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What Were The Most Successful Running Shoes Of 2024?
With the year’s Marathon Majors now all complete, plus an Olympic Marathon, we wanted to see which supershoes won the most medals in 2024.
THE FASTEST SUPERSHOE IN 2024?
Ruth Chepengetich ran the fastest women’s marathon in 2024, breaking the world record with 2:09:56. She wore Nike Alphafly 3. The men’s and women’s world record have both been run in the Nike Alphafly 3.
Sebastian Sawe ran the fastest men’s marathon in 2024, running 2:02:05 at the Valencia Marathon. He wore the adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo.
WHICH SUPERSHOE WAS ON MOST MARATHON MAJOR PODIUMS IN 2024?
This includes the male and female podium finishers in the six Marathon Majors plus the 2024 Olympic Marathons.
| adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo | 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉 |
| Nike Alphafly 3 | 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉🥉 |
| Nike Vaporfly Next%2 | 🥇🥇🥉 |
| adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4* | 🥇🥈🥈🥉🥉 |
| ASICS Metaspeed Paris (Sky & Edge) | 🥇🥈🥈🥉 |
| On Cloudboom Strike LS | 🥇🥈🥉 |
| adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3 | 🥈🥉🥉 |
| On Cloudboom Strike | 🥈 |
| Under Armour Velociti Elite 2 | 🥈 |
| Anta C10 Pro | 🥈 |
| PUMA Deviate Nitro Elite 3 | 🥉🥉 |
*The adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 were only released in the middle of 2024, so were only used by athletes from the autumn marathons.
SUPERSHOES: MEN VS WOMEN 2024
| SHOE | MEN | WOMEN |
| adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo | 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥉🥉 | 🥇🥇🥈🥈🥉 |
| Nike Alphafly 3 | 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉 | 🥇🥇🥉 |
| Nike Vaporfly Next%2 | 🥇 | 🥇🥉 |
| adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 | 🥈🥈🥉🥉 | 🥇 |
| ASICS Metaspeed Paris (Sky & Edge) | 🥇🥈🥉 | 🥈 |
| On Cloudboom Strike LS | 🥇🥈🥉 | |
| adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3 | 🥉 | 🥈🥉 |
| On Cloudboom Strike | 🥈 | |
| Under Armour Velociti Elite 2 | 🥈 | |
| Anta C10 Pro | 🥈 | |
| PUMA Deviate Nitro Elite 3 | 🥉🥉 |
The top three brands overall were:
| adidas | 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉 |
| Nike | 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉🥉🥉 |
| ASICS | 🥇🥈🥈🥉 |
WHAT MARATHON WINNERS WORE IN 2024
TOKYO MARATHON 2024
| MEN | WOMEN | |
| 1st | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo | Nike Vaporfly Next%2 |
| 2nd | Nike Alphafly 3 | adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3 |
| 3rd | ASICS Metaspeed Paris Sky | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo |
BOSTON MARATHON 2024
| MEN | WOMEN | |
| 1st | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo | On Cloudboom Strike LS |
| 2nd | Nike Alphafly 3 | Under Armour Velociti Elite 2 |
| 3rd | adidas Adizero Adios Pro 3 | PUMA Deviate Nitro Elite 3 |
LONDON MARATHON 2024
| MEN | WOMEN | |
| 1st | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo |
| 2nd | Anta C10 Pro | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo |
| 3rd | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo | adidas Adios Pro 3 |
BERLIN MARATHON 2024
| MEN | WOMEN | |
| 1st | Nike Vaporfly Next%2 | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo |
| 2nd | adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 | ASICS Metaspeed Paris Sky |
| 3rd | Nike Alphafly 3 | Nike Vaporfly Next%2 |
CHICAGO MARATHON 2024
| MEN | WOMEN | |
| 1st | ASICS Metaspeed Paris Sky | Nike Alphafly 3 |
| 2nd | Nike Alphafly 3 | ON Cloudboom Strike |
| 3rd | adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 | Nike Alphafly 3 |
NEW YORK CITY MARATHON 2024
| MEN | WOMEN | |
| 1st | Nike Alphafly 3 | adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 |
| 2nd | adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 | On Cloudboom Strike LS |
| 3rd | adidas Adizero Adios Pro 4 | PUMA Deviate Nitro Elite 3 |
PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES MARATHON 2024
| MEN | WOMEN | |
| 1st | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo | Nike Alphafly 3 |
| 2nd | ASICS Metaspeed Paris Edge | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo |
| 3rd | adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo | On Cloudboom Strike LS |
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Is the adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo the best and fastest running shoe in the world? Will the Nike Alphafly 3 be able to compete with it again in 2025? Which supershoe will be the fastest and more successful in 2025?
Lead image: Getty Images Michael Steele
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