The Monaco Marathon or the Monaco and the Riviera Marathon (French: Marathon de Monaco et des Riviera) is a marathon run every year starting and finishing in Monaco. It crosses the border to France and Italy and goes along the coast to a turning point in Ventimiglia, Italy and back again to Monaco. There is also a 10 km race run entirely inside Monaco.

Monaco Marathon
DateMarch
LocationMonaco to Ventimiglia (Italy) through Menton (France) and back
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon–23.8km–10km
Established1997
Official siteOfficial website

The marathon is run in March every year. In 2009 there were around 700 marathon participants, plus around 1000 participants in the 10 km race.

Due to the race's coincidence with French regional elections in 2010, the event was shortened to a half marathon, and Dennis Mehlfeld of Germany and American runner Heidi Freitag won the men's and women's races, respectively. The 10 km race continued as originally planned and a total of 1800 runners from 39 countries took part in the day's events that year.[1]

From 2011 the race has been rebranded the Monaco Run with a course distance of 23.8km, slightly longer than a Half marathon.

Past winners

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Key:   Course record   5km (2021–), 10km run (2017–2020,)

Edition Year Men's Winner Time
(h:m:s)
Women's Winner Time
(h:m:s)
2024   Yann Schrub (FRA) 13:22   Likina Amebaw (ETH) 14:35
2023   Jimmy Gressier (FRA) 13:12   Mirriam Chebet (KEN) 15:40
2021   Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 13:13   Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 14:43
2020   Dmitrii Korneev (RUS) 37:47   Miriam Bazzicalupo (ITA) 43:48
2019   Adrien Janin (FRA) 39:56   Imane Zouhir (ITA) 46:19
2018   Karim Tahri (FRA) 31:14   Mathilde Gautier (FRA) 37:04
2017   Youssef Jaadi (FRA) 30:40   Hanan Farhoun (FRA) 36:07
18th 2016   Eliud Kimutai (KEN) 1:22:02   Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 1:31:36
17th 2015   Jean Claude Niyonizigiye (BDI) 1:15:40   Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 1:32:03
16th 2014   Eliud Kimutai (KEN) 1:15:02   Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 1:31:36
15th 2013   Nathan Chebet (UGA) 1:13:48   Alexandra Louison (FRA) 1:30:06
14th 2012   Jean Claude Niyonizigiye (BDI) 1:14:59   Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 1:29:17
14th 2011   Tarik Marhnaoui (MAR) 1:18:52   Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 1:30:39
13th 2010   Dennis Mehlfeld (GER) 1:08:56   Heidi Freitag (USA) 1:25:32
12th 2009   Ben Kimwole (KEN) 2:11:01   Bekele Belaynesh (ETH) 2:48:49
11th 2008   Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2:12:40   Yelena Kozhevnikova (RUS) 2:41:21
Race not held in 2007
10th 2006   Wilfried Cheserek (KEN) 2:17:21   Lena Gavelin (SWE) 2:39:29
9th 2005   John Kirui (KEN) 2:19:08   Alina Tecuta (ROM) 2:43:44
8th 2004   Andrey Chernichov (RUS) 2:22:12   Mariya Fedoseyeva (RUS) 2:41:17
7th 2003   Francis Kemboi (KEN) 2:20:08   Yelena Kaledina (RUS) 2:44:39
6th 2002   Tadesse Hailemarian (ETH) 2:14:08   Mariya Fedoseyeva (RUS) 2:37:24
5th 2001   Wilson Kibet (KEN) 2:13:53   Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN) 2:38:24
4th 2000   Philip Tanui (KEN) 2:18:35   Jacqueline Jerotich (KEN) 2:34:04
3rd 1999   Kenneth Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:11:26   Alla Zhilyayeva (RUS) 2:34:47
2nd 1998   Ezequiel Bitok (KEN) 2:11:48   Jane Salumäe (EST) 2:32:55
1st 1997   Ezequiel Bitok (KEN) 2:12:30   Maura Viceconte (ITA) 2:28:16
  • From 2010, the official race distance is 23,8 km.

References

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  1. ^ Merlino, Stephane (2010-03-21). 1800 take to the streets of Monaco for Half Marathon and 10Km. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-23.
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