List of marathon fatalities

Below is a sortable list of individuals who died as a result of running a marathon.

Causes of death during the marathon

The most frequent causes are:

1. sudden cardiac death, triggered by a congenital or acquired heart disorder (ion chanelopathies); ^[1]
2. exercise-associated hyponatremia or other electrolyte imbalance;
3. exertional heat stroke or severe hyperthermia.

The age distribution ranges widely, from the teens through the sixties.

In 2016, a systematic medical review found that the risk of sudden cardiac death during or immediately after a marathon was between 0.6 and 1.9 deaths per 100,000 participants, varying across the specific studies and the methods used, and not controlling for age or gender. This translates to a few published marathon deaths worldwide in a typical year, although the authors lamented the lack of a central registry for the information. ^[2]

The second major risk arises from imbalanced fluid or electrolyte levels, particularly hyponatremia (sodium deficiency, overhydration, or water intoxication). As a marathon medical director described the counter-intuitive and under-publicized risk in 2005: "There are no reported cases of dehydration causing death in the history of world running, but there are plenty of cases of people dying of hyponatremia." ^[3]

Heat stroke is an emergency condition in which thermoregulation fails and the body temperature rises above 104 °F (40 °C). It becomes a greater risk in warm and humid weather. ^[4]

List

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Origin	Name [ref.]	Age	Marathon date	Event	Location	Cause / Notes
POR	Francisco Lázaro [5]	24	15 July 1912	Olympic Marathon	Stockholm, Sweden	Electrolyte imbalance
SUI	Jakob Jutz [6]	35-36	26 August 1951	Swiss Athletics Federation Marathon Championships	Cham, Switzerland	Heart failure
FRA	Jacques Bussereau [7]	48	28 October 1984	New York City Marathon	New York City, US	Heart attack
GBR	Duncan Kerr [8]	28	22 September 1985	Glasgow Marathon	Glasgow, UK	Pneumonia
GER	Hans Hägele [9]	36	1987	Marathon Hamburg	Hamburg, Germany
USA	Martin A. Wurst, Jr. [10]	32	2 November 1986	Marine Corps Marathon	Washington, D.C., US	Coronary artery disease
USA	Edwin Brown [11]	47	14 December 1986	Dallas Marathon	Dallas, US	Heart attack
USA	Thomas Becker [12]	40	8 October 1989	Twin Cities Marathon	Minneapolis, US	Heart attack
USA	William McKinney [13]	59	4 March 1990	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, US	Heart attack
USA	Lisa B. Christensen [14]	19	4 November 1990	Marine Corps Marathon	Washington, D.C., US	Coronary artery abnormality
USA	Julius Becza [15]	58	24 October 1993	Marine Corps Marathon	Washington, D.C., US	Heart attack
USA	Samuel Grafton [16]	42	16 October 1994	Detroit Marathon	Detroit, US	Heart attack
SWI	Pierre Marguet [17]	27	6 November 1994	New York City Marathon	New York City, US	Heart attack; also for an unnamed second fatality
SWE	Humphrey Siesage [18]	61	15 April 1996	Boston Marathon	Boston, US	Heart attack
GBR	Anna Loyley [19] [20]	26	8 March 1998	Bath Half Marathon	London, UK	Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
USA	Kelly Barrett [21]	43	11 October 1998	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, US	Hyponatremia
GBR	Don Scott [22]	48	26 September 1999	Robin Hood Marathon	Nottingham, UK	Heart attack
USA	Danny Towns [21]	45	22 October 2000	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, US	Heart attack
USA	Luke Roach [21]	22	7 October 2001	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, US	Heat stroke
USA	Laura M. Clancy [23]	29	20 October 2001	Baltimore Marathon	Baltimore, US	Brain aneurysm
ECU	Cynthia Lucero [24]	28	15 April 2002	Boston Marathon	Boston, US	Hyponatremia
GER	Malte O. [25]	19	23 April 2002	Marathon Hamburg	Hamburg, Germany	Collapsed shortly before the finish line
USA	Hilary Bellamy [24]	35	27 October 2002	Marine Corps Marathon	Washington, D.C., US	Hyponatremia
GBR	Craig Johanson [22]	28	14 September 2003	Robin Hood Marathon	Nottingham, UK	Cardiac arrhythmia
USA	Rachael Townsend [26]	29	12 October 2003	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, US	Mitral valve prolapse
FRA	Serge Vigot [27] [28]		2005	Marrakech Marathon	Marrakesh, Morocco	Heart attack
USA	James Leone [13]	60	19 March 2006	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, US	Heart attack
USA	Raul Reyna [13]	53	19 March 2006	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, US	Heart attack
USA	William Goggins [29]	43	30 July 2006	San Francisco Marathon	San Francisco, US	Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
USA	George Spears, Sr. [30]	49	1 October 2006	Twin Cities Marathon	Minneapolis, US	Heart attack
USA	Earl Seyford [31]	56	29 October 2006	Marine Corps Marathon	Washington, D.C., US	Heart attack
BRA	Raimundo Rodrigues Sobrinho [32]	57	27 November 2006	Curitiba Marathon	Curitiba, Brazil	Heart attack; "became ill at kilometer 39"; previously known hypertension
USA	Marc Witkes [33]	40	10 December 2006	Tucson Marathon	Tucson, US	Congenital heart abnormalities (bicuspid aortic valve; blood vessels supplying heart muscle were abnormal)
GBR	David Rogers [34]	22	22 April 2007	London Marathon	London, UK	Hyponatremia
USA	Chad Schieber [35]	35	7 October 2007	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, US	Mitral valve prolapse
USA	Ryan Shay [36]	28	3 November 2007	USA Marathon Championships	New York City, US	Cardiac arrhythmia; previously known enlarged heart [37]
USA	Adam Nickel [38]	27	2 March 2008	Little Rock Marathon	Little Rock, US	Coronary artery abnormality; electrolyte imbalance
BRA	Carlos Jose Gomes [39]	58	2 November 2008	New York City Marathon	New York City, US	Heart attack
USA	Joseph Marotta [39]	66	2 November 2008	New York City Marathon	New York City, US	Heart attack
USA	Fred Costa [39]	41	2 November 2008	New York City Marathon	New York City, US	Heart attack
USA	Erin Lahr [40]	29	14 December 2008	Dallas Marathon	Dallas, US	Cardiac arrhythmia
IRE	Colin Dunne [41]	27	1 March 2009	Barcelona Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	Heart attack
USA	Peter Curtin [42]	23	10 October 2009	Baltimore Marathon	Baltimore, US	Undetermined, possible heat stroke; body temperature 107 °F (42 °C)
USA	Jon Fenlon [43]	26	19 October 2009	Detroit Free Press Marathon	Detroit, US	Cardiac dysrhythmia [44]
USA	Daniel Langdon [43]	36	19 October 2009	Detroit Free Press Marathon	Detroit, US	Cardiac dysrhythmia [44]
USA	Rick Brown [43]	65	19 October 2009	Detroit Free Press Marathon	Detroit, US	Heart disease, cardiac arrest [44]
NED	Tom Van Der Gucht [45]	55	21 March 2010	Rome marathon	Rome, Italy	Heart attack
SWE	unnamed [46]	60	23 May 2011	Riga Marathon	Riga, Latvia	"found to have a blood clot in his brain" [47]
USA	William Caviness	35	9 October 2011	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, US	Heart attack
USA	Ulysses Thomas [48]	58	5 November 2011	Savannah Marathon	Savannah, US
USA	Jorge Fernandez [49]	32	Nov 13, 2011	Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon	San Antonio, TX	Cardiac arrest
GBR	Ged Clarke [50]	39	3 April 2012	Reading Half Marathon	Reading, UK	Heart attack (caused by a pre-existing heart condition)
GBR	Claire Squires [51]	30	22 April 2012	London Marathon	London, UK	Heart attack, DMAA supplement
LAT	unnamed [52]		20 May 2012	Riga Marathon	Riga, Latvia
ESP	Xavier Jiménez [53]	45	17 March 2013	Barcelona Marathon	Barcelona, Spain	Heart attack
GBR	Sam Harper Brighouse [54]	23	14 April 2013	Brighton Marathon	Brighton, UK	Ischemic colitis
USA	R. Jacob Zeman [55]	35	9 November 2013	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon	Savannah, US	"Unsuspected heart condition"
FRA	Pascal Galibert [56]	51	26 November 2013	La Rochelle Marathon	France	Severe chest pain; Cardiac arrest
SWE	unnamed [57] [58]	27	2014	Göteborgsvarvet	Sweden	Collapse, "cardiac event"
GBR	Robert Berry [59]	42	13 April 2014	London Marathon	London, UK	Heat stroke
GBR	James Phillips [60]	27	21 September 2014	Run Reigate marathon	UK	Cardiac arrest
LAT	unnamed [61]	25	17 May 2015	Riga Marathon	Riga, Latvia	"unwell; medics tried for a long time to resuscitate him, without success"
AUT	unnamed [62]	35	13 September 2015	Wachau Marathon	Austria	Cardiac arrest
AUT	unnamed [62]	44	13 September 2015	Wachau Marathon	Austria	Cardiac arrest
FRA	unnamed [63]	35	8 November 2015	Nice-Cannes marathon	Nice, France	Heart attack
ESP	Daniel Juárez [64]	26	28 November 2015	Benidorm Marathon	Alicante province, Spain	Heart attack
JPN	unnamed [65]	67	30 November 2015	Koedo Kawagoe Marathon	Hiratsuka, Kawagoe City, Japan	"Fatal arrhythmia"
SWE	unnamed [57]	50	2016		Sweden	Collapse, "cardiac event"
NED	Patrick Ahandris [66]	44	1 February 2016	International Marathon of Marrakech	Morocco	Heart attack
PHI	Manases Alfon Jr. [67]	38	7 February 2016	Condura Skyway Marathon	Philippines
PHI	Arnold Lubang [68]	40	7 February 2016	Condura Skyway Marathon	Philippines	Cardiac arrest
GBR	Mike Freeman [69]	55	28 February 2016	Vodafone Malta Marathon	Sliema, Malta	"Natural causes"
GBR	David Seath [70]	31	24 April 2016	London Marathon	London, UK	Cardiac arrest
ESP	Francisco Amat [71]	57	April 2016	Ojos Negros marathon	Ojos Negros, Spain
NED	Rob Bremer [72]	50	26 November 2017	Curacao KLM Marathon	Curacao	Cardiac arrest
GBR	Matt Campbell [73]	29	22 April 2018	London Marathon	London, UK	Cardiac arrest
GBR	Juan Camilo Arboleda Alzate [74]	38	16 September 2018	Maratón Medellin	Medellín, Colombia	Heart attack
CHI	Claudio Agurto Spencer [75]	51	7 April 2019	Santiago Marathon	Santiago, Chile	Aortic dissection
USA	Taylor Ceepo [76]	22	19 May 2019	Cleveland Marathon	Cleveland, US	Cardiac
CAN	Steve Trickett [77]	35	26 May 2019	Ottawa Marathon	Ottawa, Canada	Heart attack
JPN	Atsushi Ono [78]	58	September 8 2019	Maybank Bali Marathon	Gianyar, Indonesia	Cardiac arrest
ESP	Jesús Millán García [79]	30	20 October 2019	Carrera Urbana de Málaga	Capuchinos, Spain	Cardiac arrest (previously "suffered from a structural aortic disorder", "coronary artery disease")
USA	Harry Vroulis [80]	74	19 January 2020	Houston Marathon	Houston, US	Heart attack
ESP	unnamed [81]	30	1 March 2020	Platja d'Aro Greenways Marathon	Platja d'Aro, Spain	Cardiac arrest
USA	Gregory McSween	41	9 November 2021	Marine Corps Marathon
FRA	unnamed [82] [83]	50s	October 5 2021	Marathon des Sables	Sahara, southern Morocco	Heart attack; cardiac arrest
GBR	unnamed [84]	36	3 October 2022	London Marathon	London, UK	Died after collapsing
USA	Trisha Paddock [85]	46	20 March 2022	Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, CA	Heart attack
USA	David Reichman [86]	32	May 21, 2022	Brooklyn Half Marathon	New York City
FRA	Bruno Meunier [87]	41	5 June 2022	Marathon de la Liberté	Caen, France	Heart attack
GBR	unnamed [88]	36	3 Oct 2022	London Marathon	London, UK
FRA	unnamed woman [89]	27	12 November 2022	Cognac Marathon	Jarnac, France	Heart attack; cardiac arrest
NOR	Helge Arnfinn Holmen [90]	58	14 November 2022	Málaga half marathon	Malaga, Spain	Cardiac arrest
USA	Pierre Lipton [91]	26	Feb 4, 2023	Mesa Marathon	Arizona	Cardiac arrest; "sudden electrolyte shift", possibly worsened by minor, undetected heart muscle inflammation [91]
JPN	unnamed [92]	20s	26 February 2023	14th Iwaki Sunshine Marathon	Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan	Cardiac arrest
ESP	Fernando Ayala Collado [93]	21	12 March, 2023	Elche Half Marathon	Alicante, Spain	Cardiac ("Unable to resuscitate for 40 minutes")
BRA	Bruno Teixeira [94]	26	5 June 2023	Maratona de Pablo Marçal	Alphaville, São Paulo, Brazil	Cardiac arrest
USA	Sam Norton [95]	26	27 August, 2023	Santa Rosa Marathon	Santa Rosa, CA	Rhabdomyolysis
JPN	unnamed [96]	60s	10 September 2023	Takubokunosato Fureai Marathon	Morioka, Japan
BRA	Alexandre de Luca Cabreira [97]	50	25 September 2023	Criciúma Marathon	Criciúma, Brazil	Heart attack
GER	Felix T. [98] [99]	24	8 October 2023	Munich Marathon	Munich, Germany
HK	Zhang Zhichong [100]	30	21 January 2024	Standard Chartered Marathon	Hong Kong	Cardiac issue
JPN	unnamed [101]	69	3 March 2024	Tokyo Marathon	Sumida, Tokyo	"fell, hit his head hard, and lost consciousness"
BEL	unnamed [102]	30	10 April 2024	Paris Marathon	Paris, France	Cardiac arrest
UK	Samuel Kettle [103]	26	21 April 2024	Shakespeare Marathon	Stratford, UK	Cardiac arrest
GER	unnamed [104]	25	29 April 2024	Marathon Hamburg	Hamburg, Germany	Collapsed shortly before the finish at the 40.5-kilometer mark
USA	Joey Fecci [105]	26	27 April 2024	Nashville Marathon	Nashville, US	"Natural causes"
POR	Marco Gomes [106]	42	28 April 2024	Maratona da Europa	Aveiro, Portugal	Cardiorespiratory arrest
UK	Mike Harper [107] [108]	26	19 May 2024	Bristol Half Marathon	Bristol, UK	Cardiac arrest
SWE	unnamed [109] [110]	21	23 May 2024	Göteborgsvarvet	Göteborg, Sweden	Cardiac arrest
UK	unnamed [111]	40	27 May 2024	Great Manchester Run	Manchester, UK
UK	Brad Clark [112]	25	9 June 2024	Southend Half Marathon	Shoeburyness, Essex	Collapsed; pronounced dead at the scene
UK	Sam Wealleans [113]	29	8 September 2024	Great North Run	Newcastle, England
USA	Caleb Graves	35	9 September 2024	Disneyland’s Halloween Half Marathon	Anaheim, California	Cardiac arrest
USA	Blake Joseph Groulx [114]	27	September 10, 2024	City of Lakes Half Marathon	Minneapolis	Cardiac arrest ("no pulse")
USA	unnamed [115]	57	21 October 2024	Detroit Free Press Marathon	Windsor, Ontario	"major medical emergency"
FRA	Georges [116]	72	3 November 2024	La Baule Marathon	France	Heart attack; "collapsed about 50 meters from the finish line, after more than 42 km"
FRA	Roland Claverie [117]	48	1 December 2024	Turin Marathon	Turin, Italy	"died in the final kilometer"; "suffered a fatal collapse"; Cardiac arrest
IRL	Aaron Johnston [118]	24	5 February 2025	Winter Warmer Run Half Marathon	Glasgow, Scotland
POR	Miguel Santos [119]	29	11 February 2025	Cascais Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	Cardiorespiratory arrest
USA	Camryn Morris [120]	19	5 April 2025	Corvallis Half Marathon	Corvallis, Oregon	Cardiac arrest
ESP	unnamed [121]	38	6 April 2025	Madrid half marathon	Madrid, Spain	Cardiac arrest
VIE	unnamed [122]	53	6 April 2025	Vietnam Ultra Marathon	Quang Dien District, Hue	Cardiac arrest
USA	Mateo Cruz [123]	23	27 April 2025	Eugene Half-Marathon	Eugene, Oregon	Cardiac
UK	Jon Devereux [124]	28	11 May 2025	South West half marathon	Bristol, UK	Heart attack
USA	Charles Rogers [125] [126]	31	17 May 2025	Brooklyn Half Marathon	New York City, US	Cardiac arrest
EST	Roland Liinar [127] [128]	25	18 May 2025	Riga Marathon	Riga, Latvia	Cardiac arrest [129]

Non-health-related marathon fatalities

Country	Event	Deaths	Date
Sri Lanka	Weliveriya bombing	15	5 April 2008
USA	Boston Marathon bombing	3	15 April 2013
China	Gansu ultramarathon disaster	21	22 May 2021

See also

• Phidippides cardiomyopathy
• List of premature professional wrestling deaths

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Further reading

• Burfoot, Amby. "Are marathons dangerous?", Runner's World, 3 November 2008.
• English, Joe. "Why do runners die during marathons?", Running-Advice.com, 13 March 2008.
• Noakes, Tim. "Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports", Human Kinetics, 2012. ISBN   978-1-4504-2497-4.