Nairobi Marathon
Nairobi Marathon is an annual road running competition over the marathon distance held in October in Nairobi, Kenya. First held in 2003, the competition expanded and now includes a half marathon race along with the main race.[1]
Nairobi Marathon | |
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Date | Late November |
Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon, Half marathon |
Primary sponsor | Standard Chartered |
Established | 2003 |
Course records | Men's: 2:10:12 (2009)![]() Women's: 2:28:04 (2012) ![]() |
Official site | Nairobi Marathon |
Participants | 544 (2019) 499 (2018) |
It was part of "The Greatest Race on Earth", fully sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank. The other three legs of this four-marathon race were the Hong Kong Marathon, the Mumbai Marathon and the Singapore Marathon.
Past winners
Marathon
![](../I/m/Alice_Chelangat_at_the_2007_Boston_Marathon.jpg)
Alice Chelangat was the inaugural women's marathon winner.
Key: Course record
Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 2003 | ![]() |
2:15:40 | ![]() |
2:41:27 |
2nd | 2004 | ![]() |
2:11:50 | ![]() |
2:39:27 |
3rd | 2005 | ![]() |
2:12:15 | ![]() |
2:36:08 |
4th | 2006 | ![]() |
2:10:17 | ![]() |
2:32:42 |
5th | 2007 | ![]() |
2:15:50 | ![]() |
2:44:14 |
6th | 2008 | ![]() |
2:10:30 | ![]() |
2:33:42 |
7th | 2009 | ![]() |
2:10:12 | ![]() |
2:28:57 |
8th | 2010 | ![]() |
2:10:31 | ![]() |
2:31:11 |
9th | 2011 | ![]() |
2:10:55 | ![]() |
2:30:17 |
10th | 2012 | ![]() |
2:10:40 | ![]() |
2:28:04 |
11th | 2013 | ![]() |
2:11:40 | ![]() |
2:33:18 |
12th | 2014 | ![]() |
2:12:24 | ![]() |
2:32:02 |
13th | 2015 | ![]() |
2:13:25 | ![]() |
2:29:32 |
14th | 2016 | ![]() |
2:13:27 | ![]() |
2:34:18 |
15th | 2017 | ![]() |
2:12:39 | ![]() |
2:31:41 |
16th | 2018 | ![]() |
2:14:19 | ![]() |
2:33:11 |
17th | 2019 | ![]() |
2:10:43 | ![]() |
2:30:34 |
Half marathon
Key: Course record
Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 2004 | ![]() |
1:04:21 | ![]() |
1:16:24 |
2nd | 2005 | ![]() |
1:01:34 | ![]() |
1:13:33 |
3rd | 2006 | ![]() |
1:01:21 | ![]() |
1:10:49 |
4th | 2007 | ![]() |
1:05:58 | ![]() |
1:18:04 |
5th | 2008 | ![]() |
1:02:23 | ![]() |
1:11:07 |
6th | 2009 | ![]() |
1:01:54 | ![]() |
1:12:18 |
7th | 2010 | ![]() |
1:02:15 | ![]() |
1:12:47 |
8th | 2011 | ![]() |
1:01:31 | ![]() |
1:12:10 |
9th | 2012 | ![]() |
1:02:19 | ![]() |
1:08:12 |
10th | 2013 | ![]() |
1:02:55 | ![]() |
1:11:52 |
11th | 2014 | ![]() |
1:03:12 | ![]() |
1:14:52 |
12th | 2015 | ![]() |
1:02:42 | ![]() |
1:11:17 |
13th | 2016 | ![]() |
1:02:53 | ![]() |
1:12:26 |
14th | 2017 | ![]() |
1:03:26 | ![]() |
1:11:04 |
15th | 2018 | ![]() |
1:04:57 | ![]() |
1:12:06 |
16th | 2019 | ![]() |
1:01:52 | ![]() |
1:11:51 |
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References
- The Standard, October 22, 2006: The evolution of Nairobi International Marathon
External links
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