Tallinn Marathon Explained

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Est:	(marathon) (event)
Date:	September
Location:	Tallinn, Estonia
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon, half marathon, 10K run, 10K Nordic walking
Record:	Men's: 2:09:22 (2017) Kiprotich Kirui Women's: 2:31:29 (2022) Pauline Thitu
Participants:	749 finishers (2021) 2,158 (2019)

The Tallinn Marathon is an annual road marathon, held in Tallinn, Estonia. It is held in September and is the biggest annual marathon in Estonia. Both the marathon and the half marathon held the day before are categorized as Elite Label Road Races by World Athletics.^[1]

History

The first regularly-held marathon was held in 2010.^[2] Prior to this, the marathon was first held in 1989 with about 100 runners, and a half marathon and a 10 km race had been held regularly since 2000.^[3]

In 2015, Estonian Marti Medar set a world record for completing a marathon while dribbling a basketball, finishing in 3:04:15.^[4] In 2017, Medar set a world record for completing a marathon while dribbling two basketballs at the same time, doing so in 3:54:16, and then set it again in 2021 with a time of 3:36:36.

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually, transferring their entry to 2021, or obtaining a refund.^{[5] [6]}

Winners

Key: Course record (in bold)

Marathon

Year	Men's winner	Nationality	Time	Women's winner	Nationality	Time	Rf.
2010	Bernard Rotich		2:18:16	Ruth Kutol		2:36:02	^[7] ^[8]
2011	Julius Muriuki		2:12:56	Almaz Alemu		2:34:14	^[9] ^[10]
2012	John Kirui		2:15:21	Evelin Talts		2:45:02	^[11]
2013	Dadi Tesfaye		2:15:01	Irene Chepkirui		2:34:40	^[12] ^[13]
2014	Dadi Tesfaye		2:17:29	Evelin Talts		2:56:26	^[14]
2015	Kiprop Tonui		2:18:04	Kaisa Kukk		2:52:40	^[15]
2016	Bernard Chumba		2:20:52	Esther Karimi		2:49:20	^[16]
2017	Kiprotich Kirui		2:09:22	Olga Andrejeva		2:51:06	^[17]
2018	Roman Fosti		2:24:07	Daisy Langat		2:33:50	^[18]
2019	Josphat Leting		2:12:42	Pamela Rotich		2:32:16	^[19]
2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021	Ibrahim Mukunga		2:30:43	Kaisa Kukk		2:44:46	^[20]
2022	Jonathan Kiptoo		2:12:44	Pauline Thitu		2:31:29	^[21]

Half marathon

Year	Men's winner	Nationality	Time	Women's winner	Nationality	Time	Rf.
2000	Pavel Loskutov		1:03:23	Živilė Balčiūnaitė		1:15:24
2001	Pavel Loskutov		1:04:29	Jeļena Prokopčuka		1:12:57
2002	Pavel Loskutov		1:04:55	Liilia Kesküla		1:28:31
2003	Pavel Loskutov		1:04:01	Kulli Kaljus		1:22:13
2004	Pavel Loskutov		1:05:47	Kadri Kelve		1:24:14
2005	Pavel Loskutov		1:04:59	Tiina Tross		1:20:50
2006	Vjatšeslav Košelev		1:06:21	Sigrid Valdre		1:19:29
2007	Pavel Loskutov		1:06:22	Sigrid Valdre		1:19:03
2008	Alexei Markov		1:08:24	Remalda Kergytė		1:17:13
2009	Mareks Florošeks		1:07:34	Rasa Drazdauskaitė		1:12:54
2010	not held						^[22]
2011	Valērijs Žolnerovičs		1:07:97	Inna Poluškina		1:17:27
2012	Jānis Girgensons		1:06:32	Ilona Marhele		1:16:39
2013	Ibrahim Mukunga		1:05:42	Jekaterina Patjuk		1:17:32
2014	Jacob Yator		1:05:36	Jeļena Prokopčuka		1:12:28
2015	Tiidrek Nurme		1:06:08	Ilona Marhele		1:18:35
2016	Victor Ketienya		1:06:58	Ilona Marhele		1:17:08
2017	Benard Korir		1:04:44	Jekaterina Patjuk		1:15:17
2018	Tiidrek Nurme		1:03:27	Norah Chebet		1:12:56
2019	Evans Cheruiyot		1:00:29	Janet Ruguru		1:10:19
2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021	Tiidrek Nurme		1:05:39	Helena Peik		1:24:11	^[23]

10 kilometers

Year	Men's winner	Nationality	Time	Women's winner	Nationality	Time	Rf.
2000	Toomas Tarm		30:27	Maile Mangusson		36:14
2001	Vjatšeslav Košelev		30:17	Maile Mangusson		35:59
2002	Vjatšeslav Košelev		31:03	Maile Mangusson		38:03
2003	Egidijus Rupšys		30:57	Maile Mangusson		37:26
2004	Margus Pirksaar		31:21	Gailutė Keliuotienė		38:52
2005	Margus Pirksaar		31:11	Inga Jedeskiene		35:55
2006	Tiidrek Nurme		30:38	Daniela Fetcera		34:56
2007	Mareks Florošeks		31:29	Daniela Fetcera		34:38
2008	Mareks Florošeks		31:10	Rasa Drazdauskaitė		34:18
2009	Tiidrek Nurme		30:04	Inna Poluškina		34:38
2010	Tiidrek Nurme		30:04	Inna Poluškina		34:19
2011	Tiidrek Nurme		30:34	Jekaterina Patjuk		34:28
2012	Tiidrek Nurme		30:06	Rasa Drazdauskaitė		35:10
2013	David Kogei		29:02	Jeļena Prokopčuka		33:18
2014	Tiidrek Nurme		29:47	Lily Luik		36:24
2015	Roman Fosti		30:11	Jekaterina Patjuk		33:51
2016	Tiidrek Nurme		29:42	Liina Tšernov		34:56
2017	Benard Korir		29:46	Liina Tšernov		35:49
2018	Weldom Kerich		30:15	Norah Chebet		34:05
2019	Vasyl Koval		30:10	Liina Tšernov		34:20
2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021	Kaur Kivistik		30:24	Liina Luik		36:09

See also

• List of marathon races in Europe

External links

• Tallinn Marathon

Notes and References

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5. Web site: BestIT OÜ - kodulehekülgede majutus.
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10. https://archive.today/20210915054124/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/almaz-alemu-14259941<!-- source used for presentation of name used here -->
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13. https://archive.today/20210915041930/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/dadi-tesfaye-14642645<!-- source used for presentation of name used here -->
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