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Valencia Marathon
Finish area at Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
DateEarly December
LocationValencia, Spain
Event typeRoad
World Athletics Cat.Label Platinium
DistanceMarathon, 10K run
Primary sponsorEDP
Established1981 (44 years ago) (1981)
Course recordsMen: 2:01:48 (2023)
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Sisay Lemma
Women: 2:14:58 (2022)
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Amane Beriso
Official siteValencia Marathon
Participants30,000 (2022)
134 finishers (2020)[1]
21,225 (2019)
19,504 (2018)

The Valencia Marathon (also known as Marathon Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon road running event hosted by Valencia, Spain, since 1981. It is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athletics.[2] The race is organised by the Valencian sports club SD Correcaminos [es], which also organises the annual Valencia Half Marathon. The marathon is ranked Nº1 amongst marathons in the Spanish Road Races Ranking.[3]

History

The marathon was first held in 1981[4] as a popular race known as the Marató Popular de València. From 2011 to 2014, the marathon was known as the Divina Pastora Valencia Marathon.[5] In 2015, the marathon was known as the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Marathon.[5] On 7 September 2020, the race organizer announced the cancellation of the 2020 in-person edition of the mass race due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually, transferring their entry to 2021, or obtaining a full refund.[6] Three days later, on 10 September, the organizer announced that an "Elite Edition" of the race would be held on 6 December, and that the event would also include a half marathon race that year.[7][8][9] Both races would use a course very similar to that used in the Valencia Half Marathon, with marathoners running two laps of the course.[10][11][lower-alpha 1] On the day of the race, four half marathon runners broke the previous world record of 58:01, with Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie setting a new world record of 57:32.[13][14] In addition, four marathon runners broke the previous course record of 2:03:51, with Kenyan Evans Chebet setting a new course record of 2:03:00, the sixth-fastest marathon at the time, while Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir also broke the previous course record of 2:18:30 with a new course record of 2:17:16, the fifth-fastest marathon at the time.[10][1][15][16][lower-alpha 2] In 2023, Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia broke the course record with a time of 2:01:48.[17] The previous record was held by Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya.[17]

Course

External images
File:Searchtool.svg Course map of full marathon in 2019[12]
File:Searchtool.svg Course map of full marathon in 2020[10]
File:Searchtool.svg Course map of half marathon in 2020[10]
Passing Torres de Serranos in 2006

The marathon runs on roughly a loop course that begins at Pont de Montolivet [ca] and ends next to the nearby Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe.[18][19][12] The course for the elite-only races in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic used a modified version of the Valencia Half Marathon course, with marathon runners running two laps.[11][10]

Winners

Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   National championship race

Marathon

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[lower-alpha 3] Women's winner Time[lower-alpha 3] Rf.
1 1981 File:Flag of Spain.svg Teodoro Pérez (ESP) 2:26:57 File:Flag of Spain.svg Nuria de Miguel (ESP) 3:20:50
2 1982 File:Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Castells (ESP) 2:28:19 File:Flag of Spain.svg Nuria de Miguel (ESP) 3:29:26
3 1983 File:Flag of Spain.svg Teodoro Pérez (ESP) 2:20:58 File:Flag of Spain.svg María Victoria García (ESP) 3:14:43
4 1984 File:Flag of Spain.svg Vicente Antón (ESP) 2:14:01 File:Flag of Spain.svg Juana María Pablos (ESP) 2:57:28
5 1985 File:Flag of Spain.svg Ramiro Matamoros (ESP) 2:16:56 File:Flag of Spain.svg Nuria de Miguel (ESP) 3:03:49
6 1986 File:Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Lorens (POL) 2:16:31 File:Flag of Poland.svg Małgorzata Szumińska (POL) 2:46:31
7 1987 File:Flag of Poland.svg Mirosław Bugaj (POL) 2:19:06 File:Flag of Poland.svg Ewa Wrzosek (POL) 2:46:54
8 1988 File:Flag of Spain.svg Alfonso Abellán (ESP) 2:14:42 File:Flag of Spain.svg María Luisa Irízar (ESP) 2:41:03
9 1989 File:Flag of Poland.svg Mirosław Dzienisik (POL) 2:19:09 File:Flag of Spain.svg Elisenda Pucurull (ESP) 2:46:19
10 1990 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Radamés González (CUB) 2:15:57 File:Flag of Spain.svg Elisenda Pucurull (ESP) 2:43:36
11 1991 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Prokhorov (URS) 2:17:15 File:Flag of Spain.svg Elisenda Pucurull (ESP) 2:43:14
12 1992 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cephas Matafi (ZIM) 2:15:14 File:Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991–1995).svg Yekaterina Khramenkova (BLR) 2:36:03
13 1993 File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Leonid Shvetsov (RUS) 2:15:04 File:Flag of Spain.svg Mónica Pont (ESP) 2:35:30
14 1994 File:Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeniy Zarakovskiy (RUS) 2:16:20 File:Flag of Russia.svg Zinaida Semenova (RUS) 2:34:08
15 1995 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Andervang (SWE) 2:19:20 File:Flag of Russia.svg Valentina Lyakhova (RUS) 2:46:34
16 1996 File:Flag of Spain.svg Eduardo Alcaina (ESP) 2:17:53 File:Flag of Russia.svg Zinaida Semenova (RUS) 2:43:05
17 1997 File:Flag of Spain.svg Eduardo Alcaina (ESP) 2:18:07 File:Flag of Spain.svg Faustina María Ramos (ESP) 2:53:35
18 1998 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Samuel Okemwa (KEN) 2:19:51 File:Flag of Spain.svg Esther Pedrosa (ESP) 2:44:30
19 1999 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Jackton Odhiambo (KEN) 2:15:35 File:Flag of Russia.svg Olga Sokolova (RUS) 2:42:27
20 2000 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Thomas Magut (KEN) 2:15:05 File:Flag of Spain.svg María Luisa Muñoz (ESP) 2:32:34
21 2001 File:Flag of Kenya.svg John Miaka (KEN) 2:13:46 File:Flag of Spain.svg María Luisa Larraga (ESP) 2:30:10
22 2002 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Samuel Tangus (KEN) 2:13:05 File:Flag of Spain.svg María Abel (ESP) 2:28:08
23 2003 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Samuel Tangus (KEN) 2:14:43 File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Mulu Seboka (ETH) 2:46:33
24 2004 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Eric Kiptum (KEN) 2:14:32 File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Živilė Balčiūnaitė (LTU) 2:41:05
25 2005 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Rachid Ghanmouni (MAR) 2:14:03 File:Flag of Russia.svg Nadezhda Zolotareva (RUS) 2:43:24
26 2006 File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Derba Bedade (ETH) 2:14:23 File:Flag of Spain.svg Teresa Gracia (ESP) 2:57:02
27 2007 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Samson Loywapet (KEN) 2:12:04 File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Alemu Zinash (ETH) 2:39:08
28 2008 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Philip Manyim (KEN) 2:11:29 File:Flag of Spain.svg María José Pueyo (ESP) 2:32:22
29 2009 File:Flag of Spain.svg Andrés Micó (ESP) 2:26:43 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Maxine McKinnon (GBR) 2:50:46
30 2010 File:Flag of Kenya.svg David Njagi (KEN) 2:09:45 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Gladys Chebet (KEN) 2:42:06
31 2011 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Isaiah Kiplagat (KEN) 2:07:59 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Marshet Jimma (ETH) 2:34:23
32 2012 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Luka Kanda (KEN) 2:08:14 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Birhane Dibaba (ETH) 2:29:22
33 2013 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Felix Keny (KEN) 2:07:14 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Azalech Masresha (ETH) 2:27:01
34 2014 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Jacob Kendagor (KEN) 2:08:39 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Beata Naigambo (NAM) 2:30:54
35 2015 File:Flag of Kenya.svg John Mwangangi (KEN) 2:06:13 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Beata Naigambo (NAM) 2:26:57
36 2016 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Victor Kipchirchir (KEN) 2:07:36 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Valary Aiyabei (KEN) 2:24:46 [20][5]
37 2017 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Sammy Kitwara (KEN) 2:05:15 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Aberu Zennebe [ca] (ETH) 2:26:17 [20][5]
38 2018 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Leul Gebresilase (ETH) 2:04:31 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ashete Bekere (ETH) 2:21:14
39 2019 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Kinde Atanaw (ETH) 2:03:51 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Roza Dereje (ETH) 2:18:30 [21]
40 2020 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Evans Chebet (KEN) 2:03:00 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) 2:17:16 [16]
41 2021 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Lawrence Cherono (KEN) 2:05:11 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Nancy Jelagat (KEN) 2:19:30 [22]
42 2022 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kelvin Kiptum (KEN) 2:01:53 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Amane Beriso (ETH) 2:14:58 [23]
43 2023 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Sisay Lemma (ETH) 2:01:48 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Worknesh Degefa (ETH) 2:15:51 [24]
44 2024 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Sabastian Sawe (KEN) 2:02:05 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Alemu Megertu (ETH) 2:16:49 [25]

Half marathon

The 40th edition of the marathon, held during the coronavirus pandemic, was an elite-only event that also included a half marathon race.[10][8][9]

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time Rf.
2020 57:32 WR 1:05:18 [26]
Sources:

Wins by country

Country Men's race Women's race Total
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 9 17 26
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 19 4 23
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 4 12 16
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3 5 8
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 3 2 5
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 0 2 2
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 1 0 1
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1 0 1
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1 0 1
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1 0 1
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 0 1 1
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 0 1 1
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 0 1 1

Notes

  1. ↑ The marathon normally consisted of only one loop, and traversed areas of the city that the half marathon did not.[12]
  2. ↑ Jepchirchir also broke her previous personal best of 2:23:50 by over six minutes.[16]
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 h:m:s

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ranking . Marathon . Valencia Ciudad del Running". resultados.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "World Athletics Label Road Races Archive of Past Events". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ↑ RFEA Ranking of Road Running and Racewalking races [dead link‍]
  4. ↑ VCR, FC (2015-12-22). "Valencia Marathon: From local event to global success". Valencia Ciudad del Running. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Valencia Marathon". arrs.run. 2017-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Valencia Marathon Cancellation Notice". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Valencia Marathon announces it will hold a top-level elite event in 2020". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Elite Edition Regulations (42K and 21K)". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Valencia Ciudad Del Russing Tickets". tickets.valenciaciudaddelrussing.com.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "MVTA Media Guide" (PDF). www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "MM_Plano-Recorrido_A4_web_fecha_2019" (PDF). www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Recorrido Course" (PDF). www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. 2019-12-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "Kenya's Kandie smashes half marathon world record in Valencia | Reuters". de.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Valencia Half Marathon - 25 October 2020". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "By the numbers: Kibiwott Kandie's record-shattering run in Valencia - Canadian Running Magazine - Canadian Running Magazine". runningmagazine.ca. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Evans Chebet Peres Jepchirchir Valencia Marathon | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Ethiopia's Lemma breaks Kiptum's course record at Valencia Marathon". Nation. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  18. ↑ "Course Valencia Marathon Trinidad Alfonso". valenciaciudaddelrunning.com.
  19. ↑ "FAQs Valencia Marathon · Valencia Ciudad del Running". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Previous editions · Valencia Ciudad del Running". Archived from the original on 2020-11-11.
  21. ↑ "Events Calendar | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  22. ↑ "Maraton Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP | Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  23. ↑ Valiente, Emeterio (2022-12-04). "Kiptum and Beriso break course records in Valencia". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  24. ↑ Valiente, Emeterio (2023-12-03). "Lemma breaks course record, Degefa dominates in Valencia". Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  25. ↑ "Valencia Marathon 2024: All top results and times - full list". Olympics.com.
  26. ↑ "Kibiwott Kandie half marathon world record | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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