Geneva Marathon

The Harmony Geneva Marathon for UNICEF is an annual marathon running event held in Geneva, Switzerland. It draws about 9,100 participants every May. Apart from the marathon, there is also a half marathon, a Relay Marathon, a 20 km Handbike and wheelchair race, a 10 km race held on the same day, and races exclusively for women (5 km) and children (1 to 5 km) held the day before. A time limit of six hours and a half applies to the main event.

Geneva Marathon
Geneva Marathon logo
Date	Early May
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon, Half marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsor	Generali
Beneficiary	UNICEF
Established	2005 (20 years ago) (2005)
Course records	Men's: 2:06:59 (2021) Shumi Dechasa Women's: 2:24:19 (2021) Maureen Chepkemoi
Official site	Geneva Marathon
Participants	1,928 finishers (2023)[1] 1,880 (2019)

Teshomi Temerate and Germa Tsiga in 2010.

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2021 or obtaining a partial refund.^[2]

Winners

Key:   Course record

Ed.	Year	Men's winner	Time[a]	Women's winner	Time[a]	Rf.
1	2005	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:15:29	Kenina Chawla (ETH)	2:43:53
2	2006	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:15:31	Joanna Chmiel (POL)	2:45:07
3	2007	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:18:36	Elfenesh Melaku (ETH)	2:43:57
4	2008	Tesfaye Eticha (ETH)	2:14:23	Addis Gezahegne (ETH)	2:46:57
5	2009	Germa Tsige (ETH)	2:19:49	Reulen Stijntje (SUI)	2:52:47
6	2010	Teshomi Temerate (ETH)	2:20:30	Laura Hrebec (SUI)	2:44:32
7	2011	Hailu Begashaw (ETH)	2:17:45.7	Pascale Prevel (BEL)	3:07:49.5
8	2012	Tewodros Zewdu (ETH)	2:19:25.5	Julia Vinokourova (RUS)	2:44:29.2
9	2013	Maksim Pankratau (BLR)	2:15:42	Belaynesh Bekele (ETH)	2:45:44	[3]
10	2014	Simon Mukun (KEN)	2:11:00	Milka Jerotich (KEN)	2:32:34
11	2015	Peter Kiplagat (KEN)	2:11:18	Jane Kiptoo (KEN)	2:35:44
12	2016	Julius Chepkwony (KEN)	2:11:11	Jane Kiptoo (KEN)	2:35:04
13	2017	William Yegon (KEN)	2:10:31	Motu Megersa (ETH)	2:40:46	[4]
14	2018	William Yegon (KEN)	2:12:10	Amelework Fekadu (ETH)	2:38:05
15	2019	Bernard Too (KEN)	2:09:45	Josephine Chepkoech (KEN)	2:29:11
	2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic				[2]
16	2021	Shumi Dechasa (BHR)	2:06:59	Maureen Chepkemoi (KEN)	2:24:19
17	2022	Emanuel Gisamoda (TAN)	2:10:39	Meseret Dinke (ETH)	2:26:22	[5]
18	2023	Silas Too (KEN)	2:09:41	Jane Seurey (KEN)	2:31:41	[6]
19	2024	Kibrom Weldemicael (ERI)	2:09:57	Aynalem Kassahun (ETH)	2:31:42	[7]

Multiple wins

Men's Athlete Wins Years  Tesfaye Eticha (ETH) 4 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008  William Yegon (KEN) 2 2017, 2018

Women's Athlete Wins Years  Jane Kiptoo (KEN) 2 2015, 2016

By country

Country	Total	Men's	Women's
Ethiopia	16	8	8
Kenya	13	7	6
Switzerland	2	0	2
Bahrain	1	1	0
Belarus	1	1	0
Belgium	1	0	1
Belgium	1	1	0
Poland	1	0	1
Russia	1	0	1
Tanzania	1	1	0

Notes

1. h:m:s