Bengaluru Marathon

Bengaluru Marathon
Running past the Vidhana Soudha in 2006
Date	October
Location	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Distance	Marathon
Primary sponsor	Wipro
Established	2005(20 years ago) (2005) (Crossover era) 2014(11 years ago) (2014) (NEB Sports era)
Course records	Crossover era: Men: 2:22:32 (2007) Eston Nyaga Women: 2:45:34 (2005) Marashet Jimma
Official site	Official website

The Wipro Bengaluru Marathon is an annual marathon running event held in Bengaluru, India.

History

Crossover era

The inaugural marathon was held on 15 May 2005 as the "Lipton Bangalore International Marathon". ^{[1] [2]} Organized by Crossover Consulting, the full marathon race had about 200 participants, with about 400 runners joining the half marathon, and 15,000 taking part in the 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) Celebration Run. ^{[1] [3]} The marathon was won by Kennedy Chinna Ramu, a local 28-year-old man, with a time of 2:23:46, nearly five minutes faster than the runner-up. ^{[1] [3]}

The second marathon was scheduled for 17 September 2006. The winners were, in the full marathon men's division, H A Chinnappa, with a time of 2:35:19, in the full marathon women's division, Deepthi Ashok, with a time of 4:13:13, in the half marathon men's division, Irappa D Akki, with a time of 1:04:21, and in the half marathon women's division, K B with a time of 1:23:55.

The third edition of the marathon was held as the "BSNL Bangalore International Marathon" on 16 December 2007. ^{[4] [5]} Many marathoners, including the lead runners, had to run from barking dogs and take involuntary breaks due to traffic. ^{[4] [a]}

The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) has no record of a marathon occurring in Bengaluru in 2008. ^[6]

NEB Sports era

The first marathon of the current era was held on 19 October 2014 as the "Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon". ^[7] It was organized by NEB Sports and members of the running community of Bengaluru. ^[7]

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 24 January 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. ^{[8] [9] [b]}

Course

External images
Course map of full marathon in 2016 [10]
Course map of full marathon in 2019 [11]

The marathon is a double-loop course ^[c] that begins and ends in Sree Kanteerava Stadium. ^[11] The course makes extensive use of Cubbon Park as well as Mahatma Gandhi Road and Cubbon Road. ^[11]

Winners

Key:    Course record (in bold)

Crossover era

Ed.	Year	Men's Winner	Time [d]	Women's Winner	Time [d]	Rf.
1	2005	Kennedy Chinna Ramu  (IND)	2:23:46	Marashet Jimma  (ETH)	2:45:34	[3]
2	2006	Appachu Chinnappa  (IND)	2:25:19	Deepti Ashok  (IND)	4:13:13
3	2007	Eston Nyaga  (KEN)	2:22:32	none [e]		[12] [14]

NEB Sports era

Ed.	Year	Men's Winner	Time [d]	Women's Winner	Time [d]	Rf.
1	2014	Tirath Kumar  (IND)	2:25:51	Shamli Singh  (IND)	3:16:18
2	2015	Rashpal Singh  (IND)	2:24:22	Jyoti Gawate  (IND)	2:56:36
3	2016	Bahadur Dhoni  (IND)	2:29:10	Jyoti Gawate  (IND)	2:59:37
4	2017	Sanjit Luwang  (IND)	2:24:56	Jyoti Gawate  (IND)	3:07:54
5	2018	Mikiyas Yemata  (ETH)	2:35:20	Aneeta Chaudhary  (IND)	3:11:53
6	2019	Bijay Deka  (IND)	2:35:27	KM Laxmi  (IND) [f]	3:24:10	[16] [17]
–	2020	postponed due to coronavirus pandemic				[9]
7	2021	Adithya Udupa  (IND)	2:51:13	Vandana Arora  (IND)	3:28:09
8	2022	Appachangada Belliappa  (IND)	2:22:03	Divyanka Chaudhary  (IND)	3:32:12
9	2024	Kartik Kumar  (IND)	2:22:50	KM Laxmi  (IND)	3:00:21

Notes

1. Even the marathon's eventual winner was forced to stop for traffic near Ulsoor Lake. ^[4]
2. It had initially been postponed to 13 December 2020. ^[8]
3. Half marathoners run the loop once. ^[11]
4. h:m:s
5. Both ARRS and the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races record no female finishers for the BSNL Bangalore International Marathon of 2007, although it is unclear if any females started, or if only males were permitted to run. ^{[12] [13]}
6. Official result of female winner only reports one name. ^[15]

References

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2. "The great race: Tech City on the run". The Times of India. 14 April 2005. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018.
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4. "Telgi, aides sentenced | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
5. "Ngirnyaga from Kenya, who won the BSNL Bangalore International Marath…". Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
6. "Ml_2008". Archived from the original on 8 June 2020.
7. "Bengaluru Marathon". Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
8. "Bengaluru Marathon 2020". Archived from the original on 8 November 2020.
9. "Bengaluru Marathon 2021". Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
10. "Bengaluru Marathon 2020". Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
11. "Bengaluru Marathon-2019". Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
12. "December 2007 AIMS Results". Archived from the original on 1 February 2020.
13. "Untitled". Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
14. https://archive.today/20201216085340/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/eston-nyaga-014209470
15. "Shriram Properties Bengaluru Marathon 2019 - Results Provided by Spor…". Archived from the original on 16 December 2020.
16. "AIMS | Race results for 2019". aims-worldrunning.org. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
17. https://archive.today/20201216172343/https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/bijay-laxmi-triumph-in-bengaluru-marathon-768290.html