The San Silvestre Vallecana is an annual 10 km road race held on 31 December in Madrid, Spain since 1964. It has two editions: a fun run for amateur athletes and an elite race for professional athletes. In 2012, the race achieved its historical record of participants, up to 40,000.[1]

San Silvestre Vallecana
San Silvestre Vallecana 2005
Date31 December
LocationVallecas, Madrid, Spain
Event type10K run
Distance10 km
Primary sponsorNationale Nederlanden
Established1964 (1964)
Course recordsMen: 26:41 (Uganda Jacob Kiplimo 2018)
Women: 29:54 (Kenya Brigid Kosgei 2018)
Official siteSan Silvestre Vallecana
Participants1,052 finishers (2021)
301 finishers (2020, only elite runners)
1,239 (2019)
1,105 (2018)

It is based upon the Saint Silvester Road Race, a Brazilian race (held since 1925) which spawned numerous other New Year's Eve races. Along with the Madrid Marathon, the San Silvestre Vallecana is one of the city's foremost annual running events.

Past winners

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  Course record

10 km (since 1998)

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Year Men's winner Country Time Women's winner Country Time
1998 Fabián Roncero   Spain 29:13 Patricia Arribas   Spain
1999 Jon Brown   United Kingdom 28:08 Tereza Yohannes   Ethiopia 32:50
2000 Isaac Viciosa   Spain 28:45 Patricia Arribas   Spain 32:22
2001 Isaac Viciosa   Spain 28:32 María Abel   Spain 32:53
2002 Isaac Viciosa   Spain 28:07 Marta Domínguez   Spain 32:13
2003 José Manuel Martínez   Spain 28:12 Marta Domínguez   Spain 31:35
2004 Craig Mottram   Australia 28:18 Benita Johnson   Australia 32:36
2005 Eliud Kipchoge   Kenya 27:34 Paula Radcliffe   United Kingdom 31:16
2006 Eliud Kipchoge   Kenya 26:54 Jeļena Prokopčuka   Latvia 31:27
2007 Josphat Menjo   Kenya 28:35 Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya 31:50
2008 Tadese Tola   Ethiopia 27:53 Marta Domínguez   Spain 33:05
2009 Moses Masai   Kenya 28:01 Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya 32:15
2010 Zersenay Tadese   Eritrea 28:27 Jéssica Augusto   Portugal 31:59
2011 Hagos Gebrhiwet   Ethiopia 27:57 Tirunesh Dibaba   Ethiopia 31:30
2012 Tariku Bekele   Ethiopia 28:29 Gelete Burka   Ethiopia 30:53
2013 Leonard Komon   Kenya 28:02 Linet Masai   Kenya 31:33
2014 Mike Kigen   Kenya 27:51 Gemma Steel   United Kingdom 31:52
2015 Mike Kigen   Kenya 27:35 Linet Masai   Kenya 31:38
2016 Nguse Tesfaldet   Eritrea 28:09 Brigid Kosgei   Kenya 32:07
2017 Erick Kiptanui   Kenya 27:34 Gelete Burka   Ethiopia 30:55
2018 Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda 26:41 Brigid Kosgei   Kenya 29:54
2019 Bashir Abdi   Belgium 27:47 Helen Bekele Tola   Ethiopia 30:50
2020[2] Daniel Ebenyo   Kenya 27:41 Yalemzerf Yehualaw   Ethiopia 31:17
2021[3] Mohamed Katir   Spain 27:45 Degitu Azimeraw   Ethiopia 30:26
2022 Joshua Cheptegei   Uganda 27:09 Prisca Chesang   Uganda 30:19

1964–1997

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Year Men's winner Country Women's winner Country
1964 Jesús Hurtado   Spain Not held
1965 Jesús Hurtado   Spain
1966 Mariano Haro   Spain
1967 Mohammed Gammoudi   Tunisia
1968 Javier Álvarez   Spain
1969 Not held
1970 Mike Tagg   United Kingdom
1971 Mike Tagg   United Kingdom
1972 Roger Clark   United Kingdom
1973 Mariano Haro   Spain
1974 Ian Stewart   United Kingdom
1975 Fernando Cerrada   Spain
1976 Jim Dingwall   United Kingdom
1977 Alastair Hutton   United Kingdom
1978 Nat Muir   United Kingdom
1979 Carlos Lopes   Portugal
1980 Carlos Lopes   Portugal
1981 Alex Hagelsteens   Belgium Grete Waitz   Norway
1982 Steve Harris   United Kingdom Iciar Martínez   Spain
1983 José Luis González   Spain Iciar Martínez   Spain
1984 Dave Lewis   United Kingdom Carmen Mingorance   Spain
1985 Dave Lewis   United Kingdom Mercedes Calleja   Spain
1986 António Leitão   Portugal Carmen Valero   Spain
1987 José Luis González   Spain Tania Merchieres   Belgium
1988 Gerry Curtis   Ireland Carmen Mingorance   Spain
1989 Arturo Barrios   Mexico Carmen Fuentes   Spain
1990 Ondoro Osoro   Kenya Aurora Pérez   Spain
1991 Ondoro Osoro   Kenya Rosa Mota   Portugal
1992 Paul Bitok   Kenya María Luisa Muñoz   Spain
1993 Ondoro Osoro   Kenya Sonia Escudero   Spain
1994 Martín Fiz   Spain Montse Martínez   Spain
1995 Enrique Molina   Spain Laura Jiménez   Spain
1996 Isaac Viciosa   Spain Aurora Pérez   Spain
1997 Alberto García   Spain Patricia Arribas   Spain

References

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  1. ^ "Récord de participación en la San Silvestre 2012". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ "2020 San Silvestre Vallecana results". sansilvestrevallecana.com. 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ Diego Sampaolo (1 January 2022). "Azimeraw and Katir end year on a high in Madrid". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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