UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HH SHEIKH HAMDAN BIN MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM
CROWN PRINCE OF DUBAI, CHAIRMAN OF DUBAI SPORTS COUNCIL
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DUBAIMARATHON
FRIDAY 22ND JANUARY 2016
42KM MARATHON • 10KM ROAD RACE • 4KM FUN RUN
MEDIA GUIDE
Under the Patronage
of
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Sports Council
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TITLE SPONSOR
CONTENTS
2015 Race Review PRIZE MONEY
SPONSORS
OFFICIAL SUPPLIERS
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MEDIA INFORMATION
Introduction The Media Team The Media Centre Press Conferences 13
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THE DUBAI MARATHON COURSE
Start Details Course Details Times and Drinks Stations Course Maps 17
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THE 2016 RACES
The 2016 Races
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ELITE RUNNERS
Elite Men: Entries Elite Men: Biographies Elite Women: Entries Elite Women: Biographies Awards and Bonuses 26
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DUBAI MARATHON STATISTICS
Champions and Course Records Past Results Margins of Victory 41
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WORLD MARATHON STATISTICS
World and Continental Records World All-Time Top 50 World’s Best in 2015
World Record Pace Guide Weather 51
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THE DUBAI MARATHON STRUCTURE
Event Officials 67
THE MASS EVENT
Total number of participants year-by-year 71
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ETHIOPIANS RULE
AT STANDARD CHARTERED
DUBAI MARATHON 2015
It was yet another day of dominance
for Ethiopian athletes at the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon as little
known Lemi Berhanu Hayle and the
sublime Aselefech Mergia swept the
board in the world’s richest marathon.
Just 20 years old, Berhanu left some of
the biggest names in long distance running
trailing and in warm weather conditions
clocked a world leading time of 2:05:28 to
win by 24 seconds from 2013 Dubai and
Boston champion Lelisa Desisa. Deribe Robi
completed an all Ethiopian podium with a
time of 2:06:06. Ethiopia’s superstar Kenenisa
Bekele dropped out beyond the 30km mark,
appearing to suffer from a leg injury.
In the women’s field, Aselefech Mergia
celebrated her 30th birthday in style
with a perfect comeback, winning the
most thrilling finish in the history of the
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Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon.
The Ethiopian, who had taken time off
competition to have a baby, returned to the
marathon for the first time since the summer
of 2012, winning in 2:20:02. In a duel right
to the line, reigning World Half Marathon
Champion Gladys Cherono was beaten
by just one second on a superb marathon
debut, while fellow Kenyan Lucy Kabuu was
third in 2:20:21.
Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh
Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and
Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, a
record field of more than 25,000 runners
entered the marathon, the 10km Road Race
and the 4km Fun Run on a day that saw the
event beamed to millions of homes across
the world.
“I never would have thought that I could
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win this race,” said Berhanu, who collected
his trophy from HH Sheikh Mansour bin
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and
Standard Chartered UAE CEO Mohsin
Nathani. “It was my dream to do this in Dubai
one day, but I didn’t expect it to happen
this year. With around one kilometre to go, I
sensed that I could win.”
He has now improved by more than
five minutes and is unbeaten in two races.
“If my federation selects me then I would
really like to run the marathon in the World
Championships in the summer,” added
Berhanu, who said he had no idea what to do
with the prize money of US$200,000. “I never
thought about the money. I really don’t know
what I will do with it.”
Meanwhile Dubai proved a tough marathon
experience for Kenenisa Bekele. After winning
his debut in Paris last April with 2:05:04 and
finishing fourth in Chicago in 2:05:51, Dubai
brought hope but ultimately frustration. Bekele
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ran in the lead group up to the 28km point
but dropped back quickly and finally stopped
shortly after 30km.
“Kenenisa suffered hamstring problems in
both legs,” said his coach Renato Canova.
“But I think the real problem is in his right
Achilles tendon. At the end of November he
had to reduce training because of this.
“A world record was never a realistic
target, but a 2:04 time seemed realistic.
When I saw him running today he did not
look relaxed, he looked tight, which is
why he developed hamstring problems.
But I remain very confident for his future
marathon carrier - I think he will do really
well.”
The strongest women’s field ever in Dubai
produced its own share of drama. Firstly the
little known Tigist Tufa, Ethiopian-born and
running for Bahrain, broke clear shortly after
the start and maintained a daunting pace,
leading a talented chasing group by a solid
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minute at 20km, which suggested a 2:18
finishing time.
But she paid the price in the end and
was caught by the pack at 34km by a group
comprising Aselefech, returning to racing
after maternity and in search of a third Dubai
title, fellow Ethiopians Aberu Kebede and
Shure Demissie along with the Kenyan duo of
Lucy Kabuu and 2014 World Half Marathon
champion Gladys Cherono, who was making
her debut at the distance.
Cherono has dangerous finishing speed
over the shorter distances but it was Mergia
who won a contest which ran right to the
finish line, completing a hat-trick of Dubai
titles by just one second.
“I told myself after having my daughter that
I could win a marathon again,” she said. “We
used the prize money from my first two wins
in Dubai [2011 and 2012] to begin building
a hotel back home, now we’ll be able to
complete the job.”
In the 10km men’s event, victory went
to Fikad Kibreab of Eritrea (29m:56s) with
Habtom Welderufael - also from Eritrea - in
second (29m:58s) and Morocco’s Ihya Ben
Youssef in third (30m:18s). Ruqiya Alkhaja
of the UAE took the women’s 10km title
in 30m:47s, with Eritrea’s Rahma Abas
second (37m:46s) and Latifa Essarokh of
France in third (37m:47s).
The biggest event of its kind in the
Middle East, the Standard Chartered Dubai
Marathon drew a mixture of spectators,
including Olympians Lord Sebastian Coe
and Haile Gebrselassie, HE Mattar Al
Tayer (Vice Chairman of the Dubai Sports
Council), HE Saeed Hareb (General
Secretary of the Dubai Sports Council) and
Ahmad Al Kamali (UAE Athletics Federation
President and IAAF Member).
In addition to Standard Chartered as
title sponsor, the Standard Chartered Dubai
Marathon is supported by the Dubai Sports
Council, adidas, Dubai Eye 103.8FM, Sport
360, Masafi, Dubai Holding, Dubai Police and
the RTA.
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RESULTS - STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2015
RESULTS
WOMEN’S MARATHON
RESULTS
MEN’S MARATHON
1
Lemi Berhanu (ETH)
02:05:28
1
Aselefech Mergia (ETH)
02:20:02
2
Lelisa Desisa (ETH)
02:05:52
2
Gladys Cherono (KEN)
02:20:03
3
Deribe Robi (ETH)
02:06:06
3
Lucy Kabuu (KEN)
02:20:21
4
Feysa Lelisa (ETH)
02:06:35
4
Shuhre Demissie (ETH)
02:20:59
5
Sisay Lemma (ETH)
02:07:06
5
Aberu Kebede (ETH)
02:21:17
6
Bazu Worku (ETH)
02:07:09
6
Mulu Seboka (ETH)
02:21:56
7
Chele Dechase (ETH)
02:08:11
7
Tadelech Bekel (ETH)
02:22:51
8
Girmay Birhanu (ETH)
02:08:56
8
Aliaksandra Duliba (BLR)
02:23:06
9
Adugna Takele (ETH)
02:09:39
9
Abebech Afework (ETH)
02:23:33
10
Andualem Belay (ETH)
02:09:59
10 Ashete Bekere (ETH)
RESULTS
WOMEN’S 10KM
RESULTS
MEN’S 10KM
10
02:23:43
1
Fikad Kibreab (ERI)
00:29:56
1
Ruqiya Alkhaja (UAE)
00:30:47
2
Habtom Welderufael (ERI)
00:29:58
2
Rahma Abas (ERI)
00:37:46
3
Ihya Ben Youssef (MOR)
00:30:18
3
Latifa Essarokh (FRA)
00:37:47
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MEDIA
INFORMATION
MEDIA INFORMATION
MEDIA
INFORMATION
MEDIA INFORMATION
MEDIA INFORMATION
n Introduction
n The Media Team
n The Media Centre
n Press Conferences
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the 2016 Standard Chartered
Dubai Marathon Media Guide. We hope you
find everything you need to help you cover
this year’s event in these pages. Please do
not hesitate to ask one of the media team if
you require anything else.
The following sections provide information (up
to date at the time of printing) about the Dubai
Marathon course, its history, this year’s races
and leading entrants, marathon statistics, the
mass race and the organisation.
THE MEDIA TEAM
The 2016 media team is managed by Alan
Ewens. The team will be based in the Official
Media Centre on Umm Suqeim Road from
Wednesday 20th January to Friday 22nd
January inclusive.
Alan Ewens Media Director
[email protected]
Karen Rowlands Media Assistant
[email protected]
Samantha Lloyd International Radio & TV News
[email protected]
Rupert Bell International Radio & TV News
[email protected]
Jon Walley Official Event Photographer
[email protected]
Giancarlo Colombo Official Event Photographer
[email protected]
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MEDIA INFORMATION
RACE DAY FACILITIES
On race day the main Media Centre will be open
from 4.30am providing a comfortable indoor
location so journalists can cover all aspects of
the marathon opposite the start and finish line.
Refreshments will be served throughout the day.
ADDRESS
Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon Media
Centre, Umm Suqeim Road, Dubai.
Please note: Entry to the main race day
Media Centre on Friday 22 January will be
by accreditation only. This must be collected
during race week from the Media Centre (see
opening hours). No accreditation will be
provided on race day.
OPENING HOURS
Wednesday 20 January 2pm-6pm and
Thursday 21 January 9am-6pm
RACE DAY
Friday 22 January 4.30am onwards
CONTACTS
Alan Ewens +97150 4514188
Karen Rowlands +97150 6451439
GENERAL FACILITIES
Members of the media should come to the
Media Centre during opening hours (listed
above) to pick up their accreditation –
accreditation will also be available for collection
at the pre-event press conference being held
at the Meydan Hotel on January 20 at 11am.
Latest race information will also be available
from the Media Centre. Food & Beverage will
be provided as well as full wireless access.
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PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
January 20, 2016
Meydan Hotel - 11.00am
January 22, 2016
The post-race medalists press conferences
will be held in the event’s Media Centre with a
time to be confirmed on the day shortly after
the race.
More information can be found on the website
– www.dubaimarathon.org. Throughout race
week, the website will carry the latest news,
radio interviews and coverage of the press
conference.
Photographers, journalists and editors can
view, download and publish free-to-use
images of the 2010-2015 marathons from
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THE DUBAI
MARATHON COURSE
THE DUBAI
MARATHON COURSE
THE MEDIA CENTRE
The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon
operates a temporary Media Centre during
the days leading up to the event and on
race day.
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THE DUBAI
MARATHON COURSE
THE DUBAI
MARATHON COURSE
n Start Details
n Course Details
n Times and Drinks Stations
n Course Maps
START DETAILS
MARATHON START
The Marathon will start on the Umm Suqeim
Road past the Police Academy near the
Madinat Jumeirah Jumeirah overlooking the
iconic Burj Al Arab.
Elite Men
Elite Women
Wheelchair Race – Men and Women
Mass runners
10KM START
The 10km will also start on the Umm Suqeim
Road past the Police Academy near the
Madinat Jumeirah Jumeirah overlooking the
iconic Burj Al Arab.
COURSE DETAILS
The Marathon Route will start on the Umm
Suqeim Road at the Madinat Jumeirah end
turning left onto Al Sufouh Road running past
Dubai College Junction, past the entrance to
Palm Island and U turning back at The One
& Only Mirage Hotel entrance at Dubai Media
City heading back along Al Sufouh Road
onto the Jumeirah Beach Road running past
the Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
The runners will head up the Jumeirah Beach
Road running towards the Union Flag, running
past it and U turning at the next junction then
heading back along the Jumeirah Beach
Road past the Union Flag again. The runners
will run back along the Jumeirah Beach Road
past the Grand Mosque, the Old Jumeirah
Beach Park and head back towards the Burj
Al Arab. After passing the Burj Al Arab the
runners will turn left at the Madinat Jumeirah
junction running on the left side of the road
along the Umm Suqeim Road for approx
500 metres to the finish just before the Dubai
Police Academy.
KILOMETRE MARKERS
Kilometre markers will be placed prominently
on the route every kilometre of the course.
TIME KEEPING
The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon uses
advance MIKATAGS technology to time all
runners in the race, including the wheelchair
athletes.
All runners will be issued with a number
including a Tag - a transponder attached
to their running number. This Tag is read
each time the runner passes strategically
placed mats and the finish line. These times
are instantly relayed using an integrated
communications system developed by Mika
Timing, the marathon’s information services
provider, to TV for immediate on–screen
display. The same information is also delivered
to the marathon’s race day Media Centre to
provide an instant resource for the world’s
media.
All results will be posted on the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon website on race
day. The address is www.dubaimarathon.org
DRINKS AND DRINKS STATIONS
Dehydration is the biggest problem that
marathon runners have to overcome. In a
hard race on a hot and humid day, up to four
litres of fluid can be lost through sweating and
exhalation. It is important for runners to keep
well hydrated. It should also be noted that
overhydration can also be an issue. It is just
as important for runners not to overhydrate
reducing sodium levels.
Isotonic drinks supplied by Isostar will
be available at six stations. Drinks will be
provided at the 10km, 15km, 20km, 25km,
30km and 35km stations. Water supplied by
Oasis will be available at every 2.5km starting
from 5km with the last drinks available at
40km and the finish. Around 100,000 359ml
and 500ml plastic bottles of water have been
supplied to meet the needs of the Marathon.
In addition to water, many of the elite
runners prefer to drink their own special
drinks during the race. These special bottles
are collected on Thursday night, kept in
secure and cool conditions and placed on the
route at the drink stations before the race.
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COURSE MAP STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON
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SITE MAP START & FINISH
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COURSE MAP STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON - 10KM ROAD RACE
THE 2016 RACES
THE 2016
RACES
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THE 2016 RACES
THE 2016 RACES
n Start Times
n Elite Men: Entries
n Elite Men: Biographies
START TIMES
06.30am ............................................ Elite Men’s/Women’s Race
06.30am ............................................ Dubai Marathon Mass Participants
09:00am ............................................ 10km Road Race Men & Women
11:00am ............................................ 4km Fun Run
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n Elite Women: Biographies
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n Awards and Bonuses
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ELITE RUNNERS ELITE MEN: ENTRIES
BIB
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ELITE RUNNERS ELITE MEN BIOGRAPHIES
Name
Country
Bib Name
PB
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Ayele Abshero Biza
Ethiopia
ABSHERO
2:04:23
2
Tsegaye Mekonnen Asefa
Ethiopia
MEKONNEN
2:04:32
3
Tsegaye Kebede Wordofa
Ethiopia
KEBEDE
2:04:38
4
Tadese Tola Woldegeberel
Ethiopia
TOLA
2:04:49
5
Tilahun Regassa Dabe
Ethiopia
REGASSA
2:05:27
6
Lemi Berhanu Hayle
Ethiopia
BERHANU
2:05:28
7
Jacob Jarso Kintra
Ethiopia
JARSO
2:06:17
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Gebretsadik Abraha Adihana
Ethiopia
ABRAHA
2:06:22
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Raji Assefa Worku
Ethiopia
RAJI ASSEFA
2:06:24
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Sisay Lemma Kasaye
Ethiopia
LEMMA
2:06:26
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Chele Dechasa Beyene
Ethiopia
DECHASA
2:06:33
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Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei
Kenya
KOSGEI
2:07:07
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Belay Asefa Bedada
Ethiopia
BELAY ASEFA
2:07:10
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Tebalu Zawude Heyi
Ethiopia
ZAWUDE
2:07:10
15
Azmeraw Bekele Molalign
Ethiopia
BEKELE
2:07:12
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Abayneh Ayele Woldegiorgis
Ethiopia
AYELE
2:07:16
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Abrha Milaw Asefa
Ethiopia
MILAW
2:07:48
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Thomas Kiplagat Rono
Kenya
RONO
2:07:52
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Ernest Kiprono Ngeno
Kenya
KIPRONO/PACE M
2:07:57
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Jonathan Yego Kiptoo
Kenya
KIPTOO
2:08:17
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Edwin Kibet Koech
Kenya
KOECH/PACE M
2:08:17
22
Aspel Kipsang
Kenya
KIPSANG
2:09:26
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Tesfaye Abera Dibaba
Ethiopia
ABERA
2:09:46
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Afewerk Mesfin Woldetensae
Ethiopia
MESFIN
2:09:49
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Belachew Alemayehu Ameta
Ethiopia
ALEMAYEHU
2:09:50
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Eliud Kipkosgei Magut
Kenya
MAGUT
2:10:18
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Mula Wasihun Lakew
Ethiopia
WASIHUN
2:10:57
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Haile Tolossa Bekuma
Ethiopia
TOLOSSA
2:11:05
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Haftu Tadele Gebremeskel
Ethiopia
TADELE
2:12:08
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Mesfin Teshome Bekele
Ethiopia
TESHOME
2:17:25
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Amos Kipruto
Kenya
KIPRUTO/PACE M
61:01 H
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Yihunilign Adane Amsalu
Ethiopia
ADANE
61:34 H
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Alemu Bekele Gebre
Bahrain
BEKELE
61:46 H
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Dereje Dibaba Keneni
Ethiopia
DIBABA
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35
Daniel Ndiritu Gatheru
Kenya
GATHERU
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Ahmed Gobena Gemeda
Ethiopia
GOBENA
-
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Habteselassie Lemma Gemechu
Ethiopia
LEMMA
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Arega Legesse Huluka
Ethiopia
LEGESSE
-
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Asefa Bitew Worku
Ethiopia
BITEW
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Kibrom Desta Habtu
Ethiopia
DESTA
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Sibabalwe Gladwin Mzazi
SA
MZAZI
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Ali Abdosh Mohammed
Ethiopia
ABDOSH
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Ayele Abshero
(Ethiopia)
Born: 28 December, 1990
Marathon Best: 2:04:23
(1st Dubai, 2012)
Ayele Abshero took up running
in order to follow in the footsteps
of his older brother, Tessema.
His first opportunity to represent
Ethiopia at a major competition
came at the 2008 IAAF World
Cross Country Championships,
where he finished second in the
junior race.
The following year he again
represented his country in the
junior race at the IAAF World
Cross Country Championships
in Jordan but went one better
with a gold medal performance.
After running for some
years on the track, Abshero
made his move to the
marathon distance. He
certainly announced his
arrival in style with a stunning
performance on his debut
in Dubai where he took the
victory in a fast 2:04:23. This
time made him the fourth
fastest marathon athlete ever
and set a new course record
for the Dubai race.
Since that win he has gone
on to claim third and fourth place
finishes at the London Marathon
(2013 and 2014) and sixth at the
2013 Chicago Marathon.
Tsegaye Mekonnen
(Ethiopia)
Born: 15 June, 1995
Marathon Best: 2:04:32
(1st - Dubai, 2014)
After taking part as a pacemaker
in the 2013 Standard Chartered
Dubai Marathon, Tsegaye
changed to racer pure and
simple for the 2014 edition and
promptly ran an unofficial world
junior record of 2:04:32 on his
marathon debut.
He used a portion of the
US$200,000 first prize to
improve his living standards,
buying a house and a car.
Considering he had barely
three months from Dubai to
racing in London in April, his
fifth place in 2:08:06 was
a creditable performance.
His third and final marathon
in 2014 was in Frankfurt in
October, when he fell early on
and later dropped out.
Mekonnen is one of a
family of seven. Aged 16, he
agreed with his brother Zabela,
two years his senior, to let a
race decide their futures. The
winner would pursue a career
in running, the loser would
concentrate on school. They
would help each other and
their families with their careers
earnings. Tsegaye won while
his brother is now at college.
Mekonnen’s coach is Gemedu
Dedefo and the well-known
Italian trainer Gabriele Nicola
also gives advice.
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Tsegaye Kebede
(Ethiopia)
Born: 15 January, 1987
Marathon Best: 2:04:38
(1st Chicago, 2012)
Tsegaye Kebede made his
marathon debut in Amsterdam
in 2007 and first enjoyed
success year with victory at the
2008 Paris Marathon before
collecting a bronze medal at the
Beijing Olympics. He continued
his progress in 2009 by finishing
second behind Samuel Wanjiru
in the London Marathon, third
at the World Championships in
Berlin and winning in Fukuoka.
The following year he won
his first London Marathon in
2:05:19 and finished second in
Chicago. In 2011 Kebede took
the bronze medal in the New
York Marathon.
Third place at the 2012
London Marathon was followed
by victory and a new personal
best of 2:04:38 in Chicago,
while in 2013 Kebede returned
to London and won for a
second time. It was a win that
confirmed his place as the
athlete with the most sub 2:08
finishes of all time.
After taking fourth place at
the World Championships in
Moscow, he took second place
in New York in 2013 to secure
the victory in the men’s 20122013 World Marathon Majors.
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Tadese Tola
(Ethiopia)
Born: 31 October, 1987
Marathon Best: 2:04:49
(3rd Dubai, 2013)
Tadese Tola has represented
Ethiopia at World Championship
level at cross country, road
running and on the track.
He first made an impact
in 2006 when he helped the
Ethiopian teams to bronze
medals in the junior race at
the IAAF World Cross Country
Championships and in the 20km
race at the IAAF World Road
Running Championships. He
continued his progression with
a silver medal at the All-Africa
Games in the 10,000m and
competed at the 2007 World
Championships.
Since 2008, he has largely
focused on road running
scoring wins at the New
York City Half Marathon and
the San Silvestre Vallecano.
He made his debut at the
marathon distance in 2009
at the Chicago Marathon and
won on his second attempt at
the Paris Marathon in 2010. He
was the bronze medallist in the
marathon at the 2013 World
Championships in Athletics
and set a personal best the
same year when finishing in
third place at the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon.
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Tilahun Regassa
(Ethiopia)
Born: 18 January, 1990
Marathon Best: 2:05:27
(3rd Chicago, 2012)
Born in Nazret, Regassa endured
a difficult childhood. His parents
divorced when he was three and
he was raised by his father until
the age of fifteen, when his father
died. Tilahun worked for a stone
company and lived on the streets
for three years afterwards, relying
on food handouts.
In 2008 at the Lille Half
Marathon, he won on his debut
over the distance with a time of
59:36 - one of the fastest times
for a teenage athlete and a new
all-comers record for France.
A bronze medal winner with
Ethiopia at the 2009 IAAF World
Half Marathon Championships,
Regassa’s first race of 2010 saw
a new personal best and course
record of 59:19 to win the Zayed
International Half Marathon.
On his marathon debut he
took third place with the third
fastest debut ever at the 2012
Chicago Marathon in 2:05:27
hours. His first victory over the
distance came soon after, as he
won the Rotterdam Marathon by
over a minute in April 2013.
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Lemi Berhanu
(Ethiopia)
Born: 13 September, 1994
Marathon Best: 2:05:28
(1st Dubai, 2015)
Lemi Berhanu stunned an
elite field including his much
more celebrated countryman
Kenenisa Bekele when he
stamped his name on the
athletics world with a stunning
win at the 2015 Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon.
His winning time of 2:05:28
lowered his personal best
by five minutes and secured
him a winner’s cheque of
US$200,000. Three months
later in April 2015 he made it
two wins in a row when the
claimed victory in Poland’s
Orlen Warsaw Marathon in
2:07:57 and will be one of the
race favourites when he lines
up in Dubai on January 22.
Prior to his Dubai success,
Berhanu enjoyed back-toback race wins at the Taiyuan
International Marathon in
China (2:13:10) and in the
Zurich Marathon in Switzerland
(2:10:40). Prior to those wins
in 2014, he made his marathon
debut with a fourth place finish
at the 2013 Kampala Marathon
in Uganda.
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Yakob Jarso
(Ethiopia)
Born: 5 February, 1988
Marathon Best: 2:06:17
(1st Seoul, 2014)
Yakob Jarso made his
marathon breakthrough at the
Seoul International Marathon
at the start of 2014 when he
became the first Ethiopian
winner of the long-running
event and greatly improved his
personal best to 2:06:17.
His first international medal
came at the 2007 African
Junior Championships in
Athletics, where he took the
3000 metres steeplechase
silver medal behind Abel
Mutai. He also became the first
Ethiopian to make the Olympic
steeplechase final since Eshetu
Tura, who won the bronze at
the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Jarso was among the
leaders for much of the final
but slowed at the last hurdle
and came in fourth place. He
was initially disappointed with
the performance, but was
satisfied upon learning that
his run of 8:13.47 had broken
Tura’s Ethiopian record for
the event, a mark which had
stood since the Olympic final
in Moscow twenty-eight years
earlier. He made his marathon
debut at the 2012 Beppu-Oita
Marathon in Japan and was
leading after 27 km, but fell
back to finish in third place.
Gebretsadik Abraha
(Ethiopia)
Born: 16 July, 1992
Marathon Best: 2:06:22
(3rd Amsterdam, 2012)
Gebretsadik Abraha’s personal
best of 2:06:22 has stood for
almost four years now - the
Ethiopian posted his best time
when finishing third at the
Amsterdam Marathon in 2012.
Abraha made a name of
himself in July 2010 when he
clinched a silver medal in the
10,000m at the 13th IAAF World
Junior Championship in Moncton
with a time of 28:03:45.
Stepping up to the classic
Marathon distance, the 23
year-old Ethiopian impressed
with that performance in the
Netherlands before following
it up with two fourth places
finishes in 2013 at the Xiamen
International Marathon in China
and at the Honolulu Marathon
in Hawaii.
In 2014 a time of 2:07:06
was enough to secure second
place at the Daegu International
Marathon in South Korea, while
in November 2015 he finished
in fourth place in the Valencia
Marathon in Spain in 2:08:38.
www.dubaimarathon.org
Raji Assefa Worku
(Ethiopia)
Born: 29 September, 1986
Marathon Best: 2:06:24
(2nd Paris, 2012)
Raji Assefa Worku comes to
Dubai with a reputation for
consistency having finished on
the podium in four of his last five
Marathon appearances.
His most recent outing
saw him claim third place at
the Guangzhou International
Marathon in China last month.
It came almost exactly a year to
the day since he finished runnerup at the Fukuoka Marathon in
Japan in a time of 2:08:48.
April 2012 and the French
capital saw Worku produce
his best performance over
the classic Marathon distance
when he also claimed second
place in the Paris Marathon and
establish a new personal best
time of 2:06:24. It came just
three months after yet another
runners-up position at the 2012
Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon in India.
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Sisay Lemma
(Ethiopia)
Born: 12 December, 1990
Marathon Best: 2:06:26
(1st Frankfurt, 2015)
Sisay Lemma won the 32nd
Vienna City Marathon in
2:07:31 in windy and relatively
warm weather conditions in
April 2015.
The Ethiopian broke away
after 27km and despite battling
with headwinds, he achieved
the biggest winning margin in
the history of the race, coming
home more than four minutes
clear of his nearest rival in the
Austrian capital. It was Lemma’s
third marathon victory after
winning in Carpi in 2012 and
Warsaw the following year.
Six months later he had
that winning feeling once again
when he became the first
Ethiopian to win the Frankfurt
Marathon. His time of 2:06:26 is
also his personal best - beating
his previous by 40 seconds although he was disappointed
not to have posted a 2:05,
a time he believes he is well
capable of producing.
Those two wins were a
fitting end to a year that Lemma
kicked off with a fifth place finish
at the 2015 Standard Chartered
Dubai Marathon.
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Chala Dechasa
(Ethiopia)
Born: 13 June, 1984
Marathon Best: 2:06:33
(2nd Dubai, 2010)
Chala Dechasa Beyene has
happy memories of the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon,
none more so than the 2010
edition which saw him finish
as runner-up to the legendary
Haile Gebrselassie in a personal
best time of 2:06:33. Two years
earlier he also finished as runnerup in the Amsterdam Marathon.
In 2011 he was also on the
podium with a third place finish
at the Rotterdam Marathon,
while in 2015 he claimed
seventh place in the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon
and finished fourth at the
Amsterdam Marathon.
Dechasa sprung to national
attention in 2008 when he was
a surprise winner of the men’s
race at the Great Ethiopian Run,
an international 10km road race
held in Addis Ababa. Running
against one of the deepest fields
ever assembled for Africa’s
largest road race, Dechasa took
victory in 28:55 in a race that
saw future Olympic and World
Champion Mo Farah finish down
in 15th place.
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Eshetu Wendimu
(Ethiopia)
Born: 26 January, 1982
Marathon Best: 2:06:46
(3rd Dubai, 2010)
Eshetu Wendimu is no stranger
to the podium at the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon - in
three consecutive stagings of
the world’s richest marathon,
the 33 year-old Ethiopian has
finished third on each occasion.
His third place hat-trick
began in 2009 with a 2:08:41.
In 2010, he returned to the UAE
and completed the course again
in third place with a personal
best time of 2:06:46 - in 2009
and 2010 the Dubai titles went
to his compatriot the great Haile
Gebrselassie - while in 2011 he
found himself again in third spot
in a time of 2:08:54.
A few months after his 2011
appearance in Dubai, Wendimu
was again on the podium with
third place at the Paris Marathon
in France. Among his most
notable results is victory at the
2010 Great Wales Run, a 10km
race he won in 27:45 - it’s one
of five victories in a long and
successful running career.
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Megersa Bacha
(Ethiopia)
Born: 18 January, 1985
Marathon Best: 2:06:56
(4th Paris, 2013)
Megersa Bacha enjoyed
the best performance of his
Marathon career with a fourth
place finish at the 2013 Paris
Marathon in France in a personal
best of 2:06:56. The Ethiopian
finished 10th on his most recent
appearance over the classic
distance when he competed in
the 2015 Rotterdam Marathon.
In 2012 he missed out on
victory in the TUI Marathon
Hannover by the narrowest of
all margins after a fascinating
battle for victory ended with a
photo-finish triumph for Joseph
Kiptum of Kenya, who just held
off Bacha in a classic battle to
the tape.
The finish was so close that
both runners were given the
same time of 2:09:56. The 2011
Turin Marathon in Italy also saw
him on the podium after Bacha
finished the race in a time of
2:08:55 for third place.
Samuel Kosgei
(Kenya)
Born: 20 January, 1986
Marathon Best: 2:07:07
(1st Kosice, 2015)
Of all the European marathons
in 2015, only Eliud Kipchoge
in London ran the last 5km
faster than Samuel Kosgei
at the Kosice Marathon. The
Kenyan’s excellent performance
brought him a new personal
best (2:07:07) and victory in the
oldest marathon in Europe.
In only his third marathon
he narrowly missed the course
record by just six seconds - his
winning time was the fifth fastest
in Europe in 2015 behind the
winners of Berlin, London, Paris
and Rotterdam.
One of his first international
competitions was the Outer
Banks Half Marathon in 2007,
where he finished first in 1:02:34.
The following year he ran at the
World’s Best 10K in Puerto Rico
where he recorded a time of
28:13 for sixth place. Kosgei was
given the task of pacemaker at
the 2009 Berlin Marathon and
led Haile Gebrselassie up to the
32km mark.
www.dubaimarathon.org
Belay Asefa
(Ethiopia)
Born: 17 June, 1992
Marathon Best: 2:07:10
(4th Hamburg, 2014)
Belay Asefa made an impressive
improvement on his marathon
best in Hamburg in May 2014.
His fourth place in 2:07:11 was
over two and a half minutes
faster than his previous fastest at
the Eindhoven Marathon in the
Netherlands in October 2013.
His run in the Dutch city saw
him secure a podium place after
taking third place in 2:09:39
some 28 seconds behind the
winner and fellow-Ethiopian
Yemane Tsegay Adhane.
This is a rate of improvement
which the fast Dubai course
has the potential to accelerate
still further. His half marathon
best is 60:59, set in winning
the Lake Maggiore event at
Verbania in Italy in 2012, the
same year in which he finished
11th at the World Half Marathon
Championships.
Asefa comes to the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon
fresh from fifth place on his
last outing when he recorded a
time of 2:10:32 at the Toronto
Waterfront Marathon.
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BIB
Name
Country
Bib Name
PB
W1
Tirfi Tsegaye Beyene
Ethiopia
TSEGAYE
2:20:18
W2
Meselech Melkamu Haileyesus
Ethiopia
MELKAMU
2:21:01
W3
Mula Seboka Seyfu
Ethiopia
SEBOKA
2:21:56
W4
Mamitu Daska Molisa
Ethiopia
DASKA
2:21:59
W5
Marima Mohammed Hasen
Bahrain
MARIMA
2:23:06
W6
Gulume Tollesa Chala
Ethiopia
TOLLESA
2:23:12
W7
Dinknesh Mekash Tefera
Ethiopia
MEKASH
2:23:12
W8
Yebrgual Melese Arage
Ethiopia
MELESE
2:23:23
W9
Meseret Mengistu Biru
Ethiopia
MENGISTU
2:23:26
W10
Abebech Afework Bekele
Ethiopia
AFEWORK
2:23:33
W11
Fatuma Sado Dergo
Ethiopia
SADO
2:24:16
W12
Mestawet Tufa Demissie
Ethiopia
TUFA
2:24:45
W13
Aberu Mekuria Zennebe
Ethiopia
MEKURIA
2:25:58
W14
Asahssah Malika
Morocco
MALIKA
2:28:01
W15
Etaferahu Wodaj Temesgen
Ethiopia
WODAJ
2:29:24
W16
Katarzyna Kowalska
Poland
KOWALSKA
2:29:41
W17
Megertu Ifa Geletu
Ethiopia
IFA
2:32:31
W18
Eunice Chebichii Chumba
Kenya
CHUMBA
2:33:12
W19
Fasika Metaferiya Zenebe
Ethiopia
METARFERIYA
2:39:30
W20
Sutume Asefa Kebede
Ethiopia
ASEFA
68:23 H
W21
Amane Beriso Shankule
Ethiopia
BERISO
68:43 H
W22
Waganesh Mekashav Amare
Ethiopia
MEKASHAV
68:49 H
W23
Afera Godfay Berha
Ethiopia
GODFAY
69:51 H
W24
Meseret Legese Biratu
Ethiopia
LEGESE
70:12 H
W25
Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel
Bahrain
ESHETE
70:14 H
W26
Hiwot Gebrekidan Gebremaryam
Ethiopia
GEBREKIDAN
-
W27
Desi Jisa Mekonin
Bahrain
JISA
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STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Tirfi Tsegaye
Mulu Seboka
Mamitu Daska
(Ethiopia)
(Ethiopia)
(Ethiopia)
Born: 25 November, 1984
Born: 25 September, 1984
Born: 16 October, 1983
Marathon Best: 2:20:18
Marathon Best: 2:21:56
Marathon Best: 2:21:59
(1st Berlin, 2014)
(5th Dubai, 2015)
(1st Frankfurt, 2011)
Three years ago, Tirfi arrived
in Dubai on the back of two
outstanding performances in
2012. In April she had won
the Paris Marathon in 2:21:40
- a personal best by over
a minute - which led to the
Ethiopian selectors included her
as a reserve in their Olympic
marathon squad.
Further improvement
followed in Berlin in September
where she finished as runner-up
improving her best to 2:21:19.
In January 2013, she
won the Standard Chartered
Dubai Marathon despite heavy
fog with a time of 2:23:23.
She performed less well in
her second race of the year,
coming seventh at the Frankfurt
Marathon in 2:26:57 but
bounced back in spectacular
style in September 2014 when
she won the Berlin Marathon in a
personal best time of 2:20:18.
Concentrating on road
racing from the start of her
international career, she has
followed a familiar path from
the Oromia region, which
has produced a host of star
performers including Olympic
champion Kenenisa Bekele.
Mulu Seboka returns to Dubai
for the third year in succession
after clinching victory in the UAE
in 2014 and claiming fifth place
in a new personal best time of
2:21:56 in January 2015.
She ended the 2015 year
with her participation in her
first World Marathon Major in
Chicago, coming fifth in 2:24:40.
In between Dubai and Chicago,
she set the course record at the
Run Czech Karlovy Vary half
marathon - an IAAF Silver Label
race described as challenging
and undulating - with a time
of 1:09:11.
An experienced marathoner
with wins in Daegu and Toronto
in 2014, Mulu returns to Dubai
looking for a solid time as she
focuses on being in the running
for a possible spot on the
Olympic team to Rio.
It has been a long road since
her marathon debut in 2003,
when she recorded a time of
2:43:30 in Pyongyang, North
Korea. Five years later, she
broke 2:30 and after winning
the 2008 Mumbai Marathon
in 2:30:04, she made the
breakthrough later that year with
2:29:06 in Toronto.
www.dubaimarathon.org
Running at the 2009 IAAF World
Cross Country Championships,
she was part of the silver medalwinning Ethiopian women’s team
in what was a memorable year
for Daska.
She also set a personal
best at the New York City Half
Marathon, coming in second
behind Paula Radcliffe in a
time of 1:11:04 before making
her debut over the marathon
distance in September, recording
a time of 2:26:38 to take third
place at the Berlin Marathon.
She began 2010 with a
career best run of 2:24:19 to
take victory on her second outing
over the distance at the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon.
At the 2010 IAAF World
Cross Country Championships
she again helped Ethiopia take
team silver, while the following
year saw her win the Houston
Marathon in January 2011. Her
biggest achievement that year
came at the Frankfurt Marathon,
where she bettered the course
record by nearly 90 seconds
with her time of 2:21:59, which
remains her personal best.
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Gulume Tollesa
(Ethiopia)
Born: 11 September, 1992
Marathon Best: 2:23:12
(1st Frankfurt, 2015)
Gulume Tollesa stunned the
running world with an impressive
win at the 2015 Frankfurt
Marathon that was as thrilling as
it was unexpected.
It came just three years
after Tollesa ran her first
marathon in Mumbai finishing
in 14th place in a time of
2:40:55. Nine months later she
was on the podium for the first
time when a time of 2:40:15
was enough to clinch third
place at the Porto Marathon.
She clinched her first win
at the Marrakesh Marathon
in 2013 (2:36:05) but it was
in Frankfurt just three months
ago where she made her mark
winning in 2:23:12 after not
being considered one of the title
contenders. But after breaking
away at the 40km mark, she
held her nerve despite the
challenge from fellow Ethiopian
Dinknesh Mekash.
“I thought I could finish
among the first three since my
training had gone very well but
I never dreamed I would win,”
she said.
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Dinknesh Mekash
(Ethiopia)
Born: 1985
Marathon Best: 2:23:12
(2nd Frankfurt, 2015)
Dinknesh, which means
‘wondrous one’ in Amharic, grew
up in the town of Bekoji, the
renowned ‘Town of Runners’.
As a young athlete she was
brought to Addis Ababa by the
organisation ‘Running Across
Borders’ and given coaching,
accommodation and support to
pursue a running career.
In 2010, Mekash travelled
outside of her country for the
first time, flying to Scotland to
participate in the Loch Ness
Marathon. She won in 2:46:39,
which seems modest compared
to her present bests and future
targets. At the 2015 Frankfurt
Marathon in Germany, she
starred alongside compatriot
GulumeTollesa in a sprint finish
that saw victory go to Tollesa
- Mekash was given the same
time (a personal best 2:23:12) in
second place.
Last year she also
successfully defended her title at
the Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon leaving the rest of the
field behind at the halfway mark
to win the women’s competition
in 2:30:00.
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Yebrgual Melese Arage
(Ethiopia)
Born: 18 April, 1990
Marathon Best: 2:23:23
(1st Houston, 2015)
Yebrgual Melese established
a new personal best thanks
to a strong showing at the
Houston Marathon in the
USA in January 2015. Taking
advantage of the benign
conditions, she stormed home
for victory in a time of 2:23:23.
Melese made her debut at
the Standard Chartered Dubai
Marathon in 2014 where a time
of 2:29:46 was enough to secure
her a creditable 13th place.
Later in the year she finished
in second place at the Paris
Marathon in France, while in
2015 she followed her Houston
success and underlined her
growing maturity at the distance
with a strong showing at the
Chicago Marathon.
While Kenya’s world halfmarathon record holder Florence
Kiplagat claimed the women’s
race, breaking away at 40km to
win in 2:23:33, Melese claimed
second place just ten seconds
adrift of the Kenyan.
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Meseret Mengistu
Abebech Afework
Fatuma Sado
(Ethiopia)
(Ethiopia)
(Ethiopia)
Born: 6 March, 1990
Born: 11 December, 1990
Born: 11 October, 1991
Marathon Best: 2:23:26
Marathon Best: 2:23:33
Marathon Best: 2:24:16
(1st Paris, 2015)
(9th Dubai, 2015)
(2nd Toronto, 2015)
Meseret Mengistu emphasised
her growing reputation in
distance running when she won
her third consecutive marathon
- and her most notable - with a
personal best of 2:23:26 at the
2015 Paris Marathon.
Victory in the French
capital followed Marathon
wins in Cape Town, Soweto,
Omsk and Bali but it was the
manner of the breakthrough
performance in Paris that
captured the imagination as
she improved her personal
best by almost six minutes. No
stranger to success, Mengistu
was part of the Ethiopian team
that won the silver medal
at the Half Marathon World
Championships in Nanning
in China in 2010. Along with
team-mates Dire Tune and
Feyse Tadese, Mengistu
made sure of a podium place
thanks to finishing sixth in the
individual event.
On her most recent
appearance, Mengistu claimed
eighth place in a closelyfought Frankfurt Marathon won
by fellow Dubai competitor
Gulume Tollesa.
Abebech Afework has
represented Ethiopia at the
IAAF World Cross Country
Championships and the
IAAF World Half Marathon
Championships.
She first began competing
abroad in 2009 taking third at
the Udine Half Marathon in a
time of 1:11:15 and running
a 10,000m best of 32:52.67
minutes in Utrecht.
Afework made her marathon
debut in 2013 at the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon
where she finished in eighth
place in a creditable time of
2:27:08. Later in the year she
produced a better performance
at the 2013 Rotterdam
Marathon, placing second
behind Jemima Sumgong with a
time of 2:23:59 hours.
She returned to Dubai again
in 2015 and while she set a new
personal best of 2:23:33 such
is the strength in depth of the
world’s richest marathon she
had to settle for ninth place. Also
claimed third place in the 2015
Ottawa Marathon (2:25:53)
www.dubaimarathon.org
Fatuma Sado played her part
in a thrilling finish to the 2015
Toronto Waterfront Marathon
won by compatriot Shure
Demise. Sado battled 2012
Boston Marathon champion
Sharon Cherop to the finish
before taking second place
with both women timed at
2:24:16 - a new personal
best for Sado who has won
marathons in Hamburg, Los
Angeles and Xiamen.
The 24 year-old made her
debut over the full marathon
distance in 2011 winning the
Hamburg Marathon with a time
of 2:28:30. Later that year she
improved to 2:28:01 with a
run at the Istanbul Marathon,
coming second behind
stablemate Alemitu Abera.
Sado had five outings in the
2012 season when she built her
standing as an elite marathon
runner. She was runner-up at
the Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon and finished in 2:25:39
on the Los Angeles Marathon’s
downhill course, where she won
the women’s race and also the
gender challenge.
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Mestawet Tufa
(Ethiopia)
Born: 14 September, 1983
Marathon Best: 2:24:45
(Nanging, 2015)
As a relative novice, Mestawet
Tufa was the winner of the
women’s 10,000m at the 2007
All-Africa Championships and
the runner up in the senior
women’s race at the 2008
IAAF World Cross Country
Championships in Edinburgh
and almost beat the 15km world
record on the roads.
She competed in her first
mountain race at the Obudu
Ranch International Mountain
Race in Nigeria. She ran
strongly, leading the race until
she collapsed due to severe
dehydration 50m from the
finish line and was treated by a
medical team.
She returned the following
year and finished as runner-up,
just one second behind the
winner Mamitu Daska. In 2014,
despite dreadfully hot and humid
conditions, Tufa won the Yellow
River Marathon in China setting
a course record of 2:28:27.
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Aberu Mekuria
(Ethiopia)
Born: 24 December, 1983
Marathon Best: 2:25:30
(1st Ottowa, 2015)
Ethiopia’s Aberu Mekuria won
the Ottawa Marathon in May
2015 with the second-fastest
time in the history of the IAAF
Silver Label Road Race. Mekuria
took almost half a minute off her
previous personal best (set when
finishing 14th at the Standard
Chartered Dubai Marathon four
months earlier) to win in 2:25:30.
It was the fourth career
win at the Marathon distance
since she opened her account
with victory at the Cologne
Marathon in Germany in 2011.
She followed that up a year
later with win number two at
the Eindhoven Marathon in the
Netherlands, while her third
Marathon title came at the 2013
Hengshui International Marathon
in China.
Other notable results include
podium places for second in
Hanover in 2012 and third at
the Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon in India in January
2013. Mekuria’s most recent
performance was in China in
September 2015 when she
placed eighth at the Hengshui
International Marathon.
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Etaferahu Temesgen
(Ethiopia)
Born: 22 October, 1989
Marathon Best: 2:29:24
(8th Ottowa, 2015)
Etaferahu Temesgen made a
solid debut at the Marathon
distance in 2015 when she
finished eighth in a time
of 2:29:24 at the Ottowa
Marathon in Canada, an IAAF
Silver Label race.
She has enjoyed success at
the shorter distances over her
career including victory at the
Ogden Wheeling Half Marathon in
West Virginia, USA in 2013 with a
time of 1:19:21 on what is a hilly
course, and a resounding first
place at the 2013 Woodlands
Half Marathon in Texas, USA
Mansfield’s in 1:13:15. At the
Woodlands race Temesgen
was never challenged and won
by nearly four minutes, missing
her 2010 personal best, set in
Luxembourg, by just 12 seconds.
Since then she has gone
on to better her half marathon
best with a time of 1:11:22 in
New York in 2015 and will aim
to improve her marathon record
when she competes in Dubai for
the first time in 2016.
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Katarzyna Kowalska
Megertu Ifa Geletu
Eunice Chumba
(Poland)
(Ethiopia)
(Bahrain)
Born: 7 April, 1985
Born: 1991
Born: 23 May, 1993
Marathon Best: 2:29:41
Marathon Best: 2:32:31
Marathon Best: 2:33:12
(12th Berlin, 2015)
(Amsterdam, 2014)
(Cape Town, 2015)
A renowned Polish runner
specialising in the 3000m
steeplechase, Kowalska
represented Poland at the 2008
and 2012 Olympic Games
and reached the final of the
2009 World Championships in
Athletics. She also competed
at the 2006 European Athletics
Championships and the
2007, 2009 and 2013 World
Championships.
She was Poland’s best
finisher at the 2010 IAAF World
Cross Country Championships
and has won numerous medals
at under-23 level, including two
golds at the European Athletics
U-23 Championships and a
bronze at the European Cross
Country Championships.
She represented Poland
at the 2008 Beijing Olympics,
but failed to progress beyond
the heats of the steeplechase.
Having recorded a new personal
best time of 9:26.93 in the
heats, Kowalska reached her
first global senior final at the
2009 World Championships in
Athletics and finished twelfth.
Set a new marathon
personal best with twelfth
place at the 2015 Berlin
Marathon, an improvement of
more than five minutes.
Megertu Ifa Geletu’s personal
best remains her time of
2:32:31 when finishing in a
creditable fourth place at the
Amsterdam Marathon in the
Netherlands in 2014.
Last year, she competed
in the 2015 Seoul International
Marathon in South Korea but
had to settle for eighth place
in 2:34:52, while in 2014 she
secured a podium place finishing
second at the Bucharest
Marathon in Romania.
In 2013, Geletu took
part in the inaugural Haikou
International Beach Marathon
10K, held on the 2.5km long
Holiday Beach in Haikou,
on southern China’s Hainan
Island. While Kenyan Rodah
Jepkorir Tanui took first in
42:50, Geletu was second in
44:01 in what was the largest
beach race of its kind in Asia,
attracting 402 professional
runners and amateurs from 21
countries and regions.
The 24 year-old Ethiopian
also has a Half Marathon
personal best of 1:11:25 set in
Verbania, Italy in 2011.
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Kenyan-born but now
representing Bahrain,
Eunice Chumba is an Asian
Championship silver medalist who
comes to Dubai with a marathon
personal best of 2:33:12 set when
finishing second behind Isabella
Ochichi in Cape Town, South
Africa in 2015.
Chumba showed her class
at the Asian Championships
in Wuhan, China last year.
Competing in the 10,000m,
the 22 year-old claimed
second place and silver medal
behind the UAE’s Alia Saeed
in 32:44:57, some 22 seconds
outside her 10km personal best
of 32:22:29.
A relative newcomer at the
longer distance, Chumba will be
looking to gain more experience
in Dubai - her previous bests at
the classic distance aside from
that personal best and second
in South Africa are sixth place at
the Standard Chartered Hong
Kong Marathon (2:33:25) in
2013 and eighth at the Standard
Chartered Nairobi Marathon in
Kenya (2:38:58) in 2012.
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DUBAI MARATHON STATISTICS
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DUBAI MARATHON STATISTICS : CHAMPIONS RECORDS
Year
Male Athlete
Country Time
Female Athlete
Country Time
2000
Wilson Kibet
Kenya
2:12:21
Ramilja Burangulowa
Russia
2:40:22
2001
Wilson Kibet
Kenya
2:13:36
Ramilja Burangulowa
Russia
2:37:07
2002
Wilson Kibet
Kenya
2:13:04
Albina Iwanowa
Russia
2:33:31
2003
Joseph Kahugu
Kenya
2:09:33
Irina Permitina
Russia
2:36:26
2004
Gashaw Asfaw
Ethiopia
2:12:49
Leila Aman
Ethiopia
2:42:36
2005
Dejene Guta
Ethiopia
2:10:49
Diribe Hunde
Ethiopia
2:39:08
2006
Joseph Ngeny Kiprotich Kenya
2:13:02
Delilah Asiago
Kenya
2:43:09
2007
William Todoo Rotich
Kenya
2:09:53
Magarsa Askale Tafa
Ethiopia
2:27:19
2008
Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia
2:04:53
Berhane Adere
Ethiopia
2:22:42
2009
Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia
2:05:29
Bezunesh Bekele
Ethiopia
2:24:02
2010
Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia
2:06:09
Mamitu Daska
Ethiopia
2:24:19
2011
David Barmasai Tumo
Kenya
2:07:18
Aselefech Mergia
Kenya
2:22:45
2012
Ayele Abshero
Ethiopia
2:04:23
Aselefech Mergia
Ethiopia
2:19:31
2013
Lelisa Desisa
Ethiopia
2:04:45
Tirfi Tsegaye
Ethiopia
2:23:23
2014
Tsegaye Mekonnen
Ethiopia
2:04:32
Mula Seboka
Ethiopia
2:25:01
2015
Lemi Berhanu
Ethiopia
2:05:28
Aselefech Mergia
Ethiopia
2:20:02
DUBAI MARATHON STATISTICS : COURSE RECORDS
MEN
2012 Ayele Abshero Ethiopia 2:04:23
WOMEN
2012 Aselefech Mergia Ethiopia 2:19:31
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JANUARY 23, 2015
Men
Name
Country
Time
Men
JANUARY 27, 2012
JANUARY 25, 2013
Name
Country
Time
Mekonnen Asefa,
Tsegaye
Ethiopia
2:04:32
1
Desisa Benti,
Lelisa
Ethiopia
Men
Name
Country
Name
Country
Time
02:04:45
1
Biza, Ayele
Abshero
Ethiopia
02:04:23
Time
Men
1
Lemi Berhanu
Ethiopia
2:05:28
1
2
Lelisa Desisa
Ethiopia
2:05:52
2
Geneti Guteta,
Markos
Ethiopia
2:05:13
2
Shiferaw Tolcha,
Berhanu
Ethiopia
02:04:48
2
Kemal, Dino Sefir
Kemal
Ethiopia
02:04:50
3
Deribe Robi
Ethiopia
2:06:06
3
Birhanu Gebru,
Girmay
Ethiopia
2:05:49
3
Tola Woldegeberel,
Tadese
Ethiopia
02:04:49
3
Guteta, Markos
Geneti
Ethiopia
02:04:54
4
Feysa Lelisa
Ethiopia
2:06:35
4
Tola Adera,
Tamirat
Ethiopia
2:06:17
4
Negesse Shumi,
Endeshaw
Ethiopia
02:04:52
4
Maiyo, Jonathan
Kiplimo
Kenya
02:04:56
5
Sisay Lemma
Ethiopia
2:07:06
5
Bekele Molaign,
Azmeraw
Ethiopia
2:07:12
5
Kiprop Koech,
Bernard
Kenya
02:04:53
5
Woldegeberal,
Tadesa Tola
Ethiopia
02:05:10
6
Bazu Worku
Ethiopia
2:07:09
6
Dechase Leche,
Shumi
Bahrain
2:07:13
6
Kipkemboi,
Nicholas
Kenya
02:06:33
6
Dadi, Yami
Ethiopia
02:05:41
7
Chele Dechase
Ethiopia
2:08:11
7
Milaw Asefa,
Abrha
Ethiopia
2:07:46
7
Yami Gemeda,
Dadi
Ethiopia
02:07:55
7
Dawit, Shami
Abdullah
Ethiopia
02:05:42
8
Girmay Birhanu
Ethiopia
2:08:18
8
Kassw Belay,
Abera
Ethiopia
2:08:18
8
Kipruto Kigen,
Mike
Kenya
02:08:24
8
Edae, Deressa
Chimsa
Ethiopia
02:05:42
9
Adugna Takele
Ethiopia
2:09:39
9
Alemayehu Ameta,
Belachew
Ethiopia
2:09:50
9
Assefa Wakeyo,
Habtamu
Ethiopia
02:08:28
9
Tola, Seboka
Ethiopia
02:06:17
10
Andualem Belay
Ethiopia
2:09:59
10
Kuma Lema, Abera
Ethiopia
2:09:53
10
Worku Biru,
Gemechu
Ethiopia
02:08:53
10
Adhane, Yemane
Tsegay
Ethiopia
02:06:29
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
1
Aselefech Mergia
Ethiopia
2:20:02
1
Seboka Seyfu,
Mula
Ethiopia
2:25:01
1
Tsegaye Beyene,
Tirfi
Ethiopia
02:23:23
1
Medessa,
Asselefech Mergia
Ethiopia
02:19:31
2
Gladys Cherono
Kenya
2:20:03
2
Melkamu
Haileyesus,
Meselech
Ethiopia
2:25:23
2
Kiros Reda,
Ehitu
Ethiopia
02:23:39
2
Kabuu, Lucy
Wangui
Kenya
02:19:34
3
Lucy Kabuu
Kenya
2:20:21
3
Dado Tufa,
Firehiwot
Ethiopia
2:25:53
3
Gobena Gemeda,
Amane
Ethiopia
02:23:50
3
Hurssa, Mare
Dibaba
Ethiopia
02:19:52
4
Shuhre Demissie
Ethiopia
2:20:59
4
Hailu Debele,
Meseret
Ethiopia
2:26:20
4
Kiros Abeye,
Aheza
Ethiopia
02:24:30
4
Sertsu, Bezunesh
Bekele
Ethiopia
02:20:30
5
Aberu Kebede
Ethiopia
2:21:17
5
Moges Cherenet,
Betelhem
Ethiopia
2:26:42
5
Oljira Jemama,
Belaynesh
Ethiopia
02:25:01
5
Shewaye, Aberu
Kebede
Ethiopia
02:20:33
6
Mulu Seboka
Ethiopia
2:21:56
6
Gobena Gemeda,
Amane
Ethiopia
2:27:05
6
Bedasa Ordofa,
Shitaye
Ethiopia
02:25:47
6
Cheromei, Lydia
Kenya
02:21:30
7
Tadelech Bekel
Ethiopia
2:22:51
7
Eticha Jimma,
Fantu
Ethiopia
2:27:36
7
Andersson,
Issabellah
Sweden
02:26:05
7
Jemutai, Sharon
Cherop
Ethiopia
02:22:39
8
Aliaksandra Duliba
Belarus
2:23:06
8
Haftu Tessema,
Goitetom
Ethiopia
2:27:44
8
Afework Bekele,
Abebech
Ethiopia
02:27:08
8
Tesema, Atsede
Baysa
Ethiopia
02:23:13
9
Abebech Afework
Ethiopia
2:23:33
9
Dalasa Adugna,
Sechale
Ethiopia
2:27:47
9
Naigambo,
Beata
Namibia
02:27:54
9
Molisa, Mamitu
Daska
Kenya
02:24:24
10
Ashete Bekere
Ethiopia
2:23:43
10
Haydar, Sultan
Turkey
2:27:54
10
Katsumata,
Misaki
Japan
02:30:42
10
Andersson, Isabella
Sweden
02:25:41
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JANUARY 22, 2010
JANUARY 21, 2011
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
1
Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia
02:06:09
1
Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia
2:04:53
02:08:17
2
Chala Dechase
Beyene
Kenya
2:07:54
2
Isaac Macharia
Kenya
2:07:16
Ethiopia
02:08:54
3
Eshetu Wendimu
Tsige
Ethiopia
2:08:41
3
Sammy Korir
Kenya
2:08:01
Deressa Chimsa
Edae
Ethiopia
02:09:08
4
Gashaw Melese
Kenya
2:10:59
4
Gudisa Shentema
Ethiopia
2:09:27
5
Stephen Kosgei
Kibet
Kenya
02:09:27
5
Dereje Tesfaye
Ethiopia
2:11:42
5
Tesfaye Tola
Ethiopia
2:09:38
6
Berhanu Bekele
Berga
Ethiopia
02:10:28
6
David Kemboi
Kenya
2:12:14
6
Raymond Kipkoech Kenya
2:09:39
7
Emanuel Plilan
Samal
Egypt
02:10:50
7
Mesfin Admasu
Ethiopia
2:12:23
7
Deressa Chimsa
Ethiopia
2:10:16
8
Leonard Mucheru
Maina
Kenya
02:11:08
8
Tesfaye Tola
Ethiopia
2:12:56
8
Asnake Fikadu
Ethiopia
2:11:04
9
Japhet Kosgei
Kenya
02:11:20
9
Asnake Fikadu
Ethiopia
2:15:01
9
Gashaw Melese
Ethiopia
2:12:03
10
Mekonnen Yimane
Emiru
Ethiopia
02:12:39
10
Nephat Kinyanjui
Kenya
2:15:23
10
William Rotich
Kenya
2:12:20
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
1
Mamitu Daska
Molisa
Ethiopia
02:24:19
1
Bezunesh Bekele
Ethiopia
2:24:02
1
Birhane Adere
Ethiopia
2:22:42
02:23:01
2
Aberu Kebede
Shewaye
Ethiopia
02:24:26
2
Atsede Habtamu
Ethiopia
2:25:17
2
Bezenush Bekele
Ethiopia
2:23:09
Sweden
02:23:41
3
Helena
Loshanyang Kirop
Kenya
02:24:54
3
Helena Kirop
Kenya
2:25:35
3
Askale Magarsa
Ethiopia
2:23:23
Atsede Habtamu
Besuye
Ethiopia
02:24:26
4
Bezunesh Bekele
Sertsu
Ethiopia
02:26:05
4
Tatyana Petrova
Russia
2:25:53
4
Rose Cheruyiot
Kenya
2:25:48
5
Atseda Baysa
Tesema
Ethiopia
02:25:08
5
Isabella Andersson
Sweden
02:26:52
5
Genet Getaneh
Ethiopia
2:26:37
5
Alice Chelengat
Kenya
2:27:29
6
Diana Chepkemoi
Sigei
Kenya
02:26:53
6
Askale Tafa
Magarsa
Ethiopia
02:27:29
6
Eyerusalem Kuma
Ethiopia
2:26:51
6
Asha Gigi
Ethiopia
2:28:24
7
Genet Getaneh
Wendimagegnehu
Ethiopia
02:27:13
7
Yeshimebet
Taddesse Bifa
Ethiopia
02:27:45
7
Birhane Adere
Ethiopia
2:27:47
7
Shitaye Gemechu
Ethiopia
2:30:20
8
Werknesh Kidane
Ethiopia
02:27:15
8
Genet Getaneh
Wendimagegnehu
Ethiopia
02:30:24
8
Shuru Diribe
Ethiopia
2:28:26
8
Roba Guta
Ethiopia
2:33:44
9
Helena
Loshanyang Kirop
Kenya
02:27:41
9
Woynishet Girma
Tafa
Ethiopia
02:32:07
9
Atsede Baysa
Ethiopia
2:29:13
9
Kidst Teka
Ethiopia
2:35:58
10
Feysa Tadesse
Boru
Ethiopia
02:30:23
10
Shuru Diriba
Dulume
Ethiopia
02:32:36
10
Mulu Seboka
Ethiopia
2:30:10
10
Lucia Kimani
Kenya
2:37:37
Name
Country
Time
1
Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia
2:05:29
02:06:33
2
Deressa Chimsa
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
02:06:46
3
Eshetu Wendimu
Abiyote Guta
Duguma
Ethiopia
02:09:03
4
5
Dereja Debele Tulu
Ethiopia
02:09:43
02:09:54
6
Abraham Kipkosgei
Chelanga
Kenya
Kenya
02:10:27
7
Dejene Juhar
Yirdaw
Adil Annani
Morrocco
02:11:15
8
9
Dereje Tesfaye
Gebrehiwot
Ethiopia
02:13:26
10
Alebachew Debas
Wale
Ethiopia
02:13:39
Name
Country
Time
1
Asselefech Mergia
Medessa
Ethiopia
02:22:45
2
Lydia Cheromei
Kenya
3
Isabella Andersson
4
Men
Name
Country
Time
1
David Barmasai
Tumo
Kenya
02:07:18
2
Evans Kiprop
Cheruiyot
Kenya
3
Eshetu Wendimu
Tsige
4
Women
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PAST RESULTS
FEBRUARY 17, 2006
JANUARY 12, 2007
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
1
Joseph Ngeny
Kenya
2:13:02
1
Gashaw Melese
Ethiopia
2:12:49
2:10:34
2
Giday Amah
Ethiopia
2:11:24
2
David Kuino
Kenya
2:14:11
Kenya
2:10:40
3
Elius Kemboi
Ethiopia
2:11:26
3
Malefon Tsegaye
Ethiopia
2:14:34
Alfonce Yatich
Kenya
2:10:58
4
Johnstone Kipkorir
Kenya
2:11:28
4
Eric Kimaiyo
Kenya
2:14:53
5
Joseph Ngeny
Kenya
2:11:03
5
Augustus Kavutu
Kenya
2:11:39
5
Nicholas Muindi
Kenya
2:15:59
6
Khalid Boumlili
Morocco
2:16:36
6
Joseph Mbithi
Kenya
2:11:53
6
Meshak Maweu
Kenya
2:17:16
7
William Biama
Kenya
2:16:50
7
G. Gebremarian
Ethiopia
2:12:01
7
Bedfasso Turbe
Ethiopia
2:18:06
8
Wilson Kiprono
Kenya
2:16:54
8
Joseph Kadon
Kenya
2:12:07
8
Giday Amah
Ethiopia
2:18:52
9
Fased Asmerom
Eritrea
2:17:41
9
Getuli Bayo
Tanzania
2:12:53
9
David Koech
Kenya
2:20:33
10
David Kirui
Kenya
2:19:55
10
Shimless Molah
Kenya
2:13:23
10
Tamrat Ayalew
Ethiopia
2:21:36
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
1
Delia Asiago
Kenya
2:43:09
1
Diribe Hunde
Ethiopia
2:39:08
1
Leila Amman
Ethiopia
2:42:36
2:35:39
2
Shitaye Gemechu
Ethiopia
2:45:34
2
Delia Asiago
Kenya
2:39:13
2
Sissay Measso
Ethiopia
2:42:46
Ethiopia
2:39:28
3
Kenza Wahbi
Morrocco
2:48:47
3
Irena Malikova
Russia
2:40:27
3
Alena Makalova
Belarus
2:43:20
Lemma Gurmu
Ethiopia
2:39:35
4
Luminita Talpos
Romania
3:00:55
4
Yihunelesh Bekele
Ethiopia
2:43:10
4
Jiringo Getchew
Ethiopia
2:43:41
5
Ashebir Gebreezgi
Ethiopia
2:40:11
5
Hirut Abera
Ethiopia
3:04:45
5
Selomie Getnet
Ethiopia
2:43:37
5
Hirut Abera
Ethiopia
2:45:45
6
Hirut Legesse
Ethiopia
2:45:33
6
Diribe Hunde
Ethiopia
3:12:40
6
Assege Gizaw
Ethiopia
2:48:01
7
Renata
Paradowska
Poland
2:46:23
7
Anna Berril
UK
3:18:44
7
Petra Jerejian
Czech
3:14:28
8
Anne Kibor
Kenya
3:08:45
8
Hannah Webb
USA
3:26:31
8
Nicole Green
UK
3:30:35
9
Francois Decoray
France
3:08:49
9
Cindy Plowman
Australia
3:34:42
9
Leanne Male
Australia
3:32:07
10
Karin Meuser
3:21:45
10
Annie Crooks
UK
3:36:17
10
Hazel Owen
UK
3:32:27
Men
Name
Country
Time
1
William Rotich
Kenya
2:09:53
2
Joseph Wambua
Kenya
3
Musa Kanda
4
Name
Country
Time
1
Dejene Guta
Ethiopia
2:10:49
2:14:25
2
Willie Cheryuiot
Kenya
Kenya
2:15:01
3
Giday Amah
Dawit Tefereo
Ethiopia
2:15:07
4
5
Julius Kipkemboi
Kenya
2:15:34
2:11:40
6
Ahmed Jaber
Qatar
Kenya
2:12:25
7
Henry Cherono
Halefon Tsegaye
Ethiopia
2:13:38
8
9
James Kosgei
Kenya
2:14:02
10
Augustus Kavutu
Kenya
2:14:25
Name
Country
Time
1
Askale Magarsa
Ethiopia
2:27:19
2
Abebe Tola
Ethiopia
3
Adanech Jemilu
4
Women
46
Men
JANUARY 09, 2004
JANUARY 07, 2005
Women
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Men
Women
Men
Women
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PAST RESULTS
PAST RESULTS
JANUARY 11, 2002
JANUARY 10, 2003
Name
Country
Time
1
Wilson Kibet
Kenya
2:13:04
2:10:40
2
David Mutua
Kenya
Ethiopia
2:11:02
3
William Musyoki
Hosea Kimutai
Kenya
2:13:30
4
5
Abraham Assefa
Ethiopia
2:14:57
6
Fekadu Degefaw
Ethiopia
7
Patrick Chumba
8
Men
JANUARY 14, 2000
Name
Country
Time
1
Wilson Kibet
Kenya
2:13:36
2:13:16
2
Eticha Tesfaye
Ethiopia
Kenya
2:13:28
3
David Mutua
Samuael Kimaiyo
Kenya
2:13:38
4
5
John Mutai
Kenya
2:13:56
2:15:00
6
David Kariuki
Kenya
Kenya
2:15:01
7
Thobiso Moqhali
Eliud Kerring
Kenya
2:15:34
8
9
Bedasso Turbe
Ethiopia
2:18:02
10
Wilson Kibet
Kenya
2:18:26
Name
Country
Time
1
Irina Permitina
Russia
2:36:26
2
Leila Amman
Ethiopia
3
Alla Zhilyayeva
4
Name
Country
Time
1
Wilson Kibet
Kenya
2:12:21
2:13:37
2
John Mutai
Kenya
2:13:20
Kenya
2:13:59
3
Joshua Petersen
S. Africa
2:14:38
Daniel Cheribo
Kenya
2:14:10
4
Lezan Kimutai
Kenya
2:20:16
5
John Mutai
Kenya
2:14:49
5
Wilson Cheruyiot
Kenya
2:20:23
2:14:50
6
Oleg Srijakov
Russia
2:15:03
6
Julius Mitibani
Tanzania
2:20:31
Lethoso
2:18:27
7
Mikhail Romanov
Russia
2:15:42
7
Philip Nada
Tanzania
2:20:37
Kennedy Momyani
Kenya
2:18:29
8
Steven Langat
Kenya
2:16:34
8
Alex Gurin
2:21:14
9
Simon Mrashani
Tanzania
2:20:00
9
Kennedy Momyani
Kenya
2:16:41
9
Konstantin
Permitan
2:21:47
10
Biwott Kiptarus
Kenya
2:21:23
10
Wilson Cheruyiot
Kenya
2:18:57
10
Ula Zimir Kotau
Belarus
2:22:50
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
Name
Country
Time
1
Albina Ivanova
Russia
2:33:31
1
Ramilya
Burangulova
Russia
2:37:07
1
Ramilya
Burangulova
Russia
2:40:22
2:36:36
2
Abebe Tola
Ethiopia
2:37:38
2
Banwella Mrashani
Tanzania
2:42:23
2
Adrianu Barbu
Romania
2:40:58
Russia
2:37:00
3
Irena Bogacheva
Kazakstan
2:39:25
3
Gitte Karlshog
Denmark
2:42:28
3
Svetlana
Chepeleva
Moldova
2:42:25
Sissay Miasso
Ethiopia
2:41:20
4
Gitte Karlshog
Denmark
2:40:45
4
Inna Kasakova
France
2:43:04
4
Tatyana Maslova
Russia
2:44:37
5
Irina Permitina
Russia
2:47:38
5
Jiringo Getachew
Ethioipia
2:42:32
5
Violetta Uryga
Poland
2:42:01
5
Anne Van Schupen
Holland
2:44:19
6
Pauline Mulroy
UK
3:15:22
6
Jane Kariuki
Kenya
2:46:43
6
Trudi Thompson
UK
2:46:32
7
Solveg Gysland
Norway
3:18:49
7
Asnakech Eticha
Ethiopia
3:06:30
7
Irene Kipkorir
Kenya
2:47:13
8
Nicole Morgan
UK
3:28:12
8
Marian
Selvaratnam
Ireland
3:15:45
8
Janet Ongera
Kenya
2:52:55
9
Jet Jon Shepherd
Singapore
3:29:15
9
Nicole Morgan
UK
3:17:45
9
Assege Gizaw
Ethiopia
2:58:07
10
Nikky Harridine
UK
3:30:26
10
Sue Evans
UK
3:30:28
10
Marion Buehrmann
Germany
3:19:38
Men
Name
Country
Time
1
Joseph Kahugu
Kenya
2:09:33
2
Gashaw Melese
Ethiopia
3
Habtamu Bekele
4
Women
48
Men
JANUARY 12, 2001
Women
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Women
Men
Women
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MARGINS OF VICTORY MEN
WORLD AND CONTINENTAL RECORDS MEN
Year
Winner
Winning Margin Runner-up
2000
Wilson Kibet Kenya
59 secs
John Mutai Kenya
2001
Wilson Kibet Kenya
1 sec
Eticha Tesfaye Ethiopia
Time
Athlete
DOB
Nationality
Venue
2002
Wilson Kibet Kenya
12 secs
David Mutua Kenya
2:02:57
Dennis Kimetto
22/01/1984
Kenya
Berlin
2003
Joseph Kahugu Kenya
1 min 7 secs
Gashaw Melese Ethiopia
2004
Gashaw Melese Ethiopia
1 min 22 secs
David Kuino Kenya
2005
Dejene Guta Ethiopia
35 secs Willie
Cheryuiot Kenya
2006
Joseph Ngeny Kenya
1 min 23 secs
Giday Amah Ethiopia
2007
William Rotich Kenya
41 secs
Joseph Wambua Kenya
2008
Haile Gebreselassie Ethiopia
2 mins 23 secs
Isaac Macharia Kenya
2009
Haile Gebreselassie Ethiopia
1 min 15 secs
Deressa Chimsa Ethiopia
2010
Haile Gebreselassie Ethiopia
24 secs
Chala Dechase Beyene Kenya
Area
Perf
2011
David Barmasai Tumo Kenya
59 secs
Evans Kiprop Cheruiyot Kenya
Oceana
2:07:51 Robert De Castella
27/02/1957 Australia
Boston, MA
21/4/1986
2012
Ayele Abshero Biza Ethiopia
27 secs
Dino Sefir Kemal Kemal Ethiopia
Europe
2:06:36 António Pinto
22/03/1966 Portugal
London
16/4/2000
2013
Lelisa Desisa Ethiopia
3 secs
Berhanu Shiferaw Ethiopia
Asia
2:06:16 Toshinari Takaoka
24/09/1970 Japan
Chicago, IL
2014
Tsegaye Mekonnen Ethiopia
41 secs
Markos Gineti Ethiopia
S. America
2:06:05 Ronaldo Da Costa
07/06/1970 Brazil
Berlin
20/9/1998
2015
Lemi Berhanu Ethiopia
24 secs
Lelisa Desisa Ethiopia
Europe
2:06:36 Benoit Zwierzchiewski
19/08/1976 France
Paris
6/4/2003
North & C.
America
& C.
2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi
22/12/1971 USA
London
14/4/2002
Africa
2:02:57 Dennis Kimetto
22/01/1984 Kenya
Berlin
28/9/2014
MARGINS OF VICTORY WOMEN
50
WORLD RECORDS
28/9/2014
WORLD LEADING 2015
Time
Athlete
DOB
Nationality
Venue
2:04:00
Eliud Kipchoge
05/11/1984
Kenya
Berlin
Date
27/9/2015
AREA RECORDS
Athlete
DOB
Nationality
Venue
Year
Winner
Winning Margin Runner-up
2000
Ramilya Burangulova Russia
36 secs
Adrianu Barbu Romania
2001
Ramilya Burangulova Russia
5 mins 18 secs
Banwella Mrashani Tanzania
2002
Albina Ivanova Russia
4 mins 7secs
Abebe Tola Ethiopia
2003
Irina Permitina Russia
10 secs
Leila Amman Ethiopia
Time
Athlete
DOB
Nationality
Venue
2004
Leila Amman Ethiopia
10 secs
Sissay Measso Ethiopia
2:06:54
Abel Kirui
06/04/1982
Kenya
Berlin
2005
Diribe Hunde Ethiopia
5 secs
Delia Asiago Kenya
2006
Delia Asiago Kenya
2 mins 25 secs
Shitaye Gemechu Ethiopia
2007
Askale Magarsa Ethiopia
8 mins 20 secs
Abebe Tola Ethiopia
2008
Birhane Adere Ethiopia
27 secs
Bezunesh Bekele Ethiopia
Time
Athlete
DOB
Nationality
Venue
2009
Bezunesh Bekele Ethiopia
1 min 15 secs
Atsede Habtamu Ethiopia
2:06:32
Samuel Wanjiru
11/10/1986
Kenya
Beijing
2010
Mamitu Daska Ethiopia
7 secs
Shewaye Aberu Ethiopia
2011
Asselefech Mergia Ethiopia
16 secs
Lydia Cheromei Kenya
2012
Asselefech Mergia Ethiopia
3 secs
Lucy Kabuu Kenya
2013
Tirfi Tsegaye Ethiopia
16 secs
Ehitu Kiros Ethiopia
2014
Mula Suboka Ethiopia
22 secs
Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia
2015
Asselefech Mergia Ethiopia
1 sec
Gladys Cherono Kenya
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Date
Date
13/10/2002
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
Date
8/22/2009
OLYMPIC GAMES RECORD
www.dubaimarathon.org
Date
8/24/2008
51
WORLD ALL TIME TOP 50 MEN
MARATHON ALL TIME
52
Mark
Athlete
Nation
Pos
Venue
2:02:57
Dennis Kimetto
KEN
1
Berlin
2:03:02
Geoffrey Mutai
KEN
1
2:03:06
Moses Mosop
KEN
2:03:13
Emmanuel Mutai
2:03:23
Date
Mark
Athlete
Nation
Pos
Venue
28 Sept 2014
2:04:50
Dino Sefer
Boston
18 Apr 2011
2:04:50
2
Boston
18 Apr 2011
KEN
2
Berlin
Wilson Kipsang
KEN
1
2:03:38
Patrick Makau
KEN
2:03:42
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich
2:03:45
ETH
2
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
Getu Feleke
ETH
2
Rotterdam
15 Apr 2012
2:04:52
Feyisa Lilesa
ETH
2
Chicago
28 Sept 2014
2:04:52
Endeshaw Shumi Negesse
ETH
4
Dubai
25 Jan 2013
Berlin
29 Sept 2013
2:04:53
Haile Gebrselassie
ETH
1
Dubai
18 Jan 2008
1
Berlin
25 Sept 2011
2:04:53
Gebregziabher Gebremariam
ETH
3
Boston
18 Apr 2011
KEN
1
Frankfurt
30 Oct 2011
2:04:53
Bernard Kiprop Koech
KEN
5
Dubai
25 Jan 2013
Dennis Kimetto
KEN
1
Chicago
13 Oct 2013
2:04:54
Markos Geneti
ETH
3
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
2:03:52
Emmanuel Mutai
KEN
2
Chicago
13 Oct 2013
2:04:55
Paul Tergat
KEN
1
Berlin
28 Sept 2003
2:03:59
Haile Gebrselassie
ETH
1
Berlin
28 Sept 2008
2:04:55
Geoffrey Mutai
KEN
2
Rotterdam
11 Apr 2010
2:04:00
Eliud Kipchoge
KEN
1
Berlin
27 Sept 2015
2:04:55
Stanley Biwott
KEN
2
London
13 Apr 2014
2:04:05
Eliud Kipchoge
KEN
2
Berlin
29 Sept 2013
2:04:56
Sammy Korir
KEN
2
Berlin
28 Sept 2003
2:04:11
Eliud Kipchoge
KEN
1
Chicago
12 Oct 2014
2:04:56
Jonathan Maiyo
KEN
4
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
2:04:15
Geoffrey Mutai
KEN
1
Berlin
30 Sept 2012
2:04:57
Wilson Kiprotich Kipsang
KEN
1
Frankfurt
31 Oct 2010
2:04:16
Dennis Kimetto
KEN
2
Berlin
30 Sept 2012
2:04:58
Ryan Hall
USA
4
Boston
18 Apr 2011
2:04:23
Ayele Abshero
ETH
1
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
2:05:00
Eliud Kipchoge
KEN
1
Rotterdam
13 Apr 2014
2:04:26
Haile Gebrselassie
ETH
1
Berlin
30 Sep 2007
2:05:03
Moses Mosop
KEN
3
Rotterdam
15 Apr 2012
2:04:27
Duncan Kibet
KEN
1
Rotterdam
5 Apr 2009
2:04:27
James Kwambai
KEN
2
Rotterdam
5 Apr 2009
2:04:28
Sammy Kitwara
KEN
2
Chicago
12 Oct 2014
2:04:29
Wilson Kipsang
KEN
1
London
13 Apr 2014
2:04:32
Tsegaye Mekonen Asefa
ETH
1
Dubai
24 Jan 2014
2:04:32
Dickson Chumba
KEN
3
Chicago
12 Oct 2014
2:04:38
Tsegaye Kebede
ETH
1
Chicago
7 Oct 2012
2:04:40
Emmanuel Mutai
KEN
1
London
17 Apr 2011
2:04:42
Eliud Kipchoge
KEN
1
London
26 Apr 2015
2:04:44
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich
KEN
1
London
22 Apr 2012
2:04:45
Lelisa Desisa
ETH
1
Dubai
25 Jan 2013
2:04:47
Wilson Kipsang
KEN
2
London
26 Apr 2015
2:04:48
Patrick Makau
KEN
1
Rotterdam
11 Apr 2010
2:04:48
Adhane Yemane Tsegaye
ETH
1
Rotterdam
15 Apr 2012
2:04:48
Berhanu Tolcha Shiferaw
ETH
2
Dubai
25 Jan 2013
2:04:49
Tadese Tola
ETH
3
Dubai
25 Jan 2013
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
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Date
7 Oct 2012
53
WORLD ALL TIME TOP 50 WOMEN
MARATHON ALL TIME
54
Mark
Athlete
Nation
Pos
Venue
2:15:25
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
1
London
2:17:18
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
1
2:17:42
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
2:18:37
Mary Keitany
2:18:47
Date
Mark
Athlete
Nation
Pos
Venue
13 Apr 2003
2:20:21
Lucy Kabuu Wangui
Chicago
13 Oct 2002
2:20:24
1
London
17 Apr 2005
KEN
1
London
Catherine Ndereba
KEN
1
2:18:56
Paula Radcliffe
GBR
2:18:57
Rita Jeptoo
2:18:58
KEN
3
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
Florence Kiplagat
KEN
2
London
13 Apr 2014
2:20:28
Feyse Tadese
ETH
2
Berlin
28 Sept 2014
22 Apr 2012
2:20:30
Bezunesh Bekele
ETH
4
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
Chicago
7 Oct 2001
2:20:30
Aberu Kebede
ETH
1
Berlin
30 Sept 2012
1
London
14 Apr 2002
2:20:33
Aberu Kebede
ETH
5
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
KEN
1
Boston
21 Apr 2014
2:20:35
Tirunesh Dibaba
ETH
3
London
13 Apr 2014
Tiki Gelana
ETH
1
Rotterdam
15 Apr 12
2:20:35
Mare Dibaba
ETH
3
Boston
21 Apr 2014
2:19:12
Mizuki Noguchi
JPN
1
Berlin
25 Sept 05
2:20:38
Zhou Chunxiu
KEN
1
London
22 Apr 2007
2:19:19
Irina Mikitenko
GER
1
Berlin
28 Sept 08
2:20:41
Jemina Jelagat Sumgong
KEN
4
Boston
21 Apr 2014
2:19:19
Mary Keitany
KEN
1
London
17 Apr 2011
2:20:42
Berhane Adere
ETH
1
Chicago
22 Oct 2006
2:19:25
Gladys Cherono Kiprono
KEN
1
Berlin
27 Sept 2015
2:20:43
Tegla Loroupe
KEN
1
Berlin
2:19:26
Catherine Ndereba
KEN
2
Chicago
13 Oct 2002
2:20:43
Margaret Okayo
KEN
1
Boston
15 Apr 2002
2:19:31
Aselefech Mergia
ETH
1
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
2:20:46
Edna Kiplagat
KEN
2
London
17 Apr 2011
2:19:34
Lucy Wangui Kabuu
KEN
2
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
2:20:47
Tegla Loroupe
KEN
1
Rotterdam
19 Apr 1998
2:19:36
Deena Kastor
USA
1
London
23 Apr 2006
2:20:47
Galina Bogomolova
RUS
2
Chicago
22 Oct 2006
2:19:39
Sun Yingjie
CHN
1
Beijing
19 Oct 2003
2:20:48
Jemima Jelagat
KEN
2
Chicago
13 Oct 2013
2:19:41
Yoko Shibui
JPN
1
Berlin
26 Sept 2004
2:19:44
Florence Kiplagat
KEN
1
Berlin
25 Sept 2011
2:19:46
Naoko Takahashi
JPN
1
Berlin
30 Sept 2001
2:19:50
Edna Kiplagat
KEN
2
London
22 Apr 2012
2:19:51
Zhou Chunxiu
CHN
1
Seoul
12 Mar 2006
2:19:52
Mare Dibaba
ETH
3
Dubai
27 Jan 2012
2:19:52
Mare Dibaba
ETH
1
Xiamen
3 Jan 2015
2:19:55
Catherine Ndereba
KEN
2
London
13 Apr 2003
2:19:57
Rita Jeptoo
KEN
1
Chicago
13 Oct 2013
2:19:59
Buzunesh Deba
ETH
2
Boston
21 Apr 2014
2:20:02
Aselefech Mergia Medessa
ETH
1
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:20:03
Gladys Cherono Kiprono
KEN
2
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:20:14
Priscah Jeptoo
KEN
3
London
22 Apr 2012
2:20:15
Priscah Jeptoo
KEN
1
London
21 Apr 2013
2:20:18
Tirfi Tsegaye
ETH
1
Berlin
2:20:21
Edna Kiplagat
KEN
1
London
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Date
26 Sept 1999
28 Sept 2014
13 Apr 2014
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55
WORLD BEST 50 IN 2015 MEN
MARATHON 2015
56
Mark
Athlete
Nation
Pos
Venue
2:04:00
Eliud Kipchoge
KEN
1
Berlin
2:04:42
Eliud Kipchoge
KEN
1
2:04:47
Wilson Kipsang
KEN
2:05:21
Eliud Kiptanui
2:05:28
Date
Mark
Athlete
Nation
Pos
Venue
27 Sept 2015
2:07:09
Bazu Worku Hayla
London
26 Apr 2015
2:07:14
2
London
26 Apr 2015
KEN
2
Berlin
Hayle Lemi Berhanu
ETH
1
2:05:49
Mark Korir
KEN
2:05:50
Dennis Kimetto
2:05:52
ETH
6
Dubai
Paul Lonyangata
KEN
1
Shanghai
2:07:16
Tilahun Regassa
ETH
5
London
26 Apr 2015
27 Sept 2015
2:07:16
Abayneh Woldegiorgis
ETH
4
Eindhoven
11 Oct 2015
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:07:17
Lucas Rotich
KEN
1
Hamburg
26 Apr 2015
1
Paris
12 Apr 2015
2:07:18
Ezekiel Chebii
KEN
2
Amsterdam
18 Oct 2015
KEN
3
London
26 Apr 2015
2:07:20
Shumi Dechasa
BRN
4
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
Lelisa Desisa Benti
ETH
2
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:07:20
Luka Kanda
KEN
2
Paris
12 Apr 2015
2:05:52
Stephen Chebogut
KEN
1
Eindhoven
11 Oct 2015
2:07:21
Mark Kiptoo
KEN
2
Rotterdam
12 Apr 2015
2:05:58
Deriba Robi
ETH
2
Eindhoven
11 Oct 2015
2:07:22
Peter Some
KEN
5
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
2:06:00
Endeshaw Negesse
ETH
1
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
2:07:25
Markos Geneti
ETH
6
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
2:06:00
Mark Kiptoo
KEN
3
Eindhoven
11 Oct 2015
2:07:26
Girmay Birhanu Gebru
ETH
1
Daegu
5 Apr 2015
2:06:06
Deribe Robi Melka
ETH
3
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:07:31
Sisay Lemma
ETH
1
Wien
12 Apr 2015
2:06:11
Wilson Loyanai Erupe
KEN
1
Seoul
15 Mar 2015
2:07:33
Seboka Tola
ETH
3
Paris
12 Apr 2015
2:06:13
John Mwangangi
KEN
1
Valencia
15 Nov 2015
2:07:39
Masato Imai
JPN
7
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
2:06:19
Moses Mosop
KEN
1
Xiamen
3 Jan 2015
2:07:40
Stephen Mokoka
RSA
2
Shanghai
2:06:19
Bernard Kipyego
KEN
1
Amsterdam
18 Oct 2015
2:07:42
Mike Kigen
KEN
4
Paris
2:06:26
Sisay Lemma Kasaye
ETH
1
Frankfurt
25 Oct 2015
2:06:33
Stephen Kiprotich
UGA
2
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
2:06:33
Mathew Kisorio
KEN
2
Valencia
15 Nov 2015
2:06:34
Dickson Chumba
KEN
3
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
2:06:34
Lani Kiplagat Rutto
KEN
2
Frankfurt
25 Oct 2015
2:06:35
Feyisa Lilesa Gemechu
ETH
4
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:06:41
Stanley Biwott
KEN
4
London
26 Apr 2015
2:06:47
Abera Kuma
ETH
1
Rotterdam
12 Apr 2015
2:06:48
Alfers Lagat
KEN
3
Frankfurt
25 Oct 2015
2:06:54
Tilahun Regassa
ETH
2
Xiamen
2:06:57
Feyisa Lilesa
ETH
3
Berlin
27 Sept 2015
2:06:59
Felix Kipchirchir Kiprotich
KEN
2
Seoul
15 Mar 2015
2:07:01
Wilson Loyanai Erupe
KEN
1
Gyeongju
11 Oct 2015
2:07:06
Sisay Lemma Kasaye
ETH
5
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:07:07
Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei
KEN
1
Kosice
4 Oct 2015
2:07:07
Felix Kipchirchir Kandie
KEN
3
Valencia
STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON 2016
Date
23 Jan 2015
8 Nov 2015
8 Nov 2015
12 Apr 2015
3 Jan 2015
15 Nov 2015
www.dubaimarathon.org
57
WORLD BEST 50 IN 2015 WOMEN
MARATHON 2015
58
Mark
Athlete
Nation
2:19:25
Gladys Cherono
2:19:52
Pos
Venue
KEN
1
Berlin
Mare Dibaba
ETH
1
Xiamen
2:20:02
Aselefech Mergia Medessa
ETH
1
2:20:03
Gladys Cherono Kiprono
KEN
2:20:21
Lucy Kabuu Wangui
2:20:48
Date
Mark
Athlete
Nation
Pos
Venue
27 Sept 2015
2:24:07
Jelena Prokopcuka
3 Jan 2015
2:24:11
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2
Dubai
KEN
3
Aberu Kebede
ETH
2:20:59
Shure Demissie Ware
2:21:17
LAT
2
Osaka
25 Jan 2015
Joyce Chepkirui
KEN
1
Amsterdam
18 Oct 2015
2:24:15
Florence Kiplagat
KEN
5
London
26 Apr 2015
23 Jan 2015
2:24:16
Sharon Cherop
KEN
2
Toronto
18 Oct 2015
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:24:16
Fatuma Sado
KEN
2
Toronto
18 Oct 2015
2
Berlin
27 Sept 2015
2:24:23
Jemima Jelagat Sumgong
KEN
6
London
26 Apr 2015
ETH
4
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:24:24
Birhane Dibaba
ETH
3
Chicago
11 Oct 2015
Aberu Kebede Shewaye
ETH
5
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:24:25
Kayoko Fukushi J
PN
4
Chicago
11 Oct 2015
2:21:56
Mulu Seboka Seyfu
ETH
6
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:24:25
Mary Keitany
KEN
1
New York
1 Nov 2015
2:22:08
Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa
BRN
1
Nagoya
8 Mar 2015
2:24:26
Tiki Gelana
ETH
3
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
2:22:48
Sairi Maeda
JPN
3
Nagoya
8 Mar 2015
2:24:29
Betelhem Moges Cherenet
ETH
11
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:22:51
Tadelech Bekele Alemu
ETH
7
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:24:33
Hailu Meseret
ETH
3
Berlin
27 Sept 2015
2:23:06
Aliaksandra Duliba
BLR
8
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:24:38
Flomena Cheyech
KEN
2
Amsterdam
18 Oct 2015
2:23:12
Gulume Tollesa Chala
ETH
1
Frankfurt
25 Oct 2015
2:24:38
Sardana Trofirmova
RUS
4
Frankfurt
25 Oct 2015
2:23:12
Dinknesh Mekash Tefera
ETH
2
Frankfurt
25 Oct 2015
2:24:40
Mulu Seboka
ETH
5
Chicago
11 Oct 2015
2:23:15
Birhane Dibaba
ETH
1
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
2:24:42
Mai Ito
JPN
4
Nagoya
8 Mar 2015
2:23:22
Tigist Tufa
ETH
1
London
26 Apr 2015
2:24:44
Haydar Sultan
TUR
12
Dubai
2:23:23
Yebrugual Arage Melese
ETH
1
Houston
18 Jan 2015
2:23:26
Meseret Mengistu
ETH
1
Paris
12 Apr 2015
2:23:30
Amane Gobena
ETH
2
Paris
12 Apr 2015
2:23:32
Guteni Shone
ETH
2
Houston
18 Jan 2015
2:23:33
Abebech Afework Bekele
ETH
9
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:23:33
Florence Kiplagat
KEN
1
Chicago
11 Oct 2015
2:23:37
Shure Demise
ETH
1
Toronto
18 Oct 2015
2:23:40
Mary Keitany
KEN
2
London
26 Apr 2015
2:23:41
Tirfi Tsegaye
ETH
3
London
26 Apr 2015
2:23:43
Ashete Bekele Dido
ETH
10
Dubai
23 Jan 2015
2:23:43
Yebrgual Melese
ETH
2
Chicago
11 Oct 2015
2:23:49
Yebrgual Melese
ETH
1
Praha
2:23:51
Biruktait Degefa Eshetu
ETH
3
Houston
18 Jan 2015
2:23:52
Koren Jelela Yal
ETH
3
Frankfurt
25 Oct 2015
2:23:53
Aselefech Mergia
ETH
4
London
26 Apr 2015
2:24:03
Helah Kiprop
KEN
2
Tokyo
22 Feb 2015
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Date
23 Jan 2015
3 May 2015
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WEATHER
WORLD RECORD KILOMETRE PACE KILOMETRE PACE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015
1km
5km
10km
15km
20km
half
25km
30km
35km
40km
Mar
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0:02:57
0:14:41
0:29:23
0:44:09
0:58:35
1:01:45
1:13:08
1:27:37
1:41:47
1:56:29
2:02:57
0700
59.0 °F /15.0 °C
5.4 miles / 10.0 kms
Variable
3.7 km/h / 1.0 m/s
Clear
0800
60.8 °F /16.0 °C
5.4 miles / 10.0 kms
SSE
5.6 km/h / 1.5 m/s
Clear
0900
62.6 °F /17.0 °C
5.4 miles / 10.0 kms
Variable
3.7 km/h / 1.0 m/s
Clear
1000
68.0 °F /20.0 °C
5.4 miles / 10.0 kms
SSE
5.6 km/h / 1.5 m/s
Clear
1100
69.8 °F /21.0 °C
5.4 miles / 10.0 kms
NNE
7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Clear
1200
71.6 °F /22.0 °C
5.4 miles / 10.0 kms
Variable
3.7 km/h / 1.0 m/s
Clear
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WORLD RECORD KILOMETRE PACE KILOMETRE PACE
1km
5km
10km
15km
20km
half
25km
30km
35km
40km
Mar
0:05:03
0:15:47
0:32:17
0:48:34
1:04:55
1:08:27
1:21:03
1:37:27
1:54:07
2:10:26
2:17:42
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WORLD RECORD KILOMETRE PACE KILOMETRE PACE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2014
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0700
59.0 °F /15.0 °C
2.6 miles / 4.2 kms
South
5.6 km/h / 3.4m/s
Haze
0800
60.8 °F /16.0 °C
2.1 miles / 3.5 kms
SSW
5.6 km/h / 3.4 m/s
Haze
0900
62.6 °F /17.0 °C
3.1 miles / 5.0 kms
South
5.6 km/h / 3.4 m/s
Haze
1000
68.0 °F /20.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7.0 kms
SE
5.6 km/h / 3.4 m/s
Haze
1km
5km
10km
15km
20km
half
25km
30km
35km
40km
Mar
1100
69.8 °F /21.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7.0 kms
SSE
11.1 km/h / 6.8 m/s
Clear
0:02:58
0:14:56
0:29:37
0:44:12
0:59:05
1:02:22
1:14:02
1:28:45
1:43:22
1:58:07
2:04:23
1200
71.6 °F /22.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7.0 kms
South
11.1 km/h / 6.8 m/s
Clear
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Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0700
59.0 °F /15.0 °C
0.7 miles / 1.2 kms
ESE
5.6 km/h / 3.4m/s
Patches of Fog
0800
59.0 °F /15.0 °C
0.7 miles / 1.2 kms
Variable
3.7 km/h / 2.2 m/s
Fog
0900
59.0 °F /15.0 °C
0.9 miles / 1.5 kms
ESE
7.4 km/h / 4.5 m/s
Fog
1000
64.4 °F /18.0 °C
3.1 miles / 5.0 kms
East
7.4 km/h / 4.5 m/s
Haze
1100
71.6 °F /22.0 °C
4.9 miles / 8.0 kms
ENE
11.1 km/h / 6.8 m/s
Haze
1200
75.2 °F /24.0 °C
4.9 miles / 8.0 kms
NE
7.4 km/h / 4.5 m/s
Clear
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0700
55.4 °F / 13.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
South
7.4 km/h /
Partly Cloudy
0700
51.8 °F / 11.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
East
5.8 mph / 9.3 km/h / 2.6 m/s
Partly Cloudy
0800
55.4 °F / 13.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
South
7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Clear
0800
53.6 °F / 12.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
East
5.8 mph / 9.3 km/h / 2.6 m/s
Partly Cloudy
0900
59.0 °F / 15.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
South
7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Clear
0900
57.2 °F / 14.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
Variable
4.6 mph / 7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Partly Cloudy
1000
62.6 °F / 17.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
South
7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Clear
1000
60.8 °F / 16.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
NNE
5.8 mph / 9.3 km/h / 2.6 m/s
Partly Cloudy
1100
68.0 °F / 20.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
SSE
7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Clear
1100
64.4 °F / 18.0 °C
-
North
11.5 mph / 18.5 km/h / 5.1 m/s
Clear
1200
71.6 °F / 22.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
Variable
7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Clear
1200
64.4 °F / 18.0 °C
-
North 1
3.8 mph / 22.2 km/h / 6.2 m/s
Clear
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2007
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0700
69.8 °F / 21.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
NNW
11.1 km/h / 3.1 m/s
Overcast
0700
57.2 °F / 14.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7.0 kms
East
8.1 mph / 13.0 km/h / 3.6 m/s
Clear
0800
69.8 °F / 21.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
WNW
9.3 km/h / 2.6 m/s
Scattered Clouds
0800
59.0 °F / 15.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7.0 kms
ENE
4.6 mph / 7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
-
0900
69.8 °F / 21.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
West
13.0 km/h / 3.6 m/s
Scattered Clouds
0900
62.6 °F / 17.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7.0 kms
NE
4.6 mph / 7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
-
1000
69.8 °F / 21.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
WNW
14.8 km/h / 4.1 m/s
Scattered Clouds
1000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1100
69.8 °F / 21.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
West
11.1 km/h / 3.1 m/s
Scattered Clouds
1100
1200
71.6 °F / 22.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
West
11.1 km/h / 3.1 m/s
Scattered Clouds
1200
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0700
64.4 °F / 18.0 °C
3.1 miles / 5 kms
Variable
3.7 km/h / 1.0 m/s
Haze
0800
64.4 °F / 18.0 °C
3.1 miles / 5 kms
SSW
1.9 km/h / 0.5 m/s
Haze
0900
69.8 °F / 21.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7 kms
Variable
1.9 km/h / 0.5 m/s
Haze
1000
73.4 °F / 23.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7 kms
Variable
1.9 km/h / 0.5 m/s
Haze
1100
78.8 °F / 26.0 °C
4.9 miles / 8 kms
Variable
3.7 km/h / 1.0 m/s
-
1200
80.6 °F / 27.0 °C
-
-
5.6 km/h / 1.5 m/s
Clear
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2009
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Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0700
51.8 °F / 11.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
Calm
Calm
Rain
0800
51.8 °F / 11.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
Calm
Calm
Rain
0900
55.4 °F / 13.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
Calm
Calm
Rain
1000
60.8 °F / 16.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
SSW
3.5 mph / 5.6 km/h
Scattered Clouds
1100
68.0 °F / 20.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
SSW
3.5 mph / 5.6 km/h / 1.5 m/s
Partly Cloudy
1200
69.8 °F / 21.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
SSE
4.6 mph / 7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Partly Cloudy
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WEATHER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0800
71.6 °F / 22.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7.0 kms
SSE
4.6 mph / 7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
-
0900
75.2 °F / 24.0 °C
4.3 miles / 7.0 kms
South
5.8 mph / 9.3 km/h / 2.6 m/s
-
1000
78.8 °F / 26.0 °C
5.0 miles / 8.0 kms
South
5.8 mph / 9.3 km/h / 2.6 m/s
-
1100
82.4 °F / 28.0 °C
5.0 miles / 8.0 kms
WSW
3.5 mph / 5.6 km/h / 1.5 m/s
-
1200
80.6 °F / 27.0 °C
5.0 miles / 8.0 kms
West
13.8 mph / 22.2 km/h / 6.2 m/s
-
1200
71.6 °F / 22.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
Variable
7.4 km/h / 2.1 m/s
Clear
THE DUBAI MARATHON
STRUCTURE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 07, 2005
Time
Temperature
Visibility
Wind
Wind Speed
Conditions
0700
66.2 °F / 19.0 °C
-
SSW
10.4 mph / 16.7 km/h / 4.6 m/s
Clear
0800
-
-
-
-
-
0900
68.0 °F / 20.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
South
10.4 mph / 16.7 km/h / 4.6 m/s
Scattered Clouds
1000
71.6 °F / 22.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
South
10.4 mph / 16.7 km/h / 4.6 m/s
Partly Cloudy
1100
73.4 °F / 23.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
SSW
10.4 mph / 16.7 km/h / 4.6 m/s
Partly Cloudy
1200
75.2 °F / 24.0 °C
6.2 miles / 10.0 kms
Variable
5.8 mph / 9.3 km/h / 2.6 m/s
Scattered Clouds
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THE DUBAI MARATHON STRUCTURE
THE DUBAI MARATHON EVENT OFFICIALS
STRUCTURE
THE DUBAI MARATHON
STRUCTURE
n Event Officials
Event Director
Peter Connerton
IAAF Course Official
Maurice Winterman
General Co-ordinator
Ahmed Al Kamali
Athlete Co-ordinator
Michel Van Sluijs
Media Director
Alan Ewens
Traffic Management Co-ordinator
Andy Ross
International Radio & TV News
Samantha Lloyd
Rupert Bell
Traffic Management
Geoff Burfoot
Ian Lee
Operations Manager
Barry Westbrook
Start & Finish Co-ordinator
Mick Laidler
Event Co-ordinator
Paddy Corcoran
Bob Gallagher
Start & Finish Official
Andrew Laidler
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THE MASS EVENT
Time Keeper Recorder 2
Physiotherapist
Jason Halliday
Keith Wiltshire
Course Marshal Co-ordinator
Fergus Mutch
Course Marshal & Signage Official
Simon Crabtree
Event Control & Signage Official
Gary Whittle
Ronald Hartridge
Time Keeper Recorder 4
Michael Brown
Drink Station Co-ordinator
Neil Landry
Paddy Corcoran
Race Referee
Drink Stations & Signage Official
Frank Graham
John Gray
Mika Timing Co-ordinator
Time Keeper Recorder 1
Michael Frazer
Mika Timing Official
John Temperton
Frank Ratajczak
Hendrik Praedicow
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THE MASS EVENT
THE MASS EVENT
THE DUBAI MARATHON TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS YEAR-BY-YEAR
n Total number of
THE MASS
EVENT
participants year-by-year
Year
Marathon
10km
3km
Total Runners
Total Nationalities
2000
249
1,046
523
1,818
72
2001
265
1,126
768
2,159
62
2002
283
1,186
862
2,331
60
2003
275
1,220
988
2,483
62
2004
345
1,284
1,038
2,667
75
2005
359
1,967
1,230
3,556
91
2006
576
2,236
1,432
4,244
101
2007
565
2,129
2,224
4,918
103
2008
927
3,290
2,306
6,523
109
2009
1,091
4,453
2,673
8,217
116
2010
1,700
6,215
3,239
11,154
121
2011
1,690
8,264
3,911
13,875
149
2012
1,983
9,984
5,174
17,141
139
2013
2,411
11,424
6,002
19,837
135
2014
2,718
13,965
6,465
23,148
137
2015
2,650
14,441
7,276
24,367
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TOTAL
18,123
84,240
46,111
148,438
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