Moscow Marathon Explained

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Date:Third Sunday of September
Location:Moscow, Russia
Type:Road
Distance:Marathon
Record:Men's: 2:11:34 (2024)
Bennar Youness
Women's: 2:28:02 (2020)
Sardana Trofimova
Participants:9,350 (2020)
10,555 (2019)

The Moscow Marathon is a running and sporting event held annually in Moscow, Russia. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers (26 miles 385 yards) is set up as a citywide road race where professional athletes and amateur runners jointly participate. First initiated in 2013, as a successor of Moscow International Peace Marathon (est. 1980), the event traditionally takes place on the last weekend in September.[1]

Moscow Marathon certified by World Athletics.[2] It is a member of AIMS.[3]

The race was canceled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] [5] [6]

Course

The marathon is run over a largely flat course around the Moskva, and spans, but with partially high elevation up to 100 m.

Winners

Key: Course record (in bold)

YearMale WinnerCountryTimeFemale WinnerCountryTimeRf.
2013Oleksandr Matviichuk2:19:36Irina Smolnikova2:44:54[7] [8]
2014Salomon Barngetuny2:17:20Irina Smolnikova2:40:22
2015Lazarus Kiptoo2:19:36Nina Podnebesnova2:33:10
2016Artem Alekseev2:13:40Tatyana Aryasova2:32:34[9]
2017Artem Alekseev2:14:15Sardana Trofimova2:30:29
2018Stepan Kiselev2:15:22Sardana Trofimova2:28:31
2019Iskander Yadgarov2:18:02Marina Kovaleva2:29:26
2020Yuriy Chechun2:16:07Sardana Trofimova2:28:02
2021 canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022Iskander Yadgarov2:14:37Marina Kovaleva2:29:08
2023Dmitry Nedelin2:14:01Luiza Dmitrieva2:30:15[10]
2024Bennar Youness2:11:34Morozova Alexandra2:30:35[11]

Participants

DateDistanceEnrolledFinishersMaleFemale
20.09.2020[12] 42,195 км9782937077931577
10 км120881189662145682
22.09.2019[13] 42.195 km108181055587161839
10 km128601269964216278
23.09.2018[14] 42.195 km9181876172591502
10 km129961269662906406
24.09.201742.195 km-768064791201
10 km-1297265866386
25.09.201642.195 km-781366031210
10 km-1094453415603
20.09.2015[15] 42.195 km-55664675891
10 km-810541193986
21.09.2014[16] 42.195 km426040313500531
10 km5302526729772290
15.09.2013[17] 42.195 km-23662084282
10 km-24121494918

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AIMS - Directory. www.aimsworldrunning.org. 2016-09-25.
  2. Web site: List of Certified Marathon Courses in 2016. IAAF. en.
  3. Web site: Absolute Moscow Marathon. AIMS. en.
  4. Web site: Moscow Marathon . https://archive.today/20210923064053/https://moscowmarathon.runc.run/ . 23 September 2021 . dead.
  5. Web site: Московский марафон отменен из-за ситуации с COVID-19 - Новости – Спор… . https://archive.today/20210923063012/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4984522 . 23 September 2021 . dead.
  6. Web site: Moscow Marathon postponed until 2022 amid COVID-19 restrictions . https://archive.today/20210923061809/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1112996/moscow-marathon-postponed-covid-19 . 23 September 2021 . dead.
  7. Web site: Триумф Украины и Казахстана на московском марафоне - BBC News Русская… . https://archive.today/20210923080720/https://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/2013/09/130915_rn_ukrainians_win_moscow_marathon . 23 September 2021 . dead.
  8. https://archive.today/20210923081907/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ukraine/oleksandr-matviichuk-14230278<!-- source used for presentation of name used here -->
  9. Web site: Российский бегун Алексеев выиграл Московский марафон с рекордным временем. 2016-09-25. ru-RU. 2016-09-25.
  10. News: Неделин стал победителем Московского марафона . 18 September 2023 . TASS . 17 September 2023 . ru.
  11. Web site: 13 October 2024 . Moscow Marathon 42,2 km . 15 October 2024 . results.runc.run.
  12. Web site: Moscow Marathon 2020 results.
  13. Web site: Moscow Marathon 2019 results.
  14. Web site: Moscow Marathon 2018 results.
  15. Web site: NewRunners. newrunners.ru. 2016-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925080726/http://newrunners.ru/race/moskovskij-marafon-2015/past/results/. 2015-09-25. dead.
  16. Web site: NewRunners. newrunners.ru. 2016-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211141354/http://newrunners.ru/race/moskovskij-marafon-2014/past/results/. 2015-02-11. dead.
  17. Web site: NewRunners. newrunners.ru. 2016-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211141451/http://newrunners.ru/race/moskovskij-marafon/past/results/. 2015-02-11. dead.

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