Vadodara Marathon

Vadodara Marathon
Logo of Vadodara International Half Marathon
DateEarly January
LocationVadodara, Gujarat, India
Event typeRoad running
DistanceMarathon, Half Marathon
Primary sponsorMG Motor
Established2009 (2009)
Official siteVadodara 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:   Course record   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
— 2010 Did not held
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
— 2014 Did not held
— 2015
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. ^ Thousand run the VM 2009, The Times of India, 22-Nov-2009
  4. ^ Volunteers ensured smooth VM 2011, The Times of India, 25-Jan-2011
  5. ^ VM 2011 in Baroda News
  6. ^ India's first RFID Run, The Indian Express, 24-Nov-2010
  7. ^ Vadodara Marathon on NDTV
  8. ^ The Times of India, 15-Dec-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 registration in 2019 edition, The Times of India, 9-Oct-2018

See also