Ljubljana Marathon

Ljubljana Marathon

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Date Last Sunday in October
Location Ljubljana, Slovenia
Event type Road
Distance Marathon
Established 1996
Course records Men: 2:08:25 (2011)
Daniel Too
Women: 2:25:24 (2009)
Caroline Cheptanui Kilel
Official site www.ljubljanskimaraton.si

The Ljubljana Marathon (Slovene: Ljubljanski maraton) is a marathon, organised in Ljubljana by the City Municipality of Ljubljana (MOL). It has been taking place since 1996 and attracts several thousand people each year. In addition to the marathon, a half marathon (21 km), recreative running (10 km) and a course for juniors and teenagers are organised.

Past winners

The 11th Ljubljana Marathon
Total number of participants by year

Key:       Course record

Year Men's winner Time
(h:m:s)
Women's winner Time
(h:m:s)
2014  Ishmael Bushendich (KEN) 2:08:25  Janet Rono  (KEN) 2:29:16
2013[1]  Mulugeta Wami (ETH) 2:10:26  Caroline Chepkwony (KEN) 2:27:27
2012  Berhanu Shiferaw (ETH) 2:09:40  Worknesh Tola (ETH) 2:30:45
2011  Daniel Too (KEN) 2:08:25  Lydia Kurgat (KEN) 2:33:01
2010  Evans Kipkosgei Ruto (KEN) 2:10:17  Tiruwork Mekonnen (ETH) 2:37:16
2009  William Biama (KEN) 2:10:12  Caroline Cheptanui Kilel (KEN) 2:25:24
2008  Abraham Mulu (ETH) 2:14:41  Tetyana Mezentseva (UKR) 2:37:13
2007  Oleksandr Sitkovskyy (UKR) 2:12:49  Tetyana Filonyuk (UKR) 2:34:58
2006  Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI) 2:14:14  Inga Juodeškiene (LTU) 3:01:55
2005  Samuel Njoroge Nganga (KEN) 2:15:47  Daneja Grandovec (SLO) 2:50:42
2004  Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI) 2:13:31  Yelena Razdrogina (RUS) 2:46:30
2003  Andriy Naumov (UKR) 2:13:58  Galina Zhulyeva (UKR) 2:38:13
2002  Andriy Naumov (UKR) 2:14:30  Galina Zhulyeva (UKR) 2:39:36
2001  Roman Kejžar (SLO) 2:22:57  Nada Rotovnik-Kozjek (SLO) 3:09:47
2000  Patrick Chumba (KEN) 2:13:35  Maria Luisa Costetti (ITA) 3:08:38
1999  Woliye Jara (ETH) 2:20:53  Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:52:25
1998  Piotr Pobłocki (POL) 2:18:20  Helena Javornik (SLO) 2:32:33
1997  Charles Subano (KEN) 2:19:28  Helena Javornik (SLO) 2:40:05
1996  Roman Kejžar (SLO) 2:20:12  Helena Javornik (SLO) 2:37:58

Statistics

Note: Marathon statistics only

Winners by country

Country Men's race Women's race Total
 Kenya 7 4 11
 Ethiopia 4 2 6
 Ukraine 3 4 7
 Slovenia 2 5 7
 Russia 0 2 2
 Burundi 0 2 2
 Poland 1 0 1
 Lithuania 0 1 1
 Italy 0 1 1

References

  1. Chepkwony beats the breeze in Ljubljana. IAAF (2013-10-27). Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
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