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Belfast Marathon
Inflatable archway, outside Belfast City Hall, at the start of 2011 event
LocationBelfast, Northern Ireland
Event typeMarathon
Distance26.2 miles (42.2 km)
Primary sponsorMash Direct
Established1982[1]
Course recordsMen's: 2:13:41 (2012)
Ethiopia Negewo Ararisa
Women's: 2:36:50 (2013)
Ukraine Nataliya Lehonkova
Official siteBelfast Marathon
Participants>5,700 (2021)[2]

The Belfast City Marathon takes place in

May bank holiday weekend, include marathon, wheelchair race, team relay and 8-mile walk events. The organisers also stage Northern Ireland's largest half marathon event, which takes place annually in September.[citation needed
]

Marathon

Participants in 2013 event

The Belfast City Marathon is an AIMS certified race.[6] The race traditionally starts at Stormont Estate at 9am and finishes in Ormeau Park.[7]

5,000 runners took part in the 2019 "full marathon".[3] Following this event, organisers apologised after it was noted that the course was 0.3 miles longer than the typical marathon standard.[8][9]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland, with all registrants given the option of either running the race virtually or transferring their entry to 2021, 2022 or 2023.[10][11] The 2021 event was rescheduled from May to October 2021.[12][13]

Previously sponsored by Deep River Rock,[14] the 2022 event (scheduled for May 2022) was reported to be Mash Direct.[15]

Half marathon

First launched in 2013, the Belfast City Half Marathon is an extension of the May Marathon event.[citation needed] The race starts at Ormeau Park.[16]

Winners

Year Male Athlete Country Time Female Athlete Country Time
1982 Gregory Hannon Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:20:25 Susan Boreham Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 3:11:26
1983 Paul Craig Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:20:14 Roma McConville Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:58:07
1984 Andy Daly  Scotland 2:18:01 Theresa Kidd Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:47:33
1985 Marty Deane Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:15:51 Moira O'Boyle Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:45:40
1986 Marty Deane Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:16:05 Moira O'Neill Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:43:26
1987 Calum Bark  Scotland 2:17:47 Theresa Kidd Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:48:28
1988 Thomas Hughes Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:19:00 Theresa Kidd Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:49:10
1989 Ian Bloomfield  England 2:20:45 Rosaleen Hayden  Ireland 2:58:31
1990 Jerry Kiernan  Ireland 2:18:58 Eleanor Hill  Ireland 2:50:07
1991 Joel Kipchumba  Kenya 2:18:56 Brenda McNamara  Ireland 2:55:25
1992 Jerry Kiernan  Ireland 2:20:52 Catherine Smyth  Ireland 2:42:41
1993 Gerard McGrath  Ireland 2:18:12 Catherine Smyth  Ireland 2:45:05
1994 Terry Mitchell  Scotland 2:20:24 Catherine Smyth  Ireland 2:44:42
1995 John Ferrin Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:18:42 Patricia Griffin  Ireland 2:53:10
1996 Terry Mitchell  Scotland 2:21:36 Trudi Thomson  Scotland 2:44:57
1997 John Ferrin Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:20:17 Olive Nolan  Ireland 2:55:10
1998 Thomas Hughes Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:23:33 Jackie Newton  England 2:57:25
1999 Samuel Okemwa  Kenya 2:20:58 Barbara Brewer Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2:58:49
2000 Wilson Cheruiyot  Kenya 2:24:13 Mary Jennings  Ireland 3:02:31
2001 Joseph Riri  Kenya 2:26:00 Debra Curley  England 2:56:05
2002 Simon Pride  Scotland 2:22:21 Trudi Thomson  Scotland 2:49:39
2003 Lezan Kimutai  Kenya 2:17:09 Trudi Thomson  Scotland 2:45:48
2004 Peter Edukan  Kenya 2:23:51 Julia Myatt  England 2:52:52
2005 Eric Kiplagat  Kenya 2:22:20 Lemma Urge  Ethiopia 2:41:33
2006 Stephen Ndungu  Kenya 2:16:51 Joyce Kandie  Kenya 2:43:11
2007 John Mutai  Kenya 2:16:24 Desse Demelesh  Ethiopia 2:46:45
2008 John Mutai  Kenya 2:16:31 Marshet Jimma  Ethiopia 2:39:22
2009 John Mutai  Kenya 2:17:35 Joyce Kandie  Kenya 2:47:44
2010 Urga Negewo  Ethiopia 2:16:53 Sarah Stradling  England 2:44:03
2011 Jacob Chesire  Kenya 2:14:56 Vera Ovcharuk  Ukraine 2:46:04
2012 Negewo Ararisa  Ethiopia 2:13:41 Alice Chelangat  Kenya 2:39:02
2013 Joel Kipsang  Kenya 2:19:28 Nataliya Lehonkova  Ukraine 2:36:50
2014 Freddy Sittuk  Kenya 2:18:30 Bayrush Shiferaw  Ethiopia 2:41:20
2015 Joel Kositany  Kenya 2:19:36 Berhan Gebremichael  Ethiopia 2:40:57
2016 Joel Kositany  Kenya 2:17:39 Berhan Gebremichael  Ethiopia 2:48:26
2017 Bernard Rotich  Kenya 2:16:04 Laura Graham  United Kingdom 2:41:47
2018 Eric Koech  Kenya 2:18:19 Caroline Chepkwony  Kenya 2:41:23
2019 Joel Kositany  Kenya 2:17:09 Caroline Jepchirchir  Kenya 2:34:55
2020 cancelled as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland[11]
2021 Mick Clohisey  Ireland 2:20:42 Fionnuala Ross  Ireland 2:43:42
2022[17] Paul Pollock  Northern Ireland 2:16:16 Gladys Ganiel  Northern Ireland 2:43:49

References

  1. ^ "Belfast City Marathon over the years". BBC News. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Belfast City Marathon: Race returns after Covid cancellations". BBC News. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Belfast City Marathon 2019: Results, pictures and video as record crowd take on new 'longer' route". Belfasttelegraph. 5 May 2019. Around 18,000 took part in the full marathon, the wheelchair race, team relay, walk and fun run [..] With 5,000 taking part in the full marathon
  4. ^ "Belfast Marathon: Kilkeel's Laura Graham aims for repeat win after 2017 triumph". BBC Sport. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Clothes tell the story of the 36th Belfast marathon". Irishtimes.com. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon". aims-worldrunning.org. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Belfast City Marathon 2017: All you need to know". BBC. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Belfast Marathon: Organisers apologise after course is 0.3 miles too long". BBC Sport. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Runners in Belfast City Marathon run extra 0.3 miles after course mix-up". Thejournal.ie. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Belfast Marathon: Coronavirus pandemic forces organisers to cancel 2020 event". BBC Sport. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  11. ^ a b "2020 Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon CANCELLED | Belfast Marathon News | General | news". Belfast City Marathon. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Belfast Marathon moved to September with virtual half race in May". irishnews.com. Irish News. 29 January 2021.
  13. ^ "39th Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon Rescheduled to 3rd October 2021". Belfast City Marathon. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Belfast City Marathon course was too long, organizers say". CNN. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Mash Direct Belfast City Marathon". belfastcity.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  16. ^ "The Moy Park Belfast City Half Marathon". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  17. ^ Belfast City Marathon. 2022. Belfast Marathon Results | results | Belfast City Marathon. [online] Available at: <https://belfastcitymarathon.com/results/2022#fullResults> [Accessed 13 October 2022].

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