What is the oldest age anyone successfully ran a marathon?

Hi onesurething and thanks for the question,

The answer is:  the oldest person ever to complete a marathon was 98
year old  Dimitrion Yordanidis of Greece, he  completed the Athens
marathon on October 10th 1976 in 7 hours and 35 minutes.


“Greece's 98-year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis is the oldest man to
complete a marathon”
http://www.gwsae.org/ExecutiveUpdate/2001/May/Bridges.htm

“A 98 year old man holds the record for the oldest person to complete
a marathon. He ran in the footsteps of the earliest Olympiads, and
completed the Athens Marathon in 7 hours and 35 minutes. The youngest
marathon finisher is a five year old from Texas. He completed a
marathon in 5 hours and 29 minutes. “
http://funacademy.com/funfacts/sports/rslev2.cfm

October 10th “Dimitrion Yordanidis of Greece became the oldest man to
complete a marathon, 1976. He was 98.
Martina Navratilova's Birthday. (Tennis) “
http://home.pacifier.com/~helenp/moct.html

The oldest woman:
“On August 23, 1981, 80-year-old U.S. runner Ruth Rothfarb became the
oldest woman to complete a marathon.”
(URL only available in the Google cache)
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:Ali3g4PN9igC:www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/events/dinner/article.html%3Frecord%3D63++%22oldest+*+to+complete+a+marathon%22&hl=pt&ie=UTF-8


Thank you for the question.

THX1138

Search strategy:
"oldest * to complete a marathon"
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Thanks.  The answer was immediate and accurate.  I also appreciated
seeing how the search was done.  Thanks again.  onesurething.