Kyiv Marathon

In 2010 Kyiv joined the list of cities that hold their own annual marathon. October 16, 2010 Kyiv held its first marathon, attended by 546 participants from 13 countries – 144 athletes volunteered to go to the start of the classic marathon, which is 42 km 195 m. Volodymyr Horban from Kyiv and Liudmyla Shelest from Sumy became the winners.

The second marathon in 2011 was attended by more than 1,000 runners. 1,693 participants registered in 2013, and in the spring of 2014 nearly 3,500 athletes from 32 countries started. In 2015 3,800 participants from 38 countries came to the starting line. The marathon route became the special feature of this race since it was mapped as one lap through the city. More than 6600 athletes and amateurs from 50 countries started in 2016.[4]

In 2017, a man died from participating in the event.[5]

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or 2022, or receiving credit of equivalent value for other races.[6][7]

External images
Course map of full marathon in 2018[8]
Course map of full marathon in 2019[9]

The marathon runs on a loop course that begins and ends on Volodymyrs'kyi Passage near the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument and Sofia Square.[9]

The course first heads south on Volodymyrska Street and turns west on Taras Shevchenko Boulevard to arrive at Victory Square.[9] Runners then head southeast to the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex and then north up Khreshchatyk Street to Maidan Nezalezhnosti.[9] The marathon then heads southeast to the Motherland Monument and crosses the Paton Bridge into the Dniprovskyi District before turning around at Yevhen Sverstyuk Street and returning across the bridge to arrive at the halfway point.[9]

Runners then run northwest along the Dnipro River and cross the pedestrian Park Bridge into Trukhaniv Island.[9] The course runs northward through the greenery, and then leaves the island via Pivnichnyi Bridge.[9] The marathon then runs along the Dnipro through Rybalskyi Peninsula via Naberezhno-Rybalska Street before crossing the Harbour Bridge.[9] Runners then run through the Podil neighbourhood and climb up Hlybochytska and Sichovykh Striltsiv Streets before returning to Volodymyrs'kyi Passage for the finish.[9]

Key:    Course record

Marathon

Ed.	Year	Men's winner	Time[lower-alpha 1]	Women's winner	Time[lower-alpha 1]	Rf.
	2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic				[6]
10	2019	Oleksandr Babarynka (UKR)	2:28:57	Nataliya Semenovych (UKR)	2:51:38	[10]
9	2018	Artem Piddubnuy (UKR)	2:28:29	Yuliya Tarasova (UKR)	2:48:09	[11]
8	2017	Artem Piddubnuy (UKR)	2:24:17	Iryna Masnyk (UKR)	2:48:09	[12]
7	2016	Oleh Leshchyshyn (UKR)	2:31:10	Yuliia Bairamova (UKR)	3:01:11	[13]
6	2015	Yevhen Hlyva (UKR)	2:32:39	Yana Kulykova (UKR)	3:33:27	[14]
5	2014	Dmytro Pozhevilov (UKR)	2:30:21	Olga Dehtiarenko (UKR)	3:00:00
4	2013	Andriy Naumov (UKR)	2:19:17	Tetiana Rybalchenko (UKR)	2:44:41	[4]
3	2012	Viktor Starodubtsev (UKR)	2:25:27	Liudmyla Shelest (UKR)	3:15:34
2	2011	Volodymyr Horban (UKR)	2:27:26	Tetiana Ivanova (UKR)	2:46:39
1	2010	Volodymyr Horban (UKR)	2:26:36	Liudmyla Shelest (UKR)	3:09:16

Half marathon

Ed.	Year	Men's winner	Time[lower-alpha 1]	Women's winner	Time[lower-alpha 1]	Rf.
	2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic				[6]
10	2019	Oleksandr Sitkovskyy (UKR)	1:05:38	Kateryna Karmanenko (UKR)	1:25:36
9	2018	Serhiy Marchuk (UKR)	1:11:32	Yuliya Tarasevich (BLR)	1:21:50
8	2017	Vitaliy Ivakh (UKR)	1:11:37	Yuliya Tarasevich (BLR)	1:26:04
7	2016	Serhiy Marchuk (UKR)	1:14:30	Olga Degtyarenko (UKR)	1:31:54

10 km

Ed.	Year	Men's winner	Time[lower-alpha 2]	Women's winner	Time[lower-alpha 2]	Rf.
	2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic				[6]
10	2019	Ivan Strebkov (UKR)	30:10	Tatyana Solianyk (UKR)	40:05
9	2018	Mikhaylo Bohdanov (UKR)	33:03	Olga Mykulyak (UKR)	47:47
8	2017	Oleksandr Karpenko (UKR)	32:39	Liudmyla Danylyna (UKR)	36:16
7	2016	Oleksandr Volosciuc (UKR)	37:03	Snizhana Rybak (UKR)	40:58
6	2015	Mykola Nyzhnyk (UKR)	31:44	Yuliia Moroz (UKR)	39:34

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