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Podgorica Marathon

The Podgorica Marathon is an annual road running event in Montenegro, which features a full-length (42.195 km) marathon, half marathon as well as a 5 km fun run race.

Podgorica Marathon
DateLast Sunday of October
LocationPodgorica, Montenegro
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, half marathon
Primary sponsorMeridianbet [hr][1]
Established1994 (30 years ago) (1994)
Course recordsMen's: 2:11:41 (1997)
Bulgaria Petko Stefanov
Women's: 2:31:18 (2009)
Serbia Olivera Jevtić
Official sitePodgorica Marathon
Participants18 (2020)
148 (2019)
146 finishers (2018)[2]

History edit

A group of enthusiasts came up with a plan to organise a marathon in Podgorica and the first edition took place on 8 October 1994.

The 2011 edition of the race featured more than 3000 runners from 33 countries. Slađana Perunović set a women's Montenegrin record in the marathon at the event, finishing second in a time of 2:41:02 hours.[3]

In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers preponed the scheduled date from 8 November to 1 November, restricted the number of participants to 100, and moved the race to a circular track of length 1 km (0.62 mi).[1]

Course edit

External image
  Course map of full marathon in 2016[4]

The 2014 course for the full-length marathon led from central Podgorica to the southern suburb of Golubovci, then east through the Zeta Plain, to the town of Tuzi, before returning to the center of the city.

The half marathon race course started in Danilovgrad, finishing at the center of Podgorica. The 5 km fun run course circles the urban center of Podgorica.

All the courses finish at the same spot, Independence Square.

Winners edit

 
Olivera Jevtić, five-time winner and holder of the female course record

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Ed. Date Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1 1994   Borislav Dević (YUG) 2:23:24   Ilona Kalmar (YUG) 3:04:55
2 1995   Srba Nikolić (YUG) 2:30:45   Ilona Kalmar (YUG) 3:04:08
3 1996   Wodajo Bulti (ETH) 2:21:05   Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 2:49:35
4 1997   Petko Stefanov (BUL) 2:11:41   Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 2:49:25
5 1998   Petko Stefanov (BUL) 2:15:16   Vesna Stevanović (YUG) 2:45:25
6 1999   Yuriy Chizhov (RUS) 2:22:29   Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 2:42:46
7 2000   Sreten Ninković (YUG) 2:28:08   Vesna Stevanović (YUG) 3:11:16
8 2001   Đuro Kodžo (BIH) 2:30:11   Vesna Stevanović (YUG) 2:59:45
9 2002   Maricel Gaman (ROM) 2:23:28   Vesna Stevanović (YUG) 2:45:54
10 2003   Emmanuel Kosgei (KEN) 2:15:48[b]   Olesya Nurgalieva (RUS) 2:36:08[b] [5][6]
11 2004   Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA) 2:21:41   Tatyana Perepelkina (RUS) 2:46:58
12 2005   Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA) 2:23:59   Tatyana Perepelkina (RUS) 2:41:56
13 2006   Luwis Masunda (ZIM) 2:29:12   Svetlana Șepelev-Tcaci (MDA) 2:56:35
14 2007   Mike Fokoroni (ZIM) 2:19:08   Tatyana Perepelkina (RUS) 2:47:12
15 2008   Iaroslav Mușinschi (MDA) 2:14:50   Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:40:05
16 2009   Dmitry Safronov (RUS) 2:11:51   Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:31:18
17 2010   Buliche Mendaya (ETH) 2:16:05   Ana Subotić (SRB) 2:43:22
18 2011   Oleg Gurs (BLR) 2:18:52   Ana Subotić (SRB) 2:40:36
19 2012   Elisha Sawe (KEN) 2:19:23   Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:37:58
20 2013   Anthony Wangeci (KEN) 2:15:00   Slađana Perunović (MNE) 2:42:35 [7][8]
21 2014   Silas Toek (KEN) 2:16:02   Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:38:19
22 2015   Justus Kiprono (KEN) 2:19:20   Olivera Jevtić (SRB) 2:39:32
23 2016   Abel Rop (KEN) 2:19:17   Gladys Biwott (KEN) 2:42:18
24 2017   Abel Rop (KEN) 2:15:29   Rebby Koech (KEN) 2:37:47
25 2018   Abel Rop (KEN) 2:19:28   Ruth Matebo (KEN) 2:40:32 [2]
26 2019   Hosea Tuei (KEN) 2:15:50   Ruth Matebo (KEN) 2:42:53 [9]
27 2020   Dragoljub Koprivica (MNE) 2:46:26   Slađana Perunović (MNE) 3:08:24 [10]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b h:m:s
  2. ^ a b Course was at least 774 m (2,539 ft) short.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Podgoricki Maraton". www.maraton.co.me. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20190828065056if_/http://www.maraton.co.me:80/rezultati/images/Results-marathon2018.pdf
  3. ^ October 2011 AIMS Results. AIMS (October 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ "Podgoricki Maraton". www.maraton.co.me. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Untitled". arrs.run. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201021100509/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14298775
  7. ^ October 2013. AIMS. Retrieved on 2013-10-29.
  8. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20191229151340/http://sportklub.rs/Atletika/a312550-Olivera-najbrza-u-polumaratonu-Sladjana-odlicna.html
  9. ^ "Winners of AIMS events in 2019". www.aims-worldrunning.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Podgoricki Maraton". www.maraton.co.me. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
List of winners

External links edit

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