Ostrava Marathon

The Ostrava Marathon (Czech: Ostravský maraton) is an annual road marathon held in the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic each September. It was first held in 1954.[2]

Ostrava Marathon
DateSeptember
LocationOstrava, Czech Republic
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1954 (1954)
Course recordsMen's: 2:19:06 (1959)
Czechoslovakia Pavel Kantorek
Women's: 2:49:41 (2013)
Czech Republic Šárka Macháčková
Official siteostravacitymarathon.cz
Participants193 starters (2022)[1]

History

The inaugural marathon was held in 1954. On seven occasions (1956, 1958, 1960–62, and 1964–65), the race distance was limited to 25 kilometres (16 mi).[2] Between 1966 and 1973 the race was not held at all, due to the death of its original organiser, Slávek Mozga. It resumed in 1974.[3] The race has functioned as the Czechoslovakia (later Czech Republic) national championship on five occasions;[2] in 1996, women's race winner Kateřina Gerová-Šromová was not awarded the national title as there was only one entrant in the race.[4] Women first ran the race in 1974, but took part only sporadically until 1986, since which there has only been one race (1997) without a recorded woman finisher.

Other races

The Ostrava Marathon takes place alongside a variety of other running distances including Half marathon and Quarter marathon (10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi)).[5]

Winners

The race has been won a record 8 times by Ethiopian-born Czech runner Mulugeta Serbessa, who took victories in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2014. Pavel Kantorek set the course record of 2:19:06 in 1959.[3] Czech, and formerly Czechoslovak, runners have dominated the race, with only a few other European nationalities coming in first place. Kazimierz Orzeł of Poland and Sigrun Macheleidt of East Germany are the only foreign race winners with multiple successes (two each). The most successful female runner is Petra Pastorová, who won the event six consecutive years from 2017 to 2022.

Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   National championship race

Marathon

[2]

Ed. Year Men's winner Time[lower-alpha 1] Women's winner Time[lower-alpha 1] Rf.
1 1954  Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) 2:32:49
2 1955  Walter Bednář (TCH) 2:28:38
3 1956
4 1957  Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) 2:34:36
5 1958
6 1959  Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 2:19:06
7 1960
8 1961
9 1962
10 1963  Václav Chudomel (TCH) 2:40:23
11 1964
12 1965
——Not held between 1966 and 1973
13 1974  Stanislav Nebojsa (TCH) 2:48:21  Emilie Přivřelová (TCH) 3:26:04
14 1975  Kazimierz Orzeł (POL) 2:36:10
15 1976  Kazimierz Orzeł (POL) 2:43:13
16 1977  Volker Lorenz (DDR) 2:39:36
17 1978  Tomáš Rusek (TCH) 2:34:52
18 1979  Endre Mocsari (HUN) 2:29:41  Eva Vlčková (TCH) 4:10:52
19 1980  Vojtěch Krejčí (TCH) 2:31:03  Sigrun Macheleidt (DDR) 3:34:47
20 1981  Vojtěch Krejčí (TCH) 2:27:06
21 1982  Zdeněk Šváb (TCH) 2:31:53  Sigrun Macheleidt (DDR) 3:51:50
22 1983  Jiří Brož (TCH) 2:29:57
23 1984  Vladimír Balošák (TCH) 2:34:50  Sigrid Eichner (DDR) 3:27:38
24 1985  Ondřej Němec (TCH) 2:28:46
25 1986  Nikos Cametis (TCH) 2:30:24  Marie Vitásková (TCH) 3:24:51
26 1987  Aleš Jaroň (TCH) 2:29:08  Ivana Brožová (TCH) 3:15:49
27 1988  Miroslav Miko (TCH) 2:27:42  Věra Holaňová (TCH) 3:10:19
28 1989  Josef Mladenka (TCH) 2:35:40  Ivana Brožová (TCH) 3:11:58
29 1990  Jan Hrouza (TCH) 2:36:30  Lenka Skalová (TCH) 4:02:16
30 1991  Miroslav Miko (TCH) 2:26:40  Ivana Brožová (TCH) 3:16:32
31 1992  Jan Hrouza (TCH) 2:32:00  Alena Sladká (TCH) 3:08:30
32 1993  Alexandr Neuwirth (CZE) 2:21:26  Věra Vašutová (CZE) 3:00:49
33 1994  Alexandr Neuwirth (CZE) 2:20:50  Vlasta Rulcová (CZE) 2:57:55
34 1995  Václav Filip (CZE) 2:31:56  Anna Balošáková (SVK) 2:56:25
35 1996  Vlastimil Bukovjan (CZE) 2:22:48  Kateřina Gerová-Šromová (CZE) 3:29:47
36 1997  Václav Filip (CZE) 2:40:01
37 1998  Jiří Žák (CZE) 2:29:11  Zdeňka Tvrdá (CZE) 3:59:12
38 1999  David Gerych (CZE) 2:34:30  Zdeňka Tvrdá (CZE) 3:53:31
39 2000  Václav Ožana (CZE) 2:37:32  Lenka Skalová (CZE) 4:01:37
40 2001  Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) 2:29:57  Ludmila Šokalová (CZE) 3:24:45
41 2002  Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) 2:37:43  Ludmila Šokalová (CZE) 3:40:36
42 2003  Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) 2:35:57  Jaroslava Pokorová (CZE) 3:39:08
43 2004  Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) 2:29:37  Miroslava Hanáková (CZE) 3:21:48
44 2005  Eusebio Rosa (POR) 2:27:31  Denisa Kozáková (CZE) 3:11:34
45 2006  Jacek Kasprzyk (POL) 2:27:56  Ewa Fliegert (POL) 3:03:05
46 2007  Damian Zawierucha (POL) 2:27:23  Ivana Martincová (CZE) 2:54:23
47 2008  Jiří Žák (CZE) 2:31:07  Eva Munstrová (CZE) 3:12:43
48 2009  Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) 2:27:16  Jitka Hudáková (SVK) 3:15:00
49 2010  Daniel Orálek (CZE) 2:30:58  Jana Dorazilová (CZE) 3:00:16
50 2011  Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) 2:29:26  Jitka Hudáková (SVK) 3:10:03
51 2012  Daniel Orálek (CZE) 2:31:25  Iva Pachtová (CZE) 3:27:57
52 2013  Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) 2:35:42  Šárka Macháčková (CZE) 2:49:41
53 2014  Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE) 2:31:43  Tereza Šádková (CZE) 3:24:38
54 2015  Martin Kučera (CZE) 2:30:02  Eva Filipiová (CZE) 3:12:35
55 2016  Milan Merva (CZE) 3:16:18  Iveta Fořtová (CZE) 3:40:23
56 2017  Jan Kohut (CZE) 2:36:54  Petra Pastorová (CZE) 3:06:07 [6]
57 2018  Petr Pechek (CZE) 2:27:07  Petra Pastorová (CZE) 2:58:39
58 2019  Petr Muras (CZE) 2:37:41  Petra Pastorová (CZE) 3:03:02 [5]
59 2020  Petr Buček (CZE) 2:34:31  Petra Pastorová (CZE) 2:52:58 [7]
60 2021  Stanislav Najvert (CZE) 3:03:02  Petra Pastorová (CZE) 3:09:51 [8]
61 2022  Oldřich Kokošek (CZE) 2:41:28  Petra Pastorová (CZE) 2:54:27 [1]

Multiple wins

Athletes with at least three wins listed.[2]

Athlete Wins Category Years
 Mulugeta Serbessa (CZE)8Men's2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014
 Petra Pastorová (CZE)6Women's2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
 Miroslav Ciboch (TCH)4Men's1956, 1960, 1962, 1964
 Ivana Brožová (TCH)3Women's1987, 1989, 1991

Notes
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References
  1. Zajíc, Josef (14 September 2022). "Skvělý sportovní podnik Ostrava City Marathon 2022 se konal v Ostravě". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. "Ostravsky Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  3. Seidl, Jiří (23 September 2011). "Ostravský maraton čeká na mužský rekord dvaapadesát let". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. Hladík, Pavel (2015). MISTROVSTVÍ A PŘEBORY V ATLETICE II. DÍL MUŽI A ŽENY (PDF) (in Czech). p. 175. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  5. Zajíc, Josef (23 September 2019). "Ostravský maraton odstartoval na Masarykově náměstí". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  6. Zajíc, Josef (25 September 2017). "Druhý ročník Ostravského maratonu zaplnil Masarykovo náměstí a Komenského sady". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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  8. "Najvert Stanislav a Petra Pastorová vítězí na RBP Ostrava City Marathon!!!". Maraton Klub Seitl Ostrava (in Czech). 17 September 2021. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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