California International Marathon

California International Marathon
Date December
Location between Folsom and Sacramento , California, United States.
Event type road
Distance Marathon
Official site http://www.runcim.org/

The California International Marathon (CIM) is a 26-mile, 385-yard road race in Northern California. The course follows an historic gold-miners' round beginning at Folsom Dam and passing through rural Sacramento and ends at the California State Capitol. The race starts at an elevation of 366 ft. and finishes at an elevation of 26 ft.[1]

In 1983, marathoner John Mansoor and entrepreneur Sally Edwards organized the first CIM to be an Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier.[2]

CIM served as the United States National Marathon Championship for men in 1984[3][4] and for women in 1984, 1985, 1989, and 1993.[4][5]

On December 2, 1990, Waheed Karim set an Afghan national record with his 22nd place finish by covering the marathon distance in 2:28:46.[6][7]

Contents

List of winners

Key:       Course record

Date Men's Winner Country Time Women's Winner Country Time
December 4, 1983 Martti Kiilholma  Finland 2:13:35 Gabriele Anderson  Switzerland 2:33:25
December 2, 1984 Ken Martin  United States 2:11:24 Katy Schilly  United States 2:32:40
December 8, 1985 Peter Butler  Canada 2:10:56 Nancy Ditz  United States 2:31:36
December 7, 1986 Danny Gonzalez  United States 2:13:20 Christa Vahlensieck  Germany 2:39:31
December 6, 1987 Peter Maher  Canada 2:16:49 Patti Gray  United States 2:40:29
December 4, 1988 Rich McCandless  United States 2:12:44 Janis Klecker  United States 2:34:17
December 3, 1989 Budd Coates  United States 2:14:07 Nan Doak-Davis  United States 2:33:11
December 2, 1990 Peter Renner  New Zealand 2:12:35 Janis Klecker  United States 2:30:42
December 8, 1991 Bruce Deacon  Canada 2:15:16 Sally Eastall  United Kingdom 2:29:29
December 6, 1992 Steve Plasencia  United States 2:14:14 Kathy Bowman  United States 2:34:20
December 5, 1993 Jerry Lawson  United States 2:10:27 Linda Somers  United States 2:34:11
December 4, 1994 Graeme Fell  Canada 2:16:13 Jennifer Martin  United States 2:36:19
December 3, 1995 Bruce Deacon  Canada 2:13:59 Michaela Reger  Germany 2:32:45
December 8, 1996 Patrick Muturi  Kenya 2:14:19 Rizoneide Vanderlei  Brazil 2:35:46
December 7, 1997 Abderazzak Haki  Morocco 2:16:31 Grace Chabet  Kenya 2:40:30
December 6, 1998 Abderazzak Haki  Morocco 2:15:04 Elena Vinitskaia  Belarus 2:32:41
December 5, 1999 Joe LeMay  United States 2:13:55 Nickey Carroll  Australia 2:29:21
December 3, 2000 Elly Rono  Kenya 2:15:38 Kristin Schwartz  United States 2:38:16
December 2, 2001 Bruce Deacon  Canada 2:22:12 Irina Safarova  Russia 2:36:36
December 8, 2002 Elly Rono  Kenya 2:11:56 Tatiana Titova  Russia 2:33:13
December 7, 2003 Michał Bartoszak  Poland 2:16:21 Tatiana Titova  Russia 2:33:31
December 5, 2004 Oleg Bolkhovets  Russia 2:13:22 Lyudmyla Pushkina  Ukraine 2:37:22
December 4, 2005 Sergey Fedotov  Russia 2:18:28 Elena Orlova  Russia 2:37:38
December 3, 2006 Jonathon Ndambuki  Kenya 2:14:58 Alina Gherasim  Romania 2:34:23
December 2, 2007 Moiben Laban  Kenya 2:14:31 Wioletta Kryza  Poland 2:39:20
December 7, 2008 Halefom Abebe  Ethiopia 2:16:42 Natalia Sokolova  Russia 2:32:01
December 6, 2009 Tesfaye Girma-Bekele  Ethiopia 2:13:42 Buzunesh Deba  Ethiopia 2:32:17
December 5, 2010 Dylan Wykes  Canada 2:12:39 Buzunesh Deba  Ethiopia 2:32:13
December 4, 2011 Erick Monyenye  Kenya 2:11:50 Serkalem Abrha  Ethiopia 2:33:40

Race art

In 1988, Sacramento artist Phil Dynan became the first official race artist appointed by the CIM Board of Directors. Dynan's art was used for five years. His initial design showed a pack of runners with the Sierra foothills behind them. "

References

  1. ^ California International Marathon Homepage
  2. ^ CIM History
  3. ^ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAMarathon/men.asp
  4. ^ a b "California International Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. http://www.arrs.net/HP_CaIMa.htm. Retrieved March 21, 2011. 
  5. ^ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAMarathon/women.asp
  6. ^ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009." (pdf). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. 494, 497. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf. Retrieved March 21, 2011. 
  7. ^ "1990 Male Results". California International Marathon. Sacramento, California. http://www.runcim.org/page/show/259880-male-results. Retrieved March 21, 2011. 

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