Cracovia Marathon
Logo of the 19th Cracovia Marathon
DateMid-April
LocationKraków, Poland
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, 10K run, Wheelchair
Established2002 (22 years ago) (2002)
Course recordsMen's: 2:09:18 (2019)
Kenya Cyprian Kotut
Women's: 2:28:03 (2019)
Ukraine Viktoriya Khapilina
Official siteCracovia Marathon
Participants2,954 finishers (2022)
5,184 (2019)
Start of the marathon in 2012

The Cracovia Marathon (Polish: Cracovia Maraton) is an annual marathon which has taken place every year in Kraków, Poland since its inception in 2002. It is one of Poland's largest marathons in terms of the number of finishers.[1]

History

The Cracovia Marathon was established in 2002 and has been run every year since. The marathon is held usually in May. The competition features professional athletes and amateur fun runners. A total of 3,200 people finished the race in 2011[2] while in 2013 a total of 4,415 participants finished the race, which made it the third largest such race in Poland after the Warsaw Marathon and the Poznań Marathon.[3]

The marathon is one of five in the Crown of Polish Marathons program, along with the Dębno Marathon, Poznań Marathon, Warsaw Marathon, and Wrocław Marathon.[4][5]

Since 2016, the Cracovia Marathon has been part of the Royal Running Triad (Polish: Królewska Triada Biegowa) alongside Cracovia Royal Half-Marathon and the Three Mounds Race.[6]

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all entries automatically transferred to 2022 and all registrants given the option of obtaining a refund.[7][8][a]

Winners

2022 winner Lilia Fisikovici (left) of Moldova and 2022 winner David Metto of Kenya en route to winning their respective marathons

Key:    Course record

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[b] Women's winner Time[b] Rf.
1 2002  Thomas Magut (KEN) 2:19:24  Mirela Zięcina (POL) 3:02:16
2 2003  Azzedine Sakhri (ALG) 2:17:59  Norah Maraga (KEN) 2:50:09
3 2004  Henry Kimeli (KEN) 2:16:52  Zahia Dahmani (FRA) 2:42:15
4 2005  Piotr Gładki (POL) 2:19:30  Janina Malska (POL) 2:43:20
5 2006  Matthew Kosgei (KEN) 2:17:16  Alena Mazouka (BLR) 2:43:53
6 2007  Matthew Kosgei (KEN) 2:18:16  Kateryna Stetsenko (UKR) 2:39:08
7 2008  Andrei Hardzeyeu (BLR) 2:13:41  Olha Kotovska (UKR) 2:39:49
8 2009  Julius Kilimo (KEN) 2:11:26  Nastassia Padalinskaya (BLR) 2:36:29
9 2010  Abebe Dagane (ETH) 2:16:13  Etaferahu Tarekegne (ETH) 2:37:22
10 2011  Cosmas Kyeva (KEN) 2:12:20  Tetyana Hamera-Shmyrko (UKR) 2:28:14 [10]
11 2012  Peter Wanjiru (KEN) 2:12:11  Lucia Kimani (BIH) 2:36:54 [11]
12 2013  Patrick Nyangero (TAN) 2:19:08  Emilia Zielińska (POL) 3:03:15 [12]
13 2014  Edwin Kirui (KEN) 2:15:17  Elizabeth Chemweno (KEN) 2:38:06
14 2015  Taras Salo (UKR) 2:17:03  Hellen Kimutai (KEN) 2:43:04
15 2016  Cosmas Kyeva (KEN) 2:11:58  Gladys Chemweno (KEN) 2:30:30
16 2017  Cosmas Kyeva (KEN) 2:12:52  Stella Barsosio (KEN) 2:33:01
17 2018  Birhanu Bekele (ETH) 2:11:34  Lilia Fisikovici (MDA) 2:31:27
18 2019  Cyprian Kotut (KEN) 2:09:18  Viktoriya Khapilina (UKR) 2:28:03
— 2020 postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic [7][8]
— 2021 postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic
19 2022  David Metto (KEN) 2:14:07  Lilia Fisikovici (MDA) 2:40:35

By country

Country Total Men's Women's
 Kenya 17 12 5
 Ukraine 5 1 4
 Poland 4 1 3
 Belarus 3 1 2
 Ethiopia 3 2 1
 Moldova 2 0 2
 Algeria 1 1 0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 1
 France 1 0 1
 Tanzania 1 1 0

Notes

  1. ^ It had initially been postponed to 8 November before being postponed to 2021 and then to 2022.[7][8][9]
  2. ^ a b h:m:s

See also

References

  1. ^ "Największe maratony w Polsce w 2013" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ X Cracovia Maraton 2011 WYNIKI ZAWODÓW / RESULTS LIST Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Data Sport. Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
  3. ^ "Największe maratony w Polsce w 2013" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. ^ "ZIS Kraków". Archived from the original on 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2022-07-03.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Crown of Polish marathons | Poznań Marathon". Archived from the original on 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-07-03.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Królewska Triada Biegowa, czyli wyróżnienie dla biegaczy" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Cracovia Marathon".
  8. ^ a b c "Cracovia Marathon". Archived from the original on 12 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Cracovia Marathon".
  10. ^ Victories for Ukraine women in the Cracovia and Zurich Marathons Archived 2012-08-13 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-04-18). Retrieved on 2011-04-29.
  11. ^ April 2012 AIMS Results. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.
  12. ^ April 2013 AIMS Results Archived 2014-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-05-02.
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