Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Not to be confused with Toronto Marathon.
Toronto Waterfront Marathon

2008 Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Date Mid-October
Location Toronto, Canada
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Established 2000
Official site Toronto Waterfront Marathon

The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is an annual marathon held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the last Sunday in September. Starting from 2011, the marathon will be held in October. The race day also includes a half marathon and 5 km race.

The race has quickly become an elite level marathon in North America. The marathon meets international standards and is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon. It is also an IAAF Silver Label Road Race. At the 2010 edition of the race, race winners Kenneth Mungara and Sharon Cherop broke the men's and women's course records with the fastest marathon runs ever recorded on Canadian soil.[1]

The Waterfront Marathon is not the only Toronto Marathon: The smaller GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon (which used to be held three weeks later in October) is held on the first Sunday in May.

Past winners

Key:       Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2000  Joseph Nderitu (KEN) 2:19:41.4  Sue Grise (CAN) 3:08:38.2
2nd 2001  Daniel Howat (CAN) 2:45:20.8  Leslie Gold (USA) 3:07:10.1
3rd 2002  Stephane Gamache (CAN) 2:25:24.5  Nicole Stevenson (CAN) 2:37:56.4
4th 2003  Joseph Nderitu (KEN) 2:17:50.0  Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) 2:36:19.5
5th 2004  Danny Tshidind (COD) 2:14:50.0  Lyudmila Korchagina (RUS) 2:36:31.9
6th 2005  Simon Bor Kipruto (KEN) 2:11:56.5  Anastasia Ndereba (KEN) 2:36:30.8
7th 2006  Daniel Rono (KEN) 2:10:14.6  Malgorzata Sobanska (POL) 2:34:31.7
8th 2007  John Kelai (KEN) 2:09:30.0  Asha Gigi Roba (ETH) 2:33:15.7
9th 2008  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) 2:11:00.9  Mulu Seboka (ETH) 2:29:05.9
10th 2009  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) 2:08:31.9  Amane Gobena (ETH) 2:28:30.4
11th 2010  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) 2:07:57.1  Sharon Cherop (KEN) 2:22:42.8
12th 2011[2]  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) 2:09:49  Koren Jelela Yal (ETH) 2:22:42.5

References

  1. ^ Gains, Paul (2010-09-26). Mungara and Cherop take Toronto Marathon titles as Canadian All-Comers records tumble. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
  2. ^ Gains, Paul (2011-10-16). Mungara claims fourth Toronto Marathon title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.
List of winners

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