Moscow Marathon

Moscow Marathon
DateThird Sunday of September
LocationMoscow, Russia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2013 (12 years ago) (2013)
Course recordsMen's: 2:11:34 (2024)
Morocco Bennar Youness
Women's: 2:28:02 (2020)
Russia Sardana Trofimova
Official siteMoscow Marathon
Participants9,350 (2020)
10,555 (2019)
Submitting medical certificates, 2019

The Moscow Marathon is a running and sporting event held annually in Moscow, Russia. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers (26 miles 385 yards) is set up as a citywide road race where professional athletes and amateur runners jointly participate. First initiated in 2013, as a successor of Moscow International Peace Marathon (est. 1980), the event traditionally takes place on the last weekend in September.[1]

Moscow Marathon certified by World Athletics.[2] It is a member of AIMS.[3]

The race was canceled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]

Course

External images
Marathon course
image icon Moscow Marathon course map 2016
image icon Moscow Marathon course map 2016 (10 km)
image icon Course IAAF certificate 42 km
image icon Course IAAF certificate 10 km

The marathon is run over a largely flat course around the Moskva, and spans 42.195 km (26.219 mi), but with partially high elevation up to 100 m.

Winners

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Year Male Winner Country Time Female Winner Country Time Rf.
2013 Oleksandr Matviichuk  Ukraine 2:19:36 Irina Smolnikova  Kazakhstan 2:44:54 [7][8]
2014 Salomon Barngetuny  Kenya 2:17:20 Irina Smolnikova  Kazakhstan 2:40:22
2015 Lazarus Kiptoo  Kenya 2:19:36 Nina Podnebesnova  Russia 2:33:10
2016 Artem Alekseev  Russia 2:13:40 Tatyana Aryasova  Russia 2:32:34 [9]
2017 Artem Alekseev  Russia 2:14:15 Sardana Trofimova  Russia 2:30:29
2018 Stepan Kiselev  Russia 2:15:22 Sardana Trofimova  Russia 2:28:31
2019 Iskander Yadgarov  Russia 2:18:02 Marina Kovaleva  Russia 2:29:26
2020 Yuriy Chechun  Russia 2:16:07 Sardana Trofimova  Russia 2:28:02
2021 canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic [4]
2022 Iskander Yadgarov  Russia 2:14:37 Marina Kovaleva  Russia 2:29:08
2023 Dmitry Nedelin  Russia 2:14:01 Luiza Dmitrieva  Russia 2:30:15 [10]
2024 Bennar Youness  Morocco 2:11:34 Morozova Alexandra  Russia 2:30:35 [11]

Participants

Date Distance Enrolled Finishers Male Female
20.09.2020[12] 42,195 км 9782 9370 7793 1577
10 км 12088 11896 6214 5682
22.09.2019[13] 42.195 km 10818 10555 8716 1839
10 km 12860 12699 6421 6278
23.09.2018[14] 42.195 km 9181 8761 7259 1502
10 km 12996 12696 6290 6406
24.09.2017 42.195 km - 7680 6479 1201
10 km - 12972 6586 6386
25.09.2016 42.195 km - 7813 6603 1210
10 km - 10944 5341 5603
20.09.2015[15] 42.195 km - 5566 4675 891
10 km - 8105 4119 3986
21.09.2014[16] 42.195 km 4260 4031 3500 531
10 km 5302 5267 2977 2290
15.09.2013[17] 42.195 km - 2366 2084 282
10 km - 2412 1494 918

References

  1. ^ "AIMS - Directory". www.aimsworldrunning.org. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. ^ "List of Certified Marathon Courses in 2016". IAAF.
  3. ^ "Absolute Moscow Marathon". AIMS.
  4. ^ a b "Moscow Marathon". Archived from the original on 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Московский марафон отменен из-за ситуации с COVID-19 - Новости – Спор…". Archived from the original on 23 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Moscow Marathon postponed until 2022 amid COVID-19 restrictions". Archived from the original on 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Триумф Украины и Казахстана на московском марафоне - BBC News Русская…". Archived from the original on 23 September 2021.
  8. ^ https://archive.today/20210923081907/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ukraine/oleksandr-matviichuk-14230278
  9. ^ "Российский бегун Алексеев выиграл Московский марафон с рекордным временем" (in Russian). 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  10. ^ "Неделин стал победителем Московского марафона" (in Russian). TASS. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Moscow Marathon 42,2 km". results.runc.run. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Moscow Marathon 2020 results".
  13. ^ "Moscow Marathon 2019 results".
  14. ^ "Moscow Marathon 2018 results".
  15. ^ "NewRunners". newrunners.ru. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  16. ^ "NewRunners". newrunners.ru. Archived from the original on 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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