Bucharest Marathon

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Bucharest Marathon
Bucharest Marathon 0759 - Tekla Metafeira Getu.jpg
Tekla Getu, winner of the 2011 marathon, running in the rain past a costumed person wearing sandals
DateOctober
LocationBucharest, Romania
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorRaiffeisen Bank
Established2008 (13 years ago) (2008)
Course recordsMen's: 2:10:51 (2019)
Kenya
Women's: 2:32:20 (2011)
Russia
Official siteBucharest Marathon
Participants426 finishers (2021)
914 (2019)

The Bucharest Marathon is an annual marathon and sport event hosted by the city of Bucharest, Romania since 2008. It is organized by the Bucharest Running Club, and held during the second weekend of October. The marathon is categorized as a Bronze Label Road Race by World Athletics.[1]

History[]

An annual marathon has been held in Bucharest as early as 1992.[2]

The first edition of the most recent version of the annual marathon was first held in 2008.[3]

In 2020, initially, the race was limited to 250 professional runners due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all other entries automatically transferred to 2021, and all such registrants given the option of also running the race virtually and receiving a medal for free.[4][5][a] However, the day before the scheduled date, the marathon was cancelled due to a request from the Ministry of Youth and Sport sent to the organizers the night before, in reaction to rising numbers of coronavirus cases within the capital.[7][8][9]

Course[]

External image
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2019[10]

The course begins on Bulevardul Libertății east of  [ro] and heads briefly east on Bulevardul Unirii past Piața Unirii before returning to Parcul Izvor and then heading north to Arcul de Triumf via Strada Berzei.[10] The course then turns around and heads back to Parcul Izvor via Calea Victoriei.[10] The course then heads southwest past Piața Constituției to run a loop on Șoseaua Panduri and Bulevardul Tudor Vladimirescu.[10] After returning to Piața Constituției, the course heads east again on Bulevardul Unirii, with a turnaround at the roundabout at Piața Alba Iulia and then a long loop on Splaiul Unirii, before returning to a finish at Piața Constituției.[10]

Other races[]

The event also includes a half marathon, a 10K, and a marathon relay.[11] In addition, there are several races held the day before that are not electronically timed, including a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) race, a race for teens also of length 2.5 km (1.6 mi), and multiple races for kids.[12][13][14]

Winners[]

Winners of the 2011 marathon

Key:    Course record

Ed. Year Men's winner Country Time[b] Women's winner Country Time[b] Rf.
1 2008  Kenya 2:15:48 Valentina Delion  Moldova 2:49:52 [15][16]
2 2009  Kenya 2:20:35 Daniela Cârlan  Romania 2:44:49 [17][18]
3 2010 Duncan Koech  Kenya 2:13:59 Sviatlana Kouhan  Belarus 2:35:13 [19][20]
4 2011  Ethiopia 2:17:21  Russia 2:32:20 [21][22]
5 2012  Kenya 2:15:19  Ethiopia 2:38:09 [23]
6 2013  Kenya 2:14:05  Ethiopia 2:37:28 [24]
7 2014 Michael Kipyego  Kenya 2:13:37 Paula Todoran  Romania 2:41:23 [25]
8 2015  Kenya 2:13:16  Ethiopia 2:48:53 [26]
9 2016  Kenya 2:15:05  Ethiopia 2:40:33 [27]
10 2017 Duncan Koech  Kenya 2:13:13  Ethiopia 2:42:06 [28]
11 2018  Kenya 2:11:31  Ethiopia 2:41:29 [29]
12 2019  Kenya 2:10:51  Kenya 2:33:36 [30]
– 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 in Romania [31]
13 2021  Moldova 2:16:35 Adela Paulina Baltoi  Romania 2:47:25 [32]

Notes[]

  1. ^ In addition, the marathon course was replaced with a loop of length 10.5 km (6.5 mi) for the professional runners that year, before the marathon was cancelled.[6]
  2. ^ a b h:m:s

References[]

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  5. ^ "FAQ's - Virtual Run 2020". Archived from the original on 2020-09-22.
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20200922070206/https://bucharest-marathon.com/en/professional-runners/
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  12. ^ https://bucharest-marathon.com/en/cursa-populara-popular-race/
  13. ^ https://bucharest-marathon.com/en/cursa-adolescentilor-teens-race-bucharest-marathon/
  14. ^ https://bucharest-marathon.com/en/cursa-copiilor-kids-race/
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  26. ^ "Un kenyan de 30 de ani a castigat Maratonul Bucuresti 2015. 10.000 de participanti la a 8-a editie a competitiei". ȘtirileProTV. 4 October 2014.
  27. ^ "Atletism: Kenyanul James Barmasi Kiptum a câștigat Maratonul București – AGERPRES". Agerpres.ro. 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  28. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20200902200402if_/https://ecs-eventi.s3.amazonaws.com/00000000/00030000/00034800/00034833/results/pdf/154584_B55K6CSPL8.pdf
  29. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20200902201443if_/https://ecs-eventi.s3.amazonaws.com/00000000/00040000/00042100/00042143/results/pdf/204927_99PQGBZQWO.pdf
  30. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20200902200043if_/https://ecs-eventi.s3.amazonaws.com/00000000/00040000/00048400/00048434/results/pdf/258686_688DF79J44.pdf
  31. ^ "Bucharest and Riga Marathons suffer last-minute cancellation". mybestruns.com. 2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  32. ^ https://www.myrace.gr/race/3465/liveresults.html

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