Masters W40 marathon world record progression is the progression of world record improvements of the marathon W40 division of Masters athletics. Records must be set in properly conducted, official competitions under the standing IAAF rules unless modified by World Masters Athletics.
The W40 division consists of female athletes who have reached the age of 40 but have not yet reached the age of 45, so exactly from their 40th birthday to the day before their 45th birthday. Marathon running is not normally seeded into age divisions so all of these records were set in marathon race open to most other age groups.
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TimeAthleteNationalityBirthdateAgeLocationDateRef2:19:52Helalia Johannes13 August 1980Valencia6 December 20202:22:11Lydia Cheromei11 May 1977Valencia2 December 20182:22:27Mariya Konovalova14 August 1974Nagoya8 March 20152:24:53.6Irina Mikitenko23 August 1972Berlin29 September 20132:25:43Ludmila Petrova7 October 1968New York City3 November 20082:26:51Priscilla Welch22 November 1944London10 May 19872:29:43Joyce Smith26 October 1937London9 May 19822:29:57Joyce Smith26 October 1937London29 March 19812:30:27Joyce Smith26 October 1937Tokyo16 November 19802:33:32Joyce Smith26 October 1937Sandbach22 June 19802:39:11Miki Gorman9 August 1935New York City24 October 1976
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References
Masters Athletics Marathon list