The Great Ocean Road Marathon is a long-distance run held in Victoria, Australia since 2005. The main race stretches 44km from Lorne to Apollo Bay along the coastal route. It is the main race within the annual Great Ocean Road Running Festival, which also includes 60km, 23km and 6km runs, 5km and 10km walks and a 1.5km Kids Gallop. In 2019 a total of 8200 runners took part across the events.[1] The event began in 2005,[2] founded by Les Noseda with the assistance of The Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce, Ross Stephens, Nick Polgeeft, Gerry Tidd and Joe Di Ceccio.[3] It is now owned by IMG. The course record of 2:27:37 was set in 2019 by Australian runner Nick Earl.[4][5] Earl broke the previous record of 2:27:42 set in 2011 by James Kipkelwon of Kenya, who also won the event in 2012.[6]
Past winners
editKey: Course record Country's championship race
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2005 [7] |  Elkana Machuka (KEN) |
2:31:13 |  Rosie Doran (AUS) |
3:31:09 | ||
| 2nd | 2006 | James Kariuki (KEN) |
2:43:55 | Nadelle Legge (AUS) |
3:15:36 | ||
| 3rd | 2007 | David Mutua (KEN) |
2:36:35 | Helen Stanton (AUS) |
2:58:15 | ||
| 4th | 2008 [8] | David Mutua (KEN) |
2:36:43 | Helen Stanton (AUS) |
3:10:59 | ||
| 5th | 2009 | Charles Muturi (KEN) |
2:44:55 | Helen Stanton (AUS) |
2:59:41 | ||
| 6th | 2010 | Mark Tucker (AUS) |
2:29:41 | Lucie Hardiman (AUS) |
3:07:41 | ||
| 7th | 2011 | James Kipkelwon (KEN) |
2:29:16 | Natalie Mensch (AUS) |
3:20:16 | ||
| 8th | 2012 | James Kipkelwon (KEN) |
2:27:42 | Kelly Jarret (AUS) |
2:59:36 | ||
| 9th | 2013 [9] | Joel Chepkopol (KEN) |
2:27:50 | Tracie Kaye (AUS) |
3:08:44 | ||
| 10th | 2014 | Alexander Matthews (AUS) |
2:32:33 | Kirstin Bull (AUS) |
3:07:51 | ||
| 11th | 2015 | Julian Spence (AUS) |
2:37:23 | Kirstin Bull (AUS) |
3:01:56 | ||
| 12th | 2016 | Julian Spence (AUS) |
2:33:00 | Kirstin Bull (AUS) |
3:06:37 | ||
| 13th | 2017 | Julian Spence (AUS) |
2:32:44 | Jane Fardell (AUS) |
3:10:53 | ||
| 14th | 2018 | Julian Spence (AUS) |
2:35:43 | Rhiannon Snipe (AUS) |
3:06:32 | ||
| 15th | 2019 [10] |  Nick Earl (GBR) |
2:27:37 | Rhiannon Snipe (AUS) |
3:04:36 | ||
| 2020 | postponed due to coronavirus pandemic | ||||||
| 16th | 2021 | John Csongei (AUS) |
2:48:20 | Aleara Wallace (AUS) |
3:09:16 | ||
| 17th | 2022 | Dion Finocchiaro (AUS) |
2:30:20 | Kirstin Bull (AUS) |
3:04:28 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Great Ocean Road Running Festival clocks an event PB". Great Ocean Road Running Festival. 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Agony meets ecstacy at the Great Ocean Road Marathon". Geelong Advertiser. 16 May 2014.
- ^ "ParlInfo - ADJOURNMENT: Great Ocean Road International Marathon". PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA (aph.gov.au).
- ^ "Community Sports: Melbourne high for local runner | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "2019 Marathon Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". tomatotiming.racetecresults.com. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ Sum, Eliza (22 May 2012). "Highton man second in marathon". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ "Australian Ultra Runners Association". www.aura.asn.au. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Great Ocean Road Marathon". www.marathonguide.com/. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Past Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". greatoceanroadrunfest.com.au. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "2019 Marathon Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". tomatotiming.racetecresults.com. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.