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| Bengaluru Marathon | |
|---|---|
 Running past the Vidhana Soudha in 2006 | |
| Date | October |
| Location | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 2005 (Crossover era) 2014 (NEB Sports era) |
| Course records | Crossover era: Men: 2:22:32 (2007)  Eston Nyaga Women: 2:45:34 (2005)  Marashet Jimma |
| Official site | Bengaluru Marathon |
The Bengaluru Marathon is an annual marathon running event held in Bengaluru, India.
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] [lower-alpha 1]
The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) has no record of a marathon occurring in Bengaluru in 2008. [6]
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] [lower-alpha 2]
| External images | |
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 Course map of full marathon in 2016 [10] | |
| Course map of full marathon in 2019 [11] |
The marathon is a double-loop course [lower-alpha 3] 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]
Key: Course record (in bold)
| Ed. | Year | Men's Winner | Time [lower-alpha 4] | Women's Winner | Time [lower-alpha 4] | 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 [lower-alpha 5] | [12] [14] | |
| Ed. | Year | Men's Winner | Time [lower-alpha 4] | Women's Winner | Time [lower-alpha 4] | 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 | Laxmi (IND) [lower-alpha 6] | 3:24:10 | [16] [17] |
| 7 | 2020 | postponed due to coronavirus pandemic | [9] | |||
| 8 | 2022 | Scheduled for 9 January 2022 but cancelled due to the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic | ||||
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