Dublin marathon

The Dublin Marathon is a marathon in Dublin that has been held annually on Autumn Bank Holiday , the last Monday in October, since 1980 . It is one of the ten largest marathons in Europe.

route

The start is on Baggot Street, east of St. Stephen's Green . On the north side of Trinity College , it goes over the O'Connell Bridge onto O'Connell Street with the Spire . Soon after, you leave the city center and embark on a large circuit that runs counter-clockwise through the suburbs of Dublin. First you go to Phoenix Park , then you switch to the right bank of the Liffey and return to the city center via the suburbs of Crumlin, Rathgar, Donnybrook and Ballsbridge. There the grounds of Trinity College are circumnavigated before reaching the destination in Merrion Square. With about 150 meters of altitude , the course has a rather wavy profile.

history

Samunnati Lehonkova, 2015

With its first year in 1980, the Dublin Marathon is one of the oldest city runs in the world. After two years, with 8,750 finishers, more than six times as many runners were at the finish as at the first event. A similarly high number of participants was only reached again in 1988 at the millennium of the city of Dublin. In the period that followed, they stayed below the 3000 mark. As a result of the running boom in recent years and the increasing interest of foreign runners (most of them from Great Britain and the United States ), who now make up around half of the starting field, the number of finishers is now well over 10,000 (as of 2013).

The most prominent (and at the same time the last) local runners who made it onto the list of winners are John Treacy (1993) and Sonia O'Sullivan (2000).

On October 28, 2018, the European Police Championships were held here as part of the race.

statistics

Winners list

Emphasis
: Course records Source for results before 2000: ARRS

date	Men	Time (hours)	Women	Time (hours)
Oct 28, 2018	Asefa Bekele	2:13:23	Mesera Dubiso	2:33:48
Oct 29, 2017	Benard Rotich	2:15:52	Nataliya Lehonkova -2-	2:28:57
Oct. 30, 2016	Dereje Debele	2:12:18	Helalia Johannes -2-	2:32:32
Oct 26, 2015	Alemu Gemechu	2:14:02	Nataliya Lehonkova	2:31:09
Oct. 27, 2014	Eliud Too	2:14:47	Esther Macharia Wanjiru	2:34:15
Oct 28, 2013	Sean Hehir	2:18:19	Maria McCambridge	2:38:51
Oct 29, 2012	Geoffrey Ndungu -2-	2:11:09	Magdalene Mukunzi	2:30:46
Oct 31, 2011	Geoffrey Ndungu	2:08:33	Helalia Johannes	2:30:33
Oct 25, 2010	Moses Kibet Kangogo	2:08:58	Tatyana Aryasova	2:26:13
Oct 26, 2009	Feyisa Lilesa	2:09:12	Kateryna Stezenko	2:32:45
Oct 27, 2008	Andrij Naumow	2:11:06	Larissa Sjusko	2:29:55
Oct 29, 2007	Alexei Sokolov -2-	2:09:07	Alina Ivanova -2-	2:29:20
Oct 30, 2006	Alexei Sokolov	2:11:39	Alina Ivanova	2:29:49
Oct 31, 2005	Dmytro Osadtschyj	2:13:14	Zinaida Semyonova	2:32:53
Oct 25, 2004	Lezan Kipkosgei Kimutai ( KEN )	2:13:08	Jelena Burykina ( RUS )	2:32:53
Oct. 27, 2003	Onesmus Musyoka Kilonzo ( KEN )	2:17:03	Ruth Kutol ( KEN )	2:27:22
Oct 28, 2002	Frederick Cherono ( KEN )	2:14:25	Lidija Vasilevskaya ( RUS )	2:32:58
Oct 29, 2001	Zacharia Mpolokeng ( RSA )	2:14:03	Debbie Robinson ( GBR )	2:35:40
Oct 30, 2000	Simon Pride ( GBR )	2:18:49	Sonia O'Sullivan ( IRL )	2:35:42
Oct 25, 1999	John Mutai ( KEN )	2:15:18	Esther Kiplagat ( KEN )	2:34:24
Oct 26, 1998	Joshua Kipkemboi -2-	2:20:00	Teresa Duffy ( IRL )	2:39:56
Oct 27, 1997	Joshua Kipkemboi ( KEN )	2:15:56	Carol Galea ( MLT )	2:39:33
Oct 28, 1996	Joseph Kahugu ( KEN )	2:17:42	Cathy Shum -2-	2:38:56
Oct. 30, 1995	William Musyoki ( KEN )	2:16:57	Trudi Thomson ( GBR )	2:38:23
Oct 31, 1994	Steve Brace ( GBR )	2:17:13	Linda Rushmere ( GBR )	2:40:17
Oct 25, 1993	John Treacy ( IRL )	2:14:40	Cathy Shum ( IRL )	2:38:14
Oct 26, 1992	Jerry Kiernan -2-	2:17:19	Karen Cornwall ( GBR )	2:41:58
Oct 28, 1991	Tommy Hughes ( GBR )	2:14:46	Christine Kennedy -2-	2:35:56
Oct 29, 1990	John Bolger ( IRL )	2:17:17	Christine Kennedy ( IRL )	2:41:27
Oct. 30, 1989	John Griffin -2-	2:16:44	Pauline Nolan ( IRL )	2:44:32
Oct 31, 1988	John Griffin ( IRL )	2:16:02	Moira O'Neill ( GBR )	2:37:06
Oct 26, 1987	Pavel Klimeš ( TCH )	2:14:21	Carolyn Naisby ( GBR )	2:42:08
Oct. 27, 1986	Dick Hooper -3-	2:18:10	Maureen Hurst ( GBR )	2:46:29
Oct 28, 1985	Dick Hooper -2-	2:13:48	Julia Gates ( GBR )	2:41:26
Oct. 29, 1984	Svend Erik Kristensen ( DEN )	2:18:25	Ailish Smyth ( IRL )	2:47:30
Oct. 31, 1983	Ronny Agten ( BEL )	2:14:19	Mary Purcell ( IRL )	2:46:09
Oct 25, 1982	Jerry Kiernan ( IRL )	2:13:45	Debbie Mueller ( USA )	2:40:57
Oct 26, 1981	Neil Cusack ( IRL )	2:13:58	Emily Dowling ( IRL )	2:48:22
Oct. 27, 1980	Dick Hooper ( IRL )	2:16:14	Carey May ( IRL )	2:42:11

Development of the number of finishers

Highlights: record numbers

year	total	including women
2013	12,317	3661
2012	12.203	3510
2011	11,686	3168
2010	10,700	2984
2009	10,472	2915
2008	09367	2857
2007	08447	2506
2006	08106	2528
2005	07941	2370
2004	08512	2641
2003	06266	1918
2002	06493	2265
2001	06151	2514
2000	07170	3266

See also

• List of marathons

Web links

Commons : Dublin Marathon  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Dublin Marathon on marathoninfo.free.fr (French)
• Dublin Marathon 2004 on LaufReport.de
• Run report from the Dublin Marathon 2005 on marathon4you.de
• Run report from the Dublin Marathon 2010 on Laufspass.com

Footnotes

1. ↑ arrs.run Dublin Marathon