Vadodara Marathon

Vadodara Marathon
Logo of Vadodara International Half Marathon
Date	Early January
Location	Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Event type	Road running
Distance	Marathon, half marathon
Primary sponsor	MG Motor
Established	2009 (2009)
Official site	Vadodara Marathon

Vadodara Marathon is a run for charity or for purpose organized now annually/bi-annually by an organization based in Vadodara. Accredited to the Association of International Marathon and Distance Races (AIMS), the Vadodara Marathon is the recipient of the AIMS gold medal for 'smallest city, biggest Marathon'. ^[1]

Past Marathons

2009

Held on 22 November 2009, 31,800 people participated. Flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in presence of Kapil Dev, Milkha Singh, Paresh Rawal, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan at Navalakhi Ground Vadodara. ^{[2] [3]}

2011

Held on 23 January 2011, 30,000 people participated. ^[4] The event had 3 categories of run: 5 km, 15 km and 21 km; which was flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. ^[5] For the first time in India, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags were given to each participant in the Marathons ^[6]

2012

Held on 5 February 2012. ^[7]

2013

Held on 15 December 2013, 12,000 people participated, including international runners. ^{[8] [9]}

2016

Held on 7 February 2016, over 65,000 people registered in the various different categories. The race was flagged off by Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel. ^{[10] [11]}

2017

Held on 5 February 2017, the race was flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

2018

Held on 7 January 2018, over 92,000 people registered in the various different categories. The race was flagged off by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

2019

Held on 6 January 2019, an estimated 100,000 people registered for the event. The race was flagged off by Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani. ^[12]

List of winners

Key:  Half marathon

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	2009	Winner not available	Time not available	Winner not available	Time not available
2nd	2011	Bamzmtebe Kew  (ETH)	1:01:02	Berhane Adere  (ETH)	1:09:00
3rd	2012	Andualem Belay  (ETH)	1:01:20	Yebrgual Melese  (ETH)	1:12:28
4th	2013	Asefa Negewo  (ETH)	1:03:45	Letebirhan Gebreselasie  (ETH)	1:11:37
5th	2016	Samuel Macharia  (KEN)	1:02:36	Hannah Gatheru  (KEN)	1:11:13
6th	2017	Elam Singh  (IND)	2:26:33	Poonam Singh  (IND)	3:32:24
7th	2018	Fikre Bekele  (ETH)	2:20:12	Alganesh Anjelo  (ETH)	2:39:53
8th	2019	Wesley Kiprono  (KEN)	2:21:17	Preeti Lala  (IND)	3:50:14
9th	2020	Cleophas Chepkwony  (KEN)	2:25:30	Nupur Singh  (IND)	3:10:25

References

1. "Vadodara Marathon is accredited by AIMS, The Economic Times, 18 January 2012". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
2. CM flags of Vadodara Marathon 24-Nov-2009
3. "Thousands run the Vadodara Marathon". The Times of India. 22 November 2009.
4. "Volunteers ensured smooth run of Vadodara Marathon". The Times of India. 25 January 2011.
5. "Baroda Online". www.baroda.com.
6. "India's first: Radio tags for Vadodara marathon runners". 24 November 2010.
7. "Vadodara Marathon on NDTV".
8. "Ethiopians win international half marathon in Vadodara". The Times of India. 15 December 2013.
9. Marathon to support statue of unity, The Indian Express, 13-Nov-2013
10. "Calendar of Races of India".
11. Ahmedabad Mirror Newspaper 31-Oct-2015
12. "Vadodara Marathon eyeing one lakh registrations". The Times of India. 9 October 2018.