Chennai Marathon

The Chennai Marathon is an annual marathon held in Chennai, India. The event is organised by the Chennai Runners, and is one of the few events in the state to be endorsed by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT).

Starting at the Napier Bridge in Marina Beach and terminating at the Annai Velankanni Church on Elliot's Beach, it is considered South India's largest city marathon, in which over 1,000 athletes and more than 20,000 amateurs participate. The event has three categories: full Marathon, half marathon, and the most popular, the 10 km race.^[1]^[2]

The 5th edition was held on 31 January 2016.^[3]

Results[]

Full Marathon: Men[]

Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	Result
Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	First	Second	Third
2016	16,000	Kasturba Nagar MRTS station	CPT-IP ground	Jegadheesan Time: 2:35:20	Vairavanathan Time: 2:41:49	Nagesh Pawar Time: 2:44:11
2017	25000*	Kasturba Nagar MRTS station	CPT-IP ground	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:

Full Marathon: Women[]

Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	Result
Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	First	Second	Third
2016	16,000	Kasturba Nagar MRTS station	CPT-IP ground	Shailaja Sridhar Time: 3:49:36	Helena Time: 3:54:45	Sneka Time: 4:20:00
2017	25000**	Kasturba Nagar MRTS station	CPT-IP ground	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:

Half Marathon: Men[]

Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	Result
Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	First	Second	Third
2016	16,000	Napier Bridge	CPT-IP ground	Soji Mathew Time: 1:11:26	B.C. Tilak Time: 1:13:56	Vinod Kumar Time: 1:14:45
2017	Unknown	Napier Bridge	CPT-IP ground	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:

Half Marathon: Women[]

Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	Result
Year	Participants	Start point	Finish point	First	Second	Third
2016	16,000	Napier Bridge	CPT-IP ground	Padmavathy Time: 1:31:21	Poongodi Time: 1:40:39	Vasantha Mani Time: 1:42:11
2017	Unknown	Napier Bridge	CPT-IP ground	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:	Yet to be held Time:

Victories by nationality[]

Country	Men's Open	Women's Open	Men's Half Marathon	Women's Half Marathon	Total
India	~3	~3	~3	~3	~12
Kenya	~1	~	~	~	~1

References[]

^ "Mugu Antony Ngudu wins Chennai Marathon". The Hindu. Chennai. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
^ TNN (13 July 2008). "Hundreds hit the road in aid of poor children". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
^ TNN (12 February 2011). "Traffic diversion for Chennai marathon on Sunday". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

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[1] "Mugu Antony Ngudu wins Chennai Marathon". The Hindu. Chennai. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

[2] TNN (13 July 2008). "Hundreds hit the road in aid of poor children". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

[3] TNN (12 February 2011). "Traffic diversion for Chennai marathon on Sunday". The Times of India. Chennai. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2011.

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