Results list shows intermediate results for 5 km, 10 km and 15 km but no finishing time for Martin's race number of 32858. His four minders - Harmander Singh (32857), Samm Mullins (32856), Anil K Gupta (51611) and Mirmal Singh Lotay (23984) - are officially listed with a finishing time of 9 hours 59 minutes. If the claims about his age were true, he would have been the oldest recorded marathon participant in the world. However, officials of the Guinness World Records organisation said that they did not consider Martin eligible for the record because he had never provided proof of the date of his birth. Robert Young, an independent senior consultant for gerontology for Guinness World Records stated that his sources had told him that Martin had two birth dates registered with the British NHS: 1 September 1906, and 1 September 1913, the latter of which would have made him 94 years old at the time. London bookmakers William Hill refused to pay out £13,300 in alleged winnings for two bets which had been placed on Martin's marathon efforts and would have benefitted the Rhys Daniels Trust. The bookmakers demand a birth certificate as proof of age, stating that other documents like a passport or a naturalisation certificate are only "proof of nationality" and, in this case, based on "self-certification". The Los Angeles Times reported on 12 April 2008 that Martin "follows a diligent regimen of beer, cigarettes and red meat". References External links Buster Martin in an excerpt from the documentary, HOW TO LIVE FOREVER Year of birth uncertain 2011 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Grenadier Guards soldiers Royal Navy sailors People from Lambeth British male marathon runners Longevity claims 1906 births