Pune International Marathon

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Pune International Marathon
2013 logo with theme of "Run for Mother"
Date	Early December
Location	Pune, India
Event type	Road running
Distance	Marathon
Established	1983
Course records	Men: 2:12:18 (2012Jan) Women: 2:38:41 (2010)
Official site	Pune International Marathon

Fun runners at the 2008 event

The Pune International Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race held in Pune, India. The first edition of the race was held in 1983, and the 31st edition will be held in 2016. It attracts many international participants, who compete with local and national runners in the distinct climate of the Indian subcontinent. It hosted the Asian Marathon Championship race in 2010.^[1]

The event also organizes a short celebrity run in which film personalities and national athletes participate and raise money for charitable causes.

In its 21st edition, held in 2006, the event attracted over 50,000 runners from India and around the world. Corporate participants also helped in the battle against HIV/AIDS by participating in the 4.5 km charity race. All the money collected from this race was donated to Project Concern International, an NGO working towards HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in Pune.

The twenty-fifth edition of the event was held in 2010. The organizers introduced two new categories - Women's Full Marathon and Men's Half Marathon.

Since 1983, thousands of runners from all walks of life have taken part in the event. The Pune International Marathon is now widely used as a platform to spread social messages and raise funds for charitable causes. The Athletics Federation of India has awarded the status of 'National Marathon Championship' to the Pune International Marathon. The marathon route consists of Pune's scenic and historic locations with thousands of spectators lining up along the course to cheer the participants. It is the most anticipated running festival in the city of Pune^{[citation needed]}.

Race day photos[]

In the 33rd edition of the race held on 2 December 2018, participants could easily find their candid action photos directly on the basis of their names or Bib numbers. Pune International Marathon partnered with SplitSecondPix, a Technology company based out of Mumbai to enable this facility for the participants. This facility created lot of excitement amongst runners and welcomed the new introduction with cheer and joy.^[2]

Race Types[]

Past winners[]

Kenyan Caroline Kilel won the 2008 women's half marathon race.

Key:   Course record   Half marathon distance   Asian Marathon Championship race

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1983	Tommy Persson (SWE)	2:24:15	—	—
2nd	1984	(TAN)	2:33:59	—	—
3rd	1985	(IND)	2:35:11	Asha Agarwal (IND)	1:24:10
4th	1986	(IND)	2:31:28	Karolina Szabó (HUN)	1:17:09
5th	1987	(BEL)	2:29:40	Suman Rawat (IND)	1:21:54
6th	1989	(IND)	2:31:47	(IND)	2:58:39
7th	1990	(IND)	2:27:56	(IND)	1:17:42
8th	1991	(SRI)	2:23:46	(IND)	2:57:34
9th	1992	(IND)	2:26:34	(IND)	2:51:01
10th	1993	(AUS)	2:23:23	Vally Sathyabhama (IND)	2:47:46
11th	1994	Joshua Kipkemboi (KEN)	2:24:35	Midde Hamrin (SWE)	1:17:19
12th	1996	(KEN)	2:13:00	Lukose Leelamma (IND)	?
13th	1997 (Jan)	(IND)	2:23:08	(SWE)	1:20:00
14th	1997 (Dec)	(MAR)	2:25:36	(MAR)	1:16:42
15th	1999	(KEN)	2:22:54	(RUS)	1:29:49
16th	2000	(RUS)	2:25:17	Margaret Ngotho (KEN)	1:18:10
17th	2002	(KEN)	2:23:20	(RUS)	1:15:52
18th	2003	(KEN)	2:16:36	(KEN)	1:13:49
19th	2004	(KEN)	2:21:22	(KEN)	1:11:59
20th	2005	(KEN)	2:19:35	Nailiya Yulamanova (RUS)	1:15:05
21st	2006	(SWE)	2:18:23	(KEN)	1:13:20
22nd	2007	(KEN)	2:17:32	(ETH)	1:11:30.4
23rd	2008	(KEN)	2:17:45	Caroline Kilel (KEN)	1:10:17
24th	2009	(KEN)	2:13:05	(KEN)	1:10:30
25th	2010	(ETH)	2:13:20	(ETH)	2:38:41
26th	2011	(ETH)	2:16:57	(KEN)	1:12:29
27th	2012	(KEN)	2:13:03	Pauline Kamulu (KEN)	1:08:37
28th	2013	(ETH)	2:17:52	(ETH)	1:16:54
29th	2014	(KEN)	2:18:31	(KEN)	1:11:51
30th	2015	(ETH)	2:17:35	(KEN)	1:11:48
—	2016	Cancelled due to 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation, Postponed to 29 January 2017
31st	2017 (Jan)	(ETH)	2:12:18	(KEN)	1:12:37
32nd	2017 (Dec)	(ETH)	2:15:19	(ETH)	1:15:31
33rd	2018	(ETH)	2:17:17	(KEN)	2:50:27
34th	2019	(ETH)	2:18:05	(ETH)	2:44:00

References[]

List of winners

• Krishnan, Ram Murali et al. (2010-12-14). Pune Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.

External links[]

• Running Races in India
• 20th edition of the Pune International Marathon, sponsored by Hutch Technologies
• 29th edition of the Pune International Marathon

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