The Mombasa Marathon is a marathon

Marathon

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 run in the Kenya

Kenya

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n city of Mombasa

Mombasa

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. Currently sponsored by Safaricom

Safaricom

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, the race takes place annually in May, with the course's start and finish lines at Treasury Square in the city's Old Town area.

History

The marathon was first run in 1985, though winner statistics for the 1985–1988 races are unknown. Daniel Nzioka holds the record for most men's wins, with 3 (1988–1991). Grace Chebet holds the record for most women's wins, also with 3 (1995, 1998–99).

The total prize fund for the 2010 race was KSh

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 816,000 (£

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6,308.40), with the winner's prize in both men's and women's categories standing at KSh 200,000 (£1,546.18). The winners of the 2010 race were James Kariuki Mbugua and Tabitha Kibet, with times of 02:08:05 and 02:36:04 respectively.

Past winners

Key:
• Short course • † = Long course

• Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )	Women's winner	Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
  1st	1985 – 1988 Winners unknown
  2nd
  3rd
  4th
  5th	1989		2:15:54		2:59:34
  6th	1990		2:17:06		2:59:39
  7th	1991		2:20:09		2:51:41
  8th	1992		2:17:50		3:37:42
  9th	1993		2:13:16	?	?
  10th	1994		2:12:12	?	?
  11th	1995		2:14:03		3:04:35
  12th	1996	?	?	?	?
  13th	1997	?	?	?	?
  14th	1998		2:11:13		2:38:44
  15th	1999		2:11:09		2:34:00
  16th	2000	?	?	?	?
  17th	2001	?	?	?	?
  18th	2002		2:13:57	?	?
  19th	2003	?	?	?	?
  20th	2004		2:22:01 †		3:08:13 †
  21st	2005		2:12:08		2:49:30
  22nd	2006		2:11:06		2:39:53
  23rd	2007		2:09:21		2:52:49
  24th	2008		2:12:46		2:49:16
  25th	2009		2:13:44		2:54:38
  26th	2010		2:08:05		2:36:04
  27th	2011		2:13:00		2:39:01

Course discrepancies

Since 1999, the course route has been shorter than standard. During the 2004 race, the runners went off-course; reports suggested that the runners may have covered an additional 5 kilometres (3.1 mi).