Košice Peace Marathon

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The Košice Peace Marathon is the oldest marathon in Europe and the second-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon).

The first course was held in 1924. The Marathon takes place each year on the first October Sunday.

Contents 1 Course 1.1 Men's Record 1.2 Women's Record 2 List of winners 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 External links

[edit] Course

The course is flat, completely asphalted and traffic free, two laps in the historic city center of Košice, Slovakia.

[edit] Men's Record

• 2007 - William Biama (Kenya) 2:09:53

[edit] Women's Record

• 1989 - Alena Peterková (Czechoslovakia) 2:31:28

[edit] List of winners

[edit] Men

Note: winners are listed below for five of the seven war years (1938-44), five war winners are listed at official homepage too, although the history provided by the Košice Peace Marathon states: "The Slovakian Marathon suffered a cleft seven years wide. To some extent this was patched up with five marathons organized under the Hungarian flag during the Horthy occupation of Košice – without a single foreign runner..." Some slovak sport historians say, they have to count. (see [1])

Its status as the oldest marathon in Europe, and second-oldest in the world, remains undiminished by this break.

• 1924 - Karol Halla (Czechoslovakia)
• 1925 - Pál Király (Hungary)
• 1926 - Hans Hempel (Germany)
• 1927 - József Galambos (Hungary)
• 1928 - József Galambos (Hungary)
• 1929 - Hans Hempel (Germany)
• 1930 - István Zelenka (Hungary)
• 1931 - Juan Carlos Zabala (Argentina)
• 1932 - József Galambos (Hungary)
• 1933 - József Galambos (Hungary)
• 1934 - Josef Šulc (Czechoslovakia)
• 1935 - Arthur Motmillers (Latvia)
• 1936 - György Balaban (Austria)
• 1937 - Désiré Leriche (France)
• 1939 - József Kiss (Hungary)
• 1941 - József Gyimesi (Hungary)
• 1942 - József Kiss (Hungary)
• 1943 - Géza Kiss (Hungary)
• 1944 - Rezső Kövári (Hungary)
• 1945 - Antonín Špiroch (Czechoslovakia)
• 1946 - Mikko Hietanen (Finland)
• 1947 - Charles Heirendt (Luxembourg)
• 1948 - Gösta Leandersson (Sweden)
• 1949 - Martti Urpalainen (Finland)
• 1950 - Gösta Leandersson (Sweden)
• 1951 - Jaroslav Śtrupp (Czechoslovakia)
• 1952 - Erkki Puolakka (Finland)
• 1953 - Walter Bednář (Czechoslovakia)
• 1954 - Erkki Puolakka (Finland)
• 1955 - Evert Nyberg (Sweden)
• 1956 - Thomas Hilt Nilsson (Sweden)
• 1957 - Ivan Filin (USSR)
• 1958 - Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia)
• 1959 - Sergey Popov (USSR)
• 1960 - Samuel Hardicker (Great Britain)
• 1961 - Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia)
• 1962 - Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia)
• 1963 - Leonard Edelen (USA)
• 1964 - Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia)
• 1965 - Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium)
• 1966 - Gyula Tóth (Hungary)
• 1967 - Nedjalko Farčić (Yugoslavia)
• 1968 - Václav Chudomel (Czechoslovakia)
• 1969 - Demisse Wolde (Ethiopia)
• 1970 - Mikhail Gorelov (USSR)
• 1971 - Gyula Tóth (Hungary)
• 1972 - John Farrington (Australia)
• 1973 - Vladimir Moyseyev (USSR)
• 1974 - Keith Angus (Great Britain)
• 1975 - Choe Chang Sop (North Korea)
• 1976 - Takeshi So (Japan)
• 1977 - Go Chun Son (North Korea)
• 1978 - Go Chun Son (North Korea)
• 1979 - Jouni Kortelainen (Finland)
• 1980 - Alexey Lyagushev (USSR)
• 1981 - Hans-Joachim Truppel (East Germany)
• 1982 - György Sinkó (Hungary)
• 1983 - František Višnický (Czechoslovakia)
• 1984 - Ri Dong Myong (North Korea)
• 1985 - Valentin Starikov (USSR)
• 1986 - František Višnický (Czechoslovakia)
• 1987 - Jörg Peter (East Germany)
• 1988 - Michael Heilmann (East Germany)
• 1989 - Karel David (Czechoslovakia)
• 1990 - Nikolay Kolesnikov (USSR)
• 1991 - Vlastimil Bukovjan (Czechoslovakia)
• 1992 - Wieslaw Palczyński (Poland)
• 1993 - Wieslaw Palczyński (Poland)
• 1994 - Petr Pipa (Slovakia)
• 1995 - Marnix Goegebeur (Belgium)
• 1996 - Marnix Goegebeur (Belgium)
• 1997 - My Tahar Echchadli (Morocco)
• 1998 - Andrzej Krzyscin (Poland)
• 1999 - Róbert Štefko (Slovakia)
• 2000 - Ernest Kipyego (Kenya)
• 2001 - David Kariuki (Kenya)
• 2002 - David Kariuki (Kenya)
• 2003 - Georgy Andreev (Russia)
• 2004 - Adam Dobrzynski (Poland)
• 2005 - David Maiyo (Kenya)
• 2006 - Edwin Kipchom (Kenya)
• 2007 - William Biama (Kenya)

[edit] Women

• 1980 - Šárka Balcarová (Czechoslovakia)
• 1981 - Christa Vahlensieck (West Germany)
• 1982 - Gillian Burley (Great Britain)
• 1983 - Raisa Sadreidin (USSR)
• 1984 - Christa Vahlensieck (West Germany)
• 1985 - Lucia Belyayev (USSR)
• 1986 - Christa Vahlensieck (West Germany)
• 1987 - Christa Vahlensieck (West Germany)
• 1988 - Christa Vahlensieck (West Germany)
• 1989 - Alena Peterková (Czechoslovakia)
• 1990 - Carol McLatchie (USA)
• 1991 - Mária Starovská (Czechoslovakia)
• 1992 - Dana Hajná (Czechoslovakia)
• 1993 - Yelana Plastinin (Ukraine)
• 1994 - Ľudmila Melicherová (Slovakia)
• 1995 - Gouzel Tazetdin (Russia)
• 1996 - Gouzel Tazetdin (Russia)
• 1997 - Wioletta Uryga (Poland)
• 1998 - Wioletta Uryga (Poland)
• 1999 - Katarína Jedináková (Slovakia)
• 2000 - Ivana Martincová (Czech Republic)
• 2001 - Galina Zhulyevova (Ukraine)
• 2002 - Tadelech Birra (Ethiopia)
• 2003 - Yelena Mazovka (Belarus)
• 2004 - Rika Tabashi (Japan)
• 2005 - Edyta Lewandowska (Poland)
• 2006 - Natalia Kulesh (Belarus)
• 2007 - Natalia Kulesh (Belarus)

[edit] External links

• (English) Official Košice Peace Marathon Homepage
• (Slovak) Some history
• (French) Marathon Info