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sort -n -k2 filename
# key: sex, time, athlete, athlete's nationality, date, city, country
F, 2:15:24.6, Paula Radcliffe, ENG, 2003-04-13, London, UK
F, 2:17:17.7, Paula Radcliffe, ENG, 2002-10-13, Chicago, USA
F, 2:17:42, Paula Radcliffe, ENG, 2005-04-17, London, UK
F, 2:18:20, Liliya Shobukhova, RUS, 2011-10-09, Chicago, USA
F, 2:18:37, Mary Keitany, KEN, 2012-04-22, London, UK
F, 2:18:47, Catherine Ndereba, KEN, 2001-10-07, Chicago, USA
F, 2:19:19, Irina Mikitenko, GER, 2008-09-28, Berlin, Germany
F, 2:19:36, Deena Kastor, USA, 2006-04-23, London, UK
F, 2:19:41, Yoko Shibui, JPN, 2004-09-26, Berlin, Germany
F, 2:20:25, Liliya Shobukhova, RUS, 2010-10-10, Chicago, USA
F, 2:20:38, Zhou Chunxiu, CHN, 2007-04-22, London, UK
F, 2:20:43, Tegla Loroupe, KEN, 1999-09-26, Berlin, Germany
F, 2:20:47, Tegla Loroupe, KEN, 1998-04-19, Rotterdam, Netherlands
F, 2:21:33, Catherine Ndereba, KEN, 2000-10-22, Chicago, USA
F, 2:21:45, Uta Pippig, GER, 1994-04-18, Boston, USA
F, 2:21:6, Ingrid Kristiansen, NOR, 1985-04-21, London, UK
F, 2:22:11, Irina Mikitenko, GER, 2009-04-26, London, UK
F, 2:22:43, Joan Benoit, USA, 1983-04-18, Boston, USA
F, 2:22:48, Ingrid Kristiansen, NOR, 1987-05-10, London, UK
F, 2:22:7, Tegla Loroupe, KEN, 1997-04-20, Rotterdam, Netherlands
F, 2:23:43, Olga Markova, RUS, 1992-04-20, Boston, USA
F, 2:23:51, Lisa Ondieki, AUS, 1988-01-31, Osaka, Japan
F, 2:24:18, Wanda Panfil, POL, 1991-04-15, Boston, USA
F, 2:24:26, Ingrid Kristiansen, NOR, 1984-05-13, London, UK
F, 2:24:33, Ingrid Kristiansen, NOR, 1989-04-17, Boston, USA
F, 2:24:54, Grete Waitz, NOR, 1987-04-20, London, UK
F, 2:24:7, Wang Junxia, CHN, 1993-04-04, Tianjin, PR China
F, 2:25:11, Uta Pippig, GER, 1995-04-17, Boston, USA
F, 2:25:24, Rosa Mota, POR, 1990-04-16, Boston, USA
F, 2:26:12, Joan Benoit, USA, 1982-09-12, Eugene, USA
F, 2:26:47, Allison Roe, NZL, 1981-04-20, Boston, USA
F, 2:26:4, Katrin Dörre, GER, 1996-01-28, Osaka, Japan
F, 2:30:27, Joyce Smith, ENG, 1980-11-16, Tokyo, Japan
M, 1:12:34.6, Fast Guy, GER, 2014-06-16, Konstanz, Germany
M, 2:10:30, Frank Shorter, USA, 1972-12-03, Fukuoka, Japan
M, 2:10:47.8, Bill Adcocks, ENG, 1968-12-08, Fukuoka, Japan
M, 2:10:55.3, Bill Rodgers, USA, 1977-12-04, Fukuoka, Japan
M, 2:11:12.6, John Farrington, AUS, 1973-07-14, Sydney, Australia
M, 2:11:7.2, Bill Adcocks, ENG, 1969-04-06, Athens, Greece
M, 2:11:8.8, Derek Clayton, AUS, 1971-09-25, Hobart, Australia
M, 2:12:0, Morio Shigematsu, JPN, 1965-06-12, Chiswick, England
M, 2:12:11.2, Abebe Bikila, ETH, 1964-10-21, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:14:28, Leonard Edelen, USA, 1963-06-15, Chiswick, England
M, 2:14:4.8, Michael Ryan, NZL, 1966-11-27, Fukuoka, Japan
M, 2:15:16.2, Abebe Bikila, ETH, 1960-09-10, Rome, Italy
M, 2:15:17.6, Sergei Popov, URS, 1958-08-24, Stockholm, Sweden
M, 2:16:9.6, Yu Mang_Hyang, PRK, 1962-10-24, Pyongyang, North Korea
M, 2:17:39.4, Jim Peters, ENG, 1954-06-26, Chiswick, England
M, 2:17:45.2, Sergei Popov, URS, 1959-11-11, Košice, Slovakia
M, 2:18:34.8, Jim Peters, ENG, 1953-10-04, Turku, Finland
M, 2:18:4.8, Paavo Kotila, FIN, 1956-08-12, Pieksämäki, Finland
M, 2:18:54, Takayuki Nakao, JPN, 1961-03-21, Nagoya, Japan
M, 2:19:50, Sergei Popov, URS, 1957-09-01, Moscow, Russia
M, 2:20:42.2, Jim Peters, ENG, 1952-06-14, Windsor, England
M, 2:21:21.6, Veikko Karvonen, FIN, 1955-09-04, Copenhagen, Denmark
M, 2:26:14, Sohn Kee_Jung, KOR, 1935-03-21, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:28:32, Sohn Kee_Jung, KOR, 1936-04-18, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:28:39.4, Salomon Könönen, FIN, 1949-10-02, Turku, Finland
M, 2:28:7.4, Veikko Karvonen, FIN, 1951-08-03, Tampere, Finland
M, 2:29:9.4, Fedosiy Vanin, URS, 1950-07-12, Moscow, Russia
M, 2:30:27.6, Pat Dengis, USA, 1938-05-30, Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA
M, 2:30:38, Manuel Dias, POR, 1937-03-28, Lisbon, Portugal
M, 2:30:57.6, Harry Payne, GBR, 1929-07-05, Stamford Bridge, England
M, 2:30:58, Mikko Hietanen, FIN, 1947-08-23, Loughborough, England
M, 2:31:10, Kozo Kusunoki, JPN, 1933-11-03, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:31:26, Toyu Ko, KOR, 1939-11-03, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:31:27, Les Pawson, USA, 1941-05-30, Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA
M, 2:31:2, Mikko Hietanen, FIN, 1948-09-07, Stockholm, Sweden
M, 2:31:31, Tnji Yahagi, JPN, 1932-04-30, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:31:37, Mikko Hietanen, FIN, 1946-07-11, Imatra, Finland
M, 2:31:38, Zaiten Kimoto, JPN, 1942-11-02, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:32:56, Tamao Shiaku, JPN, 1934-11-23, Osaka, Japan
M, 2:32:57, Boughera El Ouafi, FRA, 1928-08-05, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:33:19, Juan Zabala, ARG, 1931-10-28, Košice, SVK
M, 2:33:42, Shoichiro Takenaka, JPN, 1940-11-01, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:3:38, Patrick Makau Musyoki, KEN, 2011-09-11, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:34:25, Iivari Rötkö, FIN, 1926-09-12, Helsinki, Finland
M, 2:35:21.4, Verner Laaksonen, FIN, 1927-09-11, Helsinki, Finland
M, 2:35:59, Sam Ferris, ENG, 1925-05-30, Windsor, England
M, 2:3:58.2, Haile Gebrselassie, ETH, 2008-09-28, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:36:10, Shizo Kanaguri, JPN, 1924-04-12, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:36:33, Fukutaro Shibui, JPN, 1930-05-28, Tokyo, Japan
M, 2:36:37.6, Sven Hakansson, SWE, 1945-10-28, Gothenburg, Sweden
M, 2:38:35.3, Gérard Côté, CAN, 1943-11-07, Yonkers, New York, USA
M, 2:40:47, Aksel Jensen, DEN, 1923-06-16, Windsor, England
M, 2:40:48.6, Charles Robbins, USA, 1944-11-12, Yonkers, New York, USA
M, 2:4:15, Geoffrey Mutai, KEN, 2012-09-09, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:4:26.3, Duncan Kibet, KEN, 2009-04-05, Rotterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:4:26, Haile Gebrselassie, ETH, 2007-09-30, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:4:48, Patrick Makau Musyoki, KEN, 2010-04-11, Rotterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:4:55, Paul Tergat, KEN, 2003-09-28, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:46:26, Gabriel Ruotsalainen, FIN, 1922-09-10, Helsinki, Finland
M, 2:47:29.8, Florestano Benedetti, ITA, 1921-09-20, Bologna, Italy
M, 2:5:37.8, Khalid Khannouchi, USA, 2002-04-14, London, UK
M, 2:5:42, Khalid Khannouchi, MAR, 1999-10-24, Chicago, USA
M, 2:5:56, Haile Gebrselassie, ETH, 2006-09-24, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:6:16, Evans Rutto, KEN, 2004-10-10, Chicago, USA
M, 2:6:19.5, Haile Gebrselassie, ETH, 2005-10-16, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:6:36, António Pinto, POR, 2000-04-16, London, UK
M, 2:6:50, Belayneh Dinsamo, ETH, 1988-04-17, Rotterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:6:50, Josephat Kiprono, KEN, 2001-04-22, Rotterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:6:5, Ronaldo da Costa, BRA, 1998-09-20, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:7:10, Khalid Khannouchi, MAR, 1997-10-19, Chicago, USA
M, 2:7:12, Carlos Lopes, POR, 1985-04-20, Rotterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:7:15, Cosmas Ndeti, KEN, 1994-04-18, Boston, USA
M, 2:7:2, Sammy Lelei, KEN, 1995-09-24, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:7:51, Robert de Castella, AUS, 1986-04-21, Boston, USA
M, 2:8:16, Steve Moneghetti, AUS, 1990-09-30, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:8:18, Robert de Castella, AUS, 1981-12-06, Fukuoka, Japan
M, 2:8:18, Takeyuki Nakayama, JPN, 1987-12-06, Fukuoka, Japan
M, 2:8:1, Juma Ikangaa, TAN, 1989-11-05, New York, USA
M, 2:8:25, Martín Fiz, ESP, 1996-03-24, Kyong_Ju, South Korea
M, 2:8:37, Robert de Castella, AUS, 1983-04-09, Rotterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:8:51, Dionicio Ceron, MEX, 1993-12-05, Fukuoka, Japan
M, 2:8:52, Alberto Salazar, USA, 1982-04-19, Boston, USA
M, 2:8:53, Koichi Morishita, JPN, 1991-02-03, Beppu, Japan
M, 2:8:5, Steve Jones, WAL, 1984-10-21, Chicago, USA
M, 2:8:7, David Tsebe, RSA, 1992-09-27, Berlin, Germany
M, 2:9:12, Ian Thompson, ENG, 1974-01-31, Christchurch, New Zealand
M, 2:9:1, Gerard Nijboer, NED, 1980-04-26, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M, 2:9:28.8, Ron Hill, ENG, 1970-07-23, Edinburgh, Scotland
M, 2:9:28, Bill Rodgers, USA, 1979-04-16, Boston, USA
M, 2:9:36.4, Derek Clayton, AUS, 1967-12-03, Fukuoka, Japan
M, 2:9:55, Waldemar Cierpinski, GDR, 1976-07-31, Montreal, Canada
M, 2:9:56, Bill Rodgers, USA, 1975-04-21, Boston, USA
M, 2:9:5.6, Shigeru So, JPN, 1978-02-05, Beppu, Japan
M, 3:12:34.6, Slow Guy, GER, 2014-06-16, Konstanz, Germany