| Yorkshire Marathon | |
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| Date | 17 October 2021 |
| Location | York, England, United Kingdom |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Established | 2013 |
| Official site | Yorkshire Marathon |
The Yorkshire Marathon, sponsored by the Asda Foundation, is an annual marathon road running event held in York, UK in October, first held in 2013, and organised by Run For All Events.
In the inaugural running of the event on 20 October 2013, over 3,800 runners finished the event. Hour-long race highlights produced by Dream Team Television were broadcast two weeks later by Channel 4 and were subsequently shown by other sports channels including Sky Sports, BT Sport, British Eurosport and Premier Sports.
The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all entries automatically transferred to 2021. [1]
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 Course map of full marathon in 2021 [2] |
The course starts the University of York and continues around the City Centre and past York Minster before heading out on the Vale of York and then returning to the finish at the university.
Key: Course record
| Ed. | Year | Men's winner | Time [lower-alpha 1] | Women's winner | Time [lower-alpha 1] | Rf. |
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| 1 | 2013 |  Edwin Korir (KEN) | 2:13:31 | Helen Koskei (KEN) | 2:40:10 | |
| 2 | 2014 | Boniface Kongin (KEN) | 2:13:59 |  Shona Fletcher (SCO) | 2:43:40 | |
| 3 | 2015 | Edwin Korir (KEN) | 2:15:06 | Joasia Zakrzewski (SCO) | 2:48:48 | |
| 4 | 2016 |  Paul Martelletti (ENG) | 2:19:36 | Sarah Lowery (ENG) | 2:45:53 | |
| 5 | 2017 | Ross Houston (SCO) | 2:24:13 | Tracy Millmore (ENG) | 2:46:09 | |
| 6 | 2018 | Paul Martelletti (ENG) | 2:27:02 | Katherine Wood (ENG) | 2:41:35 | |
| 7 | 2019 | Mark Buckingham (ENG) | 2:21:42 | Charlene Jacobs-Conradie (ENG) | 2:46:50 | [3] |
| 2020 | postponed due to coronavirus pandemic | [1] | ||||
| 8 | 2021 [4] | Tom Charles (ENG) | 2:24:22 | Becky Penty (ENG) | 2:47:46 | |
| 9 | 2022 [5] | Benard Bosuben (KEN) | 2:22:56 | Samantha Antell (ENG) | 2:54:21 | |
Wheelchair race
| Ed. | Year | Winner | Time [lower-alpha 1] | Rf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013 | Christopher Nash (ENG) | 3:00:49 | |
| 2 | 2014 | Bret Crossley (ENG) | 2:11:10 | |
| 3 | 2015 | Bret Crossley (ENG) | 1:48:30 | |
| 4 | 2016 | Calum Hall (ENG) | 2:01:35 | |
| 5 | 2017 | Bret Crossley (ENG) | 1:45:16 | |
| 6 | 2018 | Christopher Nash (ENG) | 2:15:12 | |
| 7 | 2019 | Bret Crossley (ENG) | 1:58:20 | [6] |
| 2020 | postponed due to coronavirus pandemic | [1] | ||
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