Helsinki City Marathon

Helsinki City Marathon
Helsinki City Marathon
	Runners on the 2007 Helsinki City Marathon
Date	Early October (2020)
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 5K run
Established	1981
Course records	Men's: 2:12:47 (1993); Martín Fiz; Women's: 2:36:14 (1991);
Official site	Helsinki City Marathon
Participants	1,402 finishers (2021); 1,367 (2020); 1,746 (2019)

The Garmin Helsinki City Marathon is an annual marathon held in Helsinki, Finland. It was established in 1981^[1] and it used to be held in August but has now moved to May, on the day called Helsinki City Running Day.

The Superman running the Helsinki City Marathon in 2007.

Helsinki City Marathon in 2011.

The 2007 marathon drew more than 6,000 participants and 50,000 watchers.

The course starts near the statue of Paavo Nurmi and finishes at the Olympic Stadium. Various parks, miles of Baltic Sea coastline, and the Helsinki City centre are all located along the route.

The typical race temperatures have been between 18 and 22 °C and the race time limit is 6 hours. The first prize amounts to €3,500.

The 2008 marathon was run on the 16th of August. The 2009 marathon was run on the 15th of August. The 2011 marathon was run on the 20th of August. The 2012 marathon was run on the 18th of August. The 2018 marathon was run on the 19th of May.

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2020.10.03 due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[2]^[3]

Winners[]

Key: Course record

Men[]

Year	Athlete	Country	Time
1991		Soviet Union	2:18:06
1992		Russia	2:20:39
1993	Martín Fiz	Spain	2:12:47
1994	Zerehune Gizaw	Ethiopia	2:20:18
1995		Ethiopia	2:16:59
1996		Tanzania	2:19:00
1997		Tanzania	2:18:07
1998		Tanzania	2:21:24
1999	Pavel Loskutov	Estonia	2:19:18
2000	Nikolaos Polias	Greece	2:18:46
2001		Kenya	2:18:43
2002		Tanzania	2:18:39
2003	Giorgio Calcaterra	Italy	2:20:55
2004		Russia	2:21:29
2005		Russia	2:20:07
2006		Kenya	2:18:26
2007		Kenya	2:20:31
2008		Kenya	2:24:31
2009	Pavel Andreev	Russia	2:22:34
2010		Ethiopia	2:22:36
2011	Dominic Ondoro	Kenya	2:23:24
2012		Kenya	2:22:45 ^[4]
2013		Kenya	2:22:26
2014		Kenya	2:20:42
2015		Japan	2:38:25
2016		Kenya	2:27:31
2017		Kenya	2:27:40
2018		Kenya	2:29:42
2019		Kenya	2:27:09
2020		Finland	2:29:47
2021		Cameroon	2:21:37

Women[]

Year	Athlete	Country	Time
1991		Soviet Union	2:36:14
1992		Kazakhstan	2:42:41
1993		Finland	2:43:32
1994		Germany	2:41:30
1995		Russia	2:54:03
1996		Russia	2:47:38
1997		Ukraine	2:41:38
1998		Russia	2:45:30
1999		Russia	2:47:10
2000		Russia	2:44:31
2001		Russia	2:45:56
2002		Russia	2:50:10
2003		Russia	2:57:03
2004		Kenya	2:57:31
2005		Finland	3:00:29
2006		Ethiopia	2:52:47
2007		Kenya	2:51:05
2008		Russia	2:40:47
2009		Russia	2:45:28
2010	Leena Puotiniemi	Finland	2:49:11
2011	Leena Puotiniemi	Finland	2:38:05
2012		Kenya	2:41:54^[4]
2013	Leena Puotiniemi	Finland	2:42:03
2014		Russia	2:37:56
2015		Finland	2:54:13
2016		Germany	2:56:29
2017		Russia	3:06:44
2018		Finland	2:54:45
2019		Finland	2:50:56
2020		Finland	2:55:28
2021		Russia	2:43:22