BERLIN, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Following is the evolution of the men's marathon world record after Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie clocked a time of two hours, four minutes and 26 seconds in Berlinon Sunday:

2:25:39 Suh Yun-bok (South Korea) Boston 19.4.47

2:20:43 Jim Peters (Britain) London 14.6.52

2:18:41 Peters London 13.6.53

2:18:35 Peters Turku, Finland 4.10.53

2:17:40 Peters London 26.6.54

2:15:17 Sergei Popov (Soviet Union) Stockholm 24.8.58

2:15:17 Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) Rome 10.9.60

2:15:16 Toru Terasawa (Japan) Beppu, Japan 17.2.63

2:14:28 Buddy Edelen (U.S.) London 15.6.63

2:13:55 Basil Heatley (Britain) London 13.6.64

2:12:12 Bikila Tokyo 21.10.64

2:12:00 Morio Shigematsu (Japan) London 12.6.65

2:09:37 Derek Clayton (Australia) Fukuoka, Japan 3.12.67

2:08:34 Clayton Antwerp, Belgium 30.5.69

2:08:18 Rob de Castella (Australia) Fukuoka, Japan 6.12.81

2:08:05 Steve Jones (Britain) Chicago 21.10.84

2:07:12 Carlos Lopes (Portugal) Rotterdam 20.4.85

2:06:50 Belayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia) Rotterdam 17.4.88

2:06:05 Ronaldo da Costa (Brazil) Berlin 20.9.98

2:05:42 Khalid Khannouchi (U.S.) Chicago 24.10.99

2:05:38 Khannouchi London 14.4.02

2:04:55 Paul Tergat (Kenya) Berlin 28.9.03

2:04:26 Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) Berlin 30.9.07