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{{short description|Annual race in Italy since 1982}}
{{Infobox athletics race
| bgcolour      = #a60028
| image         = Maratonaroma2006 circomassimo 5.jpg
| imagesize     = 
| caption       = Runners passing the [[Circus Maximus]] in 2006
| date          = April
| location      = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
| type          = [[Road running|Road]]
| distance      = [[Marathon]]
| est           = {{start date and age|1982|p=y}}
| sponsor       = [[Acea (company)|Acea]]
| participants  = 5,490 finishers (2022)<br/>4,377 <!-- marathon --> finishers (2021)<ref name="2021.finishers">{{cite web |url=https://www.endu.net/en/events/run-rome-the-marathon/results/2021/59574/2103#selection-1603.0-1603.4 |title=ROMANO DESSI' - Run Rome the Marathon &#124; ENDU |website=www.endu.net |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210923022214/https://www.endu.net/en/events/run-rome-the-marathon/results/2021/59574/2103#selection-1603.0-1603.4 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />8,843 (2019)
| record        = Men's: '''2:06:24''' (2024)<br />{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Asbel Rutto]]<br />Women's: '''2:22:52''' (2019)<br />{{flagicon|ETH}} [[Alemu Megertu]]
| homepage      = {{URL|https://www.runromethemarathon.com/|Rome Marathon}}
}}
The '''Rome Marathon''' is an annual [[marathon]] competition hosted by the city of [[Rome]], [[Italy]].

==History==

[[File:Rome-marathon-via-galvani-2017.webm|left|thumb|Runners on<!-- they are not merely passing the road, as seen when they are running past the roadhouse restaurant located on via galvani.  also, the first shot is from around 41.8778, 12.4768 on via galvani. --> Via Galvani in 2017]]

[[File:Rione X Campitelli, 00186 Roma, Italy - panoramio - Laci30 (18).jpg|thumb|Start by [[Basilica of Maxentius]], 2009]]
[[File:Maratona di Roma 2019 - Rome, Italy - DSC01381.jpg|thumb|Approaching the [[Colosseum]] in 2019]]
[[File:Maratona di Roma in 2017.15.jpg|thumb|Finish on [[Via dei Fori Imperiali]], 2017]]
[[File:Maratona di Roma in 2018.118.jpg|thumb|upright|Awarding <!-- finisher --> medals in 2018]]

The competition has also doubled as the Italian Marathon championships on two occasions; in 1983 and 1986. The race date was shifted from the traditional March schedule to 1 January in 2000 for a special edition of the event to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium. The ''IAAF Rome Millennium Marathon'' received the support of [[Primo Nebiolo]] and national federation president [[Gianni Gola]]. The race start point was at [[Saint Peter's Square]] and [[Pope John Paul II]] delivered a short [[benediction]] in approval of the event and the Bells of Saint Peter's replaced the usual [[starter's pistol]] to signal the beginning of the race.<ref>Wallace-Jones, Sean (2000-01-01). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=15436.html Loroupe retains Marathon Crown at dawn of New Millennium]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-22.</ref>

The 2010 race was held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of [[Abebe Bikila]]'s win at the [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Men's marathon|1960 Rome Olympic marathon race]], a watershed moment in the development of East African competitive running. The 2010 men's winner, [[Siraj Gena]], earned a 5000[[€]] bonus for crossing the finish line [[barefoot]] in honour of Abebe Bikila's style.<ref>Sampaolo, Diego (2010-03-21). [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=56208.html Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila&nbsp;– Rome Marathon report]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-22.</ref>

The 2020 edition of the race was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Italy|coronavirus outbreak]], with all registration fees being applied for a guaranteed entry to the 2021 edition of the race, and all finishers to be awarded two medals in 2021.<ref name="cancellation.1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.runromethemarathon.com/en/2020/03/05/acea-run-rome-the-marathon-of-29-march-2020-cancelled/|title = Acea Run Rome the Marathon of 29 March 2020 cancelled|date = 5 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="cancellation.2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/03/05/coronavirus-rome-marathon-cancelled_1ab6c5a9-9482-4728-be24-4d12d248d51b.html|title = Coronavirus: Rome marathon cancelled - English|date = 5 March 2020}}</ref>

== Winners ==

[[File:Stefano Baldini.jpg|thumb|upright|1998 winner [[Stefano Baldini]] (pictured here in [[London Marathon|London]]<!-- date of file does not correspond to date of marathon that year, so it is unclear if it was taken at the marathon that year or before -->) also won the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics{{snd}}Men's marathon|2004 Olympic marathon]].]]

'''Key''':
: {{legend2|#A9F5A9||border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} Course record (in bold)
: {{legend2|#FFCCCC||border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} Short course
: {{legend2|#FFEEDD||border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} Italian championship race

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Men's winner
! Time{{efn|[[hour|h]]:[[minute|m]]:[[second|s]]|name="hms"}}
! Women's winner
! Time{{efn|name="hms"}}
! class="unsortable" | Rf.
|-
| bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | 1982
| {{flagathlete|[[Emiel Puttemans]]|BEL}} || align="center" | 2:09:53
| {{flagathlete|[[Laura Fogli]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:31:08
| <ref name="1982.winners">{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/14/Former-world-record-distance-runner-Emiel-Puttemans-of-Belgium/6859384930000/ |title=Former world record distance runner Emiel Puttemans of Belgium... - U… |website=www.upi.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210923031653/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/14/Former-world-record-distance-runner-Emiel-Puttemans-of-Belgium/6859384930000/ |archive-date=23 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| bgcolor="#FFEEDD" | 1983
| {{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Gerbi]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:15:11
| {{flagathlete|[[Alba Milana]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:32:57
|-
| 1984
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernie Ford]]|GBR}} || align="center" | 2:17:01
| {{flagathlete|[[Daniela Tiberti]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:41:40
|-
| 1985
| {{flagathlete|[[Mauro Pappacena]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:28:42
| {{flagathlete|[[Janet Richardson]]|USA}} || align="center" | 3:09:16
|-
| bgcolor="#FFEEDD" | 1986
| {{flagathlete|[[Osvaldo Faustini]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:16:03
| {{flagathlete|[[Katherine Gregory (athlete)|Katherine Gregory]]|USA}} || align="center" | 3:23:43
|-
| 1987
| {{flagathlete|[[Gelindo Bordin]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:16:03
| {{flagathlete|[[Maria Araneo]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:56:00
|-
| 1988
| {{flagathlete|[[Sam Ngatia]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:16:46
| {{flagathlete|[[Fabiola Paoletti]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:48:45
|-
| 1989
| {{flagathlete|[[Guido Genicco]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:20:43
| {{flagathlete|[[Pascaline Wangui]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:46:28
|-
| bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | 1990
| {{flagathlete|[[Tadesse Gebre]]|ETH|1987}} || align="center" | 2:10:28
| {{flagathlete|[[Silvana Cucchietti]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:34:21
|-
| 1991
| {{flagathlete|[[Marco Milani]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:14:22
| {{flagathlete|[[Fabiola Rueda|Fabiola Oppliger]]|COL}} || align="center" | 2:39:31
|-
| {{sdash|sort=1992}}
| colspan="4" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''not held from 1992 to 1994''
|-
| bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | 1995
| {{flagathlete|[[Belayneh Tadesse]]|ETH|1991}} || align="center" | 2:10:13
| {{flagathlete|[[Yelena Sipatova]]|RUS}} || align="center" | 2:37:46
|-
| 1996
| {{flagathlete|[[Moges Taye]]|ETH|1996}} || align="center" | 2:12:03
| {{flagathlete|[[Fatuma Roba]]|ETH|1996}} || align="center" | 2:29:05
|-
| 1997
| {{flagathlete|[[Dube Jillo]]|ETH|1996}} || align="center" | 2:13:08
| {{flagathlete|[[Jane Salumäe]]|EST}} || align="center" | 2:31:41
|-
| 1998
| {{flagathlete|[[Stefano Baldini]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:09:33
| {{flagathlete|[[Franca Fiacconi]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:28:12
|-
| 1999
| {{flagathlete|[[Philip Tanui]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:09:56
| {{flagathlete|[[Maura Viceconte]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:29:36
|-
| 2000
| {{flagathlete|[[Josephat Kiprono]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:08:27
| {{flagathlete|[[Tegla Loroupe]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:32:03
|-
| 2001
| {{flagathlete|[[Henry Cherono]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:11:27
| {{flagathlete|[[Maria Guida]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:30:42
|-
| 2002
| {{flagathlete|[[Vincent Kipsos]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:09:30
| {{flagathlete|[[Maria Cocchetti]]|ITA}} || align="center" | 2:33:06
|-
| 2003
| {{flagathlete|[[Frederick Cherono]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:08:47
| {{flagathlete|[[Gloria Marconi]]|ITA|2003}} || align="center" | 2:29:35
|-
| 2004
| {{flagathlete|[[Ruggero Pertile]]|ITA|2003}} || align="center" | 2:10:12
| {{flagathlete|[[Ornella Ferrara]]|ITA|2003}} || align="center" | 2:27:49
|-
| 2005
| {{flagathlete|[[Alberico Di Cecco]]|ITA|2003}} || align="center" | 2:08:02
| {{flagathlete|[[Silviya Skvortsova]]|RUS}} || align="center" | 2:28:01
|-
| 2006
| {{flagathlete|[[David Kipkorir]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:08:38
| {{flagathlete|[[Tetyana Hladyr]]|UKR}} || align="center" | 2:25:44
|-
| 2007
| {{flagathlete|[[Elias Chelimo]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:09:36
| {{flagathlete|[[Souad Aït Salem]]|ALG}} || align="center" | 2:25:08
|-
| 2008
| {{flagathlete|[[Jonathan Yego]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:09:57
| {{flagathlete|[[Galina Bogomolova]]|RUS}} || align="center" | 2:22:53
|-
| 2009
| {{flagathlete|[[Benjamin Kiptoo]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:07:17
| {{flagathlete|[[Firehiwot Dado]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:27:08
|-
| 2010
| {{flagathlete|[[Siraj Gena]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:08:39
| {{flagathlete|[[Firehiwot Dado]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:25:28
|-
| 2011
| {{flagathlete|[[Dickson Chumba]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:08:45
| {{flagathlete|[[Firehiwot Dado]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:24:13
|-
| 2012
| {{flagathlete|[[Luka Kanda]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:08:04
| {{flagathlete|[[Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai|Hellen Kimutai]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:31:11
|-
| 2013
| {{flagathlete|[[Getachew Terfa]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:07:56
| {{flagathlete|[[Helena Kirop]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:24:40
|-
| 2014
| {{flagathlete|[[Shume Hailu]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:09:47
| {{flagathlete|[[Ayelu Lemma]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:34:49
|-
| 2015
| {{flagathlete|[[Abebe Negewo]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:12:23
| {{flagathlete|[[Meseret Kitata]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:30:25
|-
| 2016
| {{flagathlete|[[Amos Kipruto]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:08:12
| {{flagathlete|[[Rahma Tusa]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:28:49
|-
| 2017
| {{flagathlete|[[Shura Kitata]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:07:30
| {{flagathlete|[[Rahma Tusa]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:27:23
|-
| 2018
| {{flagathlete|[[Cosmas Birech]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:08:03
| {{flagathlete|[[Rahma Tusa]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:23:46
|-
| 2019
| {{flagathlete|[[Tebalu Zawude]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:08:37
| {{flagathlete|[[Alemu Megertu]]|ETH}} || align="center" bgcolor="#A9F5A9" | '''2:22:52'''
|-
| 2020
| colspan="4" align="center" data-sort-value="" | ''cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic'' || <ref name="cancellation.1" /><ref name="cancellation.2" />
|-
| 2021
| {{flagathlete|[[Clement Langat]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:08:23
| {{flagathlete|[[Peris Jerono]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:29:29
| <ref name="2021.results">{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7160145 |title=World Athletics |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210922063424/https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7160145 |archive-date=22 September 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| {{flagathlete|[[Fikre Bekele]]|ETH}} || align="center"| 2:06:48
| {{flagathlete|[[Sechale Dalasa]]|ETH}} || align="center" | 2:26:09
|
|-
| 2023
| {{flagathlete|[[Taoufik Allam]]|MAR}} || align="center"| 2:07:43
| {{flagathlete|[[Betty Chepkwony]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:23:02
|
|-
| 2024
| {{flagathlete|[[Asbel Rutto]]|KEN}} || align="center" bgcolor="#A9F5A9" | '''2:06:24'''
| {{flagathlete|[[Ivyne Jeruto]]|KEN}} || align="center" | 2:24:36
|
|}

==See also==
* ''[[Spirit of the Marathon II]]'', 2013 documentary

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
;List of winners
*[https://www.arrs.run/HP_RomMa.htm Città di Roma Marathon]. [[Association of Road Racing Statisticians]] (2009-03-27). Retrieved on 2010-01-31.

==External links==
*[http://www.maratonadiroma.it Official website]
{{commons category|Maratona di Roma}}

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