The Warsaw Marathon is an annual marathon

Marathon

The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 race, which takes place in the heart of Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

's capital, Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

. It's the oldest annual marathon in Poland. It has been held since September 30, 1979. In the first edition the length of the parcours was just 40.6 km, and not the normal, classic distance of 42 km and 195 metres.

The event usually takes place in the last Sunday of September. Entry fee in 2010 is €40 if paid well in advance.
Although the main attraction is the marathon, since 2005 an ekiden

Ekiden

is a term referring to a long-distance relay running race, typically on roads. The Japanese term originally referred to a post-horse or stagecoach which transmitted communication by stages.-History:...

 marathon relay is also organized the day before the race.

Results

Date	Finishers	Winner Men	Country	Time	Winner Women	Country	Time
2011	4061	John Sammy Kibet	Kenya	2:08:17	Svietlana Stanko	Ukraine	2:31:28
2010	3322	Tola Bane	Ethiopia	2:13:10	Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko is a Ukrainian middle/long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.81 min *1500 metres - 4:05.01 min...	Ukraine	2:31:37
2009	3164	Teshome Gelane Etanya	Ethiopia	2:12:03	Anastasiya Padalinskaya	Belarus	2:44:55
2008	2640	Alemayehu Shumye Alemayehu Shumye Alemayehu Shumye Tafere is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running.Born in Nazret, he took up running seriously in 2004 when he moved to Addis Ababa with the hope of emulating the success of Haile Gebrselassie. He made his marathon debut in 2008 at the Marathon del...	Ethiopia	2:11:50	Małgorzata Sobańska	Poland	2:31:20
2007	2119	Paweł Ochal	Poland	2:12:20	Valentina Poltavska	Ukraine	2:40:18
2006	1860	Vitalij Shafar	Ukraine	2:12:29	Nina Podnebesnowa	Russia	2:42:43
2005	1689	Grzegorz Gajdus Grzegorz Gajdus Grzegorz Gajdus is a long-distance runner from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He ran his personal best in 2003, when he finished in fourth place at the Eindhoven Marathon.-Marathon achievements:-References:* *...	Poland	2:14:50	Nina Kolyasewa	Russia	2:34:53
2004	937	Radosław Dudycz	Poland	2:17:21	Janina Malska	Poland	2:48:41
2003	1063	Artur Pelo	Poland	2:20:41	Karina Szymańska	Poland	2:42:04
2002	307	Dmitrijs Šlesarenoks	Latvia	2:30:02	Marlena Żołnowska	Poland	3:36:19
2001	564	Bartosz Mazerski	Poland	2:24:45	Maria Bąk	Germany	2:48:31
2000	587	Mirosław Plawgo	Poland	2:15:57	Ewa Fliegert	Poland	2:51:02
1999	693	David Ngetich	Kenya	2:16:31	Karina Szymańska	Poland	2:45:44
1998	867	Grzegorz Głogosz	Poland	2:17:06	Karina Szymańska	Poland	2:36:24
1997	700	Wiesław Lenda	Poland	2:25:39	Karina Szymańska	Poland	2:42:18
1996	658	Artur Ociepa	Poland	2:18:14	Elena Cuchło	Belarus	2:37:48
1995	779	Christo Stefanov	Kingdom of Bulgaria	2:15:37	Elena Cuchło	Belarus	2:37:21
1994	788	Wiesław Lenda	Poland	2:17:50	Elena Cuchło	Belarus	2:42:36
1993	520	Julius Mitibani	Tanzania	2:20:26	Polina Grigorenko	Russia	2:55:25
1992	794	Jacek Kasprzyk	Poland	2:17:38	Aniela Nikiel	Poland	2:42:27
1991	852	Ryszard Misiewicz	Poland	2:19:50	Małgorzata Birbach	Poland	2:47:21
1990	1129	Krzysztof Niedziółka	Poland	2:20:08	Ewa Olas	Poland	2:42:48
1989	1222	Jerzy Skarżyński Jerzy Skarżyński (athlete) Jerzy Skarżyński is a retired Polish runner who specialized in the marathon.He finished fifteenth in the marathon at the 1986 European Championships. He won the Warsaw Marathon in 1989 and the Leipzig Marathon in 1991....	Poland	2:22:19	Ewa Bober	Poland	3:01:14
1988	1596	Paweł Tarasiuk	Poland	2:17:37	Stefania Kozik	Poland	2:55:34
1987	1398	Wiesław Lenda	Poland	2:24:47	Renata Walendziak	Poland	2:38:24
1986	1505	Józef Mitka	Poland	2:19:48	Maria Kawiorska	Poland	2:46:48
1985	1607	Andrzej Malicki	Poland	2:20:29	Irina Hulanicka	Soviet Union	2:46:21
1984	1914	Miroslaw Rudnik	Poland	2:25:15	Stefania Kozik	Poland	3:06:02
1983	1919	Stanimir Nenov	Kingdom of Bulgaria	2:23:55	Irena Maliborska	Poland	2:59:38
1982	1727	Zbigniew Pierzynka Zbigniew Pierzynka Zbigniew Pierzynka is a former long-distance runner from Poland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. He set his personal best in the classic distance in 1986....	Poland	2:24:09	Helena Kozioryńska	Poland	3:08:52
1981	2015	Jerzy Finster	Poland	2:17:06	Cindy Wuss	United States	2:51:22
1980	2289	Jerzy Gros	Poland	2:22:12	Anna Bełtowska	Poland	3:05:14
1979	1861	Kazimierz Pawlik	Poland	2:11:34	Renata Pentlinowska	Poland	2:51:38

External links

• Warsaw Marathon
• Findamarathon.com - Warsaw Marathon
• Marathon Info