Great Ocean Road Marathon

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Victoria, Australia since 2005. The main race stretches 44km from Lorne to Apollo Bay along the coastal route. It is the main race within the annual Great Ocean Road Running Festival, which also includes 60km, 23km and 6km runs, 5km and 10km walks and a 1.5km Kids Gallop. In 2019 a total of 8200 runners took part across the events.[1] The event began in 2005,[2] founded by Les Noseda with the assistance of The Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce, Ross Stephens, Nick Polgeeft, Gerry Tidd and Joe Di Ceccio.[3] It is now owned by IMG. The course record of 2:27:37 was set in 2019 by Australian runner Nick Earl.[4][5] Earl broke the previous record of 2:27:42 set in 2011 by James Kipkelwon of Kenya, who also won the event in 2012.[6]

Past winners

Key:   Course record   Country's championship race

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2005 [7]  Elkana Machuka (KEN) 2:31:13  Rosie Doran (AUS) 3:31:09
2nd 2006  James Kariuki (KEN) 2:43:55  Nadelle Legge (AUS) 3:15:36
3rd 2007  David Mutua (KEN) 2:36:35  Helen Stanton (AUS) 2:58:15
4th 2008 [8]  David Mutua (KEN) 2:36:43  Helen Stanton (AUS) 3:10:59
5th 2009  Charles Muturi (KEN) 2:44:55  Helen Stanton (AUS) 2:59:41
6th 2010  Mark Tucker (AUS) 2:29:41  Lucie Hardiman (AUS) 3:07:41
7th 2011  James Kipkelwon (KEN) 2:29:16  Natalie Mensch (AUS) 3:20:16
8th 2012  James Kipkelwon (KEN) 2:27:42  Kelly Jarret (AUS) 2:59:36
9th 2013 [9]  Joel Chepkopol (KEN) 2:27:50  Tracie Kaye (AUS) 3:08:44
10th 2014  Alexander Matthews (AUS) 2:32:33  Kirstin Bull (AUS) 3:07:51
11th 2015  Julian Spence (AUS) 2:37:23  Kirstin Bull (AUS) 3:01:56
12th 2016  Julian Spence (AUS) 2:33:00  Kirstin Bull (AUS) 3:06:37
13th 2017  Julian Spence (AUS) 2:32:44  Jane Fardell (AUS) 3:10:53
14th 2018  Julian Spence (AUS) 2:35:43  Rhiannon Snipe (AUS) 3:06:32
15th 2019 [10]  Nick Earl (GBR) 2:27:37  Rhiannon Snipe (AUS) 3:04:36
2020 postponed due to coronavirus pandemic
16th 2021  John Csongei (AUS) 2:48:20  Aleara Wallace (AUS) 3:09:16
17th 2022  Dion Finocchiaro (AUS) 2:30:20  Kirstin Bull (AUS) 3:04:28


References

  1. ^ "Great Ocean Road Running Festival clocks an event PB". Great Ocean Road Running Festival. 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Agony meets ecstacy at the Great Ocean Road Marathon". Geelong Advertiser. 16 May 2014.
  3. ^ "ParlInfo - ADJOURNMENT: Great Ocean Road International Marathon". PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA (aph.gov.au).
  4. ^ "Community Sports: Melbourne high for local runner | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  5. ^ "2019 Marathon Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". tomatotiming.racetecresults.com. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  6. ^ Sum, Eliza (22 May 2012). "Highton man second in marathon". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Australian Ultra Runners Association". www.aura.asn.au. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  8. ^ "Great Ocean Road Marathon". www.marathonguide.com/. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  9. ^ "Past Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". greatoceanroadrunfest.com.au. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  10. ^ "2019 Marathon Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". tomatotiming.racetecresults.com. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.

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