Los Angeles Marathon

The Los Angeles Marathon (also known as the Los Angeles Marathon presented by ASICS for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the City of Los Angeles Marathon) is an annual running event held each spring in Los Angeles, California, since 1986. The marathon was inspired by the success of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games hosted in Los Angeles, and has become one of the largest marathons in the country, with more than 25,000 participants, thousands of volunteers, and hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Los Angeles Marathon
Benjamin Limo at the start of the marathon in 2009
DateFebruary/March
LocationLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1986 (1986)
(current era)
Course recordsMen: 2:06:35
Markos Geneti (2011)
Women: 2:25:10
Lidiya Grigoryeva (2006)
Official sitelamarathon.com
Traversing Olympic Blvd. in 2009

History

Municipal Games era

In 1970, a race of length 25 miles (40 km) was held in Los Angeles.[1]

In 1971, the race was lengthened to the distance of a standard marathon, and known as the "Griffith Park Marathon".[1] It was held at the same time as the Municipal Games.[1]

The 1972 race was known as the "Municipal Games Marathon", while races from 1973 to 1977 were known as the "Los Angeles Marathon",[lower-alpha 1] and the 1978 edition was known as the "Los Angeles Police Marathon".[1][4]

The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) has no record of any races in this series after 1978.[1]

Los Angeles Lite era

The inaugural race in 1981, known as the "Jordache Los Angeles Pro-Am Marathon", was run with two sections, a professional section with 100,000 USD in prize money, and an amateur section.[1][5]

Both the 1982 and 1983 races were known as the "Los Angeles Lite Marathon".[1]

In 1983, runners were misdirected, but the course was changed to ensure that finishers ran at least a marathon.[1][6][lower-alpha 2]

ARRS has no record of any races in this series after 1983.[1]

Current era

The inaugural marathon of the current series was first held in 1986.[1]

In 1997, Nadezhda Ilyina crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified for cutting the course.[1][7][lower-alpha 3] The victory went to Ilyina's friend and first-time marathoner Lornah Kiplagat.[1][7]

The race date for 2009 was moved to Memorial Day, May 25, because the city council wished "to limit the impact on Sunday morning church services".[10] After runner criticism due to the increased probability of warmer weather, the race date was moved back to March for the 2010 race.[10]

The 2016 edition was held on February 14 to coincide with the U.S. Olympic Trials for the marathon held in Los Angeles the day before.[10]

The 34th edition of the marathon took place on March 24, 2019.

The 2021 edition of the race was postponed to May 23, 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually or transferring their entry to 2022, 2023, or 2024.[11][10]

Course
External image
Course map of full marathon in 2020[12]
Romanian Nuța Olaru in 2009

The original route in 1986 started at Exposition Park and ended at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The route around the turn of the millennium both started and ended in Downtown Los Angeles.

From 2007 to 2008, it started south of Universal City and ended in Downtown Los Angeles.[lower-alpha 4]

The iconic "Stadium to Sea" route started at Dodger Stadium[lower-alpha 5] and ended in Santa Monica.

The course was changed in the middle of 2020 to end at Avenue of the Stars in Century City due to "dramatically increased costs quoted by the city of Santa Monica" to continue hosting the finish there.[10]

Community impact

In 2014, Skechers the ASICS LA Marathon charity program continued its tremendous growth as 91 participating charities combined to raise a cumulative total $3.7 million.

Students Run LA

In 1987, six students at East Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights High School enrolled in a marathon training program offered by teacher Harry Shabazian. On March 4, 1990, two dozen teachers from around the city joined the three co-founders, with students from their respective schools, and together, they all ran in the Los Angeles Marathon V. In 1993, Students Run LA spun off from LAUSD and became an independent 501(c)(3) organization.[14] SRLA continues to provide its after-school mentoring and training program to all students for free. Today, more than 3,200 middle and high school students, from 185 school and community programs, train alongside 550 volunteer leaders.[14]

Inspired by the success of SRLA, a pilot project was begun with the Montreal Marathon and Students on the run (Étudiants dans la course) was created with the first objective to complete the September 2010 Montreal Marathon. There were 19 students to begin with and 12 completed the 2010 event. The program continues with a new group and a new objective, complete the 2011 event.[15]

Television coverage

From 1986 KCOP-TV televised the Los Angeles 1994 Maratón, from 2002 to 2003, KCAL-TV, from 2004 to 2007, KNBC and from 2008 to present, KTLA.

Since 2017, the event has been carried nationally on WGN America except in Los Angeles.

Top finishers
Winners Weldon Kirui and Nataliya Lehonkova with Mayor Garcetti, 2016
Simon Njoroge winning in 2012
Fatuma Sado winning in 2012

Ages of top finishers in the Masters category are given in parentheses.

Key:   Course record

Year
Category Men Women
2020 Results March 8, 2020[16][17]
Open Bayelign Teshager2:08:26 Margaret Muriuki2:29:27
Masters Carlos Lopez (42)2:37:49 Madeleine Sargent (42)2:48:17
Wheelchair Rafael Botello Jimenez1:44:37 Vanessa Christina de Souza1:59:55
2019 Results March 24, 2019[18]
Open Elisha Barno2:11:45 Askale Marachi2:24:11
Masters Jesse Williams (41)2:36:54 Ingrid Walters (47)2:48:03
Wheelchair Joshua Cassidy[18]1:31:48 Katrina Gerhard[18]1:56:23
2018 Results March 18, 2018[19]
Open Weldon Kirui2:11:47 Sule Gedo2:33:50
Masters Carlos Larios (45)2:34:18 Ingrid Walters (46)2:55:28
Wheelchair Krige Schabort[19]1:35:40 Michelle Wheeler[19]2:16:36
2017 Results March 19, 2017[20]
Open Elisha Barno2:11:53 Hellen Jepkurgat2:34:24
Masters Peter Lawrence (45)2:38:05 Gina Johnson (43)3:10:27
Wheelchair Tom Davis1:06:52 Jenna Rollman1:43:14
2016 Results February 14, 2016
Open Weldon Kirui2:13:06 Nataliya Lehonkova2:30:40
Masters Brett Bernacchi (43)2:40:07 Rebecca Trachsel (41)3:05:29
Wheelchair Owen Daniels1:21:27 Jenna Rollman1:53:44
2015 Results March 15, 2015
Open Daniel Limo2:10:36 Ogla Kimaiyo2:34:10
Masters Oswaldo Hurtado (41)2:34:03 Victoria Russell (43)2:50:03
Wheelchair Scott Parson1:37:12 Shirley Reilly2:00:27
2014 Results March 9, 2014
Open Gebo Burka2:10:37 Amane Gobena2:27:37
Masters Ricardo Ramirez (41)2:38:20 Dolores Valencia (49)2:57:58
Wheelchair Joshua George1:33:11 Susannah Scaroni1:54:54 [21]
2013 Results March 17, 2013
Open Erick Mose2:09:43 Aleksandra Duliba2:25:39 [22]
Masters Abderrahmane Djemadi (42)2:37:07 Deena Kastor (40)2:32:39
Wheelchair Krige Schabort1:30:50 Susannah Scaroni1:54:39
2012 Results March 18, 2012
Open Simon Njoroge2:12:12 Fatuma Sado2:25:39 [23]
Masters Nicholas Bowden (40)2:38:26 Tetyana Mezentseva (40)2:31:20
Wheelchair Krige Schabort1:39:53 Shirley Reilly1:57:09
2011 Results March 20, 2011
Open Markos Geneti2:06:35 Buzunesh Deba2:26:34
Masters Juan Jose Ortiz Jauregui (44)2:44:10 Svetlana Ponomarenko (41)2:38:56
Wheelchair Krige Schabort1:33:15 Shirley Reilly1:57:25
2010 Results March 21, 2010
Open Wesley Korir2:09:19 Edna Kiplagat2:25:38
Masters Juan Ramirez (41)2:39:35 Linda Somers-Smith (48)2:36:33
Wheelchair Krige Schabort1:31:51 Amanda McGrory1:53:12
2009 Results May 25, 2009
Open Wesley Korir2:08:24 Tatyana Petrova2:25:59
Masters Martin Rindahl (45)2:43:17 Carista Strickland (47)3:14:45
Wheelchair Aaron Gordian1:31:19 Amanda McGrory1:48:13
2008 Results March 2, 2008
Open Laban Moiben2:13:50 Tatyana Aryasova2:29:09
Masters Fermin Sequen (40)2:34:34 Tatiana Titova (42)2:51:32
Wheelchair Saul Mendoza1:31:12 Cheri Blauwet1:53:35
2007 Results March 4, 2007
Open Fred Mogaka2:17:14 Ramilya Burangulova2:37:54
Masters Yoshihisa Hosaka (58)2:49:06 Ramilya Burangulova (45)2:37:54
Wheelchair Kurt Fearnley1:23:40 Shelly Woods1:50:55
2006 Results March 19, 2006
Open Benson Cherono2:08:40 Lidiya Grigoryeva2:25:10
Masters Jose Ortiz Pina (43)2:33:23 Lyudmyla Pushkina (40)2:41:15
Wheelchair Ernst Van Dyk1:24:48 Shirley Reilly1:55:23
2005 Results March 6, 2005
Open Mark Saina2:09:35 Lyubov Denisova2:26:11
MastersEzequiel Hernandez (41)2:45:01 Tatyana Pozdnyakova (50)2:31:05
Wheelchair Kurt Fearnley1:30:11 Cheri Blauwet1:51:45
2004 Results March 7, 2004
Open David Kirui2:13:41 Tatyana Pozdnyakova2:30:17
Masters Reynaldo Ramirez (40)2:35:38 Tatyana Pozdnyakova (49)2:30:17
Wheelchair Joel Jeannot1:27:08 Cheri Blauwet1:54:02
2003 Results March 2, 2003
Open Mark Yatich2:09:52 Tatyana Pozdnyakova2:29:40
Masters Robert Leonardo (40)2:40:46 Tatyana Pozdnyakova (48)2:29:40
Wheelchair Saúl Mendoza1:27:07 Cheri Blauwet1:50:06
2002 Results March 3, 2002
Open Steven Ndungu2:10:27 Lyubov Denisova2:28:49
Masters Jose Díaz (46)2:41:07 Tatyana Pozdnyakova (47)2:30:26
Wheelchair Ernst Van Dyk1:28:44 Ariadne Hernandez1:55:01
2001 Results March 4, 2001
Open Steven Ndungu2:13:13 Elana Paramonova2:35:58
Masters Raymond Baradas (41)2:38:43 Teresa Boches-Saban (44)3:05:20
Wheelchair Saúl Mendoza1:32:50 Ariadne Hernandez2:04:30
2000 Results March 5, 2000
Open Benson Mutiisya Mbithi2:11:55 Jane Salumäe2:33:33
Masters Marco Ortíz (50)2:27:33 Judy Maguire (41)2:58:21
Wheelchair Saúl Mendoza1:42:33 Jean Driscoll2:12:17
1999 Results March 14, 1999
Open Simon Bor2:09:25 Irina Bogachova2:30:32
Masters Federico Yax2:32:19 Judy Maguire2:54:12
Wheelchair Saúl Mendoza1:28:43 Deanna Sodoma2:03:44
1998 Results March 29, 1998
Open Zebedayo Bayo2:11:21 Lornah Kiplagat2:33:58
Masters Peter Rischl2:31:53 Candy Clark3:08:56
Wheelchair Saúl Mendoza1:29:57 Kazu Hatanaka1:56:55
1997 Results March 2, 1997
Open El-Maati Chaham2:14:16 Lornah Kiplagat2:33:50
Masters Yoshio Ishizuka2:36:14 Philomena Chandra3:03:10
Wheelchair Saúl Mendoza1:37:27 Louise Sauvage1:49:22
1996 Results March 3, 1996
Open Jose Luis Molina2:13:23 Lyubov Klochko2:30:30
Masters Hugo Juárez2:33:26 Lorraine Gersitz3:11:50
Wheelchair Heinz Frei1:27:10 Jean Driscoll1:46:09
1995 Results March 5, 1995
Open Rolando Vera2:11:39 1 Nadia Prasad2:29:48
Masters John Bednarksi2:36:40 Alfreda Iglehart3:13:29
Wheelchair Paul Wiggins1:36:06 Jean Driscoll1:52:51
1994 Results March 6, 1994
Open Paul Pilkington2:12:13 Olga Appell2:28:12
Masters Gregg Horner2:34:20 Emma Scaunich2:37:05
Wheelchair Phillipe Couprie and Paul Wiggins[24]1:34:52 Connie Hansen1:48:58
1993 Results March 7, 1993
Open Joselido Rocha2:14:28 Lyubov Klochko2:39:48
Masters Dennis Bock2:36:32 Candy Dodge3:03:10
Wheelchair Jan Mattern1:32:15 Connie Hansen1:51:26
1992 Results March 1, 1992
Open John Treacy2:12:29 Madina Biktagirova2:26:23
Masters Manuel García Pérez2:25:35 Sandra Marshall3:02:47
Wheelchair Jim Knaub1:40:53 Connie Hansen1:56:17
1991 Results March 3, 1991
Open Mark Plaatjes2:10:29 Cathy O'Brien2:29:38
Masters John Campbell (42)2:14:33 Priscilla Webb2:40:20
Wheelchair Jim Knaub1:40:43 Connie Hansen1:57:11
1990 Results March 4, 1990
Open Pedro Ortíz2:11:54 Julie Isphording2:32:25
Masters John Campbell (41)2:20:15 Graziela Striuli3:26:48
Wheelchair Moustapha Badid1:45:40 Ann Cody-Morris2:03:49
1989 Results March 5, 1989
Open Art Boileau2:13:01 Zoya Ivanova2:34:42
Masters John Campbell (40)2:17:51 Carol Mather3:02:57
Wheelchair Jim Knaub1:46:52 Candace Cable-Brookes2:07:03
1988 Results March 6, 1988
Open Martín Mondragón2:10:19 Blanca Jaime2:36:11
Masters Bob Schlau (40)[25]2:19:27 Harolene Walters (47)2:54:18
Wheelchair Bob Molinatti1:56:35 Candace Cable-Brookes2:19:38
1987 Results March 1, 1987
Open Art Boileau2:13:08 Nancy Ditz2:35:24
Masters Victor Mora García2:19:44 Barbara Fituze2:47:21
Wheelchair Ted Vance1:54:06 Candace Cable-Brookes2:05:45
1986 Results March 9, 1986
Open Ric Sayre2:12:59 Nancy Ditz2:36:27
Masters Kjell-Erik Ståhl (40)2:19:20 Harolene Walters (45)[26]2:57:26
Wheelchair Bob Molinatti2:16:36 Candace Cable-Brookes2:23:10

Note 1: From New Caledonia, a territory of France.

Notes
  1. The race was also known as the "City of Los Angeles Marathon" in 1973 and 1974.[2][3]
  2. National Masters News reported that "a well-intending police car, leading headstarting wheelchair participants, got out of runners' sight after the first quarter-mile, uphill, hence, the missed turn", and noted that the race director's "nimble adjustments of markers and barriers prevented further calamity", resulting in finishers running at least 26 mi 411 yd (42.219 km), and the leaders running around 26 mi 1,160 yd (42.904 km).[6] One runner mentioned that many ended up jumping over a 3 ft (1 m) cable in a parking lot due to the error.[6]
  3. Ilyina stated that she was looking for a restroom when she ran into a gas station.[7][8][9] A referee stated that this gave her an advantage of at least 25 yd (23 m).[7]
  4. In an effort to publicize the new route, marathon executives tapped Division of Labor, a San Francisco based ad agency to create a campaign dubbed "A Landmark Every Mile".[13] It featured a quick succession of shots of the numerous iconic sites along the route. The campaign helped the marathon sell out for the first time in history.
  5. Frank McCourt, the owner of the marathon, once owned the Los Angeles Dodgers.

References
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