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Valencia Marathon

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.

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 marathon is ranked Nº1 amongst marathons in the Spanish Road Races Ranking.[3]

History

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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

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External images
  Course map of full marathon in 2019[12]
  Course map of full marathon in 2020[10]
  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

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Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   National championship race

Marathon

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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 [20][5]
37 2017   Sammy Kitwara (KEN) 2:05:15   Aberu Zennebe [ca] (ETH) 2:26:17 [20][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 [21]
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 [22]
42 2022   Kelvin Kiptum (KEN) 2:01:53   Amane Beriso (ETH) 2:14:58 [23]
43 2023   Sisay Lemma (ETH) 2:01:48   Worknesh Degefa (ETH) 2:15:51 [24]

Half marathon

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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
  Kibiwott Kandie (KEN)
 57:32 WR
  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
 1:05:18 [25]
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Wins by country

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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

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  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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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ 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 "Valencia Ciudad Del Russing Tickets". tickets.valenciaciudaddelrussing.com.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "MVTA Media Guide" (PDF). www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com.
  11. ^ a b "MM_Plano-Recorrido_A4_web_fecha_2019" (PDF). www.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com.
  12. ^ a b c "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. ^ 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.
  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. ^ a b "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. ^ "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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