Helsinki City Marathon Explained

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Date:	May
Location:	Helsinki, Finland
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon, Half marathon, 5K run
Est:	1981
Participants:	1,402 finishers (2021) 1,367 (2020) 1,746 (2019)
Record:	Men's: 2:12:47 (1993) Martín Fiz Women's: 2:36:14 (1991) Albina Galimova

The Garmin Helsinki City Marathon is an annual marathon held in Helsinki, Finland. It was established in 1981^[1] 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 16 August. The 2009 marathon was run on 15 August.The 2011 marathon was run on 20 August.The 2012 marathon was run on 18 August.The 2018 marathon was run on 19 May.

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2020.10.03 due to the coronavirus pandemic.^{[2] [3]}

Winners

Key:

Men Year Athlete Country Time 1991 Anatoliy Korepanov 2:18:06 1992 Aleksandr Belyayev 2:20:39 1993 Martín Fiz 2:12:47 1994 Zerehune Gizaw 2:20:18 1995 Tesfaye Bekele 2:16:59 1996 Julius Mitibani 2:19:00 1997 Julius Mitibani 2:18:07 1998 Julius Mitibani 2:21:24 1999 Pavel Loskutov 2:19:18 2000 Nikolaos Polias 2:18:46 2001 Daniel Komen 2:18:43 2002 Sebastian Panga 2:18:39 2003 Giorgio Calcaterra 2:20:55 2004 Dmitry Kondrashov 2:21:29 2005 Vener Kashayev 2:20:07 2006 Francis Wachira 2:18:26 2007 Peter Biwott 2:20:31 2008 Johnstone Chebii 2:24:31 2009 Pavel Andreev 2:22:34 2010 Gezahagne Girma 2:22:36 2011 Dominic Ondoro 2:23:24 2012 Titus Kurgat 2:22:45 ^[4] 2013 Hosea Kiplagat 2:22:26 2014 Justus Kiprono 2:20:42 2015 Hiroki Nakajima 2:38:25 2016 Robert Magut 2:27:31 2017 Robert Magut 2:27:40 2018 Robert Magut 2:29:42 2019 Robert Magut 2:27:09 2020 Joni Hirvikallio 2:29:47 2021 Eric Mangeh 2:21:37 2022 Oscar Holmström 2:24:57 2023 Eric Mangeh 2:26:14 2024 Oscar Holmström 2:24:10

Women Year Athlete Country Time 1991 Albina Galimova 2:36:14 1992 Garifa Baijanova 2:42:41 1993 Anne Jääskeläinen 2:43:32 1994 Sylvia Renz 2:41:30 1995 Roza Vladimirova 2:54:03 1996 Svetlana Netchaeva 2:47:38 1997 Galina Zhulyeva 2:41:38 1998 Tatyana Maslova 2:45:30 1999 Tatyana Maslova 2:47:10 2000 Tatyana Zolotareva 2:44:31 2001 Tatyana Zolotareva 2:45:56 2002 Tatyana Zolotareva 2:50:10 2003 Tatyana Zolotareva 2:57:03 2004 Jennifer Lotoiywo 2:57:31 2005 Minna Kainlauri 3:00:29 2006 Haile Kebebush 2:52:47 2007 Flora Kandie 2:51:05 2008 Margarita Plaksina 2:40:47 2009 Margarita Plaksina 2:45:28 2010 Leena Puotiniemi 2:49:11 2011 Leena Puotiniemi 2:38:05 2012 Salome Biwott 2:41:54 2013 Leena Puotiniemi 2:42:03 2014 Natalya Starkova 2:37:56 2015 Elina Junnila 2:54:13 2016 Anna Herzberg 2:56:29 2017 Anastasia Zakharova 3:06:44 2018 Katarina Skräddar 2:54:45 2019 Katarina Skräddar 2:50:56 2020 Soili Kosonen 2:55:28 2021 Aleksandra Borodinova 2:43:22 2022 Annemari Kiekara 2:41:11 2023 Petra Kilpeläinen 2:47:54 2024 Koleta Moravcová 3:07:15

See also

• Helsinki City Run
• Paavo Nurmi Marathon

External links

• Helsinki City Marathon
• Marathon Info
• Many Pictures of Helsinki City Marathon 2008

Notes and References

1. https://helsinkicityrunningday.fi/helsinkimaraton/ HELSINKI CITY MARATON 40-VUOTIS JUHLAMITALI – Helsinki City Running Day
2. Web site: Helsinki City Running Day postponed to early autumn due to Coronavirus |. 12 March 2020.
3. Web site: Helsinki City Running Day postponed to 3rd of October and returns to the Olympic Stadium |. April 2020.
4. Web site: Results 2012. Helsinki City Marathon. 2012-11-17.