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Emmanuel Mutai
![[Photo of Emmanuel Mutai]](http://static.worldmarathonmajors.com/images/athletes/wmm_5753155556489.jpg)
KENYA
BIRTHDATE:
12 October 1984
PERSONAL BEST:
2:04:40 (London, 2011)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
21Apr13 Virgin London Marathon 2nd 2:06:33
12Aug12 Olympic Games Marathon 17th 2:14:49
22Apr12 Virgin London Marathon 7th 2:08:01
06Nov11 ING New York City Marathon 2nd 2:06:28
17Apr11 Virgin London Marathon 1st 2:04:40
07Nov10 ING New York City Marathon 2nd 2:09:18
25Apr10 Virgin London Marathon 2nd 2:06:23
22Aug09 IAAF World Championships, Berlin 2nd 2:07:48
26Apr09 Flora London Marathon 4th 2:06:53
12Oct08 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 5th 2:15:36
13Apr08 Flora London Marathon 4th 2:06:15
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
21Oct07 Amsterdam Marathon 1st 2:06:29
15Apr07 Rotterdam Marathon 7th 2:13:06
CAREER NOTES:
After three straight runner-up finishes at World Marathon Majors races, Emmanuel Mutai broke through with his first WMM victory in a big way. At the 2011 Virgin London Marathon, he crushed the field with a sub-62 minutes second half as his 2:04:40 smashed the course record and made him the fourth fastest marathoner in history at the time.
At New York City in November, Mutai lost the battle but won the war. His final time of 2:06:28 left him 82 seconds behind winner Geoffrey Mutai, but his second place finish scored him enough points to take home the half-million World Marathon Majors prize for 2010-2011. He finished seventh and second at London in 2013 and 2013 with a 17th place finish in between at the Olympic Games.
He made a break-through to world class marathoning in 2007. Had it not been for Haile Gebrselassie's world record of 2:04:26 at Berlin, Mutai would have been the fastest marathoner in the world in 2007.
Certainly there was no bigger surprise than the 2:06:29 the 23-year-old turned in to win the 2007 Amsterdam Marathon as earlier in the year he had run just 2:13:06 to place seventh at Rotterdam. In that race he had gone out at a brisk pace of 1:03:54 for the first half, but on that warm day he slumped to more than 69 minutes for the second half.
At Amsterdam with the weather close to ideal, Mutai actually had a slower first half split (1:03:56) than Rotterdam, and with the competition keeping up the pressure didn't secure the victory until the last kilometer. His second half took just 1:02:33.
Mutai managed to shave 14 more seconds off his PR with his 2:06:15 at the 2008 Flora London Marathon. Despite trailing winner Martin Lel by exactly one minute, Mutai ran the fastest fourth place time ever.
After a fifth place in Chicago that October, he returned to London in 2009 and once again placed fourth.
At the 2009 World Championships, Mutai was the final challenger to eventual winner Abel Kirui. He fell back in the final five kilometers and despite being physically sick down the final stretch to the finish line, Mutai was rewarded with the silver medal. His time of 2:07:48 was under the previous World Championships record by 43 seconds.
London 2010 was the site of his second straight World Marathon Majors runner-up finish. He produced his fourth lifetime sub-2:07, just eight seconds off his PR.