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 (43 years ago) (1981)
Course recordsMen: 2:01:48 (2023)
Ethiopia Sisay Lemma
Women: 2:14:58 (2022)
Ethiopia 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][a] 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][b]

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
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2019[12]
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2020[10]
image icon 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][20]

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[c] Women's winner Time[c] Rf.
1 1981  Teodoro Pérez (ESP) 2:26:57  Nuria de Miguel (ESP) 3:20:50
2 1982  Antonio Castells (ESP) 2:28:19  Nuria de Miguel (ESP) 3:29:26
3 1983  Teodoro Pérez (ESP) 2:20:58  María Victoria García (ESP) 3:14:43
4 1984  Vicente Antón (ESP) 2:14:01  Juana María Pablos (ESP) 2:57:28
5 1985  Ramiro Matamoros (ESP) 2:16:56  Nuria de Miguel (ESP) 3:03:49
6 1986  Paweł Lorens (POL) 2:16:31  Małgorzata Szumińska (POL) 2:46:31
7 1987  Mirosław Bugaj (POL) 2:19:06  Ewa Wrzosek (POL) 2:46:54
8 1988  Alfonso Abellán (ESP) 2:14:42  María Luisa Irízar (ESP) 2:41:03
9 1989  Mirosław Dzienisik (POL) 2:19:09  Elisenda Pucurull (ESP) 2:46:19
10 1990  Radamés González (CUB) 2:15:57  Elisenda Pucurull (ESP) 2:43:36
11 1991  Sergey Prokhorov (URS) 2:17:15  Elisenda Pucurull (ESP) 2:43:14
12 1992  Cephas Matafi (ZIM) 2:15:14  Yekaterina Khramenkova (BLR) 2:36:03
13 1993  Leonid Shvetsov (RUS) 2:15:04  Mónica Pont (ESP) 2:35:30
14 1994  Yevgeniy Zarakovskiy (RUS) 2:16:20  Zinaida Semenova (RUS) 2:34:08
15 1995  Lars Andervang (SWE) 2:19:20  Valentina Lyakhova (RUS) 2:46:34
16 1996  Eduardo Alcaina (ESP) 2:17:53  Zinaida Semenova (RUS) 2:43:05
17 1997  Eduardo Alcaina (ESP) 2:18:07  Faustina María Ramos (ESP) 2:53:35
18 1998  Samuel Okemwa (KEN) 2:19:51  Esther Pedrosa (ESP) 2:44:30
19 1999  Jackton Odhiambo (KEN) 2:15:35  Olga Sokolova (RUS) 2:42:27
20 2000  Thomas Magut (KEN) 2:15:05  María Luisa Muñoz (ESP) 2:32:34
21 2001  John Miaka (KEN) 2:13:46  María Luisa Larraga (ESP) 2:30:10
22 2002  Samuel Tangus (KEN) 2:13:05  María Abel (ESP) 2:28:08
23 2003  Samuel Tangus (KEN) 2:14:43  Mulu Seboka (ETH) 2:46:33
24 2004  Eric Kiptum (KEN) 2:14:32  Živilė Balčiūnaitė (LTU) 2:41:05
25 2005  Rachid Ghanmouni (MAR) 2:14:03  Nadezhda Zolotareva (RUS) 2:43:24
26 2006  Derba Bedade (ETH) 2:14:23  Teresa Gracia (ESP) 2:57:02
27 2007  Samson Loywapet (KEN) 2:12:04  Alemu Zinash (ETH) 2:39:08
28 2008  Philip Manyim (KEN) 2:11:29  María José Pueyo (ESP) 2:32:22
29 2009  Andrés Micó (ESP) 2:26:43  Maxine McKinnon (GBR) 2:50:46
30 2010  David Njagi (KEN) 2:09:45  Gladys Chebet (KEN) 2:42:06
31 2011  Isaiah Kiplagat (KEN) 2:07:59  Marshet Jimma (ETH) 2:34:23
32 2012  Luka Kanda (KEN) 2:08:14  Birhane Dibaba (ETH) 2:29:22
33 2013  Felix Keny (KEN) 2:07:14  Azalech Masresha (ETH) 2:27:01
34 2014  Jacob Kendagor (KEN) 2:08:39  Beata Naigambo (NAM) 2:30:54
35 2015  John Mwangangi (KEN) 2:06:13  Beata Naigambo (NAM) 2:26:57
36 2016  Victor Kipchirchir (KEN) 2:07:36  Valary Aiyabei (KEN) 2:24:46 [21][5]
37 2017  Sammy Kitwara (KEN) 2:05:15  Aberu Zennebe [ca] (ETH) 2:26:17 [21][5]
38 2018  Leul Gebresilase (ETH) 2:04:31  Ashete Bekere (ETH) 2:21:14
39 2019  Kinde Atanaw (ETH) 2:03:51  Roza Dereje (ETH) 2:18:30 [22]
40 2020  Evans Chebet (KEN) 2:03:00  Peres Jepchirchir (KEN) 2:17:16 [16]
41 2021  Lawrence Cherono (KEN) 2:05:11  Nancy Jelagat (KEN) 2:19:30 [23]
42 2022  Kelvin Kiptum (KEN) 2:01:53  Amane Beriso (ETH) 2:14:58 [24]
43 2023  Sisay Lemma (ETH) 2:01:48  Worknesh Degefa (ETH) 2:15:55 [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
 Spain 9 17 26
 Kenya 18 4 22
 Ethiopia 4 11 15
 Russia 3 5 8
 Poland 3 2 5
 Namibia 0 2 2
 Cuba 1 0 1
 Zimbabwe 1 0 1
 Sweden 1 0 1
 Morocco 1 0 1
 Belarus 0 1 1
 Lithuania 0 1 1
 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. ^ a b h:m:s

References

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  3. ^ RFEA Ranking of Road Running and Racewalking races
  4. ^ VCR, FC (2015-12-22). "Valencia Marathon: From local event to global success". Valencia Ciudad del Running. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ^ a b c d "Untitled".
  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. ^ a b "Elite Edition Regulations (42K and 21K)". www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b https://archive.today/20201207173202/https://tickets.valenciaciudaddelrussing.com/
  10. ^ a b c d e f https://web.archive.org/web/20201207170220if_/https://www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/revistas/media-guide-elite-edition-eng/archivos/assets/common/downloads/MVTA%20MEDIA%20GUIDE%20-%20eng.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  11. ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20201207112857if_/https://www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/MM_Plano-Recorrido_A4_web_fecha_2019.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  12. ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20200908185209if_/https://www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/maraton-2019.pdf[bare URL PDF]
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  16. ^ a b c "Evans Chebet Peres Jepchirchir Valencia Marathon | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Ethiopia's Lemma breaks Kiptum's course record at Valencia Marathon". Nation. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
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  19. ^ "FAQs Valencia Marathon · Valencia Ciudad del Running". Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  20. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  22. ^ "Events Calendar | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  23. ^ World Athletics. (2021, December 5). Worldathletics.Org. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7160232
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  25. ^ Valiente, Emeterio (2023-12-03). "Lemma breaks course record, Degefa dominates in Valencia". Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  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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