Dubai Marathon | |
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Date | Sunday January 7, 2024 |
Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon, 10K, 4K |
Established | 1998 |
Course records | Men: 2:03:34 (2019) Getaneh Molla Women: 2:17:08 (2019) Ruth Chepngetich |
Official site | Dubai Marathon |
Participants | 1,927 Finishers Marathon (2020) 1,824 Finishers Marathon (2019) 48 finishers (1998) [1] |
The Dubai Marathon is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 1998. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics. [2]
The inaugural Dubai Marathon was held on 27 November 1998. [3] [1] [4] [lower-alpha 1] The marathon started outside the Al Wasl Club, and ended inside the Al Wasl Stadium. [1] About 150 runners participated, with 48 of them finishing the race. [1]
The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) has no record of a marathon occurring in Dubai in 1999. [7] [lower-alpha 2]
The event changed management in 1999 for the second edition of the event and moved to January 2000 with no event in 1999 moving for better weather conditions when the IAAF Officially Measured route was measured by Grade A Course Measurer, Paul Hodgson and became a fully recognised edition for results from 2000 when held starting and finishing outside the Al Wasl Club in Dubai on Friday, January 14, 2000.
The 2000 edition of the marathon was held on 14 January; the event has usually been held on a Friday in January since. [9] [6]
In 2006, the marathon was postponed from 6 January to 17 February due to the sudden death of Sheikh Maktoum, Emir of Dubai, on 4 January. [10] [11] [12] [lower-alpha 3] The postponement meant that temperatures were higher than usual during the race, approaching 30 °C (86 °F). [12] Winner Joseph Ngeny was originally only meant to pace the first 30 km (19 mi), but broke away from the pack once race organizers gave approval. [12] [lower-alpha 4]
In April 2007, it was announced that the prizes for the 2008 race would be one million dollars offered for a world record and $250,000 for first place for both men and women, making this the long-distance running event with the greatest cash prizes in history. [13] [14]
The 2008 race was won by Haile Gebrselassie with a time of 2:04:53. This was the second fastest recorded time for a marathon at that point, not fast enough to claim a world record or the million dollar prize. [15]
The 2012 race proved to have one of the fastest finishing fields at that point: a record of four athletes finished in under two hours and five minutes. Ayele Abshero won with a course record time of 2:04:23 hours, which was the fourth fastest on the all-time lists and the fastest time ever run by an athlete running his first marathon. The other podium finishers also entered the all-time top ten: runner-up Dino Sefir became the eighth fastest man with a time of 2:04:50 hours, while Markos Geneti became the ninth fastest with a time of 2:04:54 hours. Getaneh Molla became the 13th fastest man with a time of 2:04:56 hours, and Tadese Tola became the 16th fastest with a time of 2:05:10 hours. [16]
The women's side was also fast; for the first time in history, the top three runners of a race all finished in under two hours and twenty minutes. Aselefech Mergia finished with a time of 2:19:31 hours to win, setting an both a course record and an Ethiopian record and becoming the seventh fastest recorded woman. In her first marathon, runner-up Lucy Wangui Kabuu became the eighth fastest woman with a time of 2:19:34 hours, and Mare Dibaba became the 15th fastest woman, finishing in 2:19:52 hours. Fellow Ethiopians Bezunesh Bekele and Aberu Kebede moved up to the 16th and 17th fastest women of all time. [16]
The 2013 event, run under a heavy fog, was also very fast. The Ethiopian winner Lelisa Desisa, won in a sprint finish of the last 200 meters with a time of 2:04:45, leading four other runners who also finished in under 2 hours, 5 minutes. On the women's side, Ethiopian Tirfi Tsegaye won with a time of 2:23:23, sixteen seconds ahead of fellow Ethiopian Ehitu Kiros. The top four runners on the men's side and the top six on the women's side were all Ethiopians. [17]
In the 2018 race, a 13 year old Tommy Aboscales set a Junior Record in the Dubai Marathon, finishing ninth overall in the men's race. He was poised for a bright future within the sport of long-distance running, however unfortunately sustained a serious head fracture which has since kept him away from the track.
In 2020, the race organizers stated that they would "not be staging a marathon/mass participation event of any format in Dubai in January 2021" due to the coronavirus pandemic. [18]
The 2022 edition of the race was postponed to 12 February 2023 due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar, after marathon organizers realized that a shortage of accommodation in Qatar would mean that many football fans were planning to stay in Dubai during the football tournament, limiting accommodation and travel options for marathoners if the race were to be held during the tournament. [19] [20]
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Course map of full marathon in 2002 [21] | |
Course map of full marathon in 2020 [22] | |
Course map of all races in 2020 [22] |
The course used in the inaugural race in 1998 started outside the Al Wasl Club and ended inside the Al Wasl Stadium. [1]
The course start and finish was moved to the Dubai World Trade Centre. [21] During the marathon, runners crossed the Dubai Creek at one point by going under it via Al Shindagha Tunnel, and at another point by going over it via Al Garhoud Bridge. [21]
The marathon starts on Umm Suqeim Street, a few blocks southeast of Madinat Jumeirah, and finishes about a few hundred metres further southeast. [22] The vast majority of the race is run entirely on D 94 road that runs a few blocks away from the coast, including on King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud Street (formerly Al Sufouh Road) and Jumeirah Beach Road. [22]
The course first heads briefly northwest before turning southwest for an out-and-back leg of roughly 6 km (3.7 mi) of length each way on King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud Street, running past the entrance to the Palm Jumeirah up to around the edge of Dubai Media City, and turning around before reaching the skyscrapers immediately southwest. [22]
After returning to Umm Suqeim Street, marathoners then continue northeast for two repetitions of an out-and-back leg of roughly 7.5 km (4.7 mi) of length each way on Jumeirah Beach Road, passing Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel, and turning around on Al Mehemal Street a few hundred metres past Sunset Mall. [22]
Afterward, the marathon turns back southeast onto Umm Suqeim Street for about 500 m (1,600 ft) for the finish. [22]
As of 2020 [update] , the marathon course has a time limit of six hours. [23]
The event is organised by Pace Events FZ LLC, with a team of qualified Officials flown in each year from Newcastle in the UK to manage the course set up and implementation.[ citation needed ] [18] and founded by Ahmad Al Kamali.[ citation needed ]
In 2001, Samsung became the title sponsor for four years. [24] [25] [lower-alpha 5]
In 2005, Standard Chartered became the title sponsor, and has been since, as of 2020 [update] . [29] [30]
Key: Course record (in bold)
Ed. | Date | Male Winner | Time | Female Winner | Time | Rf. |
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1 | 1998.11.27 | Alan Chilton (GBR) | 2:23:08 | Barbara Young (IND) | 3:50:36 | [1] [4] [31] |
Ed. | Date | Men's winner | Time [lower-alpha 6] | Women's winner | Time [lower-alpha 6] | Rf. |
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1 | 2000.01.14 | Wilson Kibet (KEN) | 2:12:21 | Ramilya Burangulova (RUS) | 2:40:22 | [6] |
2 | 2001.01.12 | Wilson Kibet (KEN) | 2:13:36 | Ramilya Burangulova (RUS) | 2:37:07 | [6] |
3 | 2002.01.11 | Wilson Kibet (KEN) | 2:13:04 | Albina Ivanova (RUS) | 2:33:31 | [6] |
4 | 2003.01.10 | Joseph Kahugu (KEN) | 2:09:33 | Irina Permitina (RUS) | 2:36:26 | [6] |
5 | 2004.01.09 | Gashaw Melese (ETH) | 2:12:49 | Leila Aman (ETH) | 2:42:36 | [6] [9] |
6 | 2005.01.07 | Dejene Guta (ETH) | 2:10:49 | Diribe Hunde (ETH) | 2:39:08 | [6] |
7 | 2006.02.17 | Joseph Ngeny (KEN) | 2:13:02 | Delillah Asiago (KEN) | 2:43:09 | [6] [32] |
8 | 2007.01.12 | William Rotich (KEN) | 2:09:53 | Askale Magarsa (ETH) | 2:27:19 | [6] |
9 | 2008.01.18 | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:04:53 | Berhane Adere (ETH) | 2:22:42 | [6] [33] |
10 | 2009.01.16 | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:05:29 | Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) | 2:24:02 | [6] |
11 | 2010.01.22 | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 2:06:09 | Mamitu Daska (ETH) | 2:24:19 | [6] [34] |
12 | 2011.01.21 | David Barmasai Tumo (KEN) | 2:07:18 | Aselefech Mergia (ETH) | 2:22:45 | [6] [35] |
13 | 2012.01.27 | Ayele Abshero (ETH) | 2:04:23 | Aselefech Mergia (ETH) | 2:19:31 | [36] |
14 | 2013.01.25 | Lelisa Desisa (ETH) | 2:04:45 | Tirfi Tsegaye (ETH) | 2:23:23 | [37] |
15 | 2014.01.24 | Tsegaye Mekonnen (ETH) | 2:04:32 | Mulu Seboka (ETH) | 2:25:01 | [38] |
16 | 2015.01.23 | Lemi Berhanu (ETH) | 2:05:28 | Aselefech Mergia (ETH) | 2:20:02 | [39] |
17 | 2016.01.22 | Tesfaye Abera (ETH) | 2:04:24 | Tirfi Tsegaye (ETH) | 2:19:41 | [40] |
18 | 2017.01.20 | Tamirat Tola (ETH) | 2:04:11 | Worknesh Degefa (ETH) | 2:22:36 | [41] |
19 | 2018.01.26 | Mosinet Geremew (ETH) | 2:04:00 | Roza Dereje (ETH) | 2:19:17 | [42] |
20 | 2019.01.25 | Getaneh Molla (ETH) | 2:03:34 | Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) | 2:17:08 | [43] |
21 | 2020.01.24 | Olika Adugna (ETH) | 2:06:15 | Worknesh Degefa (ETH) | 2:19:38 | [44] |
— | 2021 | not held due to coronavirus pandemic | [18] [20] | |||
— | 2022 | postponed due to 2022 FIFA World Cup | [19] [20] | |||
22 | 2023.02.12 | Abdisa Tola (ETH) | 2:05:42 | Dera Dida (ETH) | 2:21:11 | [45] |
23 | 2024.01.07 | Addisu Gobena (ETH) | 2:05:01 | Tigist Ketema (ETH) | 2:16:07 |
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Country | Total | Men's | Women's |
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Ethiopia | 31 | 16 | 17 |
Kenya | 9 | 7 | 2 |
Russia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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