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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge celebrates after busting the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon on October 12 2019 in Vienna. - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday made history, busting the mythical two-hour barrier for the marathon on a specially prepared course in a huge Vienna park. With an unofficial time of 1hr 59min 40.2sec, the Olympic champion became the first ever to run a marathon in under two hours in the Prater park with the course readied to make it as even as possible. (Photo / AFP)
World marathon record has remained in Kenya since 2011 when Patrick Makau set it at the Berlin Marathon.
Here Standard Sports takes a look at Kenyans who have broken the 42.195km world record.
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