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Eliud Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon distance in under two hours, completing the specially organized INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna in 2019, though the run's use of rotating pacers and other conditions meant it wasn't recognized as an official world record. His official marathon world record, set at the Berlin Marathon, along with his Olympic gold medals in the marathon at both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, established Kipchoge as the most statistically dominant marathon runner of his generation across both record-setting time trials and championship racing. His famously disciplined, monk-like training philosophy and personal motto "no human is limited" reflected a broader mental approach that Kipchoge has credited as central to his sustained excellence across more than a decade at the sport's highest level. His combination of the historic sub-two-hour marathon run and his sustained dominance across official world records and Olympic competition has made Kipchoge the runner most universally regarded as the greatest marathoner in the sport's history.
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Paula Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe set the women's marathon world record at the 2003 London Marathon with a time that stood as the fastest ever recorded by a woman for 16 years, a mark widely considered one of the most enduring individual records in modern distance running history. Her aggressive, front-running racing style, often building large leads early in a race rather than conserving energy for a late tactical surge, distinguished Radcliffe's approach from more cautious championship racing tactics, and it reflected her confidence in her own sustained pace over the marathon's full distance. Despite her dominant world record and sustained marathon success, Radcliffe never won an Olympic marathon medal, a notable gap in her résumé given her otherwise overwhelming statistical dominance in the event throughout the 2000s. Her combination of a world record that stood for 16 years and her sustained dominance across major marathons including multiple London and New York City Marathon victories has made Radcliffe one of the most statistically significant marathon runners in the sport's history.
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