Great Ocean Road Marathon

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The Great Ocean Road Marathon is a long-distance run held in Victoria, Australia since 2005. The main race stretches 44km from Lorne to Apollo Bay along the coastal route. It is the main race within the annual Great Ocean Road Running Festival, which also includes 60km, 23km and 6km runs, 5km and 10km walks and a 1.5km Kids Gallop. In 2019 a total of 8200 runners took part across the events. [1] The event began in 2005, [2] founded by Les Noseda with the assistance of The Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce, Ross Stephens, Nick Polgeeft, Gerry Tidd and Joe Di Ceccio. [3] It is now owned by IMG. The course record of 2:27:37 was set in 2019 by Australian runner Nick Earl. [4] [5] Earl broke the previous record of 2:27:42 set in 2011 by James Kipkelwon of Kenya, who also won the event in 2012. [6]

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Past winners

Key:  Course record  Country's championship race

EditionYearMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
1st2005 [7] Flag of Kenya.svg  Elkana Machuka  (KEN)2:31:13Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Rosie Doran  (AUS)3:31:09
2nd2006Flag of Kenya.svg  James Kariuki  (KEN)2:43:55Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nadelle Legge  (AUS)3:15:36
3rd2007Flag of Kenya.svg  David Mutua  (KEN)2:36:35Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Helen Stanton  (AUS)2:58:15
4th2008 [8] Flag of Kenya.svg  David Mutua  (KEN)2:36:43Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Helen Stanton  (AUS)3:10:59
5th2009Flag of Kenya.svg  Charles Muturi  (KEN)2:44:55Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Helen Stanton  (AUS)2:59:41
6th2010Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Mark Tucker  (AUS)2:29:41Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lucie Hardiman  (AUS)3:07:41
7th2011Flag of Kenya.svg  James Kipkelwon  (KEN)2:29:16Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Natalie Mensch  (AUS)3:20:16
8th2012Flag of Kenya.svg  James Kipkelwon  (KEN)2:27:42Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kelly Jarret  (AUS)2:59:36
9th2013 [9] Flag of Kenya.svg  Joel Chepkopol  (KEN)2:27:50Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Tracie Kaye  (AUS)3:08:44
10th2014Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Alexander Matthews  (AUS)2:32:33Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kirstin Bull  (AUS)3:07:51
11th2015Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Julian Spence  (AUS)2:37:23Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kirstin Bull  (AUS)3:01:56
12th2016Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Julian Spence  (AUS)2:33:00Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kirstin Bull  (AUS)3:06:37
13th2017Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Julian Spence  (AUS)2:32:44Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jane Fardell  (AUS)3:10:53
14th2018Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Julian Spence  (AUS)2:35:43Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Rhiannon Snipe  (AUS)3:06:32
15th2019 [10] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nick Earl  (GBR)2:27:37Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Rhiannon Snipe  (AUS)3:04:36
2020postponed due to coronavirus pandemic
16th2021Flag of Australia (converted).svg  John Csongei  (AUS)2:48:20Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Aleara Wallace  (AUS)3:09:16
17th2022Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Dion Finocchiaro  (AUS)2:30:20Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kirstin Bull  (AUS)3:04:28
18th2023Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Toby Menday  (AUS)2:46:05Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Sara Coulter  (AUS)3:06:02
19th2024Flag of Germany.svg  Johannes Motschmann  (GER)2:36:35Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Meriem Daoui  (AUS)3:04:23

References

  1. ↑ "Great Ocean Road Running Festival clocks an event PB". Great Ocean Road Running Festival. 19 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Agony meets ecstacy at the Great Ocean Road Marathon". Geelong Advertiser. 16 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "ParlInfo - ADJOURNMENT: Great Ocean Road International Marathon". PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA (aph.gov.au).
  4. ↑ "Community Sports: Melbourne high for local runner | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  5. ↑ "2019 Marathon Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". tomatotiming.racetecresults.com. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  6. ↑ Sum, Eliza (22 May 2012). "Highton man second in marathon". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Australian Ultra Runners Association". www.aura.asn.au. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  8. ↑ "Great Ocean Road Marathon". www.marathonguide.com/. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  9. ↑ "Past Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". greatoceanroadrunfest.com.au. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  10. ↑ "2019 Marathon Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". tomatotiming.racetecresults.com. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
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