Monaco Marathon
# Monaco Marathon

The Monaco Marathon or the Monaco and the Riviera Marathon (French: Marathon de Monaco et des Riviera) is a marathon run every year starting and finishing in Monaco. It crosses the border to France and Italy and goes along the coast to a turning point in Ventimiglia, Italy and back again to Monaco. There is also a 10 km race run entirely inside Monaco.

The marathon is run in March every year. In 2009 there were around 700 marathon participants, plus around 1000 participants in the 10 km race.

Due to the race's coincidence with French regional elections in 2010, the event was shortened to a half marathon, and Dennis Mehlfeld of Germany and American runner Heidi Freitag won the men's and women's races, respectively. The 10 km race continued as originally planned and a total of 1800 runners from 39 countries took part in the day's events that year.

From 2011 the race has been rebranded the Monaco Run with a course distance of 23.8km, slightly longer than a Half marathon.

## Past winners

Key:  Course record  5km (2021), 10km run (2017–2020)

| Edition | Year | Men's Winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's Winner | Time (h:m:s) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| — | 2021 | Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) | 13:13 | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 14:43 |
| — | 2020 | Dmitrii Korneev (RUS) | 37:47 | Miriam Bazzicalupo (ITA) | 43:48 |
| — | 2019 | Adrien Janin (FRA) | 39:56 | Imane Zouhir (ITA) | 46:19 |
| — | 2018 | Karim Tahri (FRA) | 31:14 | Mathilde Gautier (FRA) | 37:04 |
| — | 2017 | Youssef Jaadi (FRA) | 30:40 | Hanan Farhoun (FRA) | 36:07 |
| 18th | 2016 | Eliud Kimutai (KEN) | 1:22:02 | Ornella Ferrara (ITA) | 1:31:36 |
| 17th | 2015 | Jean Claude Niyonizigiye (BDI) | 1:15:40 | Ornella Ferrara (ITA) | 1:32:03 |
| 16th | 2014 | Eliud Kimutai (KEN) | 1:15:02 | Ornella Ferrara (ITA) | 1:31:36 |
| 15th | 2013 | Nathan Chebet (UGA) | 1:13:48 | Alexandra Louison (FRA) | 1:30:06 |
| 14th | 2012 | Jean Claude Niyonizigiye (BDI) | 1:14:59 | Ornella Ferrara (ITA) | 1:29:17 |
| 14th | 2011 | Tarik Marhnaoui (MAR) | 1:18:52 | Ornella Ferrara (ITA) | 1:30:39 |
| 13th | 2010 | Dennis Mehlfeld (GER) | 1:08:56 | Heidi Freitag (USA) | 1:25:32 |
| 12th | 2009 | Ben Kimwole (KEN) | 2:11:01 | Bekele Belaynesh (ETH) | 2:48:49 |
| 11th | 2008 | Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) | 2:12:40 | Yelena Kozhevnikova (RUS) | 2:41:21 |
| Race not held in 2007 ||||||
| 10th | 2006 | Wilfried Cheserek (KEN) | 2:17:21 | Lena Gavelin (SWE) | 2:39:29 |
| 9th | 2005 | John Kirui (KEN) | 2:19:08 | Alina Tecuta (ROM) | 2:43:44 |
| 8th | 2004 | Andrey Chernichov (RUS) | 2:22:12 | Mariya Fedoseyeva (RUS) | 2:41:17 |
| 7th | 2003 | Francis Kemboi (KEN) | 2:20:08 | Yelena Kaledina (RUS) | 2:44:39 |
| 6th | 2002 | Tadesse Hailemarian (ETH) | 2:14:08 | Mariya Fedoseyeva (RUS) | 2:37:24 |
| 5th | 2001 | Wilson Kibet (KEN) | 2:13:53 | Judit Földing-Nagy (HUN) | 2:38:24 |
| 4th | 2000 | Philip Tanui (KEN) | 2:18:35 | Jacqueline Jerotich (KEN) | 2:34:04 |
| 3rd | 1999 | Kenneth Cheruiyot (KEN) | 2:11:26 | Alla Zhilyaeva (RUS) | 2:34:47 |
| 2nd | 1998 | Ezequiel Bitok (KEN) | 2:11:48 | Jane Salumäe (EST) | 2:32:55 |
| 1st | 1997 | Ezequiel Bitok (KEN) | 2:12:30 | Maura Viceconte (ITA) | 2:28:16 |

* From 2010, the official race distance is 23,8 km.
