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Orlen Warsaw Marathon

The Orlen Warsaw Marathon is an annual road running event over the marathon distance (42.2 km (26.2 mi)) that takes place in April on the streets of Warsaw, Poland. The event was established in 2013 and has Polish oil company PKN Orlen as its title sponsor. It was the second annual marathon race for the city, following on from the success of the Warsaw Marathon, which has been held in the city, generally in September, since 1979.[1]

Orlen Warsaw Marathon
Logo of the Orlen Warsaw Marathon
DateMid-April
LocationWarsaw, Poland
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, 10K run
Primary sponsorOrlen
Established2013 (11 years ago) (2013)
Course recordsMen's: 2:06:55 (2014)
Ethiopia Tadese Tola
Women's: 2:26:06 (2019)
Kenya Sheila Jerotich
Official siteOrlen Warsaw Marathon
Participants4,662 (2019)
Runners during the race in 2014
Runners wearing masks in 2014, before the coronavirus pandemic

By its fourth edition, the event received IAAF Silver Label status and featured in excess of 8000 entrants into the marathon race. That year's race also saw the first Polish winner in the form of men's champion Artur Kozłowski.[2][3]

The course records of 2:06:55 hours, set by Tadese Tola in 2014, and 2:26:25 hours, set by Fatuma Sado in 2015, are all-comers records – the fastest ever recorded in Poland for the marathon distance.[4]

The marathon was not held in 2020.[5][6]

Winners edit

Key:

   Course record
   National championship race
Ed. Year Men's winner Time[a] Women's winner Time[a] Rf.
1 2013   Sisay Lemma (ETH) 2:09:02   Milka Jerotich (KEN) 2:28:23 [7]
2 2014   Tadese Tola (ETH) 2:06:55   Bizuayehu Ehite (ETH) 2:30:30 [8]
3 2015   Lemi Hayle (ETH) 2:07:57   Fatuma Sado (ETH) 2:26:25 [9]
4 2016   Artur Kozłowski (POL) 2:11:54   Kumesci Sichala (ETH) 2:28:43 [2]
5 2017   Felix Kimutai (KEN) 2:10:34   Nastassia Ivanova (BLR) 2:28:44 [10]
6 2018   Ezekiel Omullo (KEN) 2:11:17   Nastassia Ivanova (BLR) 2:28:03 [11]
7 2019   Regasa Bejiga (ETH) 2:09:42   Sheila Jerotich (KEN) 2:26:06 [12][13]
2020 not held [6]

Multiple wins edit

By country edit

Country Total Men's Women's
  Ethiopia 6 3 3
  Kenya 4 2 2
  Belarus 2 0 2
  Poland 1 1 0
  Eritrea 1 1 0

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b h:m:s

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Warsaw Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS). Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  2. ^ a b Ramsak, Bob (2016-04-24). Kozlowski and Sichala take Warsaw Marathon titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  3. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2016-04-22). Terfa and Hasen in Pole position ahead of Warsaw Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  4. ^ All-Comers Records- Marathon. ARRS. Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  5. ^ "ORLEN Warsaw Marathon 2020 nie odbędzie się!". 7 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Koronawirusem w biegaczy. Dlaczego padło akurat na nas?". 7 March 2020.
  7. ^ Wyniki OWM 2013 - dystans maratonu. maratonypolskie.pl (2013-04-21). Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  8. ^ Wyniki OWM 2014 - dystans maratonu. domtel-sport.pl (2014-05-05). Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  9. ^ Wyniki OWM 2015 - dystans maratonu. live.domtel-sport.pl (2015-04-27). Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  10. ^ "ORLEN WARSAW MARATHON | Wyniki live".
  11. ^ "ORLEN WARSAW MARATHON | Wyniki live".
  12. ^ "ORLEN WARSAW MARATHON | Wyniki live".
  13. ^ "Regasa BEJIGA | Profile | World Athletics".

External links edit

  

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