KHANNOUCHI MARATHON RECORD NAMED 24th GREATEST MOMENT

 

 
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INDIANAPOLIS - Khalid Khannouchi setting the men's world record in the marathon in 2002 was honored by USA Track & Field as the 24th greatest moment in U.S. track and field in the last 25 years.

In what many called the greatest marathon competition in history, Khannouchi won the 2002 London Marathon in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 38 seconds, a time four seconds faster than the world record he set as a citizen of Morocco at the 1999 Chicago Marathon. Khannouchi, who became a U.S. citizen in 2000, won the race by a ten-second margin over all-time greats Paul Tergat of Kenya and Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, who placed second and third, respectively. Six men ran faster that 2:08.

With his record-setting performance Khannouchi became the first American to set the men's world record in the marathon since June 15, 1963 when Leonard "Buddy" Edelen ran 2:14:28 at the Windsor-Chiswick Marathon in England.

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