| Jersey Marathon | |
|---|---|
 Participants run through the town in 2009. | |
| Date | September or October |
| Location | Jersey, Channel Islands  |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | October 8, 2006 [1] [2] |
| Course records | Men: 2:16:03 (Nathan Kioko, 2023) Women: 2:44:33 (Svetlana Pretot, 2013) |
| Official site | www |
 2024 Jersey Marathon | |
The Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon is an annual marathon staged in Jersey, Channel Islands, first held in 2006.
The inaugural event on 8 October 2006 was the first marathon staged in Jersey for 20 years. [3] It attracted approximately 300 runners, and was won by Garry Payne in a time of 2:44:32.
The 2011 marathon attracted over 300 off-island runners, [4] and saw 352 finishers in the main event. [5]
The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all entries automatically transferred to 2021. [6]
The course starts and finishes at Weighbridge Place, Saint Helier, and is set out over the town streets, central, north and west of the island. [7]
Key: Course record
| Ed. | Year | Date | Men's winner | Time [lower-alpha 1] | Women's winner | Time [lower-alpha 1] | Rf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 2023 | Oct 1 | Nathan Kioko | 2:16:03 | Antoinette Kyriacou | 3:03:49 | [8] |
| 16 | 2022 | Oct 2 | Bosuben Benard Kipkemoi | 2:21:09 | Lydia Wafula | 2:45:02 | [9] |
| 15 | 2021 | Oct 3 | Evan Laframboise | 2:54:19 | Stephanie Henwood-Darts | 3:23:17 | [10] |
| 2020 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | [6] | |||||
| 14 | 2019 | Oct 6 | Barnabas Kipyego | 2:17:09 | Edna Jeruto | 2:45:45 | [11] |
| 13 | 2018 | Oct 7 | Dan Tanui | 2:19:34 | Khrystyna Bohomiahkova | 2:48:46 | |
| 12 | 2017 | Oct 1 | Hillary Chirchir | 2:22:32 | Ulrike Maisch | 2:57:28 | |
| 11 | 2016 | Oct 2 | Christopher Zablocki | 2:19:55 | Nollaigh O'Neill | 3:01:48 | |
| 10 | 2015 | Oct 4 | Aleksey Troshkin | 2:18:13 | Hilda Cheboi | 2:48:25 | |
| 9 | 2014 | Oct 5 | Aleksey Troshkin | 2:18:32 | Getenesh Tamirat | 2:47:48 | |
| 8 | 2013 | Oct 6 | Reuben Chumba | 2:24:23 | Svetlana Pretot | 2:44:33 | |
| 7 | 2012 | Oct 7 | Tomas Abyu | 2:24:43 | Shona Crombie-Hicks | 2:53:36 | [12] |
| 6 | 2011 | Oct 2 | Jethro Lennox | 2:32:05 | Shona Crombie-Hicks | 2:53:36 | [13] |
| 5 | 2010 | Oct 3 | Jan Pichl | 2:31:30 | Claire Forbes | 2:57:18 | |
| 4 | 2009 | Sep 27 | Joseph Kibunja | 2:33:29 | Claire Forbes | 3:00:02 | [14] [15] |
| 3 | 2008 | Oct 5 | Andrew Hennessey | 2:29:05 | Jo Gorrod | 2:58:44 | [16] |
| 2 | 2007 | Oct 7 | Andrew Hennessey | 2:36:45 | Michelle Buckle | 3:04:11 | [17] |
| 1 | 2006 | Oct 8 | Garry Payne | 2:44:32 | Michelle Buckle | 3:03:48 | [18] |
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