Košice Peace Marathon
The Košice Peace Marathon (Slovak: Medzinárodný maratón mieru) is an annual road marathon held in Košice, Slovakia, since 1924. 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).[3] 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.
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Date | October |
Location | Košice, Slovakia |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Primary sponsor | U.S. Steel Košice |
Established | 1924 |
Course records | Men's: 2:07:01 (2012)![]() Women's: 2:26:01 (2019) ![]() |
Official site | Košice Peace Marathon |
Participants | 179 (finishers) (2020)[1][2] 1,520 (2019) |
The marathon is an AIMS-certified race.[4] It is also categorized as a Silver Label Road Race by World Athletics,[5] and was certified as a 5-Star Quality Road Race by European Athletics Running for All in 2015.[6]
History
The first race was held in 1924. The first women's race was held in 1980.
In 2016, the marathon received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status,[7] and in 2018, it received IAAF Silver Label Road Race status.[8]
Course
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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).[9]
Winners
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The course records are 2:26:01 for women (set by Kumeshi Sichala in 2019) and 2:07:01 hours for men (set by Lawrence Kimaiyo in 2012).
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..."[10] Its status as the oldest marathon in Europe, and second-oldest in the world, remains undiminished by this break.
Key: Course record
Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
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1st | 1924 | ![]() |
3:01:35 | — | — |
2nd | 1925 | ![]() |
2:41:55 | — | — |
3rd | 1926 | ![]() |
2:57:02 | — | — |
4th | 1927 | ![]() |
2:48:25.2 | — | — |
5th | 1928 | ![]() |
2:55:45 | — | — |
6th | 1929 | ![]() |
2:51:31 | — | — |
7th | 1930 | ![]() |
2:50:59 | — | — |
8th | 1931 | ![]() |
2:33:19 | — | — |
9th | 1932 | ![]() |
2:43:15 | — | — |
10th | 1933 | ![]() |
2:37:54 | — | — |
11th | 1934 | ![]() |
2:41:26.3 | — | — |
12th | 1935 | ![]() |
2:44:58 | — | — |
13th | 1936 | ![]() |
2:41:08 | — | — |
14th | 1937 | ![]() |
2:43:41.7 | — | — |
15th | 1938 | Not held due to World War II | — | — | — |
16th | 1939 | ![]() |
2:47:47.6 | — | — |
17th | 1940 | Not held due to World War II | — | — | — |
18th | 1941 | ![]() |
2:56:17.8 | — | — |
19th | 1942 | ![]() |
3:02:27 | — | — |
20th | 1943 | ![]() |
2:50:14.0 | — | — |
21st | 1944 | ![]() |
2:58:49 | — | — |
22nd | 1945 | ![]() |
2:47:21.8 | — | — |
23rd | 1946 | ![]() |
2:35:02.4 | — | — |
24th | 1947 | ![]() |
2:36:06.0 | — | — |
25th | 1948 | ![]() |
2:34:46.4 | — | — |
26th | 1949 | ![]() |
2:33:45.6 | — | — |
27th | 1950 | ![]() |
2:31:20.2 | — | — |
28th | 1951 | ![]() |
2:41:07.8 | — | — |
29th | 1952 | ![]() |
2:29:10 | — | — |
30th | 1953 | ![]() |
2:53:33 | — | — |
31st | 1954 | ![]() |
2:27:21 | — | — |
32nd | 1955 | ![]() |
2:25:40 | — | — |
33rd | 1956 | ![]() |
2:22:05.4 | — | — |
34th | 1957 | ![]() |
2:23:57.8 | — | — |
35th | 1958 | ![]() |
2:29:37.2 | — | — |
36th | 1959 | ![]() |
2:17:45.2 | — | — |
37th | 1960 | ![]() |
2:26:46.8 | — | — |
38th | 1961 | ![]() |
2:20:12.0 | — | — |
39th | 1962 | ![]() |
2:28:29.8 | — | — |
40th | 1963 | ![]() |
2:15:09.6 | — | — |
41st | 1964 | ![]() |
2:25:55.4 | — | — |
42nd | 1965 | ![]() |
2:23:47 | — | — |
43rd | 1966 | ![]() |
2:19:11.2 | — | — |
44th | 1967 | ![]() |
2:20:53.8 | — | — |
45th | 1968 | ![]() |
2:26:28.4 | — | — |
46th | 1969 | ![]() |
2:15:37 | — | — |
47th | 1970 | ![]() |
2:16:26.2 | — | — |
48th | 1971 | ![]() |
2:21:43.6 | — | — |
49th | 1972 | ![]() |
2:17:34.4 | — | — |
50th | 1973 | ![]() |
2:19:01.2 | — | — |
51st | 1974 | ![]() |
2:20:10 | — | — |
52nd | 1975 | ![]() |
2:15:47.8 | — | — |
53rd | 1976 | ![]() |
2:18:42.4 | — | — |
54th | 1977 | ![]() |
2:15:19.4 | — | — |
55th | 1978 | ![]() |
2:13:34.5 | — | — |
56th | 1979 | ![]() |
2:15:12 | — | — |
57th | 1980 | ![]() |
2:15:25 | ![]() |
2:50:15 |
58th | 1981 | ![]() |
2:16:58 | ![]() |
2:37:46 |
59th | 1982 | ![]() |
2:18:48 | ![]() |
2:43:26 |
60th | 1983 | ![]() |
2:16:52 | ![]() |
2:34:41 |
61st | 1984 | ![]() |
2:18:59 | ![]() |
2:36:56 |
62nd | 1985 | ![]() |
2:17:13 | ![]() |
2:38:19 |
63rd | 1986 | ![]() |
2:18:43 | ![]() |
2:41:08 |
64th | 1987 | ![]() |
2:14:59 | ![]() |
2:38:40 |
65th | 1988 | ![]() |
2:17:52 | ![]() |
2:39:03 |
66th | 1989 | ![]() |
2:18:39 | ![]() |
2:31:28 |
67th | 1990 | ![]() |
2:20:28 | ![]() |
2:46:00 |
68th | 1991 | ![]() |
2:18:21 | ![]() |
2:46:00 |
69th | 1992 | ![]() |
2:16:24 | ![]() |
2:43:27 |
70th | 1993 | ![]() |
2:14:11 | ![]() |
2:42:11 |
71st | 1994 | ![]() |
2:15:03 | ![]() |
2:40:27 |
72nd | 1995 | ![]() |
2:13:57 | ![]() |
2:43:03 |
73rd | 1996 | ![]() |
2:17:41 | ![]() |
2:44:28 |
74th | 1997 | ![]() |
2:16:22 | ![]() |
2:38:56 |
75th | 1998 | ![]() |
2:14:29 | ![]() |
2:46:23 |
76th | 1999 | ![]() |
2:14:10 | ![]() |
2:55:39 |
77th | 2000 | ![]() |
2:14:35 | ![]() |
2:46:17 |
78th | 2001 | ![]() |
2:13:27 | ![]() |
2:36:55 |
79th | 2002 | ![]() |
2:12:40 | ![]() |
2:36:49 |
80th | 2003 | ![]() |
2:13:24 | ![]() |
2:39:23 |
81st | 2004 | ![]() |
2:12:35 | ![]() |
2:33:52 |
82nd | 2005 | ![]() |
2:16:07 | ![]() |
2:37:48 |
83rd | 2006 | ![]() |
2:12:53 | ![]() |
2:36:47 |
84th | 2007 | ![]() |
2:09:53 | ![]() |
2:34:50 |
85th | 2008 | ![]() |
2:10:51 | ![]() |
2:34:23 |
86th | 2009 | ![]() |
2:10:59 | ![]() |
2:30:50 |
87th | 2010 | ![]() |
2:08:33 | ![]() |
2:36:35 |
88th | 2011 | ![]() |
2:11:15 | ![]() |
2:33:53 |
89th | 2012 | ![]() |
2:07:01 | ![]() |
2:29:59 |
90th | 2013 | ![]() |
2:09:36 | ![]() |
2:27:44 |
91st | 2014 | ![]() |
2:08:26 | ![]() |
2:28:48 |
92nd | 2015 | ![]() |
2:07:07 | ![]() |
2:35:33 |
93rd | 2016 | ![]() |
2:08:57 | ![]() |
2:32:19 |
94th | 2017 | ![]() |
2:08:12 | ![]() |
2:27:34 |
95th | 2018 | ![]() |
2:08:11 | ![]() |
2:27:16 |
96th | 2019 | ![]() |
2:09:33 | ![]() |
2:26:01 |
97th | 2020 | ![]() |
2:26:08 | ![]() |
2:52:11 |
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201010144126/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/vysledky/2020/maraton-muzi.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201010144130/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/docs/vysledky/2020/maraton-zeny.pdf
- Longest Running Road Races. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2012-04-25.
- AIMS Race Calendar. AIMS. Retrieved on 2019-04-01.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200902131643/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar/2020
- Triple joy for Pereira. European Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2015-10-05.
- Sebastian Coe has confirmed the status of the Košice Peace Marathon (in Slovak) . Retrieved on 2019-04-01.
- IAAF Silver Label. Retrieved on 2019-14-02.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200917052001/https://www.kosicemarathon.com/race-info-mmm/?lang=en
- Vojmaratony (in Slovak)
- List of winners
- Kosice International Peace Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-10-04). Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
External links
- Official website
- Some history (in Slovak)
- Marathon Info (in French)