world record in the standalone half-marathon in 1993, and was only 26 seconds off his best in that distance. He slowed down later with second half in 61:18.[104][105][106][107] It was the eighth time in a row that men's record was set in Berlin and 12th record there overall.[108][51]
| Split times Marathon world record / Breaking2 / INEOS 1:59 Challenge | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former World Record Berlin, 25 September 2022 | Breaking2 Monza, 6 May 2017 | INEOS 1:59 Challenge Vienna, 12 October 2019 | |||||
| Distance | Split | Time | Split | Time | Split | Time | Notes |
| 5 km | 14:14 | 14:14 | 14:14 | 14:14 | 14:10 | 14:10 | |
| 10 km | 14:09 | 28:23 | 14:07 | 28:21 | 14:10 | 28:20 | |
| 15 km | 14:10 | 42:33 | 14:13 | 42:34 | 14:14 | 42:34 | |
| 20 km | 14:12 | 56:45 | 14:15 | 56:49 | 14:13 | 56:47 | |
| Half | (3:06) | 59:51 | (3:08) | 59:57 | (3:07) | 59:54 | |
| 25 km | 14:23 | 1:11:08 | 14:14 | 1:11:03 | 14:12 | 1:10:59 | (WBP 1:11:18,Dennis Kipruto Kimetto) |
| 30 km | 14:32 | 1:25:40 | 14:17 | 1:25:20 | 14:12 | 1:25:11 | (WBP 1:27:13, Eliud Kipchoge/Stanley Biwott) |
| 35 km | 14:30 | 1:40:10 | 14:17 | 1:39:37 | 14:12 | 1:39:23 | (BP 1:41:47, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto) |
| 40 km | 14:43 | 1:54:53 | 14:27 | 1:54:04 | 14:13 | 1:53:36 | (BP 1:56:29, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto) |
| Marathon | (6:16) | 2:01:09 | (6:21) | 2:00:25 | (6:04) | 1:59:40 | (WR 2:01:39, Eliud Kipchoge) |
At the2023 Boston Marathon, Kipchoge aimed to win his fifth of the six major marathons. However, after missing his water bottle and due to a left leg problem,[109][110] the 38-year-old was unable to stay with the lead group on a hilly section after the 30 km mark. He suffered the third defeat of his marathon career, finishing sixth with a time of 2:09:23.Evans Chebet was the winner in 2:05:54, successfully defending his title.[111]
At the2023 Berlin Marathon, his first race since the Boston defeat, Kipchoge won the race for a record fifth time, finishing at 2:02:42. He ran alone from 32 km (20 mi) onward after Ethiopia's Derseh Kindie dropped away, but fell short of breaking his own world record that he had set the previous year. With the victory, Kipchoge became the first man in history to win the Berlin Marathon five times, having already won in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022.[citation needed]
Kipchoge failed to finish the marathon for the first time in his career when defending his gold medal at the2024 Paris Olympics, dropping out of the race after around 30 km (19 mi), citing discomfort around his waist. He later told reporters that he would not compete at another Olympic Games. When asked about the prospects of competing inLos Angeles in 2028: he explained:
"You will see me in a different way, maybe giving people motivation, but I will not run. I need to go back, sit down, try to figure my 21 years of running at high level. I need to evolve and feature in other things."[112]
Despite the performance, Kenyan PresidentWilliam Ruto still recognized Kipchoge's achievements:
"I know how people were disappointed. Many people I know made a lot of comments, 'How could Eliud not finish?' But Eliud we celebrate you. You have held our flag high."[113]
Kipchoge competed in the2025 New York City Marathon, finishing 17th, thus completing all six World Marathon Major courses. After finishing, Kipchoge announced a new project known asEliud's Running World, where he will run seven marathons across seven continents over a period of two years to raise awareness about sustainability and education.[114]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | World Cross Country Championships | Dublin, Ireland | 5th | Junior race | 23:39 |
| 1st | Junior team | 18 pts | |||
| 2003 | World Cross Country Championships | Lausanne, Switzerland | 1st | Junior race | 22:47 |
| 1st | Junior team | 15 pts | |||
| World Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 5000 m | 12:52.79CR | |
| 2004 | World Cross Country Championships | Brussels, Belgium | 4th | Long race | 36:34 |
| 2nd | Team | 30 pts | |||
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 3rd | 5000 m | 13:15.10 | |
| 2005 | World Cross Country Championships | Saint-Étienne, France | 5th | Long race | 35:37 |
| 2nd | Team | 35 pts | |||
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 5000 m | 13:33.04 | |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 3rd | 3000 m | 7:42.58 |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:46.00 |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:02.80 |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | 5000 m | 13:18.95 |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:31.32 |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 7th | 5000 m | 13:27.27 |
| 2012 | World Half Marathon Championships | Kavarna, Bulgaria | 6th | Half marathon | 1:01:52 |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:44 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:38 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | DNF | Marathon | — |
| Competition | Rank | Time | Location | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013Hamburg Marathon | 1st | 2:05:30 | Hamburg | 2013 Apr 21 | Marathon debut, set course record. |
| 2013 Berlin Marathon | 2nd | 2:04:05 | Berlin | 2013 Sep 29 | 1stWilson Kipsang (2:03:23 World Record) |
| 2014Rotterdam Marathon | 1st | 2:05:00 | Rotterdam | 2014 Apr 13 | |
| 2014 Chicago Marathon | 1st | 2:04:11 | Chicago, IL | 2014 Oct 12 | |
| 2015 London Marathon | 1st | 2:04:42 | London | 2015 Apr 26 | |
| 2015 Berlin Marathon | 1st | 2:04:00 | Berlin | 2015 Sep 27 | |
| 2016 London Marathon | 1st | 2:03:05 | London | 2016 Apr 24 | Set course record. |
| 2016 Summer Olympics | 1st | 2:08:44 | Rio de Janeiro | 2016 Aug 21 | |
| 2017Breaking2[115] | 2:00:25 | Monza | 2017 May 6 | An experimental run over the marathon distance.[b] | |
| 2017 Berlin Marathon | 1st | 2:03:32 | Berlin | 2017 Sep 24 | |
| 2018 London Marathon | 1st | 2:04:17 | London | 2018 Apr 22 | |
| 2018 Berlin Marathon | 1st | 2:01:39 | Berlin | 2018 Sep 16 | World record & became 1st man ran under 2:02 |
| 2019 London Marathon | 1st | 2:02:37 | London | 2019 Apr 28 | New course record. |
| 2019INEOS 1:59 Challenge[116] | 1:59:40 | Vienna | 2019 Oct 12 | An experimental run over the marathon distance.[c] | |
| 2020 London Marathon | 8th | 2:06:49 | London | 2020 Oct 4 | First loss in marathon since 2013. |
| NN Mission Marathon | 1st | 2:04:30 | Enschede | 2021 Apr 18 | |
| 2020 Summer Olympics | 1st | 2:08:38 | Sapporo | 2021 Aug 8 | Becomes third man to defend Olympic marathon title, afterAbebe Bikila andWaldemar Cierpinski. Largest margin of victory (80 seconds) in Olympics since 1972. |
| 2021 Tokyo Marathon | 1st | 2:02:40 | Tokyo | 2022 Mar 6 | Race record. |
| 2022 Berlin Marathon | 1st | 2:01:09 | Berlin | 2022 Sep 25 | World record. |
| 2023 Boston Marathon | 6th | 2:09:23 | Boston, MA | 2023 Apr 17 | Third loss in marathon. Slowest marathon time of career. |
| 2023 Berlin Marathon | 1st | 2:02:42 | Berlin | 2023 Sep 24 | First man in history to win the Berlin Marathon 5 times. |
| 2024 Tokyo Marathon | 10th | 2:06:50 | Tokyo | 2024 Mar 2 | Fourth loss in marathon & lowest finishing place in career. |
| 2024 Summer Olympics | DNF | — | Paris | 2024 Aug 10 | First time in career that he dropped out of a marathon. |
| 2025 London Marathon | 6th | 2:05:25 | London | 2025 April 27 | Fifth loss in marathon. |
| 2025 Sydney Marathon | 9th | 2:08:31 | Sydney | 2025 August 31 | Sixth loss in marathon |
| 2025 New York Marathon | 17th | 2:14:36 | New York | 2025 November 2 | Won the Six Star Medal[117] |
| World Marathon Majors | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Marathon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | p | 1st 2:02:40 * | – | 10th 2:06:50 | – |
| Boston Marathon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | 6th 2:09:23 | – | – |
| London Marathon | – | – | 1st 2:04:42 | 1st 2:03:05 | – | 1st 2:04:17 | 1st 2:02:37 | 8th 2:06:49 | – | – | – | – | 6th 2:05:25 |
| Berlin Marathon | 2nd 2:04:05 | – | 1st 2:04:00 | – | 1st 2:03:32 | 1st 2:01:39 | – | x | – | 1st 2:01:09 | 1st 2:02:42 | – | – |
| Chicago Marathon | – | 1st 2:04:11 | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | – |
| New York City Marathon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | – | – | – | – | 17th 2:14:36 |
| Sydney Marathon | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | Not part of WMM | 9th 2:08:31 |
(*) Officially billed as the 2021 Tokyo Marathon, the race took place on 6 March 2022 after the 2021 edition was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a consequence of this postponement, the 2022 Tokyo Marathon was cancelled.
(x) Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(p) Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All information taken fromWorld Athletics profile.
| Distance | Time | Date | Location | Venue | Notes |
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| 1500 m | 3:33.20 | 31 May 2004 | Hengelo, Netherlands | FBK Games | |
| Mile run | 3:50.40 | 30 July 2004 | London, United Kingdom | London Grand Prix | |
| 3000 m | 7:27.66 | 6 May 2011 | Doha, Qatar | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | |
| Two miles | 8:07.68 | 4 June 2005 | Eugene, United States | Prefontaine Classic | |
| 5000 m | 12:46.53 | 2 July 2004 | Rome, Italy | Golden Gala | |
| 10,000 m | 26:49.02 | 26 May 2007 | Hengelo, Netherlands | FBK Games | |
| 10 km (road race) | 28:11 | 27 September 2009 | Utrecht, Netherlands | Singelloop Utrecht | |
| 26:54 | 31 December 2006 | Madrid, Spain | San Silvestre Vallecana | (not legal[d]) | |
| Half marathon | 59:25 | 1 September 2012 | Lille, France | Lille Half Marathon | |
| 30 km | 1:27:13 | 24 April 2016 | London, United Kingdom | London Marathon | World best |
| Marathon | 2:01:09 | 25 September 2022 | Berlin, Germany | Berlin Marathon | |
| 1:59:40 | 12 October 2019 | Vienna, Austria | Ineos 1:59 Challenge | (not legal[a]) |
| Distance | Time (min) | Date | Location | Venue |
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| 1500 m | 3:36.25 | 18 February 2006 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | National Indoor Arena |
| 3000 m | 7:29.37 | 5 February 2011 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle |
| Two miles | 8:07.39 | 18 February 2012 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | National Indoor Arena |
| 5000 m | 12:55.72 | 11 February 2011 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Arena-Sportpark (in German) |
Kipchoge's quest in the games came to an abrupt end at the 30km mark due to a sharp pain in his waist.
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| Preceded by | Men's 3000 m best year performance 2004–2005 2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Men's marathon world record holder 16 September 2018 – 8 October 2023 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Men'sTrack & Field News Athlete of the Year 2018 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | BBC World Sport Star of the Year 2019 | Succeeded by |
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