Moscow Marathon Explained

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Date:	Third Sunday of September
Location:	Moscow, Russia
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon
Record:	Men's: 2:13:40 (2016) Artem Alekseev 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 IAAF.^[2] It is a member of AIMS.^[3]

The race was canceled in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Course

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

https://moscowmarathon.org/ru/uploaded/images/test/MM18_Route_42km_RU_web.pdf Moscow Marathon map 2018

Winners

Key: Course record (in bold)

Year	Male Winner	Country	Time	Female Winner	Country	Time	Rf.
2013	Oleksandr Matviichuk		2:19:36	Irina Smolnikova		2:44:54	^[7] ^[8]
2014	Salomon Barngetuny		2:17:20	Irina Smolnikova		2:40:22
2015	Lazarus Kiptoo		2:19:36	Nina Podnebesnova		2:33:10
2016	Artem Alekseev		2:13:40	Tatyana Aryasova		2:32:34	^[9]
2017	Artem Alekseev		2:14:15	Sardana Trofimova		2:30:29
2018	Stepan Kiselev		2:15:22	Sardana Trofimova		2:28:31
2019	Iskander Yadgarov		2:18:02	Marina Kovaleva		2:29:26
2020	Yuriy Chechun		2:16:07	Sardana Trofimova		2:28:02
2021	postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Iskander Yadgarov		2:14:37	Marina Kovaleva		2:29:08
2023	Dmitry Nedelin		2:14:1	Luiza Dmitrieva		2:30:15	^[10]

Participants

Date	Distance	Enrolled	Finishers	Male	Female
20.09.2020^[11]	42,195 км	9782	9370	7793	1577
	10 км	12088	11896	6214	5682
22.09.2019^[12]	42.195 km	10818	10555	8716	1839
	10 km	12860	12699	6421	6278
23.09.2018^[13]	42.195 km	9181	8761	7259	1502
	10 km	12996	12696	6290	6406
24.09.2017	42.195 km	-	7680	6479	1201
	10 km	-	12972	6586	6386
25.09.2016	42.195 km	-	7813	6603	1210
	10 km	-	10944	5341	5603
20.09.2015^[14]	42.195 km	-	5566	4675	891
	10 km	-	8105	4119	3986
21.09.2014^[15]	42.195 km	4260	4031	3500	531
	10 km	5302	5267	2977	2290
15.09.2013^[16]	42.195 km	-	2366	2084	282
	10 km	-	2412	1494	918

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: Moscow Marathon 2020 results.
12. Web site: Moscow Marathon 2019 results.
13. Web site: Moscow Marathon 2018 results.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.