Reykjavík Marathon

Reykjavík Marathon
Reykjavík Marathon
	Finish line of the 2011 Reykjavík Marathon
Date	August
Location	Reykjavík, Iceland
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsor	Íslandsbanki
Established	1984
Course records	Men's: 2:17:06 (1993); Ceslovas Kundrotas; Women's: 2:38:47 (1996); Angharad Mair
Official site	Reykjavík Marathon
Participants	1,180 (2019)

The Reykjavík Marathon (Icelandic: Reykjavíkurmaraþon) is an annual marathon set in Reykjavík, Iceland, held to coincide with the city's Cultural Night Festival in mid-August. It has taken place every year since 1984, with the exception of 2020 and 2021.^[1] Along with the full marathon a half marathon and several races of shorter distances are arranged. In 2011 a total of 12,481 people competed in the various events that were held,^[2] 595 solely in the full marathon.^[3]

Since 2006 the marathon has been sponsored by the Icelandic bank Íslandsbanki, known as Glitnir between 2006 and 2009.

Past winners (marathon)

Key: Course record

Year	Men's winner	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)
2023	Silviu Stoica	Romania	2:29:27
2019	Arnar Pétursson	Iceland	2:23:08
2018	Benjamin Zywicki	United States	2:23:43
2017	Arnar Pétursson	Iceland	2:28:17
2016	David Le Porho	Canada	2:29:45
2015	Bartosz Olszewski	Poland	2:29:30
2014	Matt Pelletier	United States	2:18:00
2013	James Buis	Great Britain	2:33:49
2012	Arnar Pétursson	Iceland	2:41:06
2011	Arnar Pétursson	Iceland	2:44:18
2010	Björn Margeirsson	Iceland	2:33:57
2009	David Kirkland	Great Britain	2:28:48
2008	David Kirkland	Great Britain	2:32:52
2007	Simon Tanui	Kenya	2:24:00
2006	Jiri Wallenfels	Czech Republic	2:33:27
2005	Mans Höiom	Sweden	2:29:10
2004	Mans Höiom	Sweden	2:26:34
2003	Peter Vail	Canada	2:41:07
2002	Piotr Uciechowski	Poland	2:45:25
2001	Bruce Kilulai	Kenya	2:28:14
2000	Charles Hubbard	USA	2:34:12
1999	Ryan Board	USA	2:48:12
1998	Daniel Rathbone	Great Britain	2:31:39
1997	Toby Tanser	Sweden	2:27:07
1996	Hugh Jones	Great Britain	2:24:16
1995	Hugh Jones	Great Britain	2:29:26
1994	Pavel Kryska	Czech Republic	2:22:41
1993	Česlovas Kundrotas	Lithuania	2:17:06
1992	Ieuan Ellis	Great Britain	2:19:01
1991	Kevin Brown	Great Britain	2:32:32
1990	Jeremy Hall	Great Britain	2:24:07
1989	Robin Nash	Great Britain	2:25:49
1988	Borut Podgornik	Yugoslavia	2:27:27
1987	James Doig	Great Britain	2:19:46
1986	Boudjenane Chaibi	France	2:20:30
1985	Josef Hermann	West Germany	2:30:04
1984	Sigurdur-Petur Sigmundsson	Iceland	2:28:57

Year	Women's winner	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)
2023	Andrea Kolbeinsdóttir	Iceland	2:42:15
2019	Barbora Nováková	Czech Republic	3:00:40
2018	Sara Lasker	United States	2:58:50
2017	Natasha Yaremczuk	Canada	2:53:25
2016	Betty Bohane	Great Britain	3:06:27
2015	Kaisa Kukk	Estonia	2:53:09
2014	Sarah Brown	Great Britain	3:01:47
2013	Melanie Staley	Great Britain	2:55:14
2012	Mary Brown	USA	3:04:03
2011	Veronika S. Bjarnardóttir	Iceland	3:02:42
2010	Rannveig Oddsdóttir	Iceland	2:57:33
2009	Veronika S. Bjarnadóttir	Iceland	3:08:18
2008	Rozalyn Alexander	Great Britain	3:01:01
2007	Sarah Kathryn Knudson	Canada	3:21:19
2006	Nathalie Freyling	France	3:34:31
2005	Bryndís Ernstsdóttir	Iceland	2:55:39
2004	Kate Davis	USA	2:59:51
2003	Sonya Anderson	USA	3:04:11
2002	Rannveig Oddsdóttir	Iceland	3:12:13
2001	Britta Homer	Great Britain	3:13:41
2000	Jackie Bale	Great Britain	3:20:37
1999	Ida Mitten	Canada	2:56:15
1998	Lorraine Masuoka	USA	2:45:45
1997	Ruth Kingsborough	Great Britain	2:51:35
1996	Angharad Mair	Great Britain	2:38:47
1995	Carolyn Hunter-Rowe	Great Britain	2:56:40
1994	Kim-Marie Goff	USA	2:47:27
1993	Elisabeth Singer	Austria	2:55:07
1992	Anna Jeeves	Iceland	3:21:28
1991	Sandra Bentley	Great Britain	2:48:38
1990	Susan Shield	Great Britain	2:59:58
1989	Wilma Rusman	Netherlands	2:47:25
1988	Connie Eriksen	Denmark	3:00:54
1987	Maeann Garty	USA	3:59:37
1986	Carol Macario	Great Britain	2:58:09
1985	Leslie Watson	Great Britain	2:52:44
1984	Leslie Watson	Great Britain	2:53:47

Past winners (Half marathon)

Key: Course record

Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)
2023	Willy Fink (USA)	1:04:48
2019	Hlynur Andrésson (ISL)	1:07:59
2018	Raymond McCormack (USA)	1:05:17
2017	Hlynur Andrésson (ISL)	1:09:08
2016	Hlynur Andrésson (ISL)	1:10:04
2015	Hlynur Andrésson (ISL)	1:09:35
2014	Will Christian (USA)	1:08:44
2013	Kári Steinn Karlsson (ISL)	1:07:40
2012	Þorbergur Ingi Jónsson (ISL)	1:09:23
2011	Kári Steinn Karlsson (ISL)	1:05:35
2010	Oliver Steininger (GER)	1:16:11
2009	Károly Varga (HUN)	1:13:30
2008	John Muriithi Mwaniki (KEN)	1:07:28
2007	Benjamin Serem (KEN)	1:04:09

Year	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
2023	Halldóra Huld Ingvrasdóttir (ISL)	1:20:07
2019	Alexandra Niels (USA)	1:18:40
2018	Jess Draskau-Petersson (DEN)	1:15:58
2017	Elín Edda Sigurðardóttir (ISL)	1:21:25
2016	Helen Ólafsdóttir (ISL)	1:24:32
2015	Kara Waters (USA)	1:22:39
2014	Helen Ólafsdóttir (ISL)	1:23:36
2013	Helen Ólafsdóttir (ISL)	1:22:57
2012	Martha Ernstsdóttir (ISL)	1:23:00
2011	Rannveig Oddsdóttir (ISL)	1:24:05
2010	Íris Anna Skúladóttir (ISL)	1:26:55
2009	Martha Ernstsdóttir (ISL)	1:23:09
2008	Martha Ernstsdóttir (ISL)	1:23:19
2007	Cathy Mutwa (KEN)	1:17:30

Homepage

Official Site

References

^ "About us" (in Icelandic), Reykjavik Marathon site Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
^ Blog post on the official web site
^ List of results from the 2011 full marathon Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "About us" (in Icelandic), Reykjavik Marathon site Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Blog post on the official web site

[3] List of results from the 2011 full marathon Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine

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