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Rome Marathon

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The Rome Marathon is an annual marathon competition hosted by the city of Rome, Italy.

Rome Marathon
Runners passing the Circus Maximus in 2006
DateApril
LocationRome, Italy
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorAcea
Established1982 (42 years ago) (1982)
Course recordsMen's: 2:06:24 (2024)
Kenya Asbel Rutto
Women's: 2:22:52 (2019)
Ethiopia Alemu Megertu
Official siteRome Marathon
Participants5,490 finishers (2022)
4,377 finishers (2021)[1]
8,843 (2019)

History

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Runners on Via Galvani in 2017
 
Start by Basilica of Maxentius, 2009
 
Approaching the Colosseum in 2019
 
Finish on Via dei Fori Imperiali, 2017
 
Awarding medals in 2018

The competition has also doubled as the Italian Marathon championships on two occasions; in 1983 and 1986. The race date was shifted from the traditional March schedule to 1 January in 2000 for a special edition of the event to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium. The IAAF Rome Millennium Marathon received the support of Primo Nebiolo and national federation president Gianni Gola. The race start point was at Saint Peter's Square and Pope John Paul II delivered a short benediction in approval of the event and the Bells of Saint Peter's replaced the usual starter's pistol to signal the beginning of the race.[2]

The 2010 race was held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Abebe Bikila's win at the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon race, a watershed moment in the development of East African competitive running. The 2010 men's winner, Siraj Gena, earned a 5000€ bonus for crossing the finish line barefoot in honour of Abebe Bikila's style.[3]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, with all registration fees being applied for a guaranteed entry to the 2021 edition of the race, and all finishers to be awarded two medals in 2021.[4][5]

Winners

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1998 winner Stefano Baldini (pictured here in London) also won the 2004 Olympic marathon.

Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   Short course
   Italian championship race
Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1982   Emiel Puttemans (BEL) 2:09:53   Laura Fogli (ITA) 2:31:08 [6]
1983   Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA) 2:15:11   Alba Milana (ITA) 2:32:57
1984   Bernie Ford (GBR) 2:17:01   Daniela Tiberti (ITA) 2:41:40
1985   Mauro Pappacena (ITA) 2:28:42   Janet Richardson (USA) 3:09:16
1986   Osvaldo Faustini (ITA) 2:16:03   Katherine Gregory (USA) 3:23:43
1987   Gelindo Bordin (ITA) 2:16:03   Maria Araneo (ITA) 2:56:00
1988   Sam Ngatia (KEN) 2:16:46   Fabiola Paoletti (ITA) 2:48:45
1989   Guido Genicco (ITA) 2:20:43   Pascaline Wangui (KEN) 2:46:28
1990   Tadesse Gebre (ETH) 2:10:28   Silvana Cucchietti (ITA) 2:34:21
1991   Marco Milani (ITA) 2:14:22   Fabiola Oppliger (COL) 2:39:31
— not held from 1992 to 1994
1995   Belayneh Tadesse (ETH) 2:10:13   Yelena Sipatova (RUS) 2:37:46
1996   Moges Taye (ETH) 2:12:03   Fatuma Roba (ETH) 2:29:05
1997   Dube Jillo (ETH) 2:13:08   Jane Salumäe (EST) 2:31:41
1998   Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:33   Franca Fiacconi (ITA) 2:28:12
1999   Philip Tanui (KEN) 2:09:56   Maura Viceconte (ITA) 2:29:36
2000   Josephat Kiprono (KEN) 2:08:27   Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:32:03
2001   Henry Cherono (KEN) 2:11:27   Maria Guida (ITA) 2:30:42
2002   Vincent Kipsos (KEN) 2:09:30   Maria Cocchetti (ITA) 2:33:06
2003   Frederick Cherono (KEN) 2:08:47   Gloria Marconi (ITA) 2:29:35
2004   Ruggero Pertile (ITA) 2:10:12   Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 2:27:49
2005   Alberico Di Cecco (ITA) 2:08:02   Silviya Skvortsova (RUS) 2:28:01
2006   David Kipkorir (KEN) 2:08:38   Tetyana Hladyr (UKR) 2:25:44
2007   Elias Chelimo (KEN) 2:09:36   Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 2:25:08
2008   Jonathan Yego (KEN) 2:09:57   Galina Bogomolova (RUS) 2:22:53
2009   Benjamin Kiptoo (KEN) 2:07:17   Firehiwot Dado (ETH) 2:27:08
2010   Siraj Gena (ETH) 2:08:39   Firehiwot Dado (ETH) 2:25:28
2011   Dickson Chumba (KEN) 2:08:45   Firehiwot Dado (ETH) 2:24:13
2012   Luka Kanda (KEN) 2:08:04   Hellen Kimutai (KEN) 2:31:11
2013   Getachew Terfa (ETH) 2:07:56   Helena Kirop (KEN) 2:24:40
2014   Shume Hailu (ETH) 2:09:47   Ayelu Lemma (ETH) 2:34:49
2015   Abebe Negewo (ETH) 2:12:23   Meseret Kitata (ETH) 2:30:25
2016   Amos Kipruto (KEN) 2:08:12   Rahma Tusa (ETH) 2:28:49
2017   Shura Kitata (ETH) 2:07:30   Rahma Tusa (ETH) 2:27:23
2018   Cosmas Birech (KEN) 2:08:03   Rahma Tusa (ETH) 2:23:46
2019   Tebalu Zawude (ETH) 2:08:37   Alemu Megertu (ETH) 2:22:52
2020 cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic [4][5]
2021   Clement Langat (KEN) 2:08:23   Peris Jerono (KEN) 2:29:29 [7]
2022   Fikre Bekele (ETH) 2:06:48   Sechale Dalasa (ETH) 2:26:09
2023   Taoufik Allam (MAR) 2:07:43   Betty Chepkwony (KEN) 2:23:02
2024   Asbel Rutto (KEN) 2:06:24   Ivyne Jeruto (KEN) 2:24:36

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b h:m:s

References

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  1. ^ "ROMANO DESSI' - Run Rome the Marathon | ENDU". www.endu.net. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ Wallace-Jones, Sean (2000-01-01). Loroupe retains Marathon Crown at dawn of New Millennium. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-22.
  3. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2010-03-21). Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila – Rome Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-22.
  4. ^ a b "Acea Run Rome the Marathon of 29 March 2020 cancelled". 5 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Coronavirus: Rome marathon cancelled - English". 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Former world record distance runner Emiel Puttemans of Belgium... - U…". www.upi.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ^ "World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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