Tiberias Marathon
The Tiberias Marathon is an annual marathon road race held along the Sea of Galilee in Israel, with a field in recent years of approximately 1,000 competitors.[1] The competition was first held in 1977, and also hosts the annual Israeli marathon national championship. It was Israel's first international marathon event.[2]
Tiberias Marathon | |
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Date | early January |
Location | Sea of Galilee, Israel |
Event type | Road running |
Distance | 42.195 km |
Primary sponsor | Toto Winner |
Established | 1977 |
Course records | Men: 2:07:30 (2012)![]() Women: 2:25:45 (2017) ![]() |
Official site | Tiberias Marathon |
Participants | 1,670 (2020) 1,108 (2019) |
The course follows an out-and-back format around the southern tip of the sea, and was run concurrently with a 10k race along an abbreviated version of the same route. In 2010 the 10k race was moved from the afternoon to before the marathon. A 21.1 km race was added in 2018. At approximately 200 meters below sea level, this is the lowest course in the world.
In 2007, a Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete, Mushir Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru Maina), won the race and was briefly stripped of his Bahrani citizenship by the Bahrani governmentDemocratic Republic of the Congo| for competing in Israel.[3] In 2012 Patrick Tambwé, a former Congolese runner representing France, ran a course record of 2:07:30 hours – a time which was the fastest by a European since 2007.[4]
Past winners
Key: Course record Race longer than marathon distance
Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 1977 | ![]() |
2:19:33 | ![]() |
3:02:58 |
2nd | 1978 | ![]() |
2:14:02 | ![]() |
3:08:18 |
3rd | 1979 | ![]() |
2:18:31 | ![]() |
3:16:06 |
4th | 1981 (Jan) | ![]() |
2:16:19 | ![]() |
2:52:45 |
5th | 1981 (Dec) | ![]() |
2:17:11 | ![]() |
2:46:37 |
6th | 1982 | ![]() |
2:16:39 | ![]() |
2:46:15 |
7th | 1983 | ![]() |
2:20:00 | ![]() |
2:41:58 |
8th | 1984 | ![]() |
2:16:28 | ![]() |
3:05:19 |
9th | 1985 | ![]() |
2:15:39 | ![]() |
2:42:54 |
10th | 1986 | ![]() |
2:23:12 | ![]() |
2:36:33 |
11th | 1987 | ![]() |
2:16:06 | ![]() |
2:42:15 |
12th | 1988 | ![]() |
2:18:08 | ![]() |
2:40:01 |
13th | 1989 | ![]() |
2:15:23 | ![]() |
2:40:39 |
14th | 1990 | ![]() |
2:18:55 | ![]() |
3:00:32 |
— | 1991 | Not held | |||
15th | 1992 | ![]() |
2:17:07 | ![]() |
2:34:17 |
16th | 1993 | ![]() |
2:17:30 | ![]() |
2:39:11 |
17th | 1994 | ![]() |
2:14:52 | ![]() |
2:51:36 |
18th | 1995 | ![]() |
2:15:10 | ![]() |
2:56:38 |
19th | 1996 | ![]() |
2:19:30 | ![]() |
2:57:19 |
20th | 1997 | ![]() |
2:16:41 | ![]() |
2:52:48 |
21st | 1998 | ![]() |
2:12:51 | ![]() |
2:41:21 |
22nd | 1999 | ![]() |
2:17:38 | ![]() |
2:48:39 |
23rd | 2000 | ![]() |
2:19:45 | ![]() |
2:42:06 |
24th | 2001 | ![]() |
2:17:06 | ![]() |
2:44:57 |
25th | 2002 | ![]() |
2:16:13 | ![]() |
2:36:40 |
26th | 2003 | ![]() |
2:12:45 | ![]() |
2:51:06 |
27th | 2004 | ![]() |
2:15:39 | ![]() |
2:38:42 |
28th | 2005 | ![]() |
2:18:08 | ![]() |
2:44:50 |
29th | 2006 | ![]() |
2:15:43 | ![]() |
2:54:49 |
30th | 2007 | ![]() |
2:13:13 | ![]() |
2:39:25 |
31st | 2008 | ![]() |
2:10:32 | ![]() |
2:39:15 |
32nd | 2009 | ![]() |
2:08:07 | ![]() |
2:39:07 |
33rd | 2010 | ![]() |
2:11:09.5 | ![]() |
2:36:40.3 |
34th | 2011 | ![]() |
2:10:02 | ![]() |
2:44:31 |
35th | 2012 | ![]() |
2:07:30 | ![]() |
2:40:08 |
36th | 2013 | ![]() |
2:08:00 | ![]() |
2:40:22 |
37th | 2014 | ![]() |
2:10:32 | ![]() |
2:34:41 |
38th | 2015 | ![]() |
2:12:32 | ![]() |
2:54:02 |
39th | 2016 | ![]() |
2:15:31 | ![]() |
2:51:16 |
40th | 2017 | ![]() |
2:16:39 | ![]() |
2:25:45 |
41st | 2018 | ![]() |
2:15:31 | ![]() |
2:40:37 |
42nd | 2019 | ![]() |
2:15:16 | ![]() |
2:42:18 |
43rd | 2020 | ![]() |
2:14:56 | ![]() |
2:32:25 |
Wins by country
Country | Men's race | Women's race | Total |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 16 | 7 | 23 |
![]() | 5 | 18 | 23 |
![]() | 8 | 4 | 12 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- Jacobs, Megan (10 January 2008). "Track & Field: Muturi returns to defend Tiberias title". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- This Week in NYRR History. New York Road Runners. Retrieved on 2011-01-14.
- Sharrock, David (9 January 2007). "How an Arab who used to be Kenyan made history running in Israel — and ended up in a hell of a state". Times Online. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- France's Tambwe triumphs in Tiberias Marathon in 2:07:30 Archived 2012-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2012-01-14). Retrieved on 2012-01-15.
- List of winners
- Eiger, David & Civai, Franco (2011-01-09). Tiberias Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-01-15.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tiberias Marathon. |
- In Ancient Footsteps, an overview by Prof. Uri Goldbourt
- New Official Site