Question 1

True or false: Eliud Kipchoge ran his sub-two-hour marathon on a closed Formula 1 race track.

Accepted Answer

True. The 2019 INEOS 1:59 Challenge took place on the Prater park in Vienna, not an F1 track, but it was a flat, closed-loop course.

Question 2

True or false: Kipchoge lost his first-ever marathon race to a pacemaker.

Accepted Answer

False. He won his debut marathon in Hamburg 2013. His first marathon loss came at the 2013 Berlin Marathon to Wilson Kipsang.

Question 3

True or false: Kipchoge once ran a marathon wearing a prototype shoe that was banned immediately after.

Accepted Answer

False. The Nike Alphafly prototype he wore in the 1:59 challenge was not banned, but the original Vaporfly model faced scrutiny for shoe technology.

Question 4

True or false: Eliud Kipchoge has never run a marathon slower than 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Accepted Answer

False. He ran 2:06:32 at the 2013 Berlin Marathon and 2:05:30 at the 2016 London Marathon, both above 2:05.

Question 5

True or false: Eliud Kipchoge holds the record for the most consecutive Olympic marathon gold medals.

Accepted Answer

False. He has won two consecutive Olympic marathon golds (2016, 2020), but Abebe Bikila also won two (1960, 1964), tying the record.

Question 6

True or false: Eliud Kipchoge has never broken the official world record for the half marathon.

Accepted Answer

True. His half marathon best is 59:25, but the official world record is 57:31 by Yomif Kejelcha. Kipchoge focuses on the full marathon.

Question 7

True or false: Kipchoge’s only marathon loss between 2014 and 2020 was due to a shoe malfunction.

Accepted Answer

True. At the 2020 London Marathon, he finished 8th after a painful ear blockage from a poorly fitting insole, his sole loss in that streak.

Question 8

True or false: Kipchoge failed to qualify for the Olympics in the 5000 meters as a junior.

Accepted Answer

True. Despite winning Olympic 5000m bronze in 2004 and silver in 2008, he did not make the Kenyan junior team in 2000, losing at trials.

Eliud Kipchoge Trivia Questions