The Erbil Marathon is an annual marathon in Erbil, Kurdistan Region.[1] The first marathon was held in 2011.[2] The finish line is in Sami Abdulrahman Park.[2] athletes from around the world come and participate in the Marathon, it's held every October, every year.

Erbil Marathon
DateOctober
LocationErbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established2011
Official siteErbil Marathon

Results edit

Key:   Course record   2015: 21km, 2017: 10km/5km

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2011   Rawand Ali Ahmed (IRQ) 2:48:00   Dalia Ahmed (IRQ) n/a
2nd 2012   Caitlin Hurley (USA) 3:21:00
3rd 2013   Vincent Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:33:49   Bornes Kitur (KEN) 3:25:18
2014 Did not held
4th 2015   Muhammad Waisy (IRQ) n/a   Bashri Rauf Saleh (IRQ) n/a
5th 2016   Veysi Aslan (TUR) 2:52:25   Frida Södermark (SWE) 3:33:25
2017 Marathon race was cancelled due to flight ban, only the 10km & 5km races took place.
6th 2018   Anton Lindholm (SWE) 3:07:02   Katherine Dutko (USA) 3:58:05
7th 2019   Isaac Prop (KEN) 2:25:02   Faith Kiptoo (KEN) 3:08:15

References edit

  1. ^ Brune, Adrian (February 25, 2017). "Racing to Rebuild the Middle East". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved February 26, 2017.  – via Foreign Affairs (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b Hurley, Caitlin (December 16, 2012). "Running a marathon in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 26, 2017.