The Empúries Marathon (Catalan: Marató d'Empúries) is a long-distance run (42.195 km) which takes place in Empúries, the ancient Greek and Roman colony, next Sant Martí d'Empúries and L'Escala in Girona (Catalonia). The first edition of the marathon was held in 2003 to mark the collaboration of the City of L'Escala with the Universal Forum of Cultures in Barcelona 2004.[1][2]

Empúries Marathon
2014
DateApril or May (since 2003)
LocationL'Escala, Catalonia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon (42.195 km)
Established2003
Course records2:23:45 (men)
3:02:01 (women)
Official site[1]

Organized by the L'Escala Town Council and with the support of the Catalan Athletics Federation, the Empúries Marathon is held annually in the month of April or May, along with two additional athletics races: the half-marathon and 10,000-meter race. With over 1,847 athletes for the three tests in 2013 edition, the start and finish are performed at the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia-Empúries, and, just before the race started, the runners cross the ancient Greek city of Empúries to the starting position.[3]

Winners

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Les Muscleres beach (Empúries), next to the Empúries Marathon route

List of the winners of the Empúries Marathon.

The current course records of 2:23:45 (men) and 3:02:01 (women) are set in 2012 by Sergio Enriquez Castells and in 2006 by Anna Rosa Moreno respectively.

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Winner male Time (h:m:s) Winner female Time (h:m:s)
I 2003[4] Manuel López 2h 56' 07" Meritxell Portillo Araujo 3h 22' 05"
II 2004 Albert Pascual 2h 32' 44"
III 2005[5] Benito Ojeda Sanz 2h 34' 58" Meritxell Portillo Araujo 3h 20' 54"
IV 2006[6] Victor González Guirao 2h 24' 02" Anna Rosa Moreno 3h 02' 01"
V 2007[7] Benito Ojeda Sanz 2h 31' 33" Anna Rosa Moreno 3h 07' 39"
VI 2008[8] Benito Ojeda Sanz 2h 30' 54" Anna Rosa Moreno 3h 02' 36"
VII 2009[9] Ricard Verge Berrar 2h 36' 52" Annette Geiken 3h 27' 18"
VIII 2010[10] Esteve Campmol Ametller 2h 40' 50" Anna Rosa Moreno 3h 07' 50"
IX 2011[11] Ricard Verge Berrar 2h 33' 39" Isabel Olivan Moreno 3h 16' 33"
X 2012[12] Sergio Enriquez Castells 2h 23' 45" Antonia Hermoso Pua 3h 17' 20"
XI 2013[13] David Guiamet Redondo 2h 37' 44" Paula Salgado 3h 09' 27"
XII 2014[14] David Guiamet Redondo 2h 34' 43" Mireia Sosa Perez 3h 07' 05"
XIII 2015[15] Jordi Rabionet 2h 41' 41" Pilar Sànchez 3h 09' 15"

References

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  1. ^ "L'Escala. Colaboración con el Forum 2004" (PDF). La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. 13 April 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Empúries debuta como a escenario maratoniano" (PDF). La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. 7 June 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. ^ "La XI Marató d'Empúries destinarà un euro de cada inscripció al Servei Local de Distribució d'Aliments". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Standings 2003 Atletisme.com". Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Standings 2005 Atletisme.cat". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Standings 2006 Atletisme.cat". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Standings 2007 Atletisme.cat". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Standings 2008 Atletisme.cat". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  9. ^ Standings 2009 Runedia
  10. ^ "Standings 2010 Atletisme.cat". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  11. ^ Classificacions 2011 Empordà Info[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Classificacions 2012 Federació Catalana d'Atletisme" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Guiamet venç a l'Escala". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Girona. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  14. ^ "Guiamet torna a guanyar la Marató d'Empúries". L'Esportiu (in Catalan). Girona. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  15. ^ "More than 1,700 participants in the Marathon d'Empúries". Empordà.info (in Catalan). 4 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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