Baltimore Marathon

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Baltimore Marathon
Runners on Patterson Park Avenue during the 2015 Marathon.jpg
Runners at the 2015 Baltimore Marathon
DateMid-October
Location Baltimore, Maryland
Event typeRoad
Distance Marathon
Established2001
Course records2:11:56 (M) 2:29:11 (F)
Official site www.thebaltimoremarathon.com

The Baltimore Marathon is the flagship race of several races held in Baltimore, Maryland known collectively as the Baltimore Running Festival.

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The event was once one of the fastest-growing marathons in the United States, [1] but the number of finishers in the marathon has declined each year since 2013. Additionally, the number of elite runners attending has almost disappeared since the elimination of prize money for winners following the 2012 running of the marathon. Currently Julius Kipyego Keter holds the men's record at 2:11:56 and Olena Shurkhno holds the women's record at 2:29:11. [2]

The marathon begins at the Camden Yards sports complex and travels through many diverse neighborhoods of Baltimore, including the scenic Inner Harbor waterfront area, historic Federal Hill, Fells Point, and Canton, Baltimore. The race then proceeds to other important focal points of the city such as Patterson Park, Clifton Park, Lake Montebello, the Charles Village neighborhood and the western edge of downtown. After winding through 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) of Baltimore, the race ends in the Inner Harbor.

The competition was first held in 2001, but the city has featured marathon races prior to the current incarnation: the Maryland Marathon was held from 1973 to 1980 and this evolved into the Baltimore City Marathon, which was held from 1981 to 1989. [3]

Past winners

Key:  Course record

EditionYearMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
1st1973Flag of the United States.svg Victor Nelson (USA)2:22:56.6Flag of the United States.svg  Kathrine Switzer  (USA)3:10:37
2nd1974Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ron Hill  (GBR)2:17:23Flag of the United States.svg  Kathrine Switzer  (USA)3:05:51
3rd1975Flag of the United States.svg John Vitale (USA)2:17:02Flag of Germany.svg  Liane Winter  (GER)2:53:23.2
4th1976Flag of the United States.svg  Bill Rodgers  (USA)2:14:23Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Matovcik (USA)3:03:23
5th1977Flag of the United States.svg  Garry Bjorklund  (USA)2:13:47Flag of the United States.svg Marilyn Bevans (USA)2:51:18
6th1978Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Bradley (USA)2:19:36.2Flag of the United States.svg  Kathy Heckman  (USA)2:55:35
7th1979Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Foster (USA)2:19:26Flag of the United States.svg Marilyn Bevans (USA)2:54:35
8th1980Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jerome Drayton  (CAN)2:19:45Flag of the United States.svg Jean Kerr (USA)2:49:13
9th1981Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christopher Stewart (GBR)2:19:55Flag of the United States.svg  Kathy Heckman  (USA)2:49:12
10th1982Flag of the United States.svg Terry Rauch (USA)2:26:22Flag of the United States.svg Vera Thornhill (USA)3:06:38
11th1983 (Apr)Flag of the United States.svg Matt Tobin (USA)2:23:05Flag of the United States.svg Margaret Rosasco (USA)3:03:44
12th1983 (Nov)Flag of the United States.svg David Shafer (USA)2:20:08Flag of the United States.svg Pat Wilkerson (USA)2:49:23
13th1985Flag of the United States.svg Zdzislaw Szmit (USA)2:17:47Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Kelly (USA)2:53:51
14th1986Flag of the United States.svg Steve Molnar (USA)2:27:34Flag of the United States.svg Rose Malloy (USA)2:55:45
15th1987Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gordon Christie (CAN)2:24:49Flag of the United States.svg Christine Gibbons (USA)2:51:49
16th1988Flag of the United States.svg Tom Stevens (USA)2:22:42Flag of the United States.svg  Marianne Dickerson  (USA)2:41:05
17th1989Flag of the United States.svg Robert Yara (USA)2:29:07Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Ventura-Merkel (USA)3:02:25
1990–2000Not heldNot held
18th2001Flag of Kenya.svg  Luka Cherono  (KEN)2:19:46Flag of Russia.svg  Elvira Kolpakova  (RUS)2:52:08
19th2002Flag of Kenya.svg  Eric Kimaiyo  (KEN)2:17:44Flag of Russia.svg  Elvira Kolpakova  (RUS)2:50:01
20th2003Flag of Kenya.svg  Eric Kimaiyo  (KEN)2:18:41Flag of Russia.svg  Elvira Kolpakova  (RUS)2:48:50
21st2004Flag of Kenya.svg  John Itati  (KEN)2:14:51Flag of Russia.svg  Ramilya Burangulova  (RUS)2:40:21
22nd2005Flag of Ukraine.svg  Mykola Antonenko  (UKR)2:15:40Flag of Russia.svg  Ramilya Burangulova  (RUS)2:42:00
23rd2006Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Yerefu Birhanu  (ETH)2:16:27Flag of Ukraine.svg  Rimma Dubovik  (UKR)2:35:45
24th2007Flag of Kenya.svg  John Itati  (KEN)2:16:24Flag of Kenya.svg  Gladys Asiba  (KEN)2:36:27
25th2008Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kipyego Keter  (KEN)2:11:56Flag of Peru.svg  Maria Portilla  (PER)2:36:32
26th2009Flag of Kenya.svg  Alphonse Yatich Kibor  (KEN)2:14:04Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Iuliia Arkhipova  (KGZ)2:32:09
27th2010Flag of Kenya.svg  David Ruto Kipkorir  (KEN)2:13:11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Shurkhno  (UKR)2:32:17
28th2011Flag of Kenya.svg  Stephen Muange  (KEN)2:15:16Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Shurkhno  (UKR)2:29:11
29th2012Flag of Kenya.svg  Stephen Muange  (KEN)2:13:08Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Elfheshe Yado  (ETH)2:38:46
30th2013Flag of the United States.svg  David Berdan  (USA)2:30:05Flag of the United States.svg  Elizabeth Perry  (USA)2:58:00
31st2014Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Rosenberg  (USA)2:33:27Flag of the United States.svg  Alex Wang  (USA)2:58:41
32nd2015Flag of the United States.svg  David Berdan  (USA)2:30:21Flag of the United States.svg  Caitlin Gaughan  (USA)2:58:13
33rd2016Flag of the United States.svg  Patrick Hearn  (USA)2:26:19Flag of the United States.svg  Caitlyn Tateishi  (USA)2:55:42
34th2017Flag of the United States.svg  Jordan Tropf  (USA)2:29:06Flag of the United States.svg  Silvia Baage  (USA)2:58:36
35th2018Flag of the United States.svg  Jeffrey Redfern  (USA)2:30:26Flag of France.svg  Julia Roman-Duval  (FRA)2:47:42
36th2019Flag of the United States.svg  Jeremy Ardanuy  (USA)2:27:16Flag of the United States.svg  Natalie Atabek  (USA)2:58:57
2020Not heldNot held
37th2021Flag of the United States.svg  Jeremy Ardanuy  (USA)2:26:49Flag of the United States.svg  Joanna Hayes  (USA)3:10:11
38th2022Flag of the United States.svg  Robert Creese  (USA)2:26:45Flag of the United States.svg  Julia Roman-Duval  (USA)2:46:48
39th2023Flag of the United States.svg  Zachary Ripley  (USA)2:28:12Flag of the United States.svg  Emily Royston  (USA)2:52:23

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List of winners