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
Date	October
Location	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Distance	Marathon
Primary sponsor	Shriram Properties
Established	15 May 2005 (2005-05-15)
Course records	Men's: 2:22:32 (2007) Eston Nyaga Women's: 2:45:34 (2005) Marashet Jumma
Official site	Bangalore 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

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.