Marathon year rankings

Columns: Year | Time | Athlete | Date | Place
1994 | 2:21:45 | Uta Pippig ( GER ) | 1994-04-18 | Boston , United States | 1995 | 2:25:11 | Uta Pippig ( GER ) | 1995-04-17 | Boston , United States | 1996 | 2:26:04 | Katrin Dörre ( GER ) | 1996-01-28 | Osaka , Japan | 1997 | 2:22:07 | Tegla Loroupe ( KEN ) | 1997-04-20 | Rotterdam , Netherlands | 1998 | 2:20:47 | Tegla Loroupe ( KEN ) | 1998-04-19 | Rotterdam , Netherlands | 1999 | 2:20:43 | Tegla Loroupe ( KEN ) | 1999-09-26 | Berlin , Germany

Example questions:
What continent is the person with the fastest marathon time from ? | As of 2010 , how many people lived in the place where the 1983 marathon race took place ? | What is the nationality of the earliest athlete to win the Marathon world rankings ? | What is the official name of the state in which the second marathon race took place ?

Answers:
Africa | 156,185 | British | Commonwealth of Massachusetts