Dublin Marathon

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Dublin Marathon
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Elite runners competing in 2007
DateOctober
LocationDublin, Ireland
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorSSE Airtricity (2014–2018)
KBC Bank (from 2019)
Established1980 (42 years ago) (1980)
Course recordsMen's: 2:08:06 (2019)
Morocco Othmane El Goumri
Women's: 2:26:13 (2010)
Russia Tatyana Aryasova
Official siteDublin Marathon
Participants17,729 finishers (2019)
16,166 finishers (2018)
Runners in 2006

The Dublin Marathon is an annual 26.2 mile (42.2 km) road marathon in Dublin, Ireland, held on the last Sunday in October. Prior to 2016, the race took place on the last Monday in October, which is a public holiday in Ireland. Held each year since 1980, the marathon had a record 22,500 registrants for the 2019 race, including over 5,000 entrants from outside Ireland.

History[]

Sean Kearns, runner-up of the M75 category in 2007

The race was founded in 1980 by a group led by Noel Carroll, who persuaded the Business Houses Athletic Association (BHAA) to take up the idea. In the first year, 2,100 took part, of whom 1,420 finished. Dick Hooper of Raheny club Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club claimed first place, in a time of 2:16:14. The women's winner was Carey May who finished in 2:42:11. That year's runner-up was Neil Cusack, who returned in 1981 to post a winning time of 2:13:59.

Jerry Kiernan's 1982 time of 2:13:45 was a long-standing men's course record. This was finally improved upon by Lezan Kipkosgei Kimutai over twenty years later in 2004, but Russian runner Aleksey Sokolov twice broke the record with consecutive wins in 2006/07, running 2:11:39 then 2:09:07 the next year. Moses Kangogo Kibet became the first man under 2:09 in Dublin with his win in 2:08:58. The current men's record is 2:08:06 set by Othmane El Goumri in 2019.[1]

Moira O'Neill was the first woman under two hours and forty minutes with her win of 2:37:06 in 1988 and home athlete Christine Kennedy improved this with a run of 2:35:56 three years later. Kenyan Ruth Kutol win in 2:27:22 in 2003 was the first sub-2:30 time and Russian Tatyana Aryasova broke this record in 2010 with her current women's record of 2:26:13.[2]

The participation level of the race has followed an upward trend: by 1988 the number of participants had increased to 8,700 – up from the 4,000 the previous year. It was not until 2000 that the 1988 participation record was finally broken when 8,900 took part. An increasing number of people took part every year in the late 2000s, with 11,000 at the 2007 edition.[3] Entry levels have since increased significantly year-on-year with 19,500 completing the 2016 event.[4]

In 2001 the marathon became part of the Dublin Race Series, which includes pre-marathon events of 5 miles, 10 kilometres, 10 miles and half marathon distance over the preceding months, run in the Phoenix Park and Swords.

A competitor died while running in the 2006 marathon,[5] and another in the 2013 marathon.[6]

In October 2015, it was announced that from 2016 the marathon would be held on Sunday rather than the October bank holiday Monday to attract more overseas runners.[7]

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the race were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all entries made valid for the following year and all registrants given the option of obtaining a full refund.[8][9][10]

Course[]

External image
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2019[11]
Race T-shirt from 2015

The course is generally reasonably flat. It starts at Fitzwilliam Square in the city centre and concludes at Merrion Square. Exact routing varies, although in recent years[when?] the race has proceeded in an anti-clockwise direction around the city,[further explanation needed] including passing through the Phoenix Park before moving towards the southside suburbs.

Race series[]

The marathon is part of a race series that includes four other races: the Fingal 4 Mile, the South Dublin 10K, the Frank Duffy 10 Mile, and the Dublin Half Marathon.[12][13]

Prizes[]

The overall winner receives the Noel Carroll Memorial Trophy.[14] Both winners also receive 12,000 EUR.[15]

Winners[]

, 1990 winner
Sonia O'Sullivan, winner in 2000 (pictured here in Milan)
Nataliya Lehonkova, 2015 winner

Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   Irish championship race
Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1 1980  Dick Hooper (IRL) 2:16:14  Carey May (IRL) 2:42:11
2 1981  Neil Cusack (IRL) 2:13:58   (IRL) 2:48:22
3 1982  Jerry Kiernan (IRL) 2:13:45  Debbie Mueller (USA) 2:40:57
4 1983   (BEL) 2:14:19  Mary Purcell (IRL) 2:46:09
5 1984  Svend Erik Kristensen (DEN) 2:18:25  Ailish Smyth (IRL) 2:47:30
6 1985  Dick Hooper (IRL) 2:13:48  Julia Gates (GBR) 2:41:26
7 1986  Dick Hooper (IRL) 2:18:10   (GBR) 2:46:29
8 1987   (TCH) 2:14:21   (GBR) 2:42:08
9 1988   (IRL) 2:16:02   (GBR) 2:37:06
10 1989   (IRL) 2:16:44   (IRL) 2:44:32
11 1990   (IRL) 2:17:17   (IRL) 2:41:27
12 1991  Tommy Hughes (IRE) 2:14:46   (IRL) 2:35:56
13 1992  Jerry Kiernan (IRL) 2:17:19   (GBR) 2:41:58
14 1993  John Treacy (IRL) 2:14:40   (IRL) 2:38:14
15 1994  Steve Brace (GBR) 2:17:13   (GBR) 2:40:17
16 1995   (KEN) 2:16:57  Trudi Thomson (GBR) 2:38:23
17 1996   (KEN) 2:17:42   (IRL) 2:38:56
18 1997  Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN) 2:15:56  Carol Galea (MLT) 2:39:33
19 1998  Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN) 2:20:00  Teresa Duffy (IRL) 2:39:56
20 1999  John Mutai (KEN) 2:15:18  Esther Kiplagat (KEN) 2:34:24
21 2000   (GBR) 2:18:49  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 2:35:42
22 2001   (RSA) 2:14:03  Debbie Robinson (GBR) 2:35:40
23 2002   (KEN) 2:14:25   (RUS) 2:32:58
24 2003   (KEN) 2:17:03  Ruth Kutol (KEN) 2:27:22
25 2004   (KEN) 2:13:07   (RUS) 2:32:53
26 2005   (UKR) 2:13:14  Zinaida Semenova (RUS) 2:32:53
27 2006  Aleksey Sokolov (RUS) 2:11:39  Alina Ivanova (RUS) 2:29:49
28 2007  Aleksey Sokolov (RUS) 2:09:07  Alina Ivanova (RUS) 2:29:20
29 2008  Andriy Naumov (UKR) 2:11:06   (RUS) 2:29:55
30 2009  Feyisa Lilesa (ETH) 2:09:11   (UKR) 2:32:45
31 2010   (KEN) 2:08:58  Tatyana Aryasova (RUS) 2:26:13 [2]
32 2011   (KEN) 2:08:33  Helalia Johannes (NAM) 2:30:33
33 2012   (KEN) 2:11:09   (KEN) 2:30:46
34 2013  Sean Hehir (IRL) 2:18:19  Maria McCambridge (IRL) 2:38:51
35 2014   (KEN) 2:14:47   (KEN) 2:34:15
36 2015   (ETH) 2:14:02  Nataliya Lehonkova (UKR) 2:31:09
37 2016   (ETH) 2:12:18  Helalia Johannes (NAM) 2:32:32
38 2017   (KEN) 2:15:53  Nataliya Lehonkova (UKR) 2:28:57
39 2018   (ETH) 2:13:24   (ETH) 2:33:49
40 2019  Othmane El Goumri (MAR) 2:08:06   (ETH) 2:27:48 [1]
— cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic [8][9]

Wheelchair[]

Only male winners of the wheelchair division have been recorded, with the exceptions of 2002, 2004 and 2005.[16]

Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1981   (IRL) 2:44:15 none [16]
1982  Gerry O'Rourke (IRL) 2:32:44 [16]
1983  Gerry O'Rourke (IRL) 2:24:52 [16]
1984  Gerry O'Rourke (IRL) 2:28:07 [16]
1985  Gerry O'Rourke (IRL) 2:21:02 [16]
1986  Gerry O'Rourke (IRL) 2:22:55 [16]
1987  Gerry O'Rourke (IRL) 2:23:01 [16]
1988   (ENG) 2:12:57 [16]
1989  Chris Hallam (WAL) 2:04:50 [16]
1990  Gerry O'Rourke (IRL) 2:05:58 [16]
1991  Chris Hallam (WAL) 1:53:20 [16]
1992   (ENG) 1:53:50 [16]
1993  Chris Hallam (WAL) 1:59:28 [16]
1994   (WAL) 2:11:27 [16]
1995   (IRL) 2:05:47 [16]
1996   (IRL) 2:11:52 [16]
1997  D Kavanagh (ENG) 2:00:16 [16]
1998   (IRL) 2:04:10 [16]
1999   (IRL) 1:59:06 [16]
2000   (IRL) 2:57:12 [16]
2001   (SCO) 2:55:00 [16][17]
2002   (SCO) 1:52:48   (IRL) 3:35:15 [16][17]
2003   (SCO) 1:45:20 none [16][17]
2004 none   (IRL) 3:27.47 [16]
2005   (IRL) 2:14:08   (IRL) 2:34:29 [16]
2006   (WAL) 1:55:10 none [16]
2007   (WAL) 1:59:03 [16]
2008   (NIR) 2:22:06 [16]
2009   (WAL) 2:09:28 [16]
2010   (NIR) 2:20:38 [16]
2011   (NIR) 2:13:58 [16]
2012   (WAL) 2:03:29 [16]
2013   (NIR) 2:34:48 [16]
2014   (IRL) 1:52:43 [16]
2015   (IRL) 1:43:05 [16]
2016   (IRL) 1:39:18 [16]
2017   (IRL) 1:49:55 [16]
2018  Johnboy Smith (ENG) 1:36:12 [16]
2019   (IRL) 1:39:50 [16]
— cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic [8][9]

Broadcast coverage[]

Years Service Notes
1980–1999 RTÉ live at first, highlights for majority of run
2000–2010 TV3/Setanta Sports highlights
2011 RTÉ live
2012 Setanta Sports documentary coverage, but broadcast at Christmas
2013–2014 Setanta Sports documentary coverage
2015 no coverage
2016 Irish TV documentary coverage
2019 YouTube live stream

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d h:m:s

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Othmane El Goumri sets new record to win Dublin Marathon". RTÉ News. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Autumn splendour as records fall". Irish Times. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Sokolov and Ivanova retain Dublin marathon titles". The Irish Times. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ Sweeney, Peter (28 October 2016). "At a glance: Dublin Marathon 2016". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Marathon competitor dies in Dublin". RTÉ News. 30 October 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ Hilliard, Mark (30 October 2013). "Man dies after collapse at Dublin Marathon finish line". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Dublin Marathon to move to Sunday of October Bank Holiday from 2016". The Irish Times. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Cancellation of the KBC Dublin Marathon and Race Series". KBC Dublin Marathon. 19 May 2020. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "2021 KBC Dublin Marathon Cancelled". KBC Dublin Marathon. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Dublin marathon cancelled for second year in a row". RTÉ Sport. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Course/Start-Finish". KBC Dublin Marathon. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Enter KBC Dublin Race Series". KBC Dublin Marathon. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021.
  13. ^ Moreton, Jacob (10 May 2021). "Dublin Marathon organisers 'quietly confident' race will go ahead". Runner's World. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Noel Carroll Memorial". RTÉ Libraries and Archives. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Prize Fund". KBC Dublin Marathon. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Previous Winners. Dublin Marathon. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  17. ^ a b c "Records fall as sun shines on Dublin marathon". The Irish Times. 28 October 2003. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021.
List of winners

External links[]

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