Mo Farah
Biography
Mo Farah’s career spans Olympic track titles, road running and marathon racing. He won both the 5,000m and 10,000m at London 2012 and Rio 2016, and earned six world championship titles. His 2:05:11 victory at Chicago in 2018 is the British marathon record. Farah retired from competitive racing in 2023.
Mo Farah's published record includes performances from 1997 to 2023 in 3000 Metres, Half marathon, Cross Country U20 Race, 3000 Metres Short Track, 2000 Metres Steeplechase, 5000 Metres. Selected recorded events include Bedford (1997; unverified record); AJ Bell Great North Run (2023; unverified record); 6th European Cross Country Championships, Velenje - U20 Events (1999; unverified record).
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Achieved
50 finishes completed
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5 marathons completed
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First recorded mile
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First recorded 5K
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First recorded 10K
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First recorded half marathon
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5 countries raced
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2 marathon majors completed
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Raced in 20 calendar years
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PB improved
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Next milestones
100 finishes
50 more finishes needed
50 of 100 recorded
10 marathons
4 more marathons needed
6 of 10 recorded
10 different countries
2 more different countries needed
8 of 10 recorded
2 different sports
1 more different sport needed
1 of 2 recorded
Career highlights
Mo Farah's published record includes performances from 1997 to 2023 in 3000 Metres, Half marathon, Cross Country U20 Race, 3000 Metres Short Track, 2000 Metres Steeplechase, 5000 Metres.
Selected events from this athlete’s recorded career. Verification is shown for each record.
Bedford
1997 · 3000 Metres
Unverified record2023 · Half marathon
Unverified record6th European Cross Country Championships, Velenje - U20 Events
1999 · Cross Country U20 Race
Unverified recordNeubrandenburg Junior GBR-GER-FRA, Neubrandenburg (i)
2000 · 3000 Metres Short Track
Unverified recordWatford U20 Championships, Watford
2000 · 2000 Metres Steeplechase
Unverified recordMannheim Junior, Mannheim
2000 · 5000 Metres
Unverified record
Earlier results
Showing 16–20 of 311 recorded performances.
| Race date | Race name | Sport | Distance / discipline | Location | Performance | Place | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, 4 Sept 2020 | AG Memorial Van Damme, Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles - Promotional Events | Athletics | 20,000mTrack | —— | 56:20.30 (ST)VerifiedTiming unknown | — | — |
| Fri, 4 Sept 2020 | Completed event · Gold · 1st · Overall · AG Memorial Van Damme, Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles - Promotional Events | Athletics | One HourTrack | —— | 21330VerifiedTiming unknown | 1 | — |
| Sun, 13 Oct 2019 | Completed event · Major marathon · Finisher · Chicago MarathonMajor marathon · final | Running | MarathonRoad | Chicago | 2:09:58VerifiedTiming unknown | 8 | Men |
| Sun, 8 Sept 2019 | Completed event · Gold · 1st · Overall · AJ Bell Great North Run | Running | Half marathonRoad | Newcastle upon Tyne | 59:07VerifiedTiming unknown | 1 | Men |
| Mon, 27 May 2019 | Completed event · Gold · 1st · Overall · Vitality London 10,000 | Running | 10KRoad | London | 28:15VerifiedTiming unknown | 1 | Men |
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