Rome Marathon

The Rome Marathon is an annual marathon competition hosted by the city of Rome, Italy.

Rome Marathon
Runners passing the Circus Maximus in 2006
Date	April
Location	Rome, Italy
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Primary sponsor	Acea
Established	1982 (43 years ago) (1982)
Course records	Men's: 2:06:24 (2024) Asbel Rutto Women's: 2:22:52 (2019) Alemu Megertu
Official site	Rome Marathon
Participants	5,490 finishers (2022) 4,377 finishers (2021)[1] 8,843 (2019)

History

Runners on Via Galvani in 2017

Start by Basilica of Maxentius, 2009

Approaching the Colosseum in 2019

Finish on Via dei Fori Imperiali, 2017

Awarding medals in 2018

The competition has also doubled as the Italian Marathon championships on two occasions; in 1983 and 1986. The race date was shifted from the traditional March schedule to 1 January in 2000 for a special edition of the event to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium. The IAAF Rome Millennium Marathon received the support of Primo Nebiolo and national federation president Gianni Gola. The race start point was at Saint Peter's Square and Pope John Paul II delivered a short benediction in approval of the event and the Bells of Saint Peter's replaced the usual starter's pistol to signal the beginning of the race.^[2]

The 2010 race was held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Abebe Bikila's win at the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon race, a watershed moment in the development of East African competitive running. The 2010 men's winner, Siraj Gena, earned a 5000€ bonus for crossing the finish line barefoot in honour of Abebe Bikila's style.^[3]

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, with all registration fees being applied for a guaranteed entry to the 2021 edition of the race, and all finishers to be awarded two medals in 2021.^[4][5]

Winners

1998 winner Stefano Baldini (pictured here in London) also won the 2004 Olympic marathon.

Key:

   Course record (in bold)

   Short course

   Italian championship race

Year	Men's winner	Time[a]	Women's winner	Time[a]	Rf.
1982	Emiel Puttemans (BEL)	2:09:53	Laura Fogli (ITA)	2:31:08	[6]
1983	Giuseppe Gerbi (ITA)	2:15:11	Alba Milana (ITA)	2:32:57
1984	Bernie Ford (GBR)	2:17:01	Daniela Tiberti (ITA)	2:41:40
1985	Mauro Pappacena (ITA)	2:28:42	Janet Richardson (USA)	3:09:16
1986	Osvaldo Faustini (ITA)	2:16:03	Katherine Gregory (USA)	3:23:43
1987	Gelindo Bordin (ITA)	2:16:03	Maria Araneo (ITA)	2:56:00
1988	Sam Ngatia (KEN)	2:16:46	Fabiola Paoletti (ITA)	2:48:45
1989	Guido Genicco (ITA)	2:20:43	Pascaline Wangui (KEN)	2:46:28
1990	Tadesse Gebre (ETH)	2:10:28	Silvana Cucchietti (ITA)	2:34:21
1991	Marco Milani (ITA)	2:14:22	Fabiola Oppliger (COL)	2:39:31
—	not held from 1992 to 1994
1995	Belayneh Tadesse (ETH)	2:10:13	Yelena Sipatova (RUS)	2:37:46
1996	Moges Taye (ETH)	2:12:03	Fatuma Roba (ETH)	2:29:05
1997	Dube Jillo (ETH)	2:13:08	Jane Salumäe (EST)	2:31:41
1998	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	2:09:33	Franca Fiacconi (ITA)	2:28:12
1999	Philip Tanui (KEN)	2:09:56	Maura Viceconte (ITA)	2:29:36
2000	Josephat Kiprono (KEN)	2:08:27	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	2:32:03
2001	Henry Cherono (KEN)	2:11:27	Maria Guida (ITA)	2:30:42
2002	Vincent Kipsos (KEN)	2:09:30	Maria Cocchetti (ITA)	2:33:06
2003	Frederick Cherono (KEN)	2:08:47	Gloria Marconi (ITA)	2:29:35
2004	Ruggero Pertile (ITA)	2:10:12	Ornella Ferrara (ITA)	2:27:49
2005	Alberico Di Cecco (ITA)	2:08:02	Silviya Skvortsova (RUS)	2:28:01
2006	David Kipkorir (KEN)	2:08:38	Tetyana Hladyr (UKR)	2:25:44
2007	Elias Chelimo (KEN)	2:09:36	Souad Aït Salem (ALG)	2:25:08
2008	Jonathan Yego (KEN)	2:09:57	Galina Bogomolova (RUS)	2:22:53
2009	Benjamin Kiptoo (KEN)	2:07:17	Firehiwot Dado (ETH)	2:27:08
2010	Siraj Gena (ETH)	2:08:39	Firehiwot Dado (ETH)	2:25:28
2011	Dickson Chumba (KEN)	2:08:45	Firehiwot Dado (ETH)	2:24:13
2012	Luka Kanda (KEN)	2:08:04	Hellen Kimutai (KEN)	2:31:11
2013	Getachew Terfa (ETH)	2:07:56	Helena Kirop (KEN)	2:24:40
2014	Shume Hailu (ETH)	2:09:47	Ayelu Lemma (ETH)	2:34:49
2015	Abebe Negewo (ETH)	2:12:23	Meseret Kitata (ETH)	2:30:25
2016	Amos Kipruto (KEN)	2:08:12	Rahma Tusa (ETH)	2:28:49
2017	Shura Kitata (ETH)	2:07:30	Rahma Tusa (ETH)	2:27:23
2018	Cosmas Birech (KEN)	2:08:03	Rahma Tusa (ETH)	2:23:46
2019	Tebalu Zawude (ETH)	2:08:37	Alemu Megertu (ETH)	2:22:52
2020	cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic				[4][5]
2021	Clement Langat (KEN)	2:08:23	Peris Jerono (KEN)	2:29:29	[7]
2022	Fikre Bekele (ETH)	2:06:48	Sechale Dalasa (ETH)	2:26:09
2023	Taoufik Allam (MAR)	2:07:43	Betty Chepkwony (KEN)	2:23:02
2024	Asbel Rutto (KEN)	2:06:24	Ivyne Jeruto (KEN)	2:24:36

See also

• Spirit of the Marathon II, 2013 documentary

Notes

1. h:m:s