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Haftu Strintzos ran 2:06:20 to break the Gold Coast Marathon course record on 5 July 2026. Full men's and women's top-20 results from Australia's flattest major marathon.
What counts as a good marathon time? Sub-4:00 for men and sub-4:30 for women beats the midfield. Finish-time benchmarks by age, gender, and experience, plus how to set a realistic goal.
Current 800m world records: David Rudisha's 1:40.91 from London 2012 and Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1:53.28 from 1983 — the oldest record in athletics, now under threat in 2026.
Marathon pace chart with per-km and per-mile splits for finish times from 3:00 to 5:30. Find the exact pace you need and 5K, 10K, halfway, and 30K checkpoints to hit your goal.
Keely Hodgkinson targets Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1:53.28 800m world record at the London Diamond League on 19 July 2026. What she needs, and how Audrey Werro changed the race.
Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs just ran the third-fastest 100m in history under all conditions. Here's why his blistering 9.67 won't enter the record books.
Swiss star Audrey Werro clocked 1:53.80 in Paris, the third-fastest women's 800m in history, edging closer to Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1983 world record of 1:53.28.
Paris Diamond League 2026 recap: Trayvon Bromell upsets Noah Lyles over 100m, Audrey Werro and Marco Arop light up the 800m, and four meeting records fall at Stade Charlety.