The Riga Marathon is an annual road marathon, held in Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. The main sponsor of the marathon is Nordea

Nordea

Nordea Bank AB is a Stockholm-based financial services group operating in Northern Europe. The bank is the result of the successive mergers and acquisitions of the Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian banks of Nordbanken, Merita Bank, Unibank and Kreditkassen that took place between 1997 and 2000...

. It was established in 1991, but has only been a member of AIMS

Association of International Marathons and Distance Races

The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, also known as AIMS, is an association of long-distance running races. Originally founded in 1982 at a meeting in London of marathon race directors, its membership was extended in 1986 to include all road races...

 since 2007.

Riga Marathon is one of the fastest growing marathons in Northern Europe

Northern Europe

Northern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe. Northern Europe typically refers to the seven countries in the northern part of the European subcontinent which includes Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Finland and Sweden...

. In 2010 there were 11 457 participants in five different distances, which was an increase of 25% compared to 2009.

Marathon

Key:

Year	Men's winner	Nationality	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	Nationality	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.... )
2011	Julius Kuto		2:15:48	Desta Girma		2:37:14
2010	Slimani Benazzouz		2:17:33	Maryna Damantsevich		2:38:16
2009	Oleg Gur		2:18:35	Katsiaryna Dziamidava		2:47:30
2008	Sammy Kibet Rotich Sammy Kibet Rotich Sammy Kibet Rotich is a male long-distance runner from Kenya. He set his personal best of 2:08:17 at the 2011 Warsaw Marathon.-Achievements:Sammy Kibet Rotich is a male long-distance runner from Kenya...		2:16:42	Kaja Vals		3:13:54
2007	Johnstone Kipko Changwony		2:18:30	Ludmila Rodina		2:50:07
2006	Yuri Vinogradov		2:41:57	Laura Zariņa		3:04:31
2005	Vjačeslavs Bambāns		2:45:58	Kaja Mulla		3:11:09
2004	Dmitrijs Sļesarenoks		2:27:09	Modesta Drungiliene		2:58:29
2003	Arūnas Balčunas		2:28:07	Aušra Kavalauskiene		3:05:26
2002	Arūnas Balčunas		2:31:25	Anita Liepiņa Anita Liepiņa Anita Liepiņa is a former Latvian race walker and long-distance runner.Her career highlights include participation at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.She is married to Modris Liepiņš.-Achievements:-References:...		3:12:16
2001	Ziedonis Zaļkalns		2:27:25	Laila Ceika		3:11:45
2000	Ziedonis Zaļkalns		2:30:59	Aušra Kavalauskiene		3:12:11
1999	Arūnas Balčunas		2:37:10	Laila Ceika		3:37:21
1998	Ziedonis Zaļkalns		2:33:41	Laila Ceika		3:27:49
1997	Normunds Fedotovskis		2:33:05	Kaja Mulla		3:12:26
1996	Aleksandrs Prokopčuks		2:31:46	Inita Drēziņa		3:30:42
1995	Ziedonis Zaļkalns		2:32:44	G. Bernarde		3:02:11
1994	Normunds Ivzāns		2:43:09	Laila Ceika		3:19:56
1993	Aleksandrs Prokopčuks		2:26:41	Svetlana Şepelev-Tcaci		2:55:07
1992	Gusman Abdulin		2:21:29	Olga Youdenkova		2:47:28
1991	Vladimir Kalenkovich		2:28:27	Alla Doudayeva		2:43:53

Half marathon

Key:

Year	Men's winner	Nationality	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	Nationality	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.... )
2011	Sergei Lukin		1:06:28	Lyubov Morgunova Lyubov Morgunova Lyubov Morgunova is a long-distance runner from Russia. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in 23rd place. Morgunova set her personal best in the same year, clocking 2:26:33.-Achievements:...		1:15:01
2010	Valērijs Žolnerovičs Valerijs Žolnerovics Valērijs Žolnerovičs is a Latvian Olympic athlete. He is the current holder of the Latvian record in half marathon....		1:05:40	Irene Chepkirui		1:14:04
2009	Joel Kosgei Komen		1:06:49	Daniela Fetcere		1:23:05
2008	Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov Pavel Loskutov is a former Estonian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races. He has competed in the Olympic marathon race four times consecutively, from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to the 2008 Beijing Games.In 2001, he won the Göteborgsvarvet half marathon in Gothenburg with a time of...		1:05:52	Helen Decker		1:20:00
2007	Dainius Saucikovas		1:09:17	Ilona Marhele		1:22:21
2006	Viktors Sļesarenoks		1:15:20	Anita Liepiņa Anita Liepiņa Anita Liepiņa is a former Latvian race walker and long-distance runner.Her career highlights include participation at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.She is married to Modris Liepiņš.-Achievements:-References:...		1:33:43

Victories by country

Country	Total	Marathon		Half Marathon
		Male	Female	Male	Female
	23	10	8	2	3
	7	3	3	1	0
	6	2	4	0	0
	5	3	0	1	1
	4	1	1	1	1
	4	0	3	1	0
	1	1	0	0	0
	1	1	0	0	0
	1	0	1	0	0
	1	0	1	0	0
	1	0	0	0	1