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

Causes of death during the: marathon※

The most frequent causes are:

  1. sudden cardiac death, triggered by, a congenital/acquired heart disorder;
  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."

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."

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

List※

Origin Name ※ Age Marathon date Event Location Cause / Notes  POR Francisco LĂĄzaro 24 15 July 1912 Olympic Marathon Stockholm, Sweden Electrolyte imbalance   SUI Jakob Jutz 35-36 26 August 1951 Swiss Athletics Federation Marathon Championships Cham, Switzerland Heart failure  FRA Jacques Bussereau 48 28 October 1984 New York City Marathon New York City, US Heart attack  GBR Duncan Kerr 28 22 September 1985 Glasgow Marathon Glasgow, UK Pneumonia  USA Martin A. Wurst, Jr. 32 2 November 1986 Marine Corps Marathon Washington, D.C., US Coronary artery disease  USA Edwin Brown 47 14 December 1986 Dallas Marathon Dallas, US Heart attack  USA Thomas Becker 40 8 October 1989 Twin Cities Marathon Minneapolis, US Heart attack  USA William McKinney 59 4 March 1990 Los Angeles Marathon Los Angeles, US Heart attack  USA Lisa B. Christensen 19 4 November 1990 Marine Corps Marathon Washington, D.C., US Coronary artery abnormality  USA Julius Becza 58 24 October 1993 Marine Corps Marathon Washington, D.C., US Heart attack  USA Samuel Grafton 42 16 October 1994 Detroit Marathon Detroit, US Heart attack   SWI Pierre Marguet 27 6 November 1994 New York City Marathon New York City, US Heart attack; also for an unnamed second fatality  SWE Humphrey Siesage 61 15 April 1996 Boston Marathon Boston, US Heart attack  GBR Anna Loyley 26 8 March 1998 Bath Half Marathon London, UK Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome  USA Kelly Barrett 43 11 October 1998 Chicago Marathon Chicago, US Hyponatremia  GBR Don Scott 48 26 September 1999 Robin Hood Marathon Nottingham, UK Heart attack  USA Danny Towns 45 22 October 2000 Chicago Marathon Chicago, US Heart attack  USA Luke Roach 22 7 October 2001 Chicago Marathon Chicago, US Heat stroke  USA Laura M. Clancy 29 20 October 2001 Baltimore Marathon Baltimore, US Brain aneurysm  ECU Cynthia Lucero 28 15 April 2002 Boston Marathon Boston, US Hyponatremia  USA Hilary Bellamy 35 27 October 2002 Marine Corps Marathon Washington, D.C., US Hyponatremia  GBR Craig Johanson 28 14 September 2003 Robin Hood Marathon Nottingham, UK Cardiac arrhythmia  USA Rachael Townsend 29 12 October 2003 Chicago Marathon Chicago, US Mitral valve prolapse  USA James Leone 60 19 March 2006 Los Angeles Marathon Los Angeles, US Heart attack  USA Raul Reyna 53 19 March 2006 Los Angeles Marathon Los Angeles, US Heart attack  USA William Goggins 43 30 July 2006 San Francisco Marathon San Francisco, US Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy  USA George Spears, Sr. 49 1 October 2006 Twin Cities Marathon Minneapolis, US Heart attack  USA Earl Seyford 56 29 October 2006 Marine Corps Marathon Washington, D.C., US Heart attack  USA Marc Witkes 40 10 December 2006 Tucson Marathon Tucson, US Congenital heart abnormalities  GBR David Rogers 22 22 April 2007 London Marathon London, UK Hyponatremia  USA Chad Schieber 35 7 October 2007 Chicago Marathon Chicago, US Mitral valve prolapse  USA Ryan Shay 28 3 November 2007 USA Marathon Championships New York City, US Cardiac arrhythmia  USA Adam Nickel 27 2 March 2008 Little Rock Marathon Little Rock, US Coronary artery abnormality;
electrolyte imbalance  BRA Carlos Jose Gomes 58 2 November 2008 New York City Marathon New York City, US Heart attack  USA Joseph Marotta 66 2 November 2008 New York City Marathon New York City, US Heart attack  USA Fred Costa 41 2 November 2008 New York City Marathon New York City, US Heart attack  USA Erin Lahr 29 14 December 2008 Dallas Marathon Dallas, US Cardiac arrhythmia  IRE Colin Dunne 27 1 March 2009 Barcelona Marathon Barcelona, Spain Heart attack  USA Peter Curtin 23 10 October 2009 Baltimore Marathon Baltimore, US Undetermined, possible heat stroke;
body temperature 107 Â°F (42 Â°C)  USA William Caviness 35 9 October 2011 Chicago Marathon Chicago, US Heart attack  USA Ulysses Thomas 58 5 November 2011 Savannah Marathon Savannah, US  GBR Claire Squires 30 22 April 2012 London Marathon London, UK Heart attack, DMAA supplement  ESP Xavier JimĂ©nez 45 17 March 2013 Barcelona Marathon Barcelona, Spain Heart attack  GBR Sam Harper Brighouse 23 14 April 2013 Brighton Marathon Brighton, UK Ischemic colitis  USA R. Jacob Zeman 35 9 November 2013 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Savannah, US "Unsuspected heart condition"  GBR Robert Berry 42 13 April 2014 London Marathon London, UK Heat stroke  PHI Manases Alfon Jr. 38 7 February 2016 Condura Skyway Marathon Philippines  PHI Arnold Lubang 40 7 February 2016 Condura Skyway Marathon Philippines Cardiac arrest  GBR Mike Freeman 55 28 February 2016 Vodafone Malta Marathon Sliema, Malta "Natural causes"  GBR David Seath 31 24 April 2016 London Marathon London, UK Heart attack  NED Rob Bremer 50 26 November 2017 Curacao KLM Marathon Curacao Cardiac arrest  GBR Matt Campbell 29 22 April 2018 London Marathon London, UK Cardiac arrest  GBR Juan Camilo Arboleda Alzate 38 16 September 2018 MedellĂ­n Marathon MedellĂ­n, Colombia Heart attack  CHI Claudio Agurto Spencer 51 7 April 2019 Santiago Marathon Santiago, Chile Aortic dissection  USA Taylor Ceepo 22 19 May 2019 Cleveland Marathon Cleveland, US Cardiac  CAN Steve Trickett 35 26 May 2019 Ottawa Marathon Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Heart Attack  USA Harry Vroulis 74 19 January 2020 Houston Marathon Houston, US Heart attack  USA Gregory McSween 41 9 November 2021 Marine Corps Marathon  FRA Bruno Meunier 41 5 June 2022 Marathon de la LibertĂ© Caen, France Heart attack  JPN unnamed 69 3 March 2024 Tokyo Marathon Sumida, Tokyo  USA Joey Fecci 26 27 April 2024 Nashville Marathon Nashville, US "Natural causes"  POR Marco Gomes 42 28 April 2024 Maratona da Europa Aveiro, PT

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

References※

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