Barcelona Marathon

Barcelona Marathon
The Plaça Espanya is the race start and finish point
Date	March
Location	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Established	1978
Official site	www.barcelonamarato.es

The Barcelona Marathon (Catalan:Marató Barcelona) is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42.195 km held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It takes place in March.

The race started as the Catalunya Marathon (Marató de Catalunya) in 1978, and the name was changed to the current one in 2005.^[1] Kenyan Jackson Kipkoech Kotut won the 2010 race in a time of 2:07:30 hours. This was a course record and also the fastest marathon ever run in Spain.^[2] Over 10,000 participants took part in the event that year.

The route starts and finishes at Plaça d'Espanya, at the foot of Montjuïc, in the Sants-Montjuïc district. It passes Camp Nou, back to Plaça d'Espanya, past Sagrada Família, near the beach in northeast, around the old city, back to the shore and back to Plaça d'Espanya. It has many straight parts separated by sharp street corners. The route feels flat, but looks more hilly on a height profile diagram. It has some long slow inclines, notably around 25-27 km and 39-41 km.

Past winners

Key:       Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1978	David Patterson (USA)	2:23:15	Matilde Gómez (ESP)	3:55:33
2nd	1979	David Patterson (USA)	2:19:37	Matilde Gómez (ESP)	3:18:48
3rd	1980	Don Faircloth (GBR)	2:19:42	Carre Joaquina Casas (ESP)	3:09:53
4th	1981	Martin Knapp (GBR)	2:18:56	Irizar Martínez (ESP)	2:47:12
5th	1982	Michael Pinocci (USA)	2:14:30	Rita Borralho (POR)	2:46:58
6th	1983	Allan Zachariasen (DEN)	2:11:05	Anna Domoratskaya (URS)	2:48:21
7th	1984	Werner Meier (SUI)	2:14:50	Margaret Lockley (GBR)	2:41:42
8th	1985	Rafael García (ESP)	2:18:16	Carre Joaquina Casas (ESP)	2:48:01
9th	1986	Frederik Vandervennet (BEL)	2:15:45	Deborah Heath (GBR)	2:48:22
10th	1987	Pär Wallin (SWE)	2:13:59	Carre Joaquina Casas (ESP)	2:43:28
11th	1988	Fernando Díaz (ESP)	2:19:58	Deborah Heath (GBR)	2:45:35
12th	1989	Doug Kurtis (USA)	2:16:37	Martine van de Gehuchte (BEL)	2:37:41
13th	1990	Allan Zachariasen (DEN)	2:16:30	Elisenda Pucurull (ESP)	2:43:12
14th	1991	Kazuya Nishimoto (JPN)	2:16:32	Satoe Minegishi (JPN)	2:38:37
15th	1992	John Burra (TAN)	2:12:46	Marika Starowska (CZE)	2:34:07
16th	1993	Volmir Herbstrith (BRA)	2:13:25	Emma Scaunich (ITA)	2:36:16
17th	1994	Benito Ojeda (ESP)	2:15:14	Marina Ivanova (RUS)	2:40:30
18th	1995	Igor Tyazhkorov (RUS)	2:21:12	Nuria Pastor (ESP)	2:44:19
19th	1996	Benito Ojeda (ESP)	2:16:57	Giselle Camilleri (ESP)	2:48:17
20th	1997	Abdeslam Serrokh (MAR)	2:12:53	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	2:30:06
21st	1998	Abdeslam Serrokh (MAR)	2:09:48	Ana Isabel Alonso (ESP)	2:30:05
22nd	1999	Daniel Kipcheru Komen (KEN)	2:16:24	Eva Sanz (ESP)	2:37:56
23rd	2000	William Musyoki (KEN)	2:12:18	Griselda González (ESP)	2:31:12
24th	2001	Benedict Ako (TAN)	2:13:53	Leone Justino da Silva (BRA)	2:40:32
25th	2002	Benjamin Rotich (KEN)	2:12:07	Galina Zhulyeva (UKR)	2:40:33
26th	2003	Alberto Juzdado (ESP)	2:10:53	Kenza Wahbi (MAR)	2:38:36
27th	2004	Driss Lakhaouja (MAR)	2:15:59	Karin Schön (SWE)	2:42:54
—	2005	—	—	—	—
28th	2006	Joseph Nguran (KEN)	2:12:36	Haile Kebebush (ETH)	2:41:23
29th	2007	Johnstone Chebii Kemboi (KEN)	2:12:04	Kristijna Loonen (NED)	2:42:03
30th	2008	Hosea Kipyego Kosgei (KEN)	2:14:42	Mihret Tadesse (ETH)	2:42:17
31st	2009	Johnstone Chebii Kemboi (KEN)	2:14:01	Tadelesh Debre (ETH)	2:39:43
32nd	2010	Jackson Kipkoech Kotut (KEN)	2:07:30	Debola Wudnesh (ETH)	2:31:50
33rd	2011	Levi Matebo (KEN)	2:07:31	Josephine Ambjörnsson (SWE)	2:45:31

• Note: Following the end of the Catalunya Marathon era in 2004, the 2005 edition of the race was cancelled

References

1. ^ Michiels, Frieda and Paul; Minshull, Phil; Gasparovic, Juraj and Loonstra, Klaas (11 March 2009). "Barcelona Marathon". ARRS. http://www.arrs.net/HP_CtyMa.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
2. ^ Michiels, Paul & Post, Marty (2011-03-27). All-Comers Records- Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-05-02.

External links

• Barcelona Marathon (official website)