Helsinki City Marathon

The Garmin Helsinki City Marathon is an annual marathon held in Helsinki, Finland. It was established in 1981[1] and it used to be held in August but has now moved to May, on the day called Helsinki City Running Day.

The Superman running the Helsinki City Marathon in 2007.
Helsinki City Marathon in 2011.

Helsinki City Marathon
Runners on the 2007 Helsinki City Marathon
DateEarly October (2020)
LocationHelsinki, Finland
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, 5K run
Established1981
Course recordsMen's: 2:12:47 (1993)
Spain Martín Fiz
Women's: 2:36:14 (1991)
Soviet Union Albina Galimova
Official siteHelsinki City Marathon
Participants1,402 finishers (2021)
1,367 (2020)
1,746 (2019)

The 2007 marathon drew more than 6,000 participants and 50,000 watchers.

The course starts near the statue of Paavo Nurmi and finishes at the Olympic Stadium. Various parks, miles of Baltic Sea coastline, and the Helsinki City centre are all located along the route.

The typical race temperatures have been between 18 and 22 °C and the race time limit is 6 hours. The first prize amounts to €3,500.

The 2008 marathon was run on 16 August. The 2009 marathon was run on 15 August. The 2011 marathon was run on 20 August. The 2012 marathon was run on 18 August. The 2018 marathon was run on 19 May.

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed to 2020.10.03 due to the coronavirus pandemic.[2][3]

Winners

Key:   Course record

Men

YearAthleteCountryTime
1991Anatoliy Korepanov  Soviet Union2:18:06
1992Aleksandr Belyayev  Russia2:20:39
1993Martín Fiz  Spain2:12:47
1994Zerehune Gizaw  Ethiopia2:20:18
1995Tesfaye Bekele  Ethiopia2:16:59
1996Julius Mitibani  Tanzania2:19:00
1997Julius Mitibani  Tanzania2:18:07
1998Julius Mitibani  Tanzania2:21:24
1999Pavel Loskutov  Estonia2:19:18
2000Nikolaos Polias  Greece2:18:46
2001Daniel Komen  Kenya2:18:43
2002Sebastian Panga  Tanzania2:18:39
2003Giorgio Calcaterra  Italy2:20:55
2004Dmitry Kondrashov  Russia2:21:29
2005Vener Kashayev  Russia2:20:07
2006Francis Wachira  Kenya2:18:26
2007Peter Biwott  Kenya2:20:31
2008Johnstone Chebii  Kenya2:24:31
2009Pavel Andreev  Russia2:22:34
2010Gezahagne Girma  Ethiopia2:22:36
2011Dominic Ondoro  Kenya2:23:24
2012Titus Kurgat  Kenya2:22:45 [4]
2013Hosea Kiplagat  Kenya2:22:26
2014Justus Kiprono  Kenya2:20:42
2015Hiroki Nakajima  Japan2:38:25
2016Robert Magut  Kenya2:27:31
2017Robert Magut  Kenya2:27:40
2018Robert Magut  Kenya2:29:42
2019Robert Magut  Kenya2:27:09
2020Joni Hirvikallio  Finland2:29:47
2021Eric Mangeh  Cameroon2:21:37

Women

YearAthleteCountryTime
1991Albina Galimova  Soviet Union2:36:14
1992Garifa Baijanova  Kazakhstan2:42:41
1993Anne Jääskeläinen  Finland2:43:32
1994Sylvia Renz  Germany2:41:30
1995Roza Vladimirova  Russia2:54:03
1996Svetlana Netchaeva  Russia2:47:38
1997Galina Zhulyeva  Ukraine2:41:38
1998Tatyana Maslova  Russia2:45:30
1999Tatyana Maslova  Russia2:47:10
2000Tatyana Zolotareva  Russia2:44:31
2001Tatyana Zolotareva  Russia2:45:56
2002Tatyana Zolotareva  Russia2:50:10
2003Tatyana Zolotareva  Russia2:57:03
2004Jennifer Lotoiywo  Kenya2:57:31
2005Minna Kainlauri  Finland3:00:29
2006Haile Kebebush  Ethiopia2:52:47
2007Flora Kandie  Kenya2:51:05
2008Margarita Plaksina  Russia2:40:47
2009Margarita Plaksina  Russia2:45:28
2010Leena Puotiniemi  Finland2:49:11
2011Leena Puotiniemi  Finland2:38:05
2012Salome Biwott  Kenya2:41:54[4]
2013Leena Puotiniemi  Finland2:42:03
2014Natalya Starkova  Russia2:37:56
2015Elina Junnila  Finland2:54:13
2016Anna Herzberg  Germany2:56:29
2017Anastasia Zakharova  Russia3:06:44
2018Katarina Skräddar  Finland2:54:45
2019Katarina Skräddar  Finland2:50:56
2020Soili Kosonen  Finland2:55:28
2021Aleksandra Borodinova  Russia2:43:22

See also

References
  1. HELSINKI CITY MARATON 40-VUOTIS JUHLAMITALI – Helsinki City Running Day (in Finnish)
  2. "Helsinki City Running Day postponed to early autumn due to Coronavirus |". 12 March 2020.
  3. "Helsinki City Running Day postponed to 3rd of October and returns to the Olympic Stadium |". April 2020.
  4. "Results 2012". Helsinki City Marathon. Retrieved 17 November 2012.


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