Yiannis Kouros

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Yiannis Kouros (born February 13, 1956 in Tripoli, Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Melbourne. He is sometimes called the "Running God" or the "Pheidippides Successor". He holds every men's world record from 100 to 1,000 miles, from 200 to 1,600 km, and from 24 hours to 10 days. In 1991, Yiannis starred as Pheidippides in the movie A Hero's Journey about the history of marathon running.

Yiannis has also contributed many literary and musical works, including over 1,000 poems (several of which appear in his book, Symblegmata (Clusters)), and the book The Six-Day Run of the Century.

Tributes to Yiannis come from the world over, including from the Indian ultrarunner Arun Bhardwaj who named his son Yiannis.

1 World records
- 1.1 Distance
- 1.2 Time races
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] World records

According to the International Association of Ultrarunners, on the 27 June 2005.

[edit] Distance

100 miles	Road	11h 46min 37s
1000 km	Track	5d 16h 17min 00s
1000 km	Road	5d 20h 13min 40s
1000 miles	Road	10d 10h 30min 36s

[edit] Time races

12 h	Road	162.543 km
12 h	Track	162.400 km
24 h	Track	303.506 km
24 h	Road	290.221 km
48 h	Track	473.797 km
6 days	Road	1036.80 km
6 days	Road	1028.370 km