Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon

The Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon & 1/2 Marathon is an annual international marathon race which takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. It is part of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series of road running competitions organized by the IRONMAN Group, part of Wanda Sports Holdings.

Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon
DateLate February
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana U.S.A.
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon and half marathon
Established1965
Official siteRock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon
At the starting line for the 2010 Mardi Gras Marathon

The event, held since 1965 (but not in 1968), was taken over by Competitor Group for the 2010 edition and adopted the Rock 'n' Roll Series name after its takeover.[1] For the first edition, the marathon was run as an open class or mass race while the half marathon formed the elite section of the event. The elite competition started strongly, with Martin Lel beating Samuel Wanjiru in the men's section while Berhane Adere and Kim Smith ran the fastest and third-fastest times ever on American soil, for first and second place respectively.[2] A total of around 13,000 runners participated in the day's events.[1] Kim Smith returned in 2011 to set a 19-second personal best of 1:07:36, a new U.S. all-comer's record for the women's half marathon.[3]

Past winners
Martin Lel beat Olympic champion Samuel Wanjiru to win the first half marathon race.

Marathon

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s) Ref
45th 2010  Paul Wachira (KEN) 2:22:31  Karen Barlow (AUS) 2:46:06 [4][5]
46th 2011  Fred Joslyn (USA) 2:18:49  Joasia Zakrzewski (SCO) 2:47:25 [6][7]
47th 2012  Meyer Friedman (USA) 2:27:02  Meggan Franks (CAN) 2:49:06 [8]
48th 2013  Meyer Friedman (USA) 2:28:43  Karen Lockyer (NZL) 2:52:23 [9]
49th 2014  Ben Bruce (USA) 2:21:56  Andrea Duke (USA) 2:58:55
50th 2015  John Brigham (USA) 2:28:45  Samantha Gardner (USA) 3:03:41
51st 2016  Geoffrey Burns (USA) 2:24:57  Meggan Franks (CAN) 2:51:50
52nd 2017  Clay Emge (USA) 2:34:14  Hannah Cooling (USA) 2:50:28
53rd 2018  Marcus Hoof (USA) 2:33:43  Kylen Cieslak (USA) 2:56:36
54th 2019  Ryan Hendricks (USA) 2:33:07  Kayla Campasino (USA) 2:55:03

Half marathon
Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
45th 2010  Martin Lel (KEN) 1:01:07  Berhane Adere (ETH) 1:07:52
46th 2011  Josphat Boit (KEN) 1:03:57  Kim Smith (NZL) 1:07:36
47th 2012  Shadrack Biwott (KEN) 1:04:23  Gabriela Traña (CRC) 1:16:31 (NR)
48th 2013  Mo Farah (GBR) 1:00:59  Meseret Defar (ETH) 1:07:25
49th 2014  Liam Burke (USA) 1:11:35  Karen Lockyer (NZL) 1:20:29
50th 2015  Mike Popejoy (USA) 1:05:18  Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (USA) 1:12:22
51st 2016  Emil Dobrowolski (POL) 1:04:16  Neely Spence Gracey (USA) 1:14:19
52nd 2017  Jack St. Marie (USA) 1:09:04  Neely Spence Gracey (USA) 1:11:02
53rd 2018  Kevin Castille (USA) 1:05:58  Sarah Crouch (USA) 1:17:31
54th 2019  Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 1:01:24  Berhane Dibaba (ETH) 1:11:31

NOTE: 45th refers to the 45th Mardi Gras Marathon overall; Competitor Group began organising the race in 2010.

References
  1. Fitzgerald, Matt (2010-02-28). Lel, Adere Win Inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. Competitor Group. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
  2. Cruz, Dan (2010-03-01). Adere clocks 1:07:52, Lel beats Wanjiru at New Orleans Half Marathon Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
  3. Kim Smith Runs Fastest Half Marathon On U.S. Soil Archived 2016-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. Competitor Group. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
  4. 2010 Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras – Marathon Results. Competitor.com. 2010-02-28. Retrieved on 2012-05-11.
  5. Astleford, Andrew (2010-03-01). Kenyan Paul Wachira, Australian Karen Barlow win Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. New Orleans Running. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
  6. 2011 Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras – Marathon Results Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. Competitor.com. 2011-02-13. Retrieved on 2012-05-11.
  7. Fred Joslyn, Joasia Zakrzewski won the Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon Archived 2011-02-15 at the Wayback Machine. NOLA.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
  8. 2012 Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras – Marathon Results. Competitor.com. 2012-03-04. Retrieved on 2012-05-11.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2013-03-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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