Košice Peace Marathon
The Košice Peace Marathon (Slovak: Medzinárodný maratón mieru) is an annual road marathon held in Košice, Slovakia, since 1924. It is the oldest marathon in Europe and the third-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon, first held in 1897, and the Yonkers Marathon, first held in 1907).[3] The marathon generally takes place each year on the first Sunday in October. The course is relatively flat and consists of two loops, mostly within the city center.
| Košice Peace Marathon | |
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| Date | October |
| Location | Košice, Slovakia |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Primary sponsor | U.S. Steel Košice |
| Established | 1924 |
| Course records | Men's: 2:07:01 (2012) Lawrence KimaiyoWomen's: 2:26:01 (2019)  Kumeshi Sichala |
| Official site | Košice Peace Marathon |
| Participants | 179 (finishers) (2020)[1][2] 1,520 (2019) |
The marathon is an AIMS-certified race.[4] It is also categorized as a Silver Label Road Race by World Athletics,[5] and was certified as a 5-Star Quality Road Race by European Athletics Running for All in 2015.[6]
History
The first race was held in 1924. The first women's race was held in 1980.
In 2016, the marathon received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status,[7] and in 2018, it received IAAF Silver Label Road Race status.[8]
Course
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 Course map of full marathon in 2020[9] |
The course is flat, completely asphalted and traffic free, two laps in the historic city center.
The cumulative elevation gain is 74 m (243 ft).[9]
Winners
Runners at the 2006 edition
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The course records are 2:26:01 for women (set by Kumeshi Sichala in 2019) and 2:07:01 hours for men (set by Lawrence Kimaiyo in 2012).
Note: winners are listed below for five of the seven war years (1938-44), five war winners are listed at official homepage too, although the history provided by the Košice Peace Marathon states: "The Slovakian Marathon suffered a cleft seven years wide. To some extent this was patched up with five marathons organized under the Hungarian flag during the Horthy occupation of Košice – without a single foreign runner..."[10] Its status as the oldest marathon in Europe, and second-oldest in the world, remains undiminished by this break.
Key: Course record
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1924 |  Karol Halla (TCH) |
3:01:35 | — | — |
| 2nd | 1925 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Pál Király (HUN) |
2:41:55 | — | — |
| 3rd | 1926 |  Paul Hempel (GER) |
2:57:02 | — | — |
| 4th | 1927 | József Galambos (HUN) |
2:48:25.2 | — | — |
| 5th | 1928 | József Galambos (HUN) |
2:55:45 | — | — |
| 6th | 1929 | Paul Hempel (GER) |
2:51:31 | — | — |
| 7th | 1930 | Istvàn Zelenka (HUN) |
2:50:59 | — | — |
| 8th | 1931 |  Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) |
2:33:19 | — | — |
| 9th | 1932 | József Galambos (HUN) |
2:43:15 | — | — |
| 10th | 1933 | József Galambos (HUN) |
2:37:54 | — | — |
| 11th | 1934 | Josef Šulc (TCH) |
2:41:26.3 | — | — |
| 12th | 1935 |  Artūrs Motmillers (LAT) |
2:44:58 | — | — |
| 13th | 1936 |  György Balaban (AUT) |
2:41:08 | — | — |
| 14th | 1937 |  Désiré Leriche (FRA) |
2:43:41.7 | — | — |
| 15th | 1938 | Not held due to World War II | — | — | — |
| 16th | 1939 | József Kiss (HUN) |
2:47:47.6 | — | — |
| 17th | 1940 | Not held due to World War II | — | — | — |
| 18th | 1941 | József Gyimesi (HUN) |
2:56:17.8 | — | — |
| 19th | 1942 | József Kiss (HUN) |
3:02:27 | — | — |
| 20th | 1943 | Géza Kiss (HUN) |
2:50:14.0 | — | — |
| 21st | 1944 | Rezsö Kövári (HUN) |
2:58:49 | — | — |
| 22nd | 1945 | Antonín Špiroch (TCH) |
2:47:21.8 | — | — |
| 23rd | 1946 |  Mikko Hietanen (FIN) |
2:35:02.4 | — | — |
| 24th | 1947 |  Charles Heirendt (LUX) |
2:36:06.0 | — | — |
| 25th | 1948 |  Gösta Leandersson (SWE) |
2:34:46.4 | — | — |
| 26th | 1949 | Martti Urpalainen (FIN) |
2:33:45.6 | — | — |
| 27th | 1950 | Gösta Leandersson (SWE) |
2:31:20.2 | — | — |
| 28th | 1951 | Jaroslav Štrupp (TCH) |
2:41:07.8 | — | — |
| 29th | 1952 | Erkki Puolakki (FIN) |
2:29:10 | — | — |
| 30th | 1953 | Walter Bednář (TCH) |
2:53:33 | — | — |
| 31st | 1954 | Erkki Puolakki (FIN) |
2:27:21 | — | — |
| 32nd | 1955 | Evert Nyberg (SWE) |
2:25:40 | — | — |
| 33rd | 1956 | Thomas Nilsson (SWE) |
2:22:05.4 | — | — |
| 34th | 1957 |  Ivan Filin (URS) |
2:23:57.8 | — | — |
| 35th | 1958 | Pavel Kantorek (TCH) |
2:29:37.2 | — | — |
| 36th | 1959 | Sergei Popov (URS) |
2:17:45.2 | — | — |
| 37th | 1960 |  Samuel Hardicker (GBR) |
2:26:46.8 | — | — |
| 38th | 1961 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Abebe Bikila (ETH) |
2:20:12.0 | — | — |
| 39th | 1962 | Pavel Kantorek (TCH) |
2:28:29.8 | — | — |
| 40th | 1963 |  Leonard Edelen (USA) |
2:15:09.6 | — | — |
| 41st | 1964 | Pavel Kantorek (TCH) |
2:25:55.4 | — | — |
| 42nd | 1965 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) |
2:23:47 | — | — |
| 43rd | 1966 |  Gyula Tóth (HUN) |
2:19:11.2 | — | — |
| 44th | 1967 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nedo Farčić (YUG) |
2:20:53.8 | — | — |
| 45th | 1968 | Václav Chudomel (TCH) |
2:26:28.4 | — | — |
| 46th | 1969 | Demissie Wolde (ETH) |
2:15:37 | — | — |
| 47th | 1970 | Mikhail Gorelov (URS) |
2:16:26.2 | — | — |
| 48th | 1971 | Gyula Tóth (HUN) |
2:21:43.6 | — | — |
| 49th | 1972 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} John Farrington (AUS) |
2:17:34.4 | — | — |
| 50th | 1973 | Vladimir Moseyev (URS) |
2:19:01.2 | — | — |
| 51st | 1974 | Keith Angus (GBR) |
2:20:10 | — | — |
| 52nd | 1975 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Choe Chang-sop (PRK) |
2:15:47.8 | — | — |
| 53rd | 1976 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Takeshi So (JPN) |
2:18:42.4 | — | — |
| 54th | 1977 | Go Chun-son (PRK) |
2:15:19.4 | — | — |
| 55th | 1978 | Go Chun-son (PRK) |
2:13:34.5 | — | — |
| 56th | 1979 | Jouni Kortelainen (FIN) |
2:15:12 | — | — |
| 57th | 1980 | Aleksey Lyagushev (URS) |
2:15:25 | Šárka Balcarová (TCH) |
2:50:15 |
| 58th | 1981 | Hans-Joachim Truppel (GER) |
2:16:58 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:37:46 |
| 59th | 1982 | György Sinkó (HUN) |
2:18:48 | Gillian Burley (GBR) |
2:43:26 |
| 60th | 1983 | František Višnický (TCH) |
2:16:52 | Raisa Sadreydinova (URS) |
2:34:41 |
| 61st | 1984 | Lee Dong-myong (PRK) |
2:18:59 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:36:56 |
| 62nd | 1985 | Valentin Starikov (URS) |
2:17:13 | Lutsia Belyayeva (URS) |
2:38:19 |
| 63rd | 1986 | František Višnický (TCH) |
2:18:43 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:41:08 |
| 64th | 1987 | Jörg Peter (GER) |
2:14:59 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:38:40 |
| 65th | 1988 | Michael Heilmann (GER) |
2:17:52 | Christa Vahlensieck (GER) |
2:39:03 |
| 66th | 1989 | Karel David (TCH) |
2:18:39 | Alena Peterková (TCH) |
2:31:28 |
| 67th | 1990 | Nikolaj Kolesnikov (URS) |
2:20:28 | Carol McLatchie (USA) |
2:46:00 |
| 68th | 1991 | Vlastimil Bukovjan (TCH) |
2:18:21 | Marika Starowská (TCH) |
2:46:00 |
| 69th | 1992 |  Wieslaw Palczyński (POL) |
2:16:24 | Dana Hajná (TCH) |
2:43:27 |
| 70th | 1993 | Wieslaw Palczyński (POL) |
2:14:11 |  Elena Plastinina (UKR) |
2:42:11 |
| 71st | 1994 |  Petr Pipa (SVK) |
2:15:03 | Ľudmila Melicherová (SVK) |
2:40:27 |
| 72nd | 1995 | Marnix Goegebeur (BEL) |
2:13:57 |  Gouzel Tazetdinova (RUS) |
2:43:03 |
| 73rd | 1996 | Marnix Goegebeur (BEL) |
2:17:41 | Gouzel Tazetdinova (RUS) |
2:44:28 |
| 74th | 1997 |  My Tahar Echchadli (MAR) |
2:16:22 | Wioletta Uryga (POL) |
2:38:56 |
| 75th | 1998 | Andrzej Krzyścin (POL) |
2:14:29 | Wioletta Uryga (POL) |
2:46:23 |
| 76th | 1999 | Róbert Štefko (SVK) |
2:14:10 | Katarína Jedináková (SVK) |
2:55:39 |
| 77th | 2000 | Ernest Kipyego (KEN) |
2:14:35 | Ivana Martincová (CZE) |
2:46:17 |
| 78th | 2001 | David Kariuki (KEN) |
2:13:27 | Galina Zhulyeva (UKR) |
2:36:55 |
| 79th | 2002 | David Kariuki (KEN) |
2:12:40 | Tadelech Birra (ETH) |
2:36:49 |
| 80th | 2003 | Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS) |
2:13:24 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alena Mazouka (BLR) |
2:39:23 |
| 81st | 2004 | Adam Dobrzyński (POL) |
2:12:35 |  Rika Tabashi (JPN) |
2:33:52 |
| 82nd | 2005 | David Maiyo (KEN) |
2:16:07 | Edyta Lewandowska (POL) |
2:37:48 |
| 83rd | 2006 | Edwin Kiptum (KEN) |
2:12:53 | Natallia Kravets-Kulesh (BLR) |
2:36:47 |
| 84th | 2007 | William Biama (KEN) |
2:09:53 | Natallia Kravets-Kulesh (BLR) |
2:34:50 |
| 85th | 2008 | Dejene Yirdaw (ETH) |
2:10:51 | Selina Chelimo (KEN) |
2:34:23 |
| 86th | 2009 | Jacob Chesire (KEN) |
2:10:59 | Olena Burkovska (UKR) |
2:30:50 |
| 87th | 2010 | Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN) |
2:08:33 | Almaz Alemu (ETH) |
2:36:35 |
| 88th | 2011 | Elijah Kemboi (KEN) |
2:11:15 |  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) |
2:33:53 |
| 89th | 2012 | Lawrence Kimaiyo (KEN) |
2:07:01 | Hellen Mugo (KEN) |
2:29:59 |
| 90th | 2013 | Patrick Korir (KEN) |
2:09:36 | Ashete Bekere (ETH) |
2:27:44 |
| 91st | 2014 | Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN) |
2:08:26 | Lydia Jerotich (KEN) |
2:28:48 |
| 92nd | 2015 | Samuel Kosgei (KEN) |
2:07:07 | Melka Mulu (ETH) |
2:35:33 |
| 93rd | 2016 | David Kiyeng (KEN) |
2:08:57 | Chaltu Waka (ETH) |
2:32:19 |
| 94th | 2017 | Reuben Kerio (KEN) |
2:08:12 | Sheila Jerotich (KEN) |
2:27:34 |
| 95th | 2018 | Raymond Choge (KEN) |
2:08:11 | Milliam Ebongon (KEN) |
2:27:16 |
| 96th | 2019 | Hillary Kipsambu (KEN) |
2:09:33 | Kumeshi Sichala (ETH) |
2:26:01 |
| 97th | 2020 | Marek Hladík (SVK) |
2:26:08 | Petra Pastorová (CZE) |
2:52:11 |
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201010144126/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/vysledky/2020/maraton-muzi.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201010144130/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/vysledky/2020/maraton-zeny.pdf
- Longest Running Road Races. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-04-25.
- AIMS Race Calendar. AIMS. Retrieved on 2019-04-01.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200902131643/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2020
- Triple joy for Pereira. European Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2015-10-05.
- Sebastian Coe has confirmed the status of the Košice Peace Marathon (in Slovak) . Retrieved on 2019-04-01.
- IAAF Silver Label. Retrieved on 2019-14-02.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200917052001/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/race-info-mmm/?lang=en
- Vojmaratony (in Slovak)
- List of winners
- Kosice International Peace Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-10-04). Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
External links
- Official website
- Some history (in Slovak)
- Marathon Info (in French)
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