Košice Peace Marathon Explained

Bgcolour:	693cb1
Date:	October
Location:	Košice, Slovakia
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon
Sponsor:	U.S. Steel Košice
Record:	Men's: 2:06:55 (2023) Philemon Rono Women's: 2:24:35 (2021) Ayuntu Tadesse
Participants:	1,014 finishers (2021)^[1] 179 finishers (2020)^[2] ^[3] 1,520 (2019)

The Košice Peace Marathon (Slovak: Medzinárodný maratón mieru) is an annual road marathon held in Košice, Slovakia, since 1924. It is the oldest continuously running in the world, having been run every year since 1941. 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). However, Boston and Yonkers have been continuous only since 2021.^[4] 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.

The marathon is an AIMS-certified race.^[5] It is also categorized as a Silver Label Road Race by World Athletics,^[6] and was certified as a 5-Star Quality Road Race by European Athletics Running for All in 2015.^[7]

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,^[8] and in 2018, it received IAAF Silver Label Road Race status.^[9]

Course

The course is flat, completely asphalted and traffic free, two laps in the historic city center.

The cumulative elevation gain is .^[10]

Winners

The course records are 2:24:35 for women (set by Ayuntu Tadesse in 2021) and 2:05:55 hours for men (set by Philemon Rono in 2023).

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..."^[11] Its status as the oldest marathon in Europe, and second-oldest in the world, remains undiminished by this break.

Key: Course record (in bold)

Ed.	Year	Men's winner	Time	Women's winner	Time	Rf.
1	1924		3:01:35	not held
2	1925		2:41:55
3	1926		2:57:02
4	1927		2:48:25.2
5	1928		2:55:45
6	1929		2:51:31
7	1930		2:50:59
8	1931		2:33:19
9	1932		2:43:15
10	1933		2:37:54
11	1934		2:41:26.3
12	1935		2:44:58
13	1936		2:41:08
14	1937		2:43:41.7
15	1938	not held due to World War II
16	1939		2:47:47.6
17	1940	not held due to World War II
18	1941		2:56:17.8
19	1942		3:02:27
20	1943		2:50:14.0
21	1944		2:58:49
22	1945		2:47:21.8
23	1946		2:35:02.4
24	1947		2:36:06.0
25	1948		2:34:46.4
26	1949		2:33:45.6
27	1950		2:31:20.2
28	1951		2:41:07.8
29	1952		2:29:10
30	1953		2:53:33
31	1954		2:27:21
32	1955		2:25:40
33	1956		2:22:05.4
34	1957		2:23:57.8
35	1958		2:29:37.2
36	1959		2:17:45.2
37	1960		2:26:46.8
38	1961		2:20:12.0
39	1962		2:28:29.8
40	1963		2:15:09.6
41	1964		2:25:55.4
42	1965		2:23:47
43	1966		2:19:11.2
44	1967		2:20:53.8
45	1968		2:26:28.4
46	1969		2:15:37
47	1970		2:16:26.2
48	1971		2:21:43.6
49	1972		2:17:34.4
50	1973		2:19:01.2
51	1974		2:20:10
52	1975		2:15:47.8
53	1976		2:18:42.4
54	1977		2:15:19.4
55	1978		2:13:34.5
56	1979		2:15:12
57	1980		2:15:25		2:50:15
58	1981		2:16:58		2:37:46
59	1982		2:18:48		2:43:26
60	1983		2:16:52		2:34:41
61	1984		2:18:59		2:36:56
62	1985		2:17:13		2:38:19
63	1986		2:18:43		2:41:08
64	1987		2:14:59		2:38:40
65	1988		2:17:52		2:39:03
66	1989		2:18:39		2:31:28
67	1990		2:20:28		2:46:00
68	1991		2:18:21		2:46:00
69	1992		2:16:24		2:43:27
70	1993		2:14:11		2:42:11
71	1994		2:15:03		2:40:27
72	1995		2:13:57		2:43:03
73	1996		2:17:41		2:44:28
74	1997		2:16:22		2:38:56
75	1998		2:14:29		2:46:23
76	1999		2:14:10		2:55:39
77	2000		2:14:35		2:46:17
78	2001		2:13:27		2:36:55
79	2002		2:12:40		2:36:49
80	2003		2:13:24		2:39:23
81	2004		2:12:35		2:33:52
82	2005		2:16:07		2:37:48
83	2006		2:12:53		2:36:47
84	2007		2:09:53		2:34:50
85	2008		2:10:51		2:34:23
86	2009		2:10:59		2:30:50
87	2010		2:08:33		2:36:35
88	2011		2:11:15		2:33:53
89	2012		2:07:01		2:29:59
90	2013		2:09:36		2:27:44
91	2014		2:08:26		2:28:48
92	2015		2:07:07		2:35:33
93	2016		2:08:57		2:32:19
94	2017		2:08:12		2:27:34
95	2018		2:08:11		2:27:16
96	2019		2:09:33		2:26:01
97	2020		2:26:08		2:52:11
98	2021		2:07:18		2:24:35	^[12]
99	2022		2:07:16		2:24:04	^[13]
100	2023		2:06:55		2:24:43	^[14]

References

List of winners

Kosice International Peace Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (4 October 2011). Retrieved 23 October 2011.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Livetiming . championchip.cz . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20211003132626/https://championchip.cz/new/livetime24/clasic/2021100311/0/64/16/0/0/0/0/link?vyhledat=0 . 3 October 2021 . dead.
Web site: Archived copy . www.kosicemarathon.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201010144126/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/vysledky/2020/maraton-muzi.pdf . 10 October 2020 . dead.
Web site: Archived copy . www.kosicemarathon.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201010144130/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/vysledky/2020/maraton-zeny.pdf . 10 October 2020 . dead.
https://arrs.run/LongRunR.htm Longest Running Road Races
http://aims-worldrunning.org/calendar.html AIMS Race Calendar
Web site: Archived copy . www.worldathletics.org . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200902131643/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2020 . 2 September 2020 . dead.
http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/area-permit-meetings/news/article=triple-joy-for-pereira Triple joy for Pereira
http://www.kosicemarathon.com/sebastian-coe-potvrdil-status-mmm Sebastian Coe has confirmed the status of the Košice Peace Marathon
https://www.kosicemarathon.com/iaaf-silver-label/?lang=en IAAF Silver Label
Web site: Race Instructions. https://web.archive.org/web/20200917052001/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/race-info-mmm/?lang=en. 17 September 2020.
http://www.cassovia.sk/historiaclanky/vojmaratony/ Vojmaratony
Web site: Livetiming . championchip.cz . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20211003132448/https://championchip.cz/new/livetime24/clasic/2021100311/0/1/16/0/0/0/0/link?vyhledat=0 . 3 October 2021 . dead.
https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7176648 Košice Peace Marathon
https://www.kosicemarathon.com/mmm-2023/?lang=en Košice Peace Marathon 2023