My procedure is to sort Mirko Jalava's 2008 World Deep Lists
<tilastopaja.org> for each event by year of birth, starting with 1973
and backward from there, to identify all athletes on the list of
masters age levels (35 and older on the date of competition). In
summarizing the lists, I've bold-faced the data for the oldest on the
list, and also have noted the youngest athlete on the world list in
each event.
Masters on Men’s Marathon World List for 2008
N=1065
List threshold=2:25.00
1 2:03:59WR Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18 Apr 73 Berlin 28 Sep
14 2:07:16 Jaouad Gharib MAR 22 May 72 Beijing 2-OG 24 Aug
18 2:07:32 Sammy Korir KEN 12 Dec 71 Seoul 16 Mar
80 2:10:38 Tom Van Hooste BEL 23 Sep 72 Rotterdam 13 Apr
98 2:11:00 David Cheruiyot KEN 1 Sep 72 Ottawa 25 May
109 2:11:04 John Kibowen KEN 21 Apr 69 Paris 6 Apr
123 2:11:21 Toshinari Takaoka JPN 24 Sep 70 Paris 6 Apr
126 2:11:37 Michael Kimani KEN 72 Roma 16 Mar
131 2:11:38 Jonathan Kibet KEN 68 Sevilla 24 Feb
133 2:11:44 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 2 Feb 72 London 13 Apr
139 2:11:49 Sammy Rotich KEN 70 Enschede 27 Apr
144 2:11:57 Mykola Antonenko UKR 2 Sep 72 Roma 16 Mar
156 2:12:01 Sammy Rotich KEN 22 Aug 57 Kotice 5 Oct
179 2:12:27 Lee Bong-Ju KOR 11 Oct 70 Seoul 16 Mar
186 2:12:42 José Manuel Martínez ESP 22 Oct 71 Madrid 27 Apr
189 2:12:38 Procopio Franco MEX 8 Jul 70 Torreón 3 Mar
197 2:13:02 Rafal Wójcik POL 18 Sep 72 Debno 13 Apr
199 2:12:48 Kenjiro Jitsui JPN 16 Dec 68 Berlin 28 Sep
200 2:12:52 Migidio Bourifa ITA 31 Jan 69 Paris 6 Apr
204 2:13:06 Stefano Baldini ITA 25 May 71 London 13 Apr
207 2:13:09 José de Souza BRA 22 Apr 71 Rotterdam 13 Apr
217 2:13:20 Julio Rey ESP 13 Jan 72 Hamburg 29 Apr
223 2:13:23 Samson Loywapet KEN 24 Dec 72 Wien 27 Apr
229 2:13:26 Tsuyoshi Ogata JPN 11 May 73 Beijing 24 Aug
303 2:14:37 Philip Kibitok KEN 23 Mar 71 Ciudad de México 17 Aug
325 2:15:00 Asier Cuevas ESP 16 Jan 73 Valencia 17 Feb
332 2:15:07 Pavel Andreyev RUS 20 Apr 70 Tempe AZ 13 Jan
345 2:15:21 Joseph Epetet KEN 70 Lisboa 12 Apr
392 2:16:05 Larbi Zéroual FRA 10 Jan 71 Utrecht 24 Mar
395 2:16:02 Silvio Guerra ECU 18 Sep 68 San Diego CA 1 Jun
401 2:16:07 James Koskei KEN 23 Nov 68 Boston MA 21 Apr
427 2:16:25 Jan Bialk POL 4 Sep 69 Kraków 4 May
429 2:16:29 Franklin Tenorio ECU 30 Jun 69 Los Angeles CA 2 Mar
434 2:16:31 John Mutai KEN 26 May 66 Belfast 5 May
436 2:16:33 Luc Krotwaar NED 25 Jan 68 Rotterdam 13 Apr
440 2:16:42 Elías Domínguez ESP 21 Feb 72 Valencia 17 Feb
445 2:16:41 Joshua Rop KEN 69 Treviso 30 Mar
449 2:16:42 Odilón Cuahutle MEX 11 Sep 70 Los Angeles 2 Mar
470 2:17:04 Giacomo Leone ITA 10 Apr 71 Parabita 27 Jan
472 2:17:06 Johannes Kekana RSA 25 Apr 72 Durban 10 Feb
482 2:17:05 António Sousa POR 26 Feb 70 Hamburg 29 Apr
490 2:17:10 Jacob Mengich KEN 70 Thessaloníki 20 Apr
495 2:17:14 Saïd Boudalia ITA 68 Treviso 30 Mar
497 2:17:31 Joseph Kahugu KEN 7 Jun 71 Madrid 27 Apr
502 2:17:20 Roberto Barbi ITA 25 Mar 65 Russi 6 Apr
525 2:17:53 Joachim Nshimirimana BDI 13 Jan 73 Praha 11 May
526 2:17:24 Luiz Carlos da Silva BRA 23 Jan 69 São Paulo 1 Jun
542 2:17:39 Brighton Chipere ZIM 13 Nov 72 Cape Town 21 Sep
544 2:18:13 Rik Ceulemans BEL 14 Sep 72 Omsk 2 Aug
549 2:18:15 Paulo Gomes POR 15 May 73 Beijing 24 Aug
564 2:18:26 Uli Steidl GER 6 Mar 72 Hamburg 29 Apr
571 2:18:36 Bethuel Netshifhefhe RSA 16 Mar 72 Durban 10 Feb
574 2:18:40 Giorgio Calcaterra ITA 11 Feb 72 Roma 16 Mar
601 2:18:46 Asaf Bimro ISR 1 Jan 69 Tiberias 10 Jan
616 2:19:09 Martin Lauret NED 27 Oct 71 Rotterdam 13 Apr
617 2:19:12 Antonio da Silva BRA 18 Dec 72 Rio de Janeiro 29 Jun
625 2:19:01 Pavel Novák CZE 18 May 70 Roma 16 Mar
651 2:19:29 Marcello Capotosti ITA 15 Apr 68 Russi 6 Apr
660 2:19:36 Rowan Walker AUS 12 Jan 70 Gold Coast 6 Jul
662 2:19:59 David Antoine FRA 29 Jan 72 Sénart 1 May
668 2:20:08 Butiki Jantjies RSA 71 Durban 10 Feb
675 2:19:53 Mauricio Díaz CHI 7 Aug 68 Rotterdam 13 Apr
676 2:20:11 Peter Muthama KEN 72 Xiamen 5 Jan
678 2:20:11 Elijah Cheburet KEN 72 Utrecht 24 Mar
681 2:19:59 Rafael Muñoz MEX 24 Oct 63 Torreón 3 Mar
687 2:20:04 Eric Gérome BEL 4 Feb 69 Antwerp 20 Apr
690 2:20:20 Hyung Jae-Young KOR 24 Feb 71 Seoul 16 Mar
709 2:20:30 Kamiel Maase NED 20 Oct 71 Beijing 24 Aug
710 2:20:31 José Alejandro Semprún VEN 12 Mar 73 Paris 6 Apr
716 2:20:36NR Awadah Hussein LIB 2 Jan 73 Berlin 28 Sep
718 2:20:25 Gino Van Geyte BEL 16 Mar 67 Utrecht 24 Mar
723 2:20:40 Sergey Fedotov RUS 14 Feb 72 Monaco 30 Mar
734 2:20:50 Adrian Marriott GBR 24 Sep 72 Genève 28 Sep
744 2:20:40 Phil Costley NZL 16 Mar 70 London 13 Apr
763 2:20:59 Jaroslaw Janicki POL 66 Gdansk 16 Aug
787 2:21:41 Kristoffer Österlund SWE 15 Sep 72 London 13 Apr
810 2:21:59 Marco Mambo ZIM 13 Jun 71 Durban 10 Feb
811 2:21:59 Dennis Pyka GER 5 Mar 72 Mainz 4 May
814 2:21:47 Andrew Musuva KEN 9 Jan 70 Bellevue WA 29 Jun
817 2:21:51 Viktor Starodubtsev UKR 70 Praha 11 May
818 2:22:06 Serhiy Redko UKR 24 Jan 73 Lódzź 18 May
830 2:22:16 James Finlayson CAN 8 Aug 72 Toronto 28 Sep
840 2:22:23 Ronnie Holassie TRI 29 Jul 71 Tampa FL 10 Feb
847 2:22:28 Jim Svenøy NOR 22 Apr 72 Rotterdam 13 Apr
851 2:22:15 Paul Kiptanui KEN 12 Aug 69 Hamburg 29 Apr
853 2:22:32 Rachid Ben Salem MAR 10 Nov 72 Utrecht 24 Mar
859 2:22:35 Cyrille Cominges FRA 1 Apr 73 Paris 6 Apr
871 2:22:29 Hamid Belhaj MAR 19 Jul 68 Mont St. Michel 24 May
876 2:22:32 Tarcis Ancay SUI 1 Mar 70 Zürich 20 Apr
880 2:22:48 Miguel Meléndez CHI 6 Nov 71 Santiago de Chile 6 Apr
901 2:22:45 Pascal Fetizon FRA 30 Aug 62 Sénart 1 May
920 2:23:05 William Koech KEN 2 Dec 61 Roma 16 Mar
926 2:23:09 João Serralheiro POR 21 Sep 70 Wien 27 Apr
933 2:23:14 Marco Calderone ITA 19 Jun 68 Varano 2 Mar
954 2:23:30 Mike Carroll GBR 21 Oct 70 London 13 Apr
972 2:23:49 Darren Bilton GBR 2 Sep 65 London 13 Apr
976 2:23:53 Róbert Stefko CZE 28 May 68 Praha 11 May
978 2:23:56 Bruce Deacon CAN 5 Dec 66 Boston MA 21 Apr
982 2:23:58 Marko Vaittinen FIN 13 Nov 70 Paris 6 Apr
1003 2:24:16 Oleg Strizhakov RUS 18 Jul 63 Boston MA 21 Apr
1009 2:24:22 Koji Shimizu JPN 17 Oct 69 Tokyo 17 Feb
1027 2:24:29 Luketz Swartbooi NAM 7 Feb 66 Simonstown 17 Feb
Youngest athlete (16) on this list:
802 2:21:37 Cheng Ganyu CHN 8 Jan 91 Xiamen 5 Jan
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Masters on Women’s Marathon World List for 2008
N=680
List threshold=2:49.58
8 2:24:14 Irina Timofeyeva RUS 5 Apr 70 Hamburg 29 Apr
9 2:24:39 Svetlana Zakharova RUS 11 Apr 70 London 13 Apr
14 2:25:12 Lyubov Morgunova RUS 14 Jan 71 Rotterdam 13 Apr
23 2:26:00 Linah Cheruiyot KEN 1 Mar 73 Paris 6 Apr
33 2:26:43 Luminita Talpos ROU 9 Oct 72 Wien 27 Apr
34 2:26:44 Constantina Tomescu ROU 23 Jan 70 Beijing 1-OG? 17 Aug
36 2:26:45 Lyudmila Petrova RUS 7 Oct 68 London 13 Apr
38 2:27:06 Catherine Ndereba KEN 21 Jul 72 Beijing 17 Aug
51 2:28:18 Larisa Zyusko RUS 27 Apr 69 Roma 16 Mar
56 2:28:36 Helena Javornik SLO 26 Mar 66 Treviso 30 Mar
64 2:28:52 Kate Smyth AUS 22 Sep 72 Nagano 20 Apr
73 2:29:18 Hayley Haining GBR 6 Mar 72 London 13 Apr
74 2:29:20NR Thabita Tsatsa ZIM 18 Sep 72 Seoul 16 Mar
82 2:29:35 Deena Kastor USA 14 Feb 73 Boston MA 20 Apr
84 2:29:50 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Sep 68 Nagoya 11 Mar
93 2:30:29 Paty Rétiz MEX 17 Mar 71 Torreón 3 Mar
95 2:30:33 Svetlana Ponomarenko RUS 28 Nov 69 Nashville 26 Apr
98 2:30:51NR Eva-Maria Gradwohl AUT 29 Mar 73 Linz 13 Apr
100 2:30:54 Nuta Olaru ROU 28 Aug 70 San Diego CA 1 Jun
103 2:31:16 Yesenia Centeno ESP 27 Jun 71 Hamburg 29 Apr
105 2:31:20 Malgorzata Sobanska POL 25 Apr 69 Warszawa 28 Sep
113 2:31:54 Dorota Gruca POL 5 Dec 70 Nagano 20 Apr
125 2:32:22 María José Pueyo ESP 16 Mar 70 Valencia 17 Feb
142 2:33:23 Dulce María Rodríguez MEX 14 Aug 72 Torreón 3 Mar
148 2:33:41 Liliya Yadzhak RUS 14 Nov 70 Omsk 2 Aug
166 2:34:18 Youn Sun-Sook KOR 28 May 72 Seoul 16 Mar
169 2:34:35 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR 29 May 70 Beijing 17 Aug
173 2:34:47 Ornella Ferrara ITA 17 Apr 68 Brescia 20 Apr
174 2:34:51 Liza Hunter-Galvan NZL 25 Jun 69 Beijing 17 Aug
182 2:35:10 Fátima Cabral POR 14 Jan 72 Hamburg 29 Apr
184 2:35:19NR María Portillo PER 10 Apr 72 Beijing 17 Aug
186 2:35:24 Marcella Mancini ITA 5 Sep 71 Padova 27 Apr
188 2:35:35 Claudia Dreher GER 2 May 71 Tokyo 17 Feb
190 2:35:36 Anzhelika Averkova UKR 13 Mar 69 Nashville 26 Apr
201 2:36:10 Annemette Aagaard DEN 11 Apr 72 København 18 May
213 2:36:32 Derartu Tulu ETH 21 Mar 72 Madrid 27 Apr
241 2:37:49 Nili Abramski ISR 14 Jan 70 Hamburg 29 Apr
251 2:38:16 Shireen Crumpton NZL 10 Jan 70 Gold Coast 6 Jul
255 2:38:34 Maria Baldaia BRA 29 Aug 72 Hamburg 29 Apr
258 2:38:42 Yuliya Vinokurova RUS 17 Jun 72 Houston TX 13 Jan
260 2:38:49 Linda Somers Smith USA 7 May 61 Boston MA 20 Apr
264 2:39:05 Pauline Curley IRL 10 Mar 69 Rotterdam 13 Apr
273 2:39:20 Petra Kamínková CZE 19 Jan 73 Apeldoorn 3 Feb
286 2:39:45 Anna Pichrtová CZE 19 May 73 Ottawa 25 May
287 2:39:46 Chihiro Tanaka JPN 13 Nov 69 Nagano 20 Apr
290 2:39:50 Sue Harrison GBR 6 Aug 71 Hamburg 29 Apr
296 2:39:54 Oksana Kuzmicheva RUS 20 Oct 72 Wien 27 Apr
297 2:39:58 Valentyna Poltavska UKR 4 Jul 71 Warszawa 28 Sep
304 2:40:23 Albina Gallyamova RUS 8 May 64 Nashville TN 26 Apr
314 2:40:39 Nathalie Vasseur FRA 14 Aug 65 Rotterdam 13 Apr
316 2:40:46 Wioletta Uryga POL 18 Oct 68 Kraków 4 May
318 2:40:50 Mounia Aboulachen BEL 29 Oct 72 Praha 11 May
335 2:41:24 Tatyana Belovol UKR 7 Oct 69 Kraków 4 May
336 2:41:24 Laurence Klein FRA 22 Jan 69 Mont St Michel 24 May
345 2:41:45A Adriana Fernández MEX 4 Apr 71 Ciudad de México 17 Aug
352 2:42:00 Tatyana Mironova RUS 31 Dec 68 Odense 21 Sep
360 2:42:24 Margaretha Baumann NOR 16 Jul 72 Hamburg 29 Apr
361 2:42:26 Kristijna Loonen NED 26 Jul 70 Pisa 11 May
365 2:42:35 Ilda dos Santos BRA 5 Feb 72 Florianopolis 20 Apr
381 2:42:55 Susan Loken USA 63 Boston MA 20 Apr
387 2:43:06 Birgitt Bohn GER 20 Feb 71 Mainz 4 May
392 2:43:12 Kayoko Obata JPN 18 Sep 71 Osaka 27 Jan
402 2:43:28 Zinayida Semyonova RUS 19 Mar 62 Duluth MN 21 Jun
404 2:43:30 Hiroko Sho JPN 10 Oct 70 Osaka 27 Jan
406 2:43:35 Bernadette Pichlmaier GER 69 Mainz 4 May
418 2:43:58 Milka Mikhaylova BUL 23 May 72 Mainz 4 May
424 2:44:18 Naoko Takahashi JPN 6 May 72 Nagoya 11 Mar
431 2:44:25 Gwen Greiner USA 70 Boston MA 20 Apr
432 2:44:28 Ingrid Lopergolo FRA 14 Jun 71 Paris 6 Apr
433 2:44:31 Alena Mazouka BLR 30 Jun 67 Kraków 4 May
441 2:44:44 Monica Carlin ITA 20 Jun 71 Treviso 30 Mar
449 2:44:55 Alicia Rodríguez MEX 12 Jun 68 Torreón 3 Mar
450 2:44:56 Clarisse Rasoarizy MAD 27 Sep 71 Mauritius 20 Apr
451 2:44:57 Kathleen Jobes USA 70 Boston MA 20 Apr
452 2:44:58 Tatyana Titova RUS 6 Aug 65 Houston TX 13 Jan
Youngest athlete (15) on this list:
373 2:42:50 Zhang Ting CHN 8 Jun 92 Xiamen 5 Jan
The length of the masters marathon lists makes it a relief for me to
accept them as the end of this series. Sorting out 15 or 20 masters
from Mirko Jalava's list lengths of as many as 2000 performances is fun
for the new information it provides. Sorting out 101 men and 75 women
from the marathon lists becomes a tiresome chore. Worse, the search
becomes so routine that it invites carelessness and error.
The men's decathlon sort provides a good example of the fun of new
information. Haile Gebrselassie's world record, accomplished at the age
of 35, should leave no doubt as to who deserves the title "Top Masters
Athlete" for this year. Almost as interesting is Jaouad Gharib's silver
medal in the Olympics at the age of 36. The Olympic champion, Samuel
Wanjiru, was more than 13 years younger! Fun, too, to track down the
two listings for Sammy Rotich (KEN) on Mirko's lists, to find that they
are indeed two different athletes. One final caution about the
decathlon lists. Recognizing that they would be long, I began work on
the masters sortings as one of my earliest activities after the end of
the significant 2008 outdoor meets. Unfortunately, though, the marathon
season is still very active and Mirko continues to make changes in his
list to reflect the results of further meets. This may mean that the
rankings I've recorded may vary by as much as ten places from current
ones.
And BTW, thanks to the several list members to took time to provide
corrections and additions to other lists I've posted.
Regards
