Košice Peace Marathon
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| Košice Peace Marathon | |
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 Runners at the 2006 edition |
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| Date | October |
| Location | Košice, Slovakia |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 1924 |
| Official site | www.kosicemarathon.com |
The Košice Peace Marathon is the oldest marathon in Europe and the second-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon).
The first course was held in 1924. The marathon takes place each year on the first October Sunday. The first women's race was held in 1980.
The course is flat, completely asphalted and traffic free, two laps in the historic city center of Košice, Slovakia. The men's course record is held by Kenya's Gilbert Kiptoo Chepkwony, who ran a time of 2:08:33 hours in 2010. The women's record of 2:30:50 hours was set at the 2009 edition by Olena Burkovska of Ukraine.
[edit] List of winners
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Note: winners are listed below for five of the seven war years (1938-44), five war winners are listed at official homepage too, although the history provided by the Košice Peace Marathon states: "The Slovakian Marathon suffered a cleft seven years wide. To some extent this was patched up with five marathons organized under the Hungarian flag during the Horthy occupation of Košice – without a single foreign runner..." Some Slovak sport historians say, they have to count.[1] Its status as the oldest marathon in Europe, and second-oldest in the world, remains undiminished by this break.
Key: Course record Country's championship race
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1924 |  Karol Halla (CZE) |
3:01:35 | — | — |
| 2nd | 1925 |  Pál Király (HUN) |
2:41:55 | — | — |
| 3rd | 1926 |  Paul Hempel (GER) |
2:57:02 | — | — |
| 4th | 1927 | József Galambos (HUN) |
2:48:25.2 | — | — |
| 5th | 1928 | József Galambos (HUN) |
2:55:45 | — | — |
| 6th | 1929 | Paul Hempel (GER) |
2:51:31 | — | — |
| 7th | 1930 | Istvàn Zelenka (HUN) |
2:50:59 | — | — |
| 8th | 1931 |  Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) |
2:33:19 | — | — |
| 9th | 1932 | József Galambos (HUN) |
2:43:15 | — | — |
| 10th | 1933 | József Galambos (HUN) |
2:37:54 | — | — |
| 11th | 1934 | Josef Šulc (CZE) |
2:41:26.3 | — | — |
| 11th | 1935 |  Arturs Motmillers (LAT) |
2:44:58 | — | — |
| 12th | 1936 |  György Balaban (AUT) |
2:41:08 | — | — |
| 13th | 1937 |  Désiré Leriche (FRA) |
2:43:41.7 | — | — |
| — | — | Not held 1938–1944 due to World War II |
— | — | — |
| 14th | 1945 | Antonín Špiroch (CZE) |
2:47:21.8 | — | — |
| 15th | 1946 |  Mikko Hietanen (FIN) |
2:35:02.4 | — | — |
| 16th | 1947 |  Charles Heirendt (LUX) |
2:36:06.0 | — | — |
| 17th | 1948 |  Gösta Leandersson (SWE) |
2:34:46.4 | — | — |
| 18th | 1949 | Martti Urpalainen (FIN) |
2:33:45.6 | — | — |
| 19th | 1950 | Gösta Leandersson (SWE) |
2:34:46.4 | — | — |
| 20th | 1951 | Jaroslav Štrupp (CZE) |
2:41:07.8 | — | — |
| 21st | 1952 | Erkki Puolakki (FIN) |
2:29:10 | — | — |
| 22nd | 1953 | Walter Bednář (CZE) |
2:53:33 | — | — |
| 23rd | 1954 | Erkki Puolakki (FIN) |
2:27:21 | — | — |
| 24th | 1955 | John Evert Nyberg (SWE) |
2:25:40 | — | — |
| 25th | 1956 | Thomas Nilsson (SWE) |
2:22:05.4 | — | — |
| 26th | 1957 |  Ivan Filin (RUS) |
2:23:57.8 | — | — |
| 27th | 1958 | Pavel Kantorek (CZE) |
2:29:37.2 | — | — |
| 28th | 1959 | Sergei Popov (RUS) |
2:17:45.2 | — | — |
| 29th | 1960 |  Samuel Hardicker (GBR) |
2:26:46.8 | — | — |
| 30th | 1961 |  Abebe Bikila (ETH) |
2:20:12.0 | — | — |
| 31st | 1962 | Pavel Kantorek (CZE) |
2:28:29.8 | — | — |
| 32nd | 1963 |  Leonard Edelen (USA) |
2:15:09.6 | — | — |
| 33rd | 1964 | Pavel Kantorek (CZE) |
2:25:55.4 | — | — |
| 34th | 1965 |  Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) |
2:23:47 | — | — |
| 35th | 1966 | Gyula Tóth (HUN) |
2:19:11.2 | — | — |
| 36th | 1967 |  Nedo Farčić (YUG) |
2:20:53.8 | — | — |
| 37th | 1968 | Vaclav Chudomel (CZE) |
2:26:28.4 | — | — |
| 38th | 1969 | Demissie Wolde (ETH) |
2:15:37 | — | — |
| 39th | 1970 | Mikhail Gorelov (RUS) |
2:16:26.2 | — | — |
| 40th | 1971 | Gyula Tóth (HUN) |
2:21:43.6 | — | — |
| 41st | 1972 |  John Farrington (AUS) |
2:17:34.4 | — | — |
| 42nd | 1973 | Vladimir Moseyev (RUS) |
2:19:01.2 | — | — |
| 43rd | 1974 | Keith Angus (GBR) |
2:20:10 | — | — |
| 44th | 1975 |  Chang-Sop Cho (PRK) |
2:15:47.8 | — | — |
| 45th | 1976 |  Takeshi So (JPN) |
2:18:42.4 | — | — |
| 46th | 1977 | Chun-Son Go (PRK) |
2:15:19.4 | — | — |
| 47th | 1978 | Chun-Son Go (PRK) |
2:13:34.5 | — | — |
| 48th | 1979 | Jouni Kortelainen (FIN) |
2:15:12 | — | — |
| 49th | 1980 | Aleksey Lyagushev (RUS) |
2:15:25 | Šárka Balcarová (CZE) |
2:50:15 |
| 50th | 1981 | Hans-Joachim Truppel (GER) |
2:16:58 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:37:46 |
| 51st | 1982 | György Sinkó (HUN) |
2:18:48 | Gillian Burley (GBR) |
2:43:26 |
| 52nd | 1983 | František Višnický (CZE) |
2:16:52 | Raisa Sadreydinova (RUS) |
2:34:41 |
| 53rd | 1984 | Dong-Myong Lee (PRK) |
2:18:59 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:36:56 |
| 54th | 1985 | Valentin Starikov (RUS) |
2:17:13 | Lutsia Belyayeva (RUS) |
2:38:19 |
| 55th | 1986 | František Višnický (CZE) |
2:18:43 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:41:08 |
| 56th | 1987 | Jörg Peter (GER) |
2:14:59 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:38:40 |
| 57th | 1988 | Michael Heilmann (GER) |
2:17:52 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:39:03 |
| 58th | 1989 | Karel David (CZE) |
2:18:39 | Alena Peterková (CZE) |
2:31:28 |
| 59th | 1990 | Nikolaj Kolesnikov (RUS) |
2:20:28 | Carol McLatchie (USA) |
2:46:00 |
| 60th | 1991 | Vlastimil Bukovjan (CZE) |
2:18:21 | Marika Starowská (CZE) |
2:46:00 |
| 61st | 1992 |  Wieslaw Palczyński (POL) |
2:16:24 | Dana Hajná (CZE) |
2:43:27 |
| 62nd | 1993 | Wieslaw Palczyński (POL) |
2:14:11 |  Elena Plastinina (UKR) |
2:42:11 |
| 63rd | 1994 |  Petr Pipa (SVK) |
2:15:03 | Ludmila Melicherová (SVK) |
2:40:27 |
| 64th | 1995 | Marnix Goegebeur (BEL) |
2:13:57 | Gouzel Tazetdinova (RUS) |
2:43:03 |
| 65th | 1996 | Marnix Goegebeur (BEL) |
2:17:41 | Gouzel Tazetdinova (RUS) |
2:44:28 |
| 66th | 1997 |  My Tahar Echchadli (MAR) |
2:16:22 | Wioletta Uryga (POL) |
2:38:56 |
| 67th | 1998 | Andrzej Krzyścin (POL) |
2:14:29 | Wioletta Uryga (POL) |
2:46:23 |
| 68th | 1999 | Róbert Štefko (SVK) |
2:14:10 | Katarína Jedináková (SVK) |
2:55:39 |
| 69th | 2000 |  Ernest Kipyego (KEN) |
2:14:35 | Ivana Martincová (CZE) |
2:46:17 |
| 70th | 2001 | David Kariuki (KEN) |
2:13:27 | Galina Zhulyeva (UKR) |
2:36:55 |
| 71st | 2002 | David Kariuki (KEN) |
2:12:40 | Tadelech Birra (ETH) |
2:36:49 |
| 72nd | 2003 | Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS) |
2:13:24 |  Elena Mazovka (BLR) |
2:39:23 |
| 73rd | 2004 | Adam Dobrzyński (POL) |
2:12:35 | Rika Tabashi (JPN) |
2:33:52 |
| 74th | 2005 | David Maiyo (KEN) |
2:16:07 | Edyta Lewandowska (POL) |
2:37:48 |
| 75th | 2006 | Edwin Kiptum (KEN) |
2:12:53 | Natallia Kravets-Kulesh (BLR) |
2:36:47 |
| 76th | 2007 | William Biama (KEN) |
2:09:53 | Natallia Kravets-Kulesh (BLR) |
2:34:50 |
| 77th | 2008 | Dejene Yirdaw (ETH) |
2:10:51 | Selina Chelimo (KEN) |
2:34:23 |
| 78th | 2009 | Jacob Chesire Kipkorir (KEN) |
2:10:59 | Olena Burkovska (UKR) |
2:30:50 |
| 79th | 2010 | Gilbert Chepkwony Kiptoo (KEN) |
2:08:33 | Almaz Alemu Balcha (ETH) |
2:36:35 |
| 80th | 2011 | Elijah Kemboi Kiprono (KEN) |
2:11:15 | Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) |
2:33:53 |
[edit] References
- ^ Vojmaratony (Slovak)
- List of winners
- Kosice International Peace Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-10-04). Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Some history (Slovak)
- Marathon Info (French)
