San Francisco Marathon | |
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Date | July or August |
Location | San Francisco, CA |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | 1977 |
Official site | thesfmarathon.com |
The San Francisco Marathon is a series of USATF certified road running events held each July or August in San Francisco, California that include a full marathon, two half marathons, and a 5K.[1] Except for in 1988, the marathon has been held annually since 1977.[2] The current marathon course forms a loop that starts and finishes on the Embarcadero near the Ferry Building.[1] The course runs past many notable landmarks in San Francisco including Fisherman's Wharf, Aquatic Park, the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, and AT&T Park.[3] The course briefly enters Marin County at the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge.[4]
The first San Francisco Marathon was organized by the Pamakids Runners Club.[5] Athol Barton, a taxicab driver from Reno, Nevada, won the inaugural on July 10, 1977 in a time of 2:24:59.[2][6] Less than 900 ran this inaugural race.[6] The event's all-time record for marathon finishers came in 1983 with 7,231.[7] An estimated 7,800 runners participated in the various events in 2004[8] and 11,290 in 2005.[9] This number had increased to approximately 19,000 in 2008[10] and 21,000 in 2009[11] The 2009 event was hosted by ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes and Runner's World columnist Bart Yasso.[1]
The marathon course has undergone a number of changes since its inception.[2][6][12][13] In the late 1980s, the start was moved from Marin County to San Francisco.[14] In 1999, race organizers made a number of changes to make the course faster.[15] That year the course was altered to start and end near the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park and the run across the Golden Gate Bridge was eliminated.[15] Previous routes have taken the marathon along the Great Highway.[12] In 2002, the start/finish at Golden Gate Park was moved to the Embarcadero.[16]
The San Francisco Marathon is a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon.[17] In 2005, 356 of the 4,873 finishers qualified for Boston.[18] Of the 4,021 finishers in 2006, 277 qualified.[19]
The purse has also varied from year to year. In 1977, Barton took home a t-shirt for his efforts.[6] When Pete Pfitzinger won in 1986, he earned $5,000 and a new car.[6] Although many top runners were attracted to the $35,000 purse that was offered in 1998 ($10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second place, $2,500 for third place),[20] no prize money was offered from 1999 through 2001.[15][21][22] From 2002 to 2004, $10,000 was divided among the winners.[12][23][24] Prize money was not offered from 2005 to 2008, primarily due to lack of large sponsors.[25][26][27][28] Race organizers have not revealed whether prize money will be offered in 2009.[29] Without the purse that comes with a large sponsor, the San Francisco Marathon has difficulty attracting world-class marathoners.[22][28][30]
The San Francisco marathon is produced by the non-profit Committed 2 Community (C2C), and all net proceeds from the event benefit C2C programs.[31][32] The primary beneficiary of the San Francisco Marathon is the inner-city youth running program, Youth Run4Fun.[33] In 2002, organizers created the Cause to Run fundraising program.[34] The program has helped raise $10 million for other local non-profit organizations.[35][35]
In 2002, the San Francisco Marathon was the fictionalized backdrop for an episode of Monk entitled "Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man."[36]
Contents |
Date | Men | Country | Time | Women | Country | Time | Finishers |
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July 25, 2010 | Keith Bechtol | United States | 2:23:28 | Emily Hardin | United States | 2:51:54 | 5992[37] |
July 26, 2009 | Andrew Cook | United States | 2:26:32 | Yoko Shibui | Japan | 2:46:34 | |
August 3, 2008 | Chad Worthen | United States | 2:31:52 | Lauren Gustafson | United States | 2:52:33 | 4,354[38] 4,447[39] |
July 29, 2007 | Andrew Cook | United States | 2:25:57 CR | Yolanda Flamino | United States | 2:43:41 CR | 4,250[40] 4,275[41] |
July 30, 2006 | Andrew Cook | United States | 2:26:46 | Julia Stamps | United States | 2:54:55 | 4,021 [19][42] 4,062[41] |
July 31, 2005 | Tony Torres | United States | 2:31:57 | Sarah Hallas | United States | 2:56:55 | 4,869[41] 4,873[18][43] 4,918[9] |
August 1, 2004 | John Weru | Kenya | 2:33:41 | Susan Loken | United States | 2:50:21 | 2,665[41][44] |
July 27, 2003 | Patrick Kamau | Kenya | 2:35:11 | Lucy Carr | United States | 3:02:00 | 1,891[45] |
July 28, 2002 | Nate Bowen | United States | 2:31:46 | Magdalena Lewy | United States | 2:50:11 | 1,920[46] |
July 8, 2001 | Vytautas Ezerskis | Lithuania | 2:30:53 | Micha Lowe | United States | 3:12:10 | 2,249[47] |
July 9, 2000 | Michael Buchanan | United States | 2:32:49 | Lisa Murphy | United States | 3:08:15 | 2,345[48] |
July 11, 1999 | Brad Hawthorne | United States | 2:24:36 | Patti Smith | United States | 3:09:44 | |
July 12, 1998 | Hamid Oubadriss | France | 2:23:54 | Salina Chirchir | Kenya | 2:45:36 | |
July 13, 1997 | Hamid Miloudi | Algeria | 2:26:49 | Kristen Orre | United States | 3:02:33 | |
July 14, 1996 | Brad Lael | United States | 2:37:27 | Margee Brown | United States | 2:57:45 | |
July 9, 1995 | Hector Lopez | Mexico | 2:23:38 | Lisa Kelp | United States | 2:51:12 | |
July 31, 1994 | Patrick Muturi | Kenya | 2:17:34 | Karolina Szabo | Hungary | 2:44:34 | |
July 18, 1993 | Driss Dacha | Morocco | 2:20:02 | Tatiana Titova | Russia | 2:40:32 | |
August 30, 1992 | Sergio Jimenez | Mexico | 2:16:44 | Irina Bogacheva | Kyrgyzstan | 2:36:54 | |
June 23, 1991 | Daniel Martinez | United States | 2:15:31 | Lesley Ann Lehane | United States | 2:35:33 | |
July 1, 1990 | Antonio Niemczak | Poland | 2:13:48 | Janis Klecker | United States | 2:39:52 | |
July 9, 1989 | Ernest Tjela | Lesotho | 2:15:01 | Stephanie Robertson | United States | 3:09:08 | |
1988 (not held) | |||||||
July 19, 1987 | Mehmet Terzi | Turkey | 2:14:07 | Eileen Claugus | United States | 2:39:02 | |
July 20, 1986 | Pete Pfitzinger | United States | 2:13:29 | Maria Trujillo | United States | 2:37:58 | |
July 21, 1985 | Ric Sayre | United States | 2:15:07 | Kersti Jakobsen | Denmark | 2:38:04 | |
August 9, 1984 | Simon Kigen | Kenya | 2:10:18 | Katy Schilly | United States | 2:35:56 | |
July 24, 1983 | Pete Pfitzinger | United States | 2:14:45 | Janis Klecker | United States | 2:51:12 | 7,231[7] |
July 11, 1982 | Miguel Tibaduiza | Colombia | 2:14:32 | Nancy Ditz | United States | 2:44:34 | |
July 12, 1981 | Harold Schulz | United States | 2:15:17 | Laurie Binder | United States | 2:40:32 | |
July 13, 1980 | Antonio Ramirez | United States | 2:18:15 | Joann Dahlkoetter | United States | 2:36:54 | |
July 8, 1979 | John Moreno | United States | 2:18:54 | Carol Young | United States | 2:35:33 | |
July 9, 1978 | Steven Palladino | United States | 2:21:15 | Sue Petersen | United States | 2:39:52 | |
July 10, 1977 | Athol Barton | New Zealand | 2:24:59 | Tena Harms | United States | 3:09:08 |
Country | Male champions |
Female champions |
Total |
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United States | 17 | 26 | 43 |
Kenya | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Mexico | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Algeria | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lesotho | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Morocco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |