Geneva Marathon

Geneva Marathon
Geneva Marathon
Date	Early May
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsor	Harmony Group
Beneficiary	UNICEF
Established	2005
Course records	Men's: 2:09:45 (2019); Bernard Too; Women's: 2:29:11 (2019); Josephine Chepkoech
Official site	Geneva Marathon
Participants	1,880 (2019)

The Harmony Geneva Marathon for UNICEF is an annual marathon running event held in Geneva, Switzerland. It draws about 9,100 participants every May. Apart from the marathon, there is also a half marathon, a Relay Marathon, a 20 km Handbike and wheelchair race, a 10 km race held on the same day, and races exclusively for women (5 km) and children (1 to 5 km) held the day before. A time limit of six hours and a half applies to the main event.

Past winners

Key: Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2005	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:15:29	Kenina Chawla (ETH)	2:43:53
2nd	2006	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:15:31	Joanna Chmiel (POL)	2:45:07
3rd	2007	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:18:36	Elfenesh Melaku (ETH)	2:43:57
4th	2008	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:14:23	Addis Gezahegne (ETH)	2:46:57
5th	2009	Germa Tsige (ETH)	2:19:49	Reulen Stijntje (SUI)	2:52:47
6th	2010	Teshomi Temerate (ETH)	2:20:30	Laura Hrebec (SUI)	2:44:32
7th	2011	Hailu Begashaw (ETH)	2:17:45.7	Pascale Prevel (BEL)	3:07:49.5
8th	2012	Tewodros Zewdu (ETH)	2:19:25.5	Julia Vinokourova (RUS)	2:44:29.2
9th	2013^[1]	Maksim Pankratau (BLR)	2:15:42	Belaynesh Bekele (ETH)	2:45:44
10th	2014	Simon Mukun (KEN)	2:11:00	Milka Jerotich (KEN)	2:32:34
11th	2015	Peter Kiplagat (KEN)	2:11:18	Jane Kiptoo (KEN)	2:35:44
12th	2016	Julius Chepkwony (KEN)	2:11:11	Jane Kiptoo (KEN)	2:35:04
13th	2017^[2]	William Yegon (KEN)	2:10:31	Motu Megersa (ETH)	2:40:46
14th	2018	William Yegon (KEN)	2:12:10	Amelework Fekadu (ETH)	2:38:05
15th	2019	Bernard Too (KEN)	2:09:45	Josephine Chepkoech (KEN)	2:29:11