Košice Peace Marathon

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Košice Peace Marathon
Košice Peace Marathon logo.svg
DateOctober
LocationKošice, Slovakia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorU.S. Steel Košice
Established1924 (97 years ago) (1924)
Course recordsMen's: 2:07:01 (2012)
Kenya
Women's: 2:26:01 (2019)
Ethiopia
Official siteKošice Peace Marathon
Participants179 (finishers) (2020)[1][2]
1,520 (2019)

The Košice Peace Marathon (Slovak: Medzinárodný maratón mieru) is an annual road marathon held in Košice, Slovakia, since 1924. It is the oldest marathon in Europe and the third-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon, first held in 1897, and the Yonkers Marathon, first held in 1907).[3] The marathon generally takes place each year on the first Sunday in October. The course is relatively flat and consists of two loops, mostly within the city center.

The marathon is an AIMS-certified race.[4] It is also categorized as a Silver Label Road Race by World Athletics,[5] and was certified as a 5-Star Quality Road Race by European Athletics Running for All in 2015.[6]

History[]

The first race was held in 1924. The first women's race was held in 1980.

In 2016, the marathon received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status,[7] and in 2018, it received IAAF Silver Label Road Race status.[8]

Course[]

External image
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2020[9]

The course is flat, completely asphalted and traffic free, two laps in the historic city center.

The cumulative elevation gain is 74 m (243 ft).[9]

Winners[]

Runners at the 2006 edition
Memorial of the Košice Peace Marathon at the Marathon Square in Košice, Slovakia

The course records are 2:26:01 for women (set by in 2019) and 2:07:01 hours for men (set by in 2012).

Note: winners are listed below for five of the seven war years (1938–44), five war winners are listed at official homepage too, although the history provided by the Košice Peace Marathon states: "The Slovakian Marathon suffered a cleft seven years wide. To some extent this was patched up with five marathons organized under the Hungarian flag during the Horthy occupation of Košice – without a single foreign runner..."[10] Its status as the oldest marathon in Europe, and second-oldest in the world, remains undiminished by this break.

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1924   (TCH) 3:01:35 — —
2nd 1925  Pál Király (HUN) 2:41:55 — —
3rd 1926  Paul Hempel (GER) 2:57:02 — —
4th 1927  József Galambos (HUN) 2:48:25.2 — —
5th 1928  József Galambos (HUN) 2:55:45 — —
6th 1929  Paul Hempel (GER) 2:51:31 — —
7th 1930   (HUN) 2:50:59 — —
8th 1931  Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) 2:33:19 — —
9th 1932  József Galambos (HUN) 2:43:15 — —
10th 1933  József Galambos (HUN) 2:37:54 — —
11th 1934  Josef Šulc (TCH) 2:41:26.3 — —
12th 1935  Artūrs Motmillers (LAT) 2:44:58 — —
13th 1936   (AUT) 2:41:08 — —
14th 1937   (FRA) 2:43:41.7 — —
15th 1938 Not held due to World War II — — —
16th 1939  József Kiss (HUN) 2:47:47.6 — —
17th 1940 Not held due to World War II — — —
18th 1941   (HUN) 2:56:17.8 — —
19th 1942  József Kiss (HUN) 3:02:27 — —
20th 1943   (HUN) 2:50:14.0 — —
21st 1944   (HUN) 2:58:49 — —
22nd 1945   (TCH) 2:47:21.8 — —
23rd 1946  Mikko Hietanen (FIN) 2:35:02.4 — —
24th 1947   (LUX) 2:36:06.0 — —
25th 1948  Gösta Leandersson (SWE) 2:34:46.4 — —
26th 1949   (FIN) 2:33:45.6 — —
27th 1950  Gösta Leandersson (SWE) 2:31:20.2 — —
28th 1951   (TCH) 2:41:07.8 — —
29th 1952   (FIN) 2:29:10 — —
30th 1953   (TCH) 2:53:33 — —
31st 1954   (FIN) 2:27:21 — —
32nd 1955  Evert Nyberg (SWE) 2:25:40 — —
33rd 1956  Thomas Nilsson (SWE) 2:22:05.4 — —
34th 1957  Ivan Filin (URS) 2:23:57.8 — —
35th 1958  Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 2:29:37.2 — —
36th 1959  Sergei Popov (URS) 2:17:45.2 — —
37th 1960   (GBR) 2:26:46.8 — —
38th 1961  Abebe Bikila (ETH) 2:20:12.0 — —
39th 1962  Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 2:28:29.8 — —
40th 1963  Leonard Edelen (USA) 2:15:09.6 — —
41st 1964  Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 2:25:55.4 — —
42nd 1965  Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) 2:23:47 — —
43rd 1966  Gyula Tóth (HUN) 2:19:11.2 — —
44th 1967  Nedo Farčić (YUG) 2:20:53.8 — —
45th 1968  Václav Chudomel (TCH) 2:26:28.4 — —
46th 1969  Demissie Wolde (ETH) 2:15:37 — —
47th 1970   (URS) 2:16:26.2 — —
48th 1971  Gyula Tóth (HUN) 2:21:43.6 — —
49th 1972  John Farrington (AUS) 2:17:34.4 — —
50th 1973   (URS) 2:19:01.2 — —
51st 1974  Keith Angus (GBR) 2:20:10 — —
52nd 1975  Choe Chang-sop (PRK) 2:15:47.8 — —
53rd 1976  Takeshi So (JPN) 2:18:42.4 — —
54th 1977   (PRK) 2:15:19.4 — —
55th 1978   (PRK) 2:13:34.5 — —
56th 1979  Jouni Kortelainen (FIN) 2:15:12 — —
57th 1980   (URS) 2:15:25   (TCH) 2:50:15
58th 1981  Hans-Joachim Truppel (GER) 2:16:58  Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:37:46
59th 1982   (HUN) 2:18:48   (GBR) 2:43:26
60th 1983   (TCH) 2:16:52   (URS) 2:34:41
61st 1984   (PRK) 2:18:59  Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:36:56
62nd 1985   (URS) 2:17:13   (URS) 2:38:19
63rd 1986   (TCH) 2:18:43  Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:41:08
64th 1987  Jörg Peter (GER) 2:14:59  Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:38:40
65th 1988   (GER) 2:17:52  Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:39:03
66th 1989  Karel David (TCH) 2:18:39  Alena Peterková (TCH) 2:31:28
67th 1990   (URS) 2:20:28   (USA) 2:46:00
68th 1991   (TCH) 2:18:21   (TCH) 2:46:00
69th 1992   (POL) 2:16:24   (TCH) 2:43:27
70th 1993   (POL) 2:14:11  Elena Plastinina (UKR) 2:42:11
71st 1994   (SVK) 2:15:03  Ľudmila Melicherová (SVK) 2:40:27
72nd 1995   (BEL) 2:13:57   (RUS) 2:43:03
73rd 1996   (BEL) 2:17:41   (RUS) 2:44:28
74th 1997   (MAR) 2:16:22   (POL) 2:38:56
75th 1998   (POL) 2:14:29   (POL) 2:46:23
76th 1999  Róbert Štefko (SVK) 2:14:10   (SVK) 2:55:39
77th 2000  Ernest Kipyego (KEN) 2:14:35   (CZE) 2:46:17
78th 2001   (KEN) 2:13:27   (UKR) 2:36:55
79th 2002   (KEN) 2:12:40  Tadelech Birra (ETH) 2:36:49
80th 2003  Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS) 2:13:24  Alena Mazouka (BLR) 2:39:23
81st 2004   (POL) 2:12:35   (JPN) 2:33:52
82nd 2005   (KEN) 2:16:07   (POL) 2:37:48
83rd 2006   (KEN) 2:12:53   (BLR) 2:36:47
84th 2007   (KEN) 2:09:53   (BLR) 2:34:50
85th 2008  Dejene Yirdaw (ETH) 2:10:51   (KEN) 2:34:23
86th 2009   (KEN) 2:10:59  Olena Burkovska (UKR) 2:30:50
87th 2010   (KEN) 2:08:33   (ETH) 2:36:35
88th 2011  Elijah Kemboi (KEN) 2:11:15  Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) 2:33:53
89th 2012   (KEN) 2:07:01  Hellen Mugo (KEN) 2:29:59
90th 2013   (KEN) 2:09:36  Ashete Bekere (ETH) 2:27:44
91st 2014   (KEN) 2:08:26   (KEN) 2:28:48
92nd 2015  Samuel Kosgei (KEN) 2:07:07   (ETH) 2:35:33
93rd 2016  David Kiyeng (KEN) 2:08:57   (ETH) 2:32:19
94th 2017   (KEN) 2:08:12   (KEN) 2:27:34
95th 2018   (KEN) 2:08:11   (KEN) 2:27:16
96th 2019   (KEN) 2:09:33   (ETH) 2:26:01
97th 2020   (SVK) 2:26:08   (CZE) 2:52:11

References[]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201010144126/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/vysledky/2020/maraton-muzi.pdf
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201010144130/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/vysledky/2020/maraton-zeny.pdf
  3. ^ Longest Running Road Races. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-04-25.
  4. ^ AIMS Race Calendar. AIMS. Retrieved on 2019-04-01.
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20200902131643/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2020
  6. ^ Triple joy for Pereira. European Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2015-10-05.
  7. ^ Sebastian Coe has confirmed the status of the Košice Peace Marathon (in Slovak) . Retrieved on 2019-04-01.
  8. ^ IAAF Silver Label. Retrieved on 2019-14-02.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Race Instructions". Archived from the original on 17 September 2020.
  10. ^ Vojmaratony (in Slovak)
List of winners

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