Castellón Marathon

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Castellón Marathon
DateFebruary[1][2]
LocationCastellón de la Plana, Spain
Event typeRoad
World Athletics Cat.Label
DistanceMarathon, 10K
Primary sponsorBP, FACSA
Established2010 (14 years ago) (2010)[3][4]
Official siteOfficial website

The Castellón Marathon (Catalan: Marató Castelló;[a] Spanish: Maratón Castellón) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Castellón de la Plana, Spain, since 2010.[3][6][4][2] The marathon is a World Athletics Label Road Race.[1]

The marathon is held on the same day as the 10K Castellón (Catalan: 10K Castelló;[b] Spanish: 10K Castellón), a 10K race that is also a World Athletics Label Road Race.[1] Ethiopian runner Yalemzerf Yehualaw set a world record for the 10K run during this race in 2022, when she completed the course in a time of 29:14.[7][c]

Winners[edit]

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (min:sec) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2010  Solomon Tsige (ETH) 2:10:37  Almaz Alemu (ETH) 2:31:27
2nd 2011  Carles Castillejo (ESP) 2:10:09  Jemima Sumgong (KEN) 2:28:32
3rd 2012  Simon Kamama (KEN) 2:11:32  Leah Jerotich (KEN) 2:42:14
4th 2013  Andualem Belay (ETH) 2:11:59  Marta Markos (ETH) 2:36:14
5th 2014  Daniel Kosgei (KEN) 2:10:13  Magdalene Mukunzi (KEN) 2:35:38
6th 2015  Tiruneh Chalachew (ETH) 2:12:04  Berhan Aregawi (ETH) 2:36:31
7th 2017  Abraham Girma (ETH) 2:12:18  Genet Getaneh (ETH) 2:36:49
8th 2018  Stephen Kiplimo (KEN) 2:11:28  Tigist Teshome (ETH) 2:29:57
9th 2019  Andualem Belay (ETH) 2:08:16  Lemelem Berha (ETH) 2:28:52
10th 2020  Lemi Dumecha (ETH) 2:07:43  Webalem Bazanew (ETH) 2:27:39
11th 2022  Ronald Korir (KEN) 2:09:25  Betty Jepleting (KEN) 2:28:06
12th 2023  Dadi Yami (ETH) 2:11:15  Amina Bettiche (ALG) 2:28:30
13th 2024  Kibrom Weldemicael (ERI) 2:07:25  Dorine Murkomen (KEN) 2:29:39

Wins by country[edit]

Country Men's Women's Total
 Ethiopia 7 7 14
 Kenya 4 5 9
 Algeria 0 1 1
 Eritrea 1 0 1
 Spain 1 0 1

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ It is also known as the "Marató BP Castelló" (stylized as "Marató bp Castelló") for sponsorship reasons.[5]
  2. ^ It is also known as the "10K FACSA Castelló" for sponsorship reasons.[5]
  3. ^ This world record was broken at the 2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja by Kenyan runner Agnes Ngetich, who finished with a time of 28:46.[8]

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