Mumbai Marathon

Runners at the 2008 Mumbai Marathon

The Mumbai Marathon is an annual international road running competition over the marathon distance that is held in Mumbai, India, each January. The course records set in 2011 were also the fastest times ever run for the marathon on Indian soil – 2:09:54 by Girma Assefa and 2:26:56 by the women's winner Koren Jelila Yal.^[1] The day's events also include a half marathon race which is contested by the top-level Indian runners.

Bipasha Basu the Bollywood actress, promotes the Mumbai Marathon

First held in 2004, the Mumbai Marathon was part of "The Greatest Race on Earth",^[2] an event sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank. The other three legs of this four-marathon race were the Singapore Marathon, the Nairobi Marathon and the Hong Kong Marathon. The race became an IAAF Silver Label Road Race in 2009 and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race in 2011.^[3][4]

The prize money for the fastest runners in men's and women's category are $31,000 each, with an additional $2,250 being awarded to the fastest Indian citizen (men and women) in the full and half marathon categories.^[5] The race has five separate race categories: Marathon (42.195 km), Half Marathon (21.097 km), Dream Run (7 km), Senior Citizens' Run (4.3 km) and Wheelchair (2.5 km).^[6]

Past winners

Key:       Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2004	Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	2:15:47	Wioletta Uryga (POL)	2:47:53
2nd	2005	Julius Sugut (KEN)	2:13:20	Mulu Seboka (ETH)	2:35:03
3rd	2006	Daniel Rono (KEN)	2:12:03	Mulu Seboka (ETH)	2:33:15
4th	2007	John Kelai (KEN)	2:12:27	Yang Fengxia (CHN)	2:36:16
5th	2008	John Kelai (KEN)	2:12:23	Mulu Seboka (ETH)	2:30:04
6th	2009	Kenneth Mugara (KEN)	2:11:51	Kebebush Haile (ETH)	2:34:08
7th	2010	Denis Ndiso (KEN)	2:12:40	Bizunesh Urgesa (ETH)	2:31:09
8th	2011	Girma Assefa (ETH)	2:09:54	Koren Jelela (ETH)	2:26:56
9th	2012	Laban Moiben (KEN)	2:10:48	Netsanet Achamo (ETH)	2:26:12

Statistics

Winners by country Country Men's race Women's race Total  Ethiopia 1 6 7  Kenya 6 0 6  South Africa 1 0 0  China 0 1 1  Poland 0 1 1

Multiple winners Athlete Country Wins Years Mulu Seboka  Ethiopia 3 2005, 2006, 2008 John Kelai  Kenya 2 2007, 2008

References

External links

Wikinews has related news: Africans keep the leading position at 2008 Mumbai Marathon

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mumbai Marathon

• Official website
• Event information on Run Infinity
• India Marathon Calendar
• Mumbai Marathon Map and Pedometer
• Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
• 2009 Mumbai Marathon in Photos

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