Tallinn Marathon
# Tallinn Marathon

The Tallinn Marathon is an annual road marathon, held in Tallinn, Estonia. It is held in September and is the biggest annual marathon in Estonia. Both the marathon and the half marathon held the day before are categorized as Bronze Label Road Races by World Athletics.

## History

The first regularly-held marathon was held in 2010. Prior to this, the marathon was first held in 1989 with about 100 runners, and a half marathon and a 10 km race had been held regularly since 2000.

In 2015, Estonian Marti Medar set a world record for completing a marathon while dribbling a basketball, finishing in 3:04:15. In 2017, Medar set a world record for completing a marathon while dribbling two basketballs at the same time, doing so in 3:54:16, and then set it again in 2021 with a time of 3:36:36.

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually, transferring their entry to 2021, or obtaining a refund.

## Winners

Key: Course record (in bold)

### Marathon

| Year | Men's winner | Nationality | Time | Women's winner | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Bernard Rotich | Kenya | 2:18:16 | Ruth Kutol | Kenya | 2:36:02 |
| 2011 | Julius Muriuki | Kenya | 2:12:56 | Almaz Alemu | Ethiopia | 2:34:14 |
| 2012 | John Kirui | Kenya | 2:15:21 | Evelin Talts | Estonia | 2:45:02 |
| 2013 | Dadi Tesfaye | Ethiopia | 2:15:01 | Irene Chepkirui | Kenya | 2:34:40 |
| 2014 | Dadi Tesfaye | Ethiopia | 2:17:29 | Evelin Talts | Estonia | 2:56:26 |
| 2015 | Kiprop Tonui | Kenya | 2:18:04 | Kaisa Kukk | Estonia | 2:52:40 |
| 2016 | Bernard Chumba | Kenya | 2:20:52 | Esther Karimi | Kenya | 2:49:20 |
| 2017 | Kiprotich Kirui | Kenya | 2:09:22 | Olga Andrejeva | Estonia | 2:51:06 |
| 2018 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 2:24:07 | Daisy Langat | Kenya | 2:33:50 |
| 2019 | Josphat Leting | Kenya | 2:12:42 | Pamela Rotich | Kenya | 2:32:16 |
| 2020 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021 | Ibrahim Mukunga | Kenya | 2:30:43 | Kaisa Kukk | Estonia | 2:44:46 |

### Half marathon

| Year | Men's winner | Nationality | Time | Women's winner | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Pavel Loskutov | Estonia | 1:03:23 | Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 1:15:24 |
| 2001 | Pavel Loskutov | Estonia | 1:04:29 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 1:12:57 |
| 2002 | Pavel Loskutov | Estonia | 1:04:55 | Liilia Kesküla | Estonia | 1:28:31 |
| 2003 | Pavel Loskutov | Estonia | 1:04:01 | Kulli Kaljus | Estonia | 1:22:13 |
| 2004 | Pavel Loskutov | Estonia | 1:05:47 | Kadri Kelve | Estonia | 1:24:14 |
| 2005 | Pavel Loskutov | Estonia | 1:04:59 | Tiina Tross | Estonia | 1:20:50 |
| 2006 | Vjatšeslav Košelev | Estonia | 1:06:21 | Sigrid Valdre | Estonia | 1:19:29 |
| 2007 | Pavel Loskutov | Estonia | 1:06:22 | Sigrid Valdre | Estonia | 1:19:03 |
| 2008 | Alexei Markov | Estonia | 1:08:24 | Remalda Kergytė | Lithuania | 1:17:13 |
| 2009 | Mareks Florošeks | Latvia | 1:07:34 | Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Lithuania | 1:12:54 |
| 2010 | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held |
| 2011 | Valērijs Žolnerovičs | Latvia | 1:07:97 | Inna Poluškina | Latvia | 1:17:27 |
| 2012 | Jānis Girgensons | Latvia | 1:06:32 | Ilona Marhele | Latvia | 1:16:39 |
| 2013 | Ibrahim Mukunga | Kenya | 1:05:42 | Jekaterina Patjuk | Estonia | 1:17:32 |
| 2014 | Jacob Yator | Kenya | 1:05:36 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 1:12:28 |
| 2015 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 1:06:08 | Ilona Marhele | Latvia | 1:18:35 |
| 2016 | Victor Ketienya | Kenya | 1:06:58 | Ilona Marhele | Latvia | 1:17:08 |
| 2017 | Benard Korir | Kenya | 1:04:44 | Jekaterina Patjuk | Estonia | 1:15:17 |
| 2018 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 1:03:27 | Norah Chebet | Kenya | 1:12:56 |
| 2019 | Evans Cheruiyot | Kenya | 1:00:29 | Janet Ruguru | Kenya | 1:10:19 |
| 2020 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 1:05:39 | Helena Peik | Estonia | 1:24:11 |

### 10 kilometers

| Year | Men's winner | Nationality | Time | Women's winner | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Toomas Tarm | Estonia | 30:27 | Maile Mangusson | Estonia | 36:14 |
| 2001 | Vjatšeslav Košelev | Estonia | 30:17 | Maile Mangusson | Estonia | 35:59 |
| 2002 | Vjatšeslav Košelev | Estonia | 31:03 | Maile Mangusson | Estonia | 38:03 |
| 2003 | Egidijus Rupšys | Lithuania | 30:57 | Maile Mangusson | Estonia | 37:26 |
| 2004 | Margus Pirksaar | Estonia | 31:21 | Gailutė Keliuotienė | Lithuania | 38:52 |
| 2005 | Margus Pirksaar | Estonia | 31:11 | Inga Jedeskiene | Lithuania | 35:55 |
| 2006 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 30:38 | Daniela Fetcera | Latvia | 34:56 |
| 2007 | Mareks Florošeks | Latvia | 31:29 | Daniela Fetcera | Latvia | 34:38 |
| 2008 | Mareks Florošeks | Latvia | 31:10 | Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Lithuania | 34:18 |
| 2009 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 30:04 | Inna Poluškina | Latvia | 34:38 |
| 2010 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 30:04 | Inna Poluškina | Latvia | 34:19 |
| 2011 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 30:34 | Jekaterina Patjuk | Estonia | 34:28 |
| 2012 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 30:06 | Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Lithuania | 35:10 |
| 2013 | David Kogei | Kenya | 29:02 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 33:18 |
| 2014 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 29:47 | Lily Luik | Estonia | 36:24 |
| 2015 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 30:11 | Jekaterina Patjuk | Estonia | 33:51 |
| 2016 | Tiidrek Nurme | Estonia | 29:42 | Liina Tšernov | Estonia | 34:56 |
| 2017 | Benard Korir | Kenya | 29:46 | Liina Tšernov | Estonia | 35:49 |
| 2018 | Weldom Kerich | Kenya | 30:15 | Norah Chebet | Kenya | 34:05 |
| 2019 | Vasyl Koval | Ukraine | 30:10 | Liina Tšernov | Estonia | 34:20 |
| 2020 | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic | cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 30:24 | Liina Luik | Estonia | 36:09 |
