The Mersin Marathon (Turkish: Mersin Maratonu) is an annual road running event over the marathon distance, which is held in December in Mersin in Mersin Province Turkey. The event also features a 15-kilometre race.

Mersin Marathon
DateEarly december
LocationMersin
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Course recordsMen: 2:10:12 (2018)
Kenya Kenneth Kiplagat
Women: 2:28:47 (2017)
Ethiopia Truphena Chepchirchir
Official siteMersin Marathon
Participants230 (2018)

Mersin Marathon was established in 2015 and it is hosted by the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality.

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 2015   Sulti Gure (ETH) 2:26:54   Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 3:09:06
2nd 2016   Moses Too (KEN) 2:14:27   Jedidah Karungu (KEN) 2:40:54
3rd 2017   Hassane Ahouchar (MAR) 2:11:21   Truphena Chepchirchir (KEN) 2:28:47
4th 2018   Kenneth Kiplagat (KEN) 2:10:12   Biruk Tilahun (ETH) 2:33:18

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