The New York City Marathon takes place every November, attracting thousands of participants each year. As of 2024, the fastest ever men's time was *******, set by Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola in 2023. Meanwhile, the fastest ever women's time was *******, set by Margaret Okayo in 2003.

As of March 2025, the men's course record for the London Marathon was held by Kelvin Kiptum, who broke the record with a time of ******* in 2023. Meanwhile, Paula Radcliffe has held the women's course record since 2003, with a time of *******. Marcel Hug, who also holds the course records in the New York and Boston marathons, set the fastest men's wheelchair time of ******* in 2023.

Improvement in performance times for the Boston (BOS), London (LON), Berlin (BER), Chicago (CHI) and New York (NYC) Marathons.

The seven most prestigious marathons in the world are known as the World Marathon Majors, with thousands taking part in the events each year. In 2024, the New York City Marathon was completed by over 55,000 runners, representing the highest number out of the leading marathons.

This data set includes data from the following marathons from 2000-2019:

Chicago, Caliofrnia International, Honolulu, Houston, Philadelphia, Marine Corps, Twin Cities, New York, Los Angeles, Grandma's

Esta estadística presenta el récord de participación en cada uno de los seis mayores maratones del mundo ("World Marathon Majors" en inglés) hasta el año 2023. En 2019, casi ****** corredores consiguieron llegar a la meta del Maratón de Nueva York, el récord más alto de los seis "Majors".