Penang Bridge International Marathon

The Penang Bridge International Marathon (Malay: Maraton Antarabangsa Jambatan Pulau Pinang) or Penang Bridge Marathon is an annual marathon event held at Penang Bridge in Penang, Malaysia. It is organised by Penang State Tourism Development office and fully supported by the Penang State Government.

Penang Bridge International Marathon
Penang Bridge at sunrise
Datelate November
LocationPenang, Malaysia
Event typeBridge
DistanceMarathon
Established1984
Course recordsMen: 2:19:49 (2014)
Alex Melly
Women: 2:46:44 (2017)
Margaret Wangui
Official sitePenang Bridge Marathon

Details

The event was established in 1984 and is usually held at Penang Bridge in late November every year with the exception of 2014, in which the event was held at Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge which also known as the Penang Second Bridge. During the competition, participants run over the bridge and along a scenic coastal highway.[1] Known as the biggest run in the country, the Penang Bridge International Marathon incorporates a full marathon and a half-marathon event. The competition also had a 8 km fun run event and a quarter-marathon or 10 km run event. But as part of the rebranding exercise, they were removed in 2018 and 2020 respectively.[2][3][4]

Results

Full marathon

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1984  Budd Coates (USA) 2:29:59  Leslie Watson (GBR) 3:02:43
2nd 1985  Hiroaki Oyagi (JPN) 2:27:52  Fung-fan Wong (HKG) 3:01:08
3rd 1986  Shin Yen-ho (TPE) 2:28:14  Satsuko Hanafusa (JPN) 2:58:00
4th 1987  Jimmy de la Torre (PHI) 2:29:52  Satsuko Hanafusa (JPN) 2:54:58
5th 1988  Doug Kurtis (USA) 2:29:40  Satsuko Hanafusa (JPN) 3:10:24
6th 1989  Amaram Raman (MYS) 2:35:09  Sunita Godara (IND) 3:03:02
7th 1990  Trevor Scott (AUS) 2:34:13  Sunita Godara (IND) 3:00:56
8th 1991  Hsu Gi-sheng (TPE) 2:29:29  Sunita Godara (IND) 3:01:29
9th 1992  Trevor Scott (AUS) 2:31:15  Sunita Godara (IND) 2:55:06
10th 1993  Daniel Shungea (KEN) 2:26:12  Karen Moir (AUS) 2:55:12
11th 1994  Daniel Shungea (KEN) 2:28:59  Franca Fiacconi (ITA) 2:56:49
— 1995–2002 Did not held
12th 2003  John Kelai (KEN) 2:29:56  Yuan Yu Fang (MYS) 3:00:19
13th 2004  John Kelai (KEN) 2:29:56 Result not available
— 2005 Did not held
14th 2006  Samuel Tarus (KEN) 2:37:11  Devamani Sothie (MYS) 3:21:02
15th 2007  Sammy Kurgat (KEN) 2:26:00  Devamani Sothie (MYS) 3:16:02
16th 2008  Benjamin Metto (KEN) 2:24:50  Doris Chepchumba (KEN) 3:14:04
17th 2009  Kennedy Melly (KEN) 2:23:55  Doris Chepchumba (KEN) 3:08:37
18th 2010  Alex Melly (KEN) 2:24:30  Rose Chesire (KEN) 2:59:14
19th 2011  Charles Kigen (KEN) 2:21:56  Margaret Wangui (KEN) 3:06:38
20th 2012  Isaac Kimaiyo (KEN) 2:31:02  Monika Fischer (GER) 3:25:10
21st 2013  James Cherutich (KEN) 2:24:42  Naomi Wangui (KEN) 2:53:03
22nd 2014  Alex Melly (KEN) 2:19:49  Margaret Wangui (KEN) 2:58:41
23rd 2015  Julius Seurei (KEN) 2:22:07  Fridah Lodepa (KEN) 2:47:48
24th 2016  Bernard Muthoni (KEN) 2:27:45  Margaret Wangui (KEN) 2:53:10
25th 2017  Josphat Too (KEN) 2:23:31  Margaret Wangui (KEN) 2:46:44
26th 2018  James Tallam (KEN) 2:24:23  Peninah Kigen (KEN) 2:46:54
27th 2019  Moses Kiptoo (KEN) 2:20:05  Peninah Kigen (KEN) 2:51:50
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References
  1. "About - Penang Marathon".
  2. "10km race dropped from Penang Bridge marathon next year".
  3. "Yeoh: PBIM will omit 10km run from 2020".
  4. "No more fun run for Penang bridge marathon".
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