Ljubljana Marathon

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Ljubljana Marathon
The Ljubljana Marathon Logo
DateLast Sunday in October
LocationLjubljana, Slovenia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorVolkswagen
Established1996 (28 years ago) (1996)
Course recordsMen's: 2:04:58 (2018)
Ethiopia Sisay Lemma
Women's: 2:21:05 (2023)
Ethiopia Gerado Senbeta Zinash
Official siteLjubljana Marathon
Participants1,208 finishers (2022)
644 (2021)
1,517 (2019)
1,664 (2018)
Running on Vienna Street [sl] under a railway bridge near Ljubljana station about one kilometre into the race, 2015

The Ljubljana Marathon (

City Municipality of Ljubljana
(MOL). It has been taking place since 1996 and attracts several thousand people each year.

History

The marathon was first held on 27 October 1996.[1][2] A total of 673 runners participated in the inaugural event, with 153 runners taking part in the marathon.[3]

In 2020, the 25th Ljubljana Marathon was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or obtaining a full refund.[4][5] However, the marathon organizers were also planning to hold another marathon that was compliant with coronavirus restrictions, called the "Maraton po Ljubljani",[a] on the originally scheduled date of 25 October 2020, with only up to 450[b] runners allowed to take part.[4][7][c] Nine days before the scheduled date, the Maraton po Ljubljani was cancelled due to the second wave of the pandemic, with all registrants automatically receiving refunds.[8][9]

Course

External images
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2015[10]
image icon Course map of full marathon in 2019[11]
Profile of full marathon in 2015

The marathon runs on roughly a loop course that begins on Slovenia Street [sl] near the national theatre and ends about a block away in Congress Square.[11]

Runners first run north along Slovenia Street into the Bežigrad District before heading west into the Šiška and Dravlje Districts.[11] The course then heads south into the Rožnik District, running west of Rožnik Hill, before heading back toward the city centre for the halfway point.[11]

The marathon then briefly heads southwest into the Vič District before heading east through the Trnovo and Rudnik Districts.[11] Runners then head back northwest to the Ljubljanica river, roughly following the river northeast until they cross Zalog Street [sl].[11] The course then enters the Jarše District by running northwest along Kajuh Street [sl] before the marathoners enter the Bežigrad District again and then head back south to the city centre to finish at Congress Square.[11]

Other races

Teenagers running on Slovenia Street [sl] in front of Hotel Slon [sl], 2013

In addition to the marathon, a half marathon (21.098 km (13.110 mi)), a 10K run, a fun run (3.150 km (1.957 mi)), and a free run for kids (200 m (660 ft)) are organised.[12][13][14] A number of races of different lengths for schoolchildren of different ages are also held.[12]

Winners

Start line of 20th edition in 2015
Finish line in 2015
The 11th Ljubljana Marathon
Total participants in all races

Key:    Course record

Year Men's winner Time[d] Women's winner Time[d] Rf.
2023  Kipngetich Edmond (KEN) 2:06:47  Gerado Senbeta Zinash (ETH) 2:21:05
2022  Gebretsadik Abraha (ETH) 2:06:09  Dagne Siranesh Yirga (ETH) 2:21:08 [15]
2021  Ernest Tarus (KEN) 2:22:39  Grace Momanyi (KEN) 2:38:10
2020 postponed due to coronavirus pandemic [4]
2019  Kelkile Gezahegn (ETH) 2:07:29  Bornes Chepkirui (KEN) 2:21:26
2018  Sisay Lemma (ETH) 2:04:58  Visiline Jepkesho (KEN) 2:22:58
2017  Marius Kimutai (BHR) 2:08:33  Shuko Genemo (ETH) 2:27:02
2016  Laban Mutai (KEN) 2:09:16  Purity Changwony (KEN) 2:29:32| [e]
2015  Limenih Getachew (ETH) 2:08:19  Melkam Gizaw (ETH) 2:25:42
2014  Ishhimael Chemtan (KEN) 2:08:25  Janet Rono (KEN) 2:29:16
2013  Mulugeta Wami (ETH) 2:10:26  Caroline Chepkwony (KEN) 2:27:27 [17]
2012  Berhanu Shiferaw (ETH) 2:09:40  Workenesh Tola (ETH) 2:30:45
2011  Daniel Too (KEN) 2:08:25  Lydia Kurgat (KEN) 2:33:01 [18][19]
2010  Evans Ruto (KEN) 2:10:17  Tiruwork Mekonnen (ETH) 2:37:16
2009  William Biama (KEN) 2:10:12  Caroline Kilel (KEN) 2:25:24
2008  Abraham Mulu (ETH) 2:14:41  
Tetyana Mezentseva
 (UKR) 		2:37:13
2007  
Oleksandr Sitkovskyy
 (UKR) 		2:12:49  Tetyana Filonyuk (UKR) 2:34:58
2006  Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI) 2:14:14  Inga Juodeškiene (LTU) 3:01:55
2005  Samuel Nganga (KEN) 2:15:47  Daneja Grandovec (SLO) 2:50:42
2004  Joachim Nshimirimana (BDI) 2:13:31  Yelena Razdrogina (RUS) 2:46:30
2003  Andriy Naumov (UKR) 2:13:58  Galina Zhulyeva (UKR) 2:38:13
2002  Andriy Naumov (UKR) 2:14:30  Galina Zhulyeva (UKR) 2:39:36
2001  Roman Kejžar (SLO) 2:22:57  Nada Rotovnik-Kozjek (SLO) 3:09:47
2000  Patrick Chumba (KEN) 2:13:35  Maria Luisa Costetti (ITA) 3:08:38
1999  Woliye Jara (ETH) 2:20:53  Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:52:25
1998  Piotr Pobłocki (POL) 2:18:20  Helena Javornik (SLO) 2:32:33
1997  Charles Subano (KEN) 2:19:28  Helena Javornik (SLO) 2:40:05
1996  Roman Kejžar (SLO) 2:20:12  Helena Javornik (SLO) 2:37:58

Statistics

Note: Marathon statistics only

Multiple wins

Winners by country

Country Men's race Women's race Total
 Kenya 11 7 18
 Ethiopia 7 6 13
 Ukraine 3 4 7
 Slovenia 2 5 7
 Russia 0 2 2
 Burundi 2 0 2
 Poland 1 0 1
 Lithuania 0 1 1
 Italy 0 1 1

Notes

  1. ^ This race has been referred to in English as the "Marathon on the Streets of Ljubljana".[5]
  2. ^ The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) does not allow organized events to exceed 500 participants, and there would be about 50 organizers present during the race.[6]
  3. ^ A separate registration process for the Maraton po Ljubljani was scheduled to open on 1 October at 10:25.[4] In addition, this race would not be considered a Ljubljana Marathon so that the 25th Ljubljana Marathon would not be celebrated in 2020.[7]
  4. ^ a b h:m:s
  5. ^ Levy Matebo Omari would finish 1st with a course record (unofficial 2:07:40) but was mislead buy an official TV-car at 40 km and had to run an extra distance of around 450 m [16]

References

  1. ^ "Ljubljana Marathon".
  2. ^ "History".
  3. ^ "Participation".
  4. ^ a b c d "Volkswagen 25. Ljubljanski maraton se prestavi v leto 2021, vseeno pa bomo v Ljubljani tekli! | Novice | Volkswagen Ljubljanski maraton".
  5. ^ a b "The Volkswagen 25th Ljubljana Marathon is POSTPONED to 2021, but we will still be running in Ljubljana | News | Volkswagen Ljubljana marathon".
  6. ^ "Maraton po Ljubljani bo, a z le 450 tekmovalci".
  7. ^ a b "Ljubljanskega maratona ne bo, bo pa maraton po Ljubljani".
  8. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20201017004314/https://vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si/en/news/cacneled
  9. ^ "Next Weekend's Ljubljana Marathon 2020 Called off".
  10. ^ "Volkswagen 20. Ljubljanski maraton". vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "Refreshment and water stations | News | Volkswagen Ljubljanski maraton". vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si. Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Volkswagen Ljubljanski maraton". vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Fun run | Volkswagen Ljubljana marathon". Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  14. ^ "Lumpi run | Volkswagen Ljubljana marathon". vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si. Archived from the original on 2020-09-19.
  15. ^ "Timing Ljubljana". VW 26. Ljubljanski maraton 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Ljubljanski maraton: Tretjeuvrščenemu višja nagrada kot zmagovalcu". rtvslo.si. Rtv SLO. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  17. IAAF
    . 27 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  18. ^ "Ljubljanski Maraton". www.timingljubljana.si. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Ljubljanski Maraton". www.timingljubljana.si. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

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