Baltimore Marathon

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The Baltimore Marathon is the flagship race of several races held in Baltimore, Maryland known collectively as the Baltimore Running Festival.

Baltimore Marathon
Runners at the 2015 Baltimore Marathon
DateMid-October
LocationBaltimore, Maryland
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2001
Course records2:11:56 (M) 2:29:11 (F)
Official sitewww.thebaltimoremarathon.com

The event was once one of the fastest-growing marathons in the United States,[1] but the number of finishers in the marathon has declined each year since 2013. Additionally, the number of elite runners attending has almost disappeared since the elimination of prize money for winners following the 2012 running of the marathon. Currently Julius Kipyego Keter holds the men's record at 2:11:56 and Olena Shurkhno holds the women's record at 2:29:11.[2]

The marathon begins at the Camden Yards sports complex and travels through many diverse neighborhoods of Baltimore, including the scenic Inner Harbor waterfront area, historic Federal Hill, Fells Point, and Canton, Baltimore. The race then proceeds to other important focal points of the city such as Patterson Park, Clifton Park, Lake Montebello, the Charles Village neighborhood and the western edge of downtown. After winding through 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) of Baltimore, the race ends in the Inner Harbor.

The competition was first held in 2001, but the city has featured marathon races prior to the current incarnation: the Maryland Marathon was held from 1973 to 1980 and this evolved into the Baltimore City Marathon, which was held from 1981 to 1989.[3]

Past winners

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Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1973   Victor Nelson (USA) 2:22:56.6   Kathrine Switzer (USA) 3:10:37
2nd 1974   Ron Hill (GBR) 2:17:23   Kathrine Switzer (USA) 3:05:51
3rd 1975   John Vitale (USA) 2:17:02   Liane Winter (GER) 2:53:23.2
4th 1976   Bill Rodgers (USA) 2:14:23   Lisa Matovcik (USA) 3:03:23
5th 1977   Garry Bjorklund (USA) 2:13:47   Marilyn Bevans (USA) 2:51:18
6th 1978   Jeff Bradley (USA) 2:19:36.2   Kathy Heckman (USA) 2:55:35
7th 1979   Jeff Foster (USA) 2:19:26   Marilyn Bevans (USA) 2:54:35
8th 1980   Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:19:45   Jean Kerr (USA) 2:49:13
9th 1981   Christopher Stewart (GBR) 2:19:55   Kathy Heckman (USA) 2:49:12
10th 1982   Terry Rauch (USA) 2:26:22   Vera Thornhill (USA) 3:06:38
11th 1983 (Apr)   Matt Tobin (USA) 2:23:05   Margaret Rosasco (USA) 3:03:44
12th 1983 (Nov)   David Shafer (USA) 2:20:08   Pat Wilkerson (USA) 2:49:23
13th 1985   Zdzislaw Szmit (USA) 2:17:47   Nancy Kelly (USA) 2:53:51
14th 1986   Steve Molnar (USA) 2:27:34   Rose Malloy (USA) 2:55:45
15th 1987   Gordon Christie (CAN) 2:24:49   Christine Gibbons (USA) 2:51:49
16th 1988   Tom Stevens (USA) 2:22:42   Marianne Dickerson (USA) 2:41:05
17th 1989   Robert Yara (USA) 2:29:07   Cathy Ventura-Merkel (USA) 3:02:25
1990–2000 Not held Not held
18th 2001   Luka Cherono (KEN) 2:19:46   Elvira Kolpakova (RUS) 2:52:08
19th 2002   Eric Kimaiyo (KEN) 2:17:44   Elvira Kolpakova (RUS) 2:50:01
20th 2003   Eric Kimaiyo (KEN) 2:18:41   Elvira Kolpakova (RUS) 2:48:50
21st 2004   John Itati (KEN) 2:14:51   Ramilya Burangulova (RUS) 2:40:21
22nd 2005   Mykola Antonenko (UKR) 2:15:40   Ramilya Burangulova (RUS) 2:42:00
23rd 2006   Yerefu Birhanu (ETH) 2:16:27   Rimma Dubovik (UKR) 2:35:45
24th 2007   John Itati (KEN) 2:16:24   Gladys Asiba (KEN) 2:36:27
25th 2008   Julius Kipyego Keter (KEN) 2:11:56   Maria Portilla (PER) 2:36:32
26th 2009   Alphonse Yatich Kibor (KEN) 2:14:04   Iuliia Arkhipova (KGZ) 2:32:09
27th 2010   David Ruto Kipkorir (KEN) 2:13:11   Olena Shurkhno (UKR) 2:32:17
28th 2011   Stephen Muange (KEN) 2:15:16   Olena Shurkhno (UKR) 2:29:11
29th 2012   Stephen Muange (KEN) 2:13:08   Elfheshe Yado (ETH) 2:38:46
30th 2013   David Berdan (USA) 2:30:05   Elizabeth Perry (USA) 2:58:00
31st 2014   Brian Rosenberg (USA) 2:33:27   Alex Wang (USA) 2:58:41
32nd 2015   David Berdan (USA) 2:30:21   Caitlin Gaughan (USA) 2:58:13
33rd 2016   Patrick Hearn (USA) 2:26:19   Caitlyn Tateishi (USA) 2:55:42
34th 2017   Jordan Tropf (USA) 2:29:06   Silvia Baage (USA) 2:58:36
35th 2018   Jeffrey Redfern (USA) 2:30:26   Julia Roman-Duval (FRA) 2:47:42
36th 2019   Jeremy Ardanuy (USA) 2:27:16   Natalie Atabek (USA) 2:58:57
2020 Not held Not held
37th 2021   Jeremy Ardanuy (USA) 2:26:49   Joanna Hayes (USA) 3:10:11
38th 2022   Robert Creese (USA) 2:26:45   Julia Roman-Duval (USA) 2:46:48
39th 2023   Zachary Ripley (USA) 2:28:12   Emily Royston (USA) 2:52:23

References

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  1. ^ Brtalik, Gene (2008-09-29). "Under Armour Baltimore Running Festival Eclipses 17,000 Runner Mark". Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  2. ^ "Untitled".
  3. ^ John Roemer IV; Jack Leydig (October 18, 2010). "Baltimore Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
List of winners
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