Helsinki City Marathon

Helsinki City Marathon
Helsinki City Marathon
Date	May
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 5K run
Primary sponsor	Sportyfeel
Established	1980
Course records	Men's: 2:12:47 (1993); Martín Fiz; Women's: 2:36:14 (1991); Albina Galimova
Official site	Helsinki City Marathon
Participants	1,746 (2019)

The Helsinki City Marathon is an annual marathon held in Helsinki, Finland. It was established in 1981 and it used to be held in August but has now moved to May, on the day called Helsinki City Running Day.

The 2007 marathon drew more than 6,000 participants and 50,000 watchers.

The course starts near the statue of Paavo Nurmi and finishes at the Olympic Stadium. Various parks, miles of Baltic Sea coastline, and the Helsinki City centre are all located along the route.

The typical race temperatures have been between 18 and 22 °C and the race time limit is 6 hours. The first prize amounts to €3,500.

The 2008 marathon was run on the 16th of August. The 2009 marathon was run on the 15th of August. The 2011 marathon was run on the 20th of August. The 2012 marathon was run on the 18th of August. The 2018 marathon was run on the 19th of May.

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2020.10.03 due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[1]^[2]

Winners

Key: Course record

Men

Year	Athlete	Country	Time
1991	Anatoliy Korepanov	Russia	2:18:06
1992	Aleksandr Belyayev	Russia	2:20:39
1993	Martín Fiz	Spain	2:12:47
1994	Zerehune Gizaw	Ethiopia	2:20:18
1995	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	2:16:59
1996	Julius Mitibani	Tanzania	2:19:00
1997	Julius Mitibani	Tanzania	2:18:07
1998	Julius Mitibani	Tanzania	2:21:24
1999	Pavel Loskutov	Estonia	2:19:18
2000	Nikolaos Polias	Greece	2:18:46
2001	Daniel Komen	Kenya	2:18:43
2002	Sebastian Panga	Tanzania	2:18:39
2003	Giorgio Calcaterra	Italy	2:20:55
2004	Dmitry Kondrashov	Russia	2:21:29
2005	Vener Kashayev	Russia	2:20:07
2006	Francis Wachira	Kenya	2:18:26
2007	Peter Biwott	Kenya	2:20:31
2008	Johnstone Chebii	Kenya	2:24:31
2009	Pavel Andreev	Russia	2:22:34
2010	Gezahagne Girma	Ethiopia	2:22:36
2011	Dominic Ondoro	Kenya	2:23:24
2012	Titus Kurgat	Kenya	2:22:45 ^[3]
2013	Hosea Kiplagat	Kenya	2:22:26
2014	Justus Kiprono	Kenya	2:20:42
2015	Hiroki Nakajima	Japan	2:38:25
2016	Robert Magut	Kenya	2:27:31
2017	Robert Magut	Kenya	2:27:40
2018	Robert Magut	Kenya	2:29:42
2019	Robert Magut	Kenya	2:27:09

Women

Year	Athlete	Country	Time
1991	Albina Galimova	Russia	2:36:14
1992	Garifa Baijanova	Kazakhstan	2:42:41
1993	Anne Jääskeläinen	Finland	2:43:32
1994	Sylvia Renz	Germany	2:41:30
1995	Roza Vladimirova	Russia	2:54:03
1996	Svetlana Netchaeva	Russia	2:47:38
1997	Galina Zhulyeva	Ukraine	2:41:38
1998	Tatyana Maslova	Russia	2:45:30
1999	Tatyana Maslova	Russia	2:47:10
2000	Tatyana Zolotareva	Russia	2:44:31
2001	Tatyana Zolotareva	Russia	2:45:56
2002	Tatyana Zolotareva	Russia	2:50:10
2003	Tatyana Zolotareva	Russia	2:57:03
2004	Jennifer Lotoiywo	Kenya	2:57:31
2005	Minna Kainlauri	Finland	3:00:29
2006	Haile Kebebush	Ethiopia	2:52:47
2007	Flora Kandie	Kenya	2:51:05
2008	Margarita Plaksina	Russia	2:40:47
2009	Margarita Plaksina	Russia	2:45:28
2010	Leena Puotiniemi	Finland	2:49:11
2011	Leena Puotiniemi	Finland	2:38:05
2012	Salome Biwott	Kenya	2:41:54^[3]
2013	Leena Puotiniemi	Finland	2:42:03
2014	Natalya Starkova	Russia	2:37:56
2015	Elina Junnila	Finland	2:54:13
2016	Anna Herzberg	Germany	2:56:29
2017	Anastasia Zakharova	Russia	3:06:44
2018	Katarina Skräddar	Finland	2:54:45
2019	Katarina Skräddar	Finland	2:50:56