Tiberias Marathon

The Tiberias Marathon is an annual marathon road race held along the Sea of Galilee in Israel, with a field in recent years of approximately 1,000 competitors.[1] The competition was first held in 1977, and also hosts the annual Israeli marathon national championship. It was Israel's first international marathon event.[2]

Tiberias Marathon
Dateearly January
LocationSea of Galilee, Israel
Event typeRoad running
Distance42.195 km
Primary sponsorToto Winner
Established1977
Course recordsMen: 2:07:30 (2012)
Patrick Tambwé
Women: 2:25:45 (2017)
Hiwot Gebrekidan
Official siteTiberias Marathon
Participants1,670 (2020)
1,108 (2019)

The course follows an out-and-back format around the southern tip of the sea, and was run concurrently with a 10k race along an abbreviated version of the same route. In 2010 the 10k race was moved from the afternoon to before the marathon. A 21.1 km race was added in 2018. At approximately 200 meters below sea level, this is the lowest course in the world.

In 2007, a Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete, Mushir Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru Maina), won the race and was briefly stripped of his Bahrani citizenship by the Bahrani governmentDemocratic Republic of the Congo| for competing in Israel.[3] In 2012 Patrick Tambwé, a former Congolese runner representing France, ran a course record of 2:07:30 hours – a time which was the fastest by a European since 2007.[4]

Past winners

Key:   Course record   Race longer than marathon distance

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1977  Werner Dörrenbacher (FRG) 2:19:33  Zehava Shmueli (ISR) 3:02:58
2nd 1978  Kevin Shaw (RSA) 2:14:02  Claire Taylor (RSA) 3:08:18
3rd 1979  Werner Dörrenbacher (FRG) 2:18:31  Mazal Shalom (ISR) 3:16:06
4th 1981 (Jan)  James Dingwall (GBR) 2:16:19  Zehava Shmueli (ISR) 2:52:45
5th 1981 (Dec)  Colin Kirkham (GBR) 2:17:11  Gillian Drake (NZL) 2:46:37
6th 1982  Ralf Salzmann (FRG) 2:16:39  Sally Strauss (USA) 2:46:15
7th 1983  Hans Pfisterer (FRG) 2:20:00  Chantal Langlacé (FRA) 2:41:58
8th 1984  Lindsay Robertson (GBR) 2:16:28  Siv Larsson (SWE) 3:05:19
9th 1985  Lindsay Robertson (GBR) 2:15:39  Sharlet Gilbert (USA) 2:42:54
10th 1986  Yair Karni (ISR) 2:23:12  Kerstin Preßler (GER) 2:36:33
11th 1987  Lindsay Robertson (GBR) 2:16:06  Maija Vuorinen (FIN) 2:42:15
12th 1988  Patrick Joannes (FRA) 2:18:08  Maija Vuorinen (FIN) 2:40:01
13th 1989  Reta Negasa (ETH) 2:15:23  Maria Starovská (TCH) 2:40:39
14th 1990  Ahmed Hussein (ETH) 2:18:55  Valentina Enachi (MDA) 3:00:32
— 1991 Not held
15th 1992  Lemi Chengere (ETH) 2:17:07  Marika Starovska (TCH) 2:34:17
16th 1993  Lemi Chengere (ETH) 2:17:30  Frith van der Merwe (RSA) 2:39:11
17th 1994  Ahmed Hussein (ETH) 2:14:52  Liora Leibowitz (ISR) 2:51:36
18th 1995  Ahmed Hussein (ETH) 2:15:10  Tatyana Leonova (MDA) 2:56:38
19th 1996  Wodage Zvadya (ISR) 2:19:30  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:57:19
20th 1997  Lemi Chengere (ETH) 2:16:41  Alemitu Bekele (ETH) 2:52:48
21st 1998  Moges Taye (ETH) 2:12:51  Abeba Tolla (ETH) 2:41:21
22nd 1999  Dube Jillo (ETH) 2:17:38  Orna Blau (ISR) 2:48:39
23rd 2000  Asaf Bimro (ISR) 2:19:45  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:42:06
24th 2001  Paul Tangus (KEN) 2:17:06  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:44:57
25th 2002  Simon Bor (KEN) 2:16:13  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:36:40
26th 2003  Moges Taye (ETH) 2:12:45  Esther Einer (ISR) 2:51:06
27th 2004  Habtamu Bekele (ETH) 2:15:39  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:38:42
28th 2005  Habtamu Bekele (ETH) 2:18:08  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:44:50
29th 2006  John Rotich (KEN) 2:15:43  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:54:49
30th 2007  Leonard Maina (BHR) 2:13:13  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:39:25
31st 2008  Leonard Maina (KEN) 2:10:32  Nili Abramski (ISR) 2:39:15
32nd 2009  Jackson Kotut (KEN) 2:08:07  Irene Kosgei (KEN) 2:39:07
33rd 2010  Simon Kariuki (KEN) 2:11:09.5  Emily Samoei (KEN) 2:36:40.3
34th 2011  Stephen Chemlany (KEN) 2:10:02  Abaynesh Sisay (ETH) 2:44:31
35th 2012  Patrick Tambwé (FRA) 2:07:30  Tinibt Gidey (ETH) 2:40:08
36th 2013  Dominic Ondoro (KEN) 2:08:00  Ashete Bekere (ETH) 2:40:22
37th 2014  Tariku Jufar (ETH) 2:10:32  Divina Jepkosgei (KEN) 2:34:41
38th 2015  Hailu Mekonnen (ETH) 2:12:32  Riki Salem (ISR) 2:54:02
39th 2016  Teferi Kebede (ETH) 2:15:31  Edinah Kwambai (KEN) 2:51:16
40th 2017  Habtamu Wegi (ETH) 2:16:39  Hiwot Gebrekidan (ETH) 2:25:45
41st 2018  Girmaw Amare (ISR) 2:15:31  Ayantu Abera (ETH) 2:40:37
42nd 2019  Haimro Almaya (ISR) 2:15:16  Beatie Deutsch (ISR) 2:42:18
43rd 2020  Tachlowini Gabriyesos Malka (ERI) 2:14:56  Beatie Deutsch (ISR) 2:32:25

Wins by country
Country Men's race Women's race Total
 Ethiopia16723
 Israel51823
 Kenya8412
 Great Britain505
 Germany415
 France213
 South Africa123
 Finland022
 Moldova022
 Czechoslovakia022
 United States022
 Bahrain101
 Eritrea101
 New Zealand011
 Sweden011
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See also

References
  1. Jacobs, Megan (10 January 2008). "Track & Field: Muturi returns to defend Tiberias title". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  2. This Week in NYRR History. New York Road Runners. Retrieved on 2011-01-14.
  3. Sharrock, David (9 January 2007). "How an Arab who used to be Kenyan made history running in Israel — and ended up in a hell of a state". Times Online. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  4. France's Tambwe triumphs in Tiberias Marathon in 2:07:30 Archived 2012-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2012-01-14). Retrieved on 2012-01-15.
List of winners


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