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The Košice Peace Marathon (Slovak: Medzinárodný maratón mieru) is an annual road marathon held in Košice, Slovakia, since 1924. It is the oldest continuously running in the world, having been run every year since 1941. It is the oldest marathon in Europe and the third-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon, first held in 1897, and the Yonkers Marathon, first held in 1907). However, Boston and Yonkers have been continuous only since 2021.[1] The marathon generally takes place each year on the first Sunday in October. The course is relatively flat and consists of two loops, mostly within the city center.

Košice Peace Marathon
DateOctober
LocationKošice, Slovakia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorU.S. Steel Košice, Volvo Cars
Established1924 (100 years ago) (1924)
Course recordsMen's: 2:06:55 (2023)
Kenya Philemon Rono
Women's: 2:21:08 (2024)
Kenya Rebecca Tanui
Official siteOfficial website
Participants2,062 male and 402 female finishers (2024)

The marathon is an AIMS-certified race.[2] It is also categorized as a Silver Label Road Race by World Athletics,[3] and was certified as a 5-Star Quality Road Race by European Athletics Running for All in 2015.[4]

History

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The Košice Peace Marathon, first held in 1924, is the oldest marathon in Europe and the third oldest in the world. Inspired by the 1924 Paris Olympics, Košice sports enthusiast Vojtech ( born Braun) Bukovský organized the inaugural race, which began beneath the ruins of Turňa Castle. The marathon quickly gained international prestige, attracting prominent athletes like 1931 winner Juan Carlos Zabala, who went on to win the 1932 Olympic marathon. Known for its adherence to the official marathon distance of 42.195km, even in its early years, the race has hosted numerous world-class runners and witnessed historic performances, including Abebe Bikila's victory in 1961. The Košice Peace Marathon has endured through war and societal change, adapting its course and expanding to include women in 1980.[5]

In 2016, the marathon received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status,[6] and in 2018, it received IAAF Silver Label Road Race status.[7]

Course

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External image
  Course map of full marathon in 2020[8]

The course is flat, completely asphalted and traffic free, two laps in the historic city center.

The cumulative elevation gain is 74 m (243 ft).[8]

Winners

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Runners at the 2006 edition
 
Memorial of the Košice Peace Marathon at the Marathon Square in Košice, Slovakia

The course records are 2:21:08 for women (set by Rebecca Tanui in 2024) and 2:06:55 hours for men (set by Philemon Rono in 2023).

Note: winners are listed below for five of the seven war years (1938–44), five war winners are listed at official homepage too, although the history provided by the Košice Peace Marathon states: "The Slovakian Marathon suffered a cleft seven years wide. To some extent this was patched up with five marathons organized under the Hungarian flag during the Horthy occupation of Košice – without a single foreign runner..."[9] Its status as the oldest marathon in Europe, and second-oldest in the world, remains undiminished by this break.

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1 1924   Karol Halla (TCH) 3:01:35 not held
2 1925   Pál Király (HUN) 2:41:55
3 1926   Paul Hempel (GER) 2:57:02
4 1927   József Galambos (HUN) 2:48:25.2
5 1928   József Galambos (HUN) 2:55:45
6 1929   Paul Hempel (GER) 2:51:31
7 1930   Istvàn Zelenka (HUN) 2:50:59
8 1931   Juan Carlos Zabala (ARG) 2:33:19
9 1932   József Galambos (HUN) 2:43:15
10 1933   József Galambos (HUN) 2:37:54
11 1934   Josef Šulc (TCH) 2:41:26.3
12 1935   Artūrs Motmillers (LAT) 2:44:58
13 1936   György Balaban (AUT) 2:41:08
14 1937   Désiré Leriche (FRA) 2:43:41.7
15 1938 not held due to World War II
16 1939   József Kiss (HUN) 2:47:47.6
17 1940 not held due to World War II
18 1941   József Gyimesi (HUN) 2:56:17.8
19 1942   József Kiss (HUN) 3:02:27
20 1943   Géza Kiss (HUN) 2:50:14.0
21 1944   Rezsö Kövári (HUN) 2:58:49
22 1945   Antonín Špiroch (TCH) 2:47:21.8
23 1946   Mikko Hietanen (FIN) 2:35:02.4
24 1947   Charles Heirendt (LUX) 2:36:06.0
25 1948   Gösta Leandersson (SWE) 2:34:46.4
26 1949   Martti Urpalainen (FIN) 2:33:45.6
27 1950   Gösta Leandersson (SWE) 2:31:20.2
28 1951   Jaroslav Štrupp (TCH) 2:41:07.8
29 1952   Erkki Puolakki (FIN) 2:29:10
30 1953   Walter Bednář (TCH) 2:53:33
31 1954   Erkki Puolakki (FIN) 2:27:21
32 1955   Evert Nyberg (SWE) 2:25:40
33 1956   Thomas Nilsson (SWE) 2:22:05.4
34 1957   Ivan Filin (URS) 2:23:57.8
35 1958   Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 2:29:37.2
36 1959   Sergei Popov (URS) 2:17:45.2
37 1960   Samuel Hardicker (GBR) 2:26:46.8
38 1961   Abebe Bikila (ETH) 2:20:12.0
39 1962   Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 2:28:29.8
40 1963   Leonard Edelen (USA) 2:15:09.6
41 1964   Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 2:25:55.4
42 1965   Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) 2:23:47
43 1966   Gyula Tóth (HUN) 2:19:11.2
44 1967   Nedo Farčić (YUG) 2:20:53.8
45 1968   Václav Chudomel (TCH) 2:26:28.4
46 1969   Demissie Wolde (ETH) 2:15:37
47 1970   Mikhail Gorelov (URS) 2:16:26.2
48 1971   Gyula Tóth (HUN) 2:21:43.6
49 1972   John Farrington (AUS) 2:17:34.4
50 1973   Vladimir Moseyev (URS) 2:19:01.2
51 1974   Keith Angus (GBR) 2:20:10
52 1975   Choe Chang-sop (PRK) 2:15:47.8
53 1976   Takeshi So (JPN) 2:18:42.4
54 1977   Go Chun-son (PRK) 2:15:19.4
55 1978   Go Chun-son (PRK) 2:13:34.5
56 1979   Jouni Kortelainen (FIN) 2:15:12
57 1980   Aleksey Lyagushev (URS) 2:15:25   Šárka Balcarová (TCH) 2:50:15
58 1981   Hans-Joachim Truppel (GER) 2:16:58   Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:37:46
59 1982   György Sinkó (HUN) 2:18:48   Gillian Burley (GBR) 2:43:26
60 1983   František Višnický (TCH) 2:16:52   Raisa Sadreydinova (URS) 2:34:41
61 1984   Lee Dong-myong (PRK) 2:18:59   Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:36:56
62 1985   Valentin Starikov (URS) 2:17:13   Lutsia Belyayeva (URS) 2:38:19
63 1986   František Višnický (TCH) 2:18:43   Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:41:08
64 1987   Jörg Peter (GER) 2:14:59   Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:38:40
65 1988   Michael Heilmann (GER) 2:17:52   Christa Vahlensieck (GER) 2:39:03
66 1989   Karel David (TCH) 2:18:39   Alena Peterková (TCH) 2:31:28
67 1990   Nikolaj Kolesnikov (URS) 2:20:28   Carol McLatchie (USA) 2:46:00
68 1991   Vlastimil Bukovjan (TCH) 2:18:21   Marika Starowská (TCH) 2:46:00
69 1992   Wieslaw Palczyński (POL) 2:16:24   Dana Hajná (TCH) 2:43:27
70 1993   Wieslaw Palczyński (POL) 2:14:11   Elena Plastinina (UKR) 2:42:11
71 1994   Petr Pipa (SVK) 2:15:03   Ľudmila Melicherová (SVK) 2:40:27
72 1995   Marnix Goegebeur (BEL) 2:13:57   Gouzel Tazetdinova (RUS) 2:43:03
73 1996   Marnix Goegebeur (BEL) 2:17:41   Gouzel Tazetdinova (RUS) 2:44:28
74 1997   My Tahar Echchadli (MAR) 2:16:22   Wioletta Uryga (POL) 2:38:56
75 1998   Andrzej Krzyścin (POL) 2:14:29   Wioletta Uryga (POL) 2:46:23
76 1999   Róbert Štefko (SVK) 2:14:10   Katarína Jedináková (SVK) 2:55:39
77 2000   Ernest Kipyego (KEN) 2:14:35   Ivana Martincová (CZE) 2:46:17
78 2001   David Kariuki (KEN) 2:13:27   Galina Zhulyeva (UKR) 2:36:55
79 2002   David Kariuki (KEN) 2:12:40   Tadelesh Birra (ETH) 2:36:49
80 2003   Grigoriy Andreyev (RUS) 2:13:24   Alena Mazouka (BLR) 2:39:23
81 2004   Adam Dobrzyński (POL) 2:12:35   Rika Tabashi (JPN) 2:33:52
82 2005   David Maiyo (KEN) 2:16:07   Edyta Lewandowska (POL) 2:37:48
83 2006   Edwin Kiptum (KEN) 2:12:53   Natallia Kravets-Kulesh (BLR) 2:36:47
84 2007   William Biama (KEN) 2:09:53   Natallia Kravets-Kulesh (BLR) 2:34:50
85 2008   Dejene Yirdaw (ETH) 2:10:51   Selina Chelimo (KEN) 2:34:23
86 2009   Jacob Chesire (KEN) 2:10:59   Olena Burkovska (UKR) 2:30:50
87 2010   Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN) 2:08:33   Almaz Alemu (ETH) 2:36:35
88 2011   Elijah Kemboi (KEN) 2:11:15   Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) 2:33:53
89 2012   Lawrence Kimaiyo (KEN) 2:07:01   Hellen Mugo (KEN) 2:29:59
90 2013   Patrick Korir (KEN) 2:09:36   Ashete Bekere (ETH) 2:27:44
91 2014   Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN) 2:08:26   Lydia Jerotich (KEN) 2:28:48
92 2015   Samuel Kosgei (KEN) 2:07:07   Melka Mulu (ETH) 2:35:33
93 2016   David Kiyeng (KEN) 2:08:57   Chaltu Waka (ETH) 2:32:19
94 2017   Reuben Kerio (KEN) 2:08:12   Sheila Jerotich (KEN) 2:27:34
95 2018   Raymond Choge (KEN) 2:08:11   Milliam Ebongon (KEN) 2:27:16
96 2019   Hillary Kipsambu (KEN) 2:09:33   Kumeshi Sichala (ETH) 2:26:01
97 2020   Marek Hladík (SVK) 2:26:08   Petra Pastorová (CZE) 2:52:11 [10]
98 2021   Reuben Kerio (KEN) 2:07:18   Ayuntu Tadesse (ETH) 2:24:35 [11]
99 2022   Reuben Kerio (KEN) 2:07:16   Margaret Agai (KEN) 2:24:04 [12]
100 2023   Philemon Rono (KEN) 2:06:55   Jackline Cherono (KEN) 2:24:43 [13]
101 2024   Denis Chirchir (KEN) 2:07:50   Rebecca Tanui (KEN) 2:21:08 [14]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b h:m:s

References

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  1. ^ Longest Running Road Races. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-04-25.
  2. ^ AIMS Race Calendar. AIMS. Retrieved on 2019-04-01.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". www.worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Triple joy for Pereira. European Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2015-10-05.
  5. ^ "100 years of the Košice Peace Marathon | Distance Running magazine 2023 Edition 2 | Running into history". aims-worldrunning.org. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  6. ^ Sebastian Coe has confirmed the status of the Košice Peace Marathon (in Slovak) . Retrieved on 2019-04-01.
  7. ^ IAAF Silver Label. Retrieved on 2019-14-02.
  8. ^ a b "Race Instructions". Archived from the original on 17 September 2020.
  9. ^ Vojmaratony (in Slovak)
  10. ^ Košice Peace Marathon 2020 kosicemarathon.com. 2020 Retrieved 8 October 2024
  11. ^ Košice Peace Marathon 2021 kosicemarathon.com. 2021 Retrieved 8 October 2024
  12. ^ Košice Peace Marathon worldathletics.org. 2022 Retrieved 6 October 2022
  13. ^ Košice Peace Marathon 2023 kosicemarathon.com. 2023 Retrieved 20 August 2024
  14. ^ Košice Peace Marathon 2024 worldathletics.org. 2024 Retrieved 8 October 2024
List of winners
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