Paavo Nurmi Marathon (Turku)

Paavo Nurmi Marathon
Paavo Nurmi Marathon
Date	August
Location	Turku, Finland
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Established	1992
Course records	Men's: 2:18:58 (1994); ; Women's: 2:37:22 (1995);
Official site	Paavo Nurmi Marathon
Participants	412 (2021); 354 (2020); 775 (2019)

Aurakatu during the 2007 event

The Paavo Nurmi Marathon is an annual marathon road running race held during summer in Turku, Finland, the birth city of Paavo Nurmi. Although various marathons have been held in Turku since 1910, the Paavo Nurmi Marathon was established in 1992.^[1] It is arranged along with Paavo Nurmi Games, a part of . The route goes through Turku city and Ruissalo park. The marathon attracts yearly 500 to 1000 participants.^[2]

Past results[]

Key: Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1992	(POL)	2:21:16	Marina Ivanova (RUS)	2:44:02
2nd	1993	(POL)	2:22:15	Anita Liepiņa (LAT)	2:53:39
3rd	1994	(JPN)	2:18:58	(RUS)	2:43:48
4th	1995	(RUS)	2:19:32	(BLR)	2:37:22
5th	1996	(TAN)	2:22:45	(RUS)	2:45:35
6th	1997	Cephas Matafi (ZIM)	2:20:14	(RUS)	2:51:19
7th	1998	Cephas Matafi (ZIM)	2:21:12	(JPN)	2:54:43
8th	1999	(KEN)	2:20:19	(RUS)	2:59:56
9th	2000	(KEN)	2:23:46	(RUS)	2:45:55
10th	2001	(FIN)	2:46:01	(FIN)	3:14:34
11th	2002	(FIN)	2:38:31	(FIN)	3:25:25
12th	2003	(LTU)	2:28:58	(FIN)	3:16:43
13th	2004	(FIN)	2:24:22	(FIN)	2:55:38
14th	2005	(FIN)	2:41:14	(FIN)	3:18:55
15th	2006	(FIN)	2:53:37	(FIN)	3:09:15
16th	2007	(KEN)	2:44:57	(FIN)	3:01:10
17th	2008	(FIN)	2:47:01	(FIN)	3:02:36
18th	2009	(FIN)	2:47:59	(FIN)	3:02:31
19th	2010	(FIN)	2:50:39	(FIN)	3:21:31
20th	2011	(FIN)	2:49:54	(FIN)	3:30:10
21st	2012	(FIN)	2:41:38	(FIN)	3:15:57
22nd	2013	(FIN)	2:40:04	(FIN)	2:55:06
23rd	2014	(FIN)	2:37:35	(FIN)	3:29:40
24th	2015	(NED)	2:30:55	(FIN)	3:13:13
25th	2016	(NED)	2:35:11	(SRB)	3:05:06
26th	2017	(FIN)	2:32:26	(FIN)	3:11:50
27th	2018	(FIN)	2:31:10	(FIN)	3:07:58
28th	2019	(FIN)	2:27:41	(FIN)	2:59:30
29th	2020	(FIN)	2:35:09	(FIN)	3:02:50
30th	2021	(FIN)	2:33:41	(FIN)	2:54:41