World Marathon Majors

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Participating marathons Tokyo Marathon
Boston Marathon
London Marathon
Berlin Marathon
Chicago Marathon
New York Marathon
Marathon at Olympic Games
Marathon at World Championships
First run 2006/07
Prize money $ 500,000
Record winner Eliud Kipchoge

2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18

Record winner Irina Mikitenko
2 × 2007/08 & 2008/09
Website official website
Last update of the infobox: July 4th, 2014

The World Marathon Majors ( WMM for short ) are an association of marathon organizers . They were appointed on January 23, 2006 by the directors Guy Morse ( Boston Marathon ), David Bedford ( London Marathon ), Mark Milde ( Berlin Marathon ), Carey Pinkowski ( Chicago Marathon ) and Mary Wittenberg ( New York City -Marathon ) initiated. Since November 2, 2012, the Tokyo Marathon has also been part of the WMM. You are open to other major organizers.

By setting up this international running cup , the five organizers wanted to further develop running, draw more attention to the athletes and promote public interest in the elite races.

prehistory

World's best marathon runner

In November 2003 the ING Groep surprisingly announced the introduction of the ING World Marathon Ranking in order to determine the world's best cross-gender marathon runner. The complex evaluation system should include, among other things, the distance to the world record and distance records of associated marathon events as well as bonuses for placing the fastest runners. In a two-year evaluation period, in addition to the marathon in New York City as a finalist and the marathons of the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships , the following races should also be taken into account:

Prize money was earmarked for the top ten.

The organizers from London, Boston, Chicago and Berlin immediately protested against this - not only because they saw conflicts with their sponsors, but mainly because the rating system showed considerable weaknesses. They argued that setting records was a matter for bodies like the IAAF , not commercial companies.

Although ING announced that it would carry out the project with the remaining organizers, this initiative initially came to nothing.

World's largest race

Under the name The Greatest Race on Earth or GROE, the Standard Chartered Bank announced in October 2004 an overarching team evaluation of the four marathons it sponsored ( Nairobi Marathon , Mumbai Marathon , Singapore Marathon and Hong Kong Marathon ) which are still in the opened the same month with the Nairobi Marathon and ended with the Hong Kong Marathon the following year. The teams were allowed to be put together as required, including cross-gender or just one and the same runner. However, a prerequisite was a registration in which it was determined in advance which team member would take part in which run.

The accumulated total time from all four races was counted. In addition to a main evaluation, there were also those according to nationality, gender and individual performance.

Redesign

The evaluation system for the World Marathon Majors was developed in coordination with the IAAF. It is a novelty in running. In contrast to other performance comparisons, not the times achieved, but only the placements are taken into account. This tries to do justice to the different route profiles and conditions of the associated events and the resulting different times.

Regulations

Athletes can collect points for the respective series at the five annual races in Boston , London , Berlin , Chicago and New York as well as the marathons at the Olympic Games and the IAAF World Athletics Championships . After each of these races, the five best men and women will receive points according to their placements.

Series

WMM events of two consecutive years formed a WMM series. The first started on April 17, 2006 with the Boston Marathon and ended on November 4, 2007 with the New York City Marathon. The first series thus comprised eleven races including the marathon of the 2007 World Athletics Championships . The following series always included the second year of the previous one, so that there was an overlap and the winners were determined every year.

A change took place in 2015. The series only lasts for one year, the first and last races are in the same place. The final race will take place in every city every six years. The 2014/15 series that had already started was subsequently deleted. Each runner only comes into the ranking with a maximum of two results.

Rating

Achievable points:

  • 25 for a win
  • 15 for a secondary placement
  • 10 for a third place
  • 5 for a fourth place
  • 1 for fifth place

With the rule change in 2015, the distribution of points was also changed:

  • 25 for a win
  • 16 for a secondary placement
  • 9 for a third place
  • 4 for a fourth place
  • 1 for fifth place

The best a maximum of four, since 2015/16 a maximum of two results in a series are added together. Until 2013/14, participants had to take part in at least one competition per calendar year. In the event of a tie, a direct comparison decides, if necessary a majority decision of the five WMM Race Directors will make the final decision.

Prize money

The respective overall winner in the men and women will receive 500,000 US dollars, there is no prize money for those placed. The winners were honored in New York City until 2014.

Final results

Winners list

series Men Women
2006/07 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot ( KEN ) Gete Wami ( ETH )
2007/08 Martin Kiptoo Lel ( KEN ) Irina Mikitenko ( DEU )
2008/09 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru ( KEN ) Irina Mikitenko ( DEU )
2009/10 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru ( KEN ) Irina Mikitenko ( DEU )
2010/11 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai ( KEN ) Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat ( KEN )
2011/12 Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai ( KEN ) Mary Jepkosgei Keitany ( KEN )
2012/13 Tsegay Kebede ( ETH ) Priscah Jeptoo ( KEN )
2013/14 Wilson Kipsang ( KEN ) Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat ( KEN )
2015/16 Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN ) Helah Kiprop ( KEN )
2016/17 Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN ) Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat ( KEN )
2017/18 Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN ) Mary Jepkosgei Keitany ( KEN )
2018/19 Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN ) Brigid Kosgei ( KEN )

Series 1 (2006/07)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2006/07

The winners were Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot ( Kenya ) with 80 points (victory in Boston in 2006 and 2007 and in Chicago in 2006, fourth place in Chicago 2007) for men and Gete Wami ( ETH () with 80 points victory in Berlin in 2006 and 2007, the second Places in London 2007 and New York 2007).

Series 2 (2007/08)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2007/08

In the men's race, Martin Kiptoo Lel (Kenya) won with 76 points (victories in London in 2007 and 2008 and in New York in 2007, fifth place at the 2008 Olympic Games ). For women, there was a tie of 65 points between the German Irina Mikitenko (second place in Berlin 2007, victories in London 2008 and Berlin 2008) and the Ethiopian Gete Wami (victory in Berlin 2007, second places in London 2007 and New York 2007, third place in London 2008). Since each had beaten the other once in a direct comparison, the vote of the WMM race directors had to decide, who unanimously declared Mikitenko the winner of the series.

Series 3 (2008/09)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2008-09

In the men's category, Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (Kenya) won with 90 points (victories at the 2008 Olympic Games as well as in London and Chicago in 2009, second place in London in 2008). As in the previous series, Irina Mikitenko won the women with 90 points (victories in London in 2008 and 2009 and in Berlin in 2008, second place in Chicago in 2009).

Series 4 (2009/10)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2009/10

Again Samuel Kamau Wanjiru won the men’s race. His three wins (London 2009, Chicago 2009 and 2010) resulted in 75 points. Among the women, the Russian Lilija Schobuchowa prevailed with 85 points (victories in Chicago in 2009 and 2010 and in London in 2010, third place in London in 2009). After her doping ban , Schobuchowa was stripped of the title.

Series 5 (2010/11)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2010/11

In the men's race, Kenyan Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai secured victory with a second place in the last race in New York City, with which he got 70 points. He had previously finished second in London and New York City in 2010 and won in London in 2011. Lilija Schobuchowa triumphed again in the women's category. Two wins in Chicago, one in London in 2010 and a second place in the same place in 2011 resulted in 90 points. After her doping ban , Schobuchowa was stripped of the title.

Series 6 (2011/12)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2011/12

In the men’s race, Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai from Kenya won by a large margin. He won the races in Boston and New York in 2011 and in Berlin in 2012. In the women’s category, his compatriot Mary Jepkosgei Keitany came first, who was victorious in both years in London.

Series 7 (2012/13)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2012/13

The men's ranking was won by Tsegay Kebede from Ethiopia, who took first place in Chicago in 2012 and in London in 2013. In the women’s race, Priscah Jeptoo from Kenya won . She was successful in London and New York in 2013.

Series 8 (2013/14)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2013-14

In the men's category, the Kenyan Wilson Kipsang took first place with three wins, just one point ahead of his fellow countryman Dennis Kipruto Kimetto , who was also three times victorious , but who did not contest another marathon. Both ran world records when they won the Berlin Marathon. The women’s competition was won by Rita Jeptoo Sitienei from Kenya with two wins each in Boston and Chicago. Because of a positive doping test in September 2014, her victory was later revoked.

Series 9 (2015/16)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2015/16

Series 10 (2016/17)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2016/17

Series 11 (2017/18)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2017/18

Series 12 (2018/19)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2018/19

Series 13 (2019/20)

→ Main article: World Marathon Majors 2019/20

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.ing.com/group/showdoc.jsp?docid=074722_EN&menopt=prm%7Cpre%7Capr%7C003
  2. ↑ Four top marathons reject proposed ranking system ( memento of October 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Standard Chartered presents 'The Greatest Race on Earth' ( Memento of March 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ New scoring system of the WMM - an own goal of the World Marathon Majors series? Runner's World, February 27, 2015, accessed November 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ a b Doping on a grand scale? runnersworld.de, August 10, 2015.