Geneva Marathon

Geneva Marathon
Geneva Marathon
	Geneva Marathon logo
Date	Early May
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsor
Beneficiary	UNICEF
Established	2005 (16 years ago)
Course records	Men's: 2:06:59 (2021); Shumi Dechasa; Women's: 2:24:19 (2021);
Official site	Geneva Marathon
Participants	1,880 (2019)

Teshomi Temerate and Germa Tsiga in 2010.

The Harmony Geneva Marathon for UNICEF is an annual marathon running event held in Geneva, Switzerland. It draws about 9,100 participants every May. Apart from the marathon, there is also a half marathon, a Relay Marathon, a 20 km Handbike and wheelchair race, a 10 km race held on the same day, and races exclusively for women (5 km) and children (1 to 5 km) held the day before. A time limit of six hours and a half applies to the main event.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or obtaining a partial refund.^[1]

Winners[]

Key: Course record

Ed.	Year	Men's winner	Time^[a]	Women's winner	Time^[a]	Rf.
1	2005	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:15:29	(ETH)	2:43:53
2	2006	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:15:31	(POL)	2:45:07
3	2007	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:18:36	(ETH)	2:43:57
4	2008	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:14:23	(ETH)	2:46:57
5	2009	(ETH)	2:19:49	(SUI)	2:52:47
6	2010	(ETH)	2:20:30	(SUI)	2:44:32
7	2011	(ETH)	2:17:45.7	(BEL)	3:07:49.5
8	2012	(ETH)	2:19:25.5	(RUS)	2:44:29.2
9	2013	(BLR)	2:15:42	(ETH)	2:45:44	^[2]
10	2014	(KEN)	2:11:00	(KEN)	2:32:34
11	2015	(KEN)	2:11:18	Jane Kiptoo (KEN)	2:35:44
12	2016	(KEN)	2:11:11	Jane Kiptoo (KEN)	2:35:04
13	2017	(KEN)	2:10:31	(ETH)	2:40:46	^[3]
14	2018	(KEN)	2:12:10	(ETH)	2:38:05
15	2019	(KEN)	2:09:45	(KEN)	2:29:11
	2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic				^[1]
16	2021	Shumi Dechasa (BHR)	2:06:59	(KEN)	2:24:19