Bangalore Marathon

The Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon is a marathon running event in the Indian city of Bangalore. It was originally organised by Lipton, and first ran on 15 May 2005.[1] The winners were K.C. Ramu of India (men's), and Marashet Jimma of Ethiopia (women's).[2] The second marathon was scheduled for 17 September 2006. The winners were, in the full marathon men's division, H A Chinnappa, with a time of 2:35:19, in the full marathon women's division, Deepthi Ashok, with a time of 4:13:13, in the half marathon men's division, Irappa D Akki, with a time of 1:04:21, and in the half marathon women's division, K B with a time of 1:23:55.

Bangalore Marathon
DateOctober
LocationBangalore, Karnataka, India
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorShriram Properties
Established15 May 2005 (2005-05-15)
Course recordsMen's: 2:22:32 (2007)
Eston Nyaga
Women's: 2:45:34 (2005)
Marashet Jumma
Official siteBangalore Marathon

Since 2014

After several years of inactivity, the annual marathons resumed on 19 October 2014.

  • Bangalore Marathon 2014.
  • Bangalore Marathon 2015.

List of winners

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's Winner Time (h:m:s) Women's Winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2005  Kennady Chinna (IND) 2:23:46  Marashet Jumma (ETH) 2:45:34
2nd 2006  Appachu Chinnappa (IND) 2:25:19  Deepti Ashok (IND) 4:13:13
3rd 2007  Eston Nyaga (KEN) 2:22:32 n/a
– 2008 Did not hold
– 2009
– 2010
– 2011
– 2012
– 2013
4th 2014  Tirath Kumar (IND) 2:25:51  Shamli Singh (IND) 3:16:18
5th 2015  Rashpal Singh (IND) 2:24:22  Jyoti Gawate (IND) 2:56:36
6th 2016  Bahadur Dhoni (IND) 2:29:10  Jyoti Gawate (IND) 2:59:37
7th 2017  Sanjit Luwang (IND) 2:24:56  Jyoti Gawate (IND) 3:07:54
8th 2018  Mikiyas Yemata (ETH) 2:35:20  Aneeta Chaudhary (IND) 3:11:53
9th 2019  Bijay Deka (IND) 2:35:27  Lakshmi (IND) 3:24:10
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References
  1. "The great race: Tech City on the run". The Times of India. 14 April 2005.
  2. Nair, Avinash (16 May 2005). "Ramu overcomes Ethiopian challenge". The Hindu.


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