Athens marathon

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The Athens Marathon ( Greek Κλασσικός Μαραθωνίος Αθηνών ; English term Athens Classic Marathon ) is a marathon that leads from Marathon to Athens . This has taken place in its current form since 1983, initially in October and currently in November, and is organized by the Greek athletics association SEGAS . The program also includes a 5 km and a 10 km run. With around 16,000 finishers, it is the largest marathon in Southeast Europe.

history

Runners in the 1896 Olympic Marathon
Runners at the 1980 event

The first marathon of modern times took place on the occasion of the Olympic Games in 1896 . The basis was the legend of the messenger Pheidippides , who died after the battle of Marathon in 490 BC. BC to Athens and is said to have collapsed from exhaustion on the Areopagus after the announcement of the victory news. The winner of this competition was the Greek Spyridon Louis in 2:58:50 h. The length of the route was then approx. 40 km. It was not until 1921 that the International Athletics Federation ( IAAF) determined the official length of marathons to be 42.195 kilometers, which corresponded to the distance at the 1908 Olympic Games in London .

After 1896, no marathons were held in Athens until the 1950s. From 1955 onwards there was one marathon run in spring and one since 1974 in autumn. At the first event in 1969, the Englishman Bill Adcocks ran a time of 2: 11: 07.2 h, which was the course record until Stefano Baldini's 2004 Olympic victory. At the first open competition for women in October 1974, the German Eva-Maria Westphal won .

The current event is dedicated to the memory of the athlete, doctor and politician Grigoris Lambrakis . Shortly before his assassination in 1963, he organized a peace march from Marathon to Athens. The demonstration was banned by the police, so Lambrakis, protected by his parliamentary immunity, set out on his own.

At the European Athletics Championships in 1982 , the European marathon title was awarded to women for the first time. On the route from Marathon to Athens, the Portuguese Rosa Mota won in 2:36:04 h; In the men’s race, the Dutchman Gerard Nijboer prevailed in 2:15:16 h. On April 9, 1995, the last IAAF World Cup Marathon was also held on the course of the Athens Marathon. The winner was the Kenyan Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:01 h and the Romanian Anuța Cătună in 2:31:10 h. The marathons of the 1997 World Athletics Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games also followed the classic route. The world champions were the Spaniard Abel Antón in 2:13:16 h and the Japanese Hiromi Suzuki in 2:29:48 h, the Olympic gold medals went to the Italian Stefano Baldini (2:10:55 h) and the Japanese Mizuki Noguchi (2 : 26: 20 h).

The 2010 event was embedded in the celebrations for the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon.

route

The Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens

The route begins in the town of Marathon and initially heads south, circling the burial mound of the Athenians who died in the Battle of Marathon. Then the city of Nea Makri is crossed. After ten flat kilometers the first climbs come. At Rafina the course turns to the west, and via Pikermi , Pallini and Gerakas you reach Agia Paraskevi at km 32 , where the highest point of the route is reached at 240  m above sea level. From there it goes downhill through Chalandri and Cholargos to the core city of Athens. The goal is in the Panathinaiko Stadium .

statistics

Course records

Winners list

Sources for results before 2002: sport.gr,, AIMS, ARRS

date Men Time (h) Women Time (h)
Nov 13, 2016 Luka Rotich Lobuwan ( KEN ) 2:12:48 Nancy Jebichi Arusei ( KEN ) 2:38:13
0Nov 8, 2015 Christoforos Merousis ( GRE ) 2:21:22 Minori Hayakari ( JPN ) 2:52:06
0Nov 9, 2014 Felix Kipchirchir Kandie ( KEN ) 2:10:37 Naomi Jepkogei Maiyo ( KEN ) 2:41:04
Nov 10, 2013 Hillary Kipkosgei Yego ( KEN ) 2:13:55 Nancy Joan Rotich ( KEN ) 2:41:34
Nov 11, 2012 Raymond Kimutai bed ( KEN ) 2:11:35 Consalater Chemtai Yadaa ( KEN ) 2:40:00
Nov 13, 2011 Abdelkrim Boubker ( MAR ) 2:11:40 Elfenesh Melaku ( ETH ) 2:35:25
Oct 31, 2010 Raymond Kimutai bed ( KEN ) 2:12:40 Rasa Drazdauskaitė ( LTU ) 2:31:06
0Nov 8, 2009 Josephat Kipkurui Ngetich ( KEN ) 2:13:44 Akemi Ozaki ( JPN ) 2:39:56
0Nov 9, 2008 Paul Nicholas Lekuraa ( KEN ) 2:12:42 Mai Tagami ( JPN ) 2:36:58
0Nov 4, 2007 Benjamin Kiprotich Korir ( KEN ) 2:14:40 Svetlana Ponomarenko ( RUS ) 2:33:19
0Nov 5, 2006 Henry Tarus ( KEN ) 2:17:46 Chikako Ōgushi ( JPN ) 2:40:45
0Nov 6, 2005 James Saina ( KEN ) 2:16:15 Sisay Measo ( ETH ) 2:38:39
0Nov 7, 2004 Frederick Cherono ( KEN ) 2:15:28 Alemu Zinash ( ETH ) 2:41:11
0Nov 2, 2003 Amnaay Zebedayo Bayo ( TAN ) 2:16:59 Nadezhda Wijenberg ( NED ) 2:43:18
0Nov 3, 2002 Mark Saina ( KEN ) 2:18:20 Sonja Oberem -2- 2:37:29
0Nov 4, 2001 Noah Bor ( KEN ) 2:19:26 Sonja Oberem ( GER ) 2:36:15
0Nov 5, 2000 Nikolaos Polias -4- 2:20:50 Georgia Ambatzidou ( GRE ) 2:53:00
Oct 17, 1999 Masato Yonehara ( JPN ) 2:18:35 Tamaki Okuno ( JPN ) 2:46:46
0Nov 1, 1998 Nikolaos Polias -3- 2:18:38 Joy Smith ( USA ) 2:50:52
Oct 26, 1997 Gerasimos Kokotos ( GRE ) 2:31:47 Melissa Hurta ( USA ) 2:54:43
Oct 20, 1996 Nikitas Markakis ( GRE ) 2:33:15 Panagiota Petropoulou -2- 2:56:42
0Nov 5, 1995 Nikolaos Polias -2- 2:27:27 Panagiota Nikolakopoulou ( GRE ) 2:59:45
Oct 30, 1994 Christos Dumas -2- 2:27:27 Clergy Stavropoulou ( GRE ) 3:21:32
Oct. 24, 1993 Nikolaos Polias ( GRE ) 2:28:12 Panagiota Petropoulou ( GRE ) 3:15:56
Oct 18, 1992 Christos Dumas ( GRE ) 2:31:15 Reiko Hirosawa ( JPN ) 3:05:24
Oct 13, 1991 Theodoros Fotopoulos ( GRE ) 2:28:18 Sofia Sotiriadou ( GRE ) 2:59:29
Oct 21, 1990 Johan Engholm ( SWE ) 2:26:33 Prudence Taylor ( NZL ) 2:59:15
Oct 22, 1989 Jan van Rijthoven ( NED ) 2:23:19 Leslie Lewis ( USA ) 2:37:42
Oct 23, 1988 Fyodor Ryschow ( URS ) 2:17:33 Magdalini Poulimenou ( GRE ) 2:50:59
Oct 11, 1987 Kevin Flanegan ( RSA ) 2:25:14 Irina Bogacheva ( URS ) 2:43:37
Oct 12, 1986 Jos vander Water ( BEL ) 2:27:22 Signe Ward ( NOR ) 3:06:58
Oct 13, 1985 Michael Hill ( SWE ) 2:26:20 Eryl Davies ( GBR ) 3:04:30
Oct 14, 1984 Leon Swanepoel ( RSA ) 2:28:53 Barbara Balzer ( USA ) 2:58:30
0Oct 9, 1983 Martin J. McCarthy ( GBR ) 2:25:34 Hanne Jensen ( DEN ) 3:20:33

Development of the number of finishers

year marathon Including
women 		10 km Including
women 		5 km
or mini marathon 		Including
women
2014 10,498 1954 7147 2537 6507 3517
2013 8500 1287 6502 2037 5832 3119
2012 6470 913 6014 1762 4708 2534
2011 6144 990 3761 984 3207 1487
2010 10,371 2383 3266 1021 2528 1196
2009 3813 644 1900 447 1630 699
2008 3843 671 2008 517 1688 651
2007 3438 585 1498 456 837 326
2006 2626 394 1180 362 495 193
2005 2559 357 1121 346 --- ---
2004 2868 472 945 313 --- ---
2003 2676 413 --- --- 1419 349
2002 1779 256 959 213 --- ---
2001 1241 ??? ??? ??? --- ---

See also

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Winner list of the Athens Spring Marathon on arrs.run
  2. ↑ List of winners of the Athens Autumn Marathon on arrs.run
  3. ↑ Horst Milde: 2500 years of the marathon - where the marathon is at home. In: germanroadraces.de. October 27, 2010, accessed November 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ List of winners up to 2001 ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Greek) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.sport.gr
  5. ↑ Winner until 1986
  6. ↑ arrs.run: Athens Classic Marathon