 Four of the five male two-time winners have been consecutive winners (most recently Evans Rutto in 2002 and 2003), and six of the seven two-time female victors have been consecutive (most recently Berhane Adere in 2006 and 2007).No one other than Khannouchi has won three races and no one has won three consecutively.There have been two male and two female world records for the fastest marathon time set in the race.