All-time Top Canadian Men’s Marathon Times

Back in the fall of 2010, when I thought we were on the verge of seeing a new Canadian men's marathon record, I decided to dig a little into the history of Canadian marathoning. Here are Canada's all-time top marathon performances under 2:13.

All-time Top Canadian Men’s Marathon Times (sub-2:13) to February 18, 2024
Name Time Race Date
Cam Levins 2:05:36 Tokyo Mar 23
Cam Levins 2:07:09 Eugene (World Champs) Jul 22
Rory Linkletter 2:08:01 Seville Feb 24
Ben Preisner 2:08:58 Beppu-Oita Feb 24
Cam Levins 2:09:25 Toronto Waterfront Oct 18
Trevor Hofbauer 2:09:51 Toronto Waterfront Oct 19
Jerome Drayton 2:10:09 Fukuoka Dec 75
Cam Levins 2:10:14 S7 Marathon, Austria May 21
Ben Preisner 2:10:17 Chandler, AZ Dec 20
Rory Linkletter 2:10:24 Eugene (World Champs) Jul 22
Reid Coolsaet 2:10:29 Berlin Sep 15
Tristan Woodfine 2:10:39 Houston Jan 24
Dylan Wykes 2:10:47 Rotterdam Apr 12
Tristan Woodfine 2:10:51 London Oct 20
Trevor Hofbauer 2:10:52 Boston Apr 22
Reid Coolsaet 2:10:55 Toronto Waterfront Oct 11
Reid Coolsaet 2:10:55 Fukuoka Dec 16
Peter Butler 2:10:56 California International Dec 85
Trevor Hofbauer 2:11:00 Toronto Waterfront Oct 22
David Edge 2:11:03 Boston Apr 83
David Edge 2:11:08 Edinburgh (Comm. Games) Jul 86
Jerome Drayton 2:11:12 Fukuoka Dec 69
Eric Gillis 2:11:13 Toronto Waterfront Oct 15
Art Boileau 2:11:15 Boston Apr 86
Eric Gillis 2:11:20 Toronto Waterfront Oct 14
Reid Coolsaet 2:11:23 Toronto Waterfront Sep 10
Reid Coolsaet 2:11:24 Fukuoka Dec 13
Reid Coolsaet 2:11:24 Rotterdam Apr 15
Eric Gillis 2:11:28 Toronto Waterfront Oct 11
Art Boileau 2:11:30 Helsinki Aug 83
Peter Fonseca 2:11:34 Toronto May 95
David Edge 2:11:40 Houston Jan 86
Jon Brown 2:11:46 Fukuoka Dec 06
Peter Maher 2:11:46 London Apr 91
Ben Preisner 2:11:47 Eugene (World Champs) Jul 22
David Edge 2:11:48 Fukuoka Feb 83
Eric Gillis 2:11:49 Toronto Waterfront Oct 13
David Edge 2:11:51 London May 87
Thomas Broatch 2:11:51 London Jan 24
Peter Fonseca 2:11:52 Houston Jan 95
Peter Maher 2:11:55 NYC Nov 91
Jerome Drayton 2:12:00 Detroit Oct 69
Eric Gillis 2:12:06 Toronto Waterfront Sep 10
Peter Fonseca 2:12:07 LA Mar 90
Peter Fonseca 2:12:14 Reims Oct 94
Cam Levins 2:12:15 Chandler, AZ Dec 20
Rory Linkletter 2:12:16 Budapest (World Champs) Aug 23
Don Howieson 2:12:19 Mardi Gras Feb 80
David Edge 2:12:24 Duluth Jun 85
David Edge 2:12:25 Chicago Sep 82
David Edge 2:12:26 Fukuoka Dec 86
Jon Brown 2:12:27 Fukuoka Feb 08
Carey Nelson 2:12:28 Houston Jan 91
Eric Gillis 2:12:29 Rio de Janeiro (Olympics) Aug 16
Jerome Drayton 2:12:35 Fukuoka Dec 76
Dylan Wykes 2:12:39 California International Dec 10
Peter Maher 2:12:47 Cleveland May 93
Rory Linkletter 2:12:52 California International Dec 21
Rory Linkletter 2:12:54 Chandler, AZ Dec 20
Dylan Wykes 2:12:57 Toronto Waterfront Oct 11
Art Boileau 2:12:58 Edinburgh (Comm. Games) Jul 86
Peter Maher 2:12:58 National Capital May 87

All-time Top Canadian Women’s Marathon Times (sub-2:31) here.

Thanks to various sources including ARRS, the forum on the old TNFNorth Proboards, Alltime-Athletics.com, various race sites, Wikipedia, and Peter Maher.

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