Great Ocean Road Marathon
# Great Ocean Road Marathon

The Great Ocean Road Marathon is run over 44km from Lorne to Apollo Bay along the Victorian coastal route. It is the main race within the annual Great Ocean Road Running Festival, which also includes 60km, 23km and 6km runs, 5km and 10km walks and a 1.5km Kids Gallop. In 2019 a total of 8200 runners took part across the events. The event began in 2005, founded by Les Noseda with the assistance of The Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce, Ross Stephens, Nick Polgeeft, Gerry Tidd and Joe Di Ceccio. It is now owned by IMG. The course record of 2:27:37 was set in 2019 by Australian runner Nick Earl. Earl broke the previous record of 2:27:42 set in 2011 by James Kipkelwon of Kenya, who also won the event in 2012.

## Past winners

Key:  Course record  Country's championship race

| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1st | 2005 | Elkana Machuka (KEN) | 2:31:13 | Rosie Doran (AUS) | 3:31:09 |
| 2nd | 2006 | James Kariuki (KEN) | 2:43:55 | Nadelle Legge (AUS) | 3:15:36 |
| 3rd | 2007 | David Mutua (KEN) | 2:36:35 | Helen Stanton (AUS) | 2:58:15 |
| 4th | 2008 | David Mutua (KEN) | 2:36:43 | Helen Stanton (AUS) | 3:10:59 |
| 5th | 2009 | Charles Muturi (KEN) | 2:44:55 | Helen Stanton (AUS) | 2:59:41 |
| 6th | 2010 | Mark Tucker (AUS) | 2:29:41 | Lucie Hardiman (AUS) | 3:07:41 |
| 7th | 2011 | James Kipkelwon (KEN) | 2:29:16 | Natalie Mensch (AUS) | 3:20:16 |
| 8th | 2012 | James Kipkelwon (KEN) | 2:27:42 | Kelly Jarret (AUS) | 2:59:36 |
| 9th | 2013 | Joel Chepkopol (KEN) | 2:27:50 | Tracie Kaye (AUS) | 3:08:44 |
| 10th | 2014 | Alexander Matthews (AUS) | 2:32:33 | Kirstin Bull (AUS) | 3:07:51 |
| 11th | 2015 | Julian Spence (AUS) | 2:37:23 | Kirstin Bull (AUS) | 3:01:56 |
| 12th | 2016 | Julian Spence (AUS) | 2:33:00 | Kirstin Bull (AUS) | 3:06:37 |
| 13th | 2017 | Julian Spence (AUS) | 2:32:44 | Jane Fardell (AUS) | 3:10:53 |
| 14th | 2018 | Julian Spence (AUS) | 2:35:43 | Rhiannon Snipe (AUS) | 3:06:32 |
| 15th | 2019 | Nick Earl (GBR) | 2:27:37 | Rhiannon Snipe (AUS) | 3:04:36 |
| | 2020 | postponed due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed due to coronavirus pandemic | postponed due to coronavirus pandemic |
| 16th | 2021 | John Csongei (AUS) | 2:48:20 | Aleara Wallace (AUS) | 3:09:16 |
| 17th | 2022 | Dion Finocchiaro (AUS) | 2:30:20 | Kirstin Bull (AUS) | 3:04:28 |
