Joseph Ngeny

higher than usual during the race, approaching 30 °C (86 °F). Winner Joseph Ngeny [nl] was originally only meant to pace the first 30 km (19 mi), but broke

Masai Shekhar Mehta Catherine Ndereba (born 1972), marathon runner Noah Ngeny John Ngugi Margaret Okayo (born 1976), marathon runner Dennis Oliech, soccer

and came one place further to winning, although he would have won if Joseph Ngeny Kiprotich, initially brought in as a pacemaker, hadn't decided to continue

in 1981. During the most recent world record setting race in 1999, Noah Ngeny came in second place to Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 3:43.40, which

BEL Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, RSA Joseph Mutua, KEN Patrick Ndururi, KEN Jean-Patrick Nduwimana, BDI Erik Nedeau, USA Noah Ngeny, KEN Vénuste Niyongabo, BDI