Brighton Marathon

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Inaugural finisher's medal, 2010
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Finisher's medal from 2018

The Brighton Marathon is an annual marathon in Brighton and Hove, England. It was first held on 18 April 2010 and has usually been held in April every year since.[1] The inaugural Brighton Marathon was set up by former international athlete Tim Hutchings and local athlete Tom Naylor.[2]

History

The first Brighton Marathon took place on 18 April 2010. The race opened to 12,000 entries, with 7,589 participating on race day. The course start line was at Preston Park. The route took in some of the sights of central Brighton before heading East towards Rottingdean. The race then headed west out to and around Hove, before returning on the seafront and finishing on Madeira Drive, close to Brighton Pier.

In Year 2 (April 2011), over 8,000 runners took part with spectator numbers estimated at around 120,000. The race has acquired the status of "Britain's No. 2 marathon", after the London Marathon, for its profile in the national running arena, for its standard of race organisation and for the publicity generated by the event.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". More than two hundred charities had runners in the 2011 event and this demand has led to an increase from 3,000 to 5,000 in the number of places being offered to charities in 2012.

The 2012 event saw a 20% increase on entries to an acceptance of 18,000, putting it in the top 12 running events in the UK. In September 2011, The Brighton Marathon was granted coveted Bronze Medal status by the World governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).[3][4][5]

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[6][7]Template:Efn

Similarly, the 2021 edition of the race, originally scheduled for April, was postponed to Template:Dts due to the pandemic, with many registrants given the option of transferring their entry to 2022 or obtaining a full refund.[8][9][10] An error in setup led to the 2021 course being 568m too long, which affected the final result of the men's race when winner Neil McClements overtook Ollie Garrod, who had led the whole way, in the last 100m of the course.[11][12]

In September 2022, event organisers Grounded Events Company Limited (Grounded Events) were critisied by a number recent winners of the marathon over not being paid their prize money.[13]

In November 2022, Grounded Events filed for administration, with the company being about £1.2million in debt.[14] FRP were appointed as administrators. The company was bought by London Marathon Events (LME) the next month, with Brighton & Hove City Council granting a five year licence to operate the event until at least 2027. The 2023 edition of the race went ahead as planned, with the event being added to LME's portfolio of events, that also includes the London Marathon, Ride London and Swim Serpentine.[15][16]

Results

The first Men's Elite Race in 2010 was won by Mongolian runner Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od with a time of 2:19:05. Between 2011 and 2014, the Men's Elite Race course record was broken consecutively by Kenyans Philemon Boit, Peter Kimeli Some, Dominic Kangor and William Chebor. In 2014, Chebor set the current record with a time of 2:09:25. Kenyan Duncan Maiyo is the most successful athlete with back-to-back wins in 2015 and 2016. In both races, he was less than a minute over the course record. In 2017, Stuart Hawkes became the first English winner and first European winner in the Men's Elite Race with a time of 2:27:36.

The first Women's Elite Race, also in 2010, was won by Briton Joanna Bryce in 3:05:20. The course record was broken for three consecutive years by Alyson Dixon, Sviatlana Kouhan and Eunice Kales. Kouhan became the first non-British winner with a time of 2:41:22 in 2012, and Kales became the first non-European winner in 2013 with a time of 2:28:50 – the current course record. Alice Milgo, Pennina Wanjiru and Grace Momanyi all continued the success for Kenya in the following years, while Lishan Dula became the first Asian athlete to finish in the top three with her second-place finish in 2015. Helen Davies became the first Briton to win in six years with a time of 2:42:40 in 2017, and he retained the win in 2018 with an improved time of 2:38:41.

Elite race winners

Men

Year Winner Runner-Up Third Place Notes
2010 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od Script error: No such module "flag". 2:19:05 Michael Coleman Script error: No such module "flag". 2:24:38 Christopher Thomson Script error: No such module "flag". 2:29:54 Course record
2011 Philemon Boit Script error: No such module "flag". 2:16:07 Richard Rotich Script error: No such module "flag". 2:16:32 Anbessy Tolossa Script error: No such module "flag". 2:16:54 Course record
2012 Peter Kimeli Some Script error: No such module "flag". 2:12:03 Dominic Pius Ondoro Script error: No such module "flag". 2:12:10 John Kelai Script error: No such module "flag". 2:12:44 Course record
2013 Dominic Kangor Script error: No such module "flag". 2:10:46 Bernard Rotich Script error: No such module "flag". 2:10:51 Robert Mwangi Script error: No such module "flag". 2:11:26 Course record
2014 William Chebor Script error: No such module "flag". 2:09:25 Dominic Kangor Script error: No such module "flag". 2:09:36 Wilfred Murgor Script error: No such module "flag". 2:12:17 Course record
2015 Duncan Maiyo Script error: No such module "flag". 2:10:15 Dominic Kangor Script error: No such module "flag". 2:11:52 Mutai Kipkemei Script error: No such module "flag". 2:14:41
2016 Duncan Maiyo Script error: No such module "flag". 2:09:51 Raymond Chemungor Script error: No such module "flag". 2:10:50 Edwin Kiptoo Script error: No such module "flag". 2:11:23
2017 Stuart Hawkes Script error: No such module "flag". 2:27:36 Ollie Garrod Script error: No such module "flag". 2:31:32 Jon Pepper Script error: No such module "flag". 2:31:56
2018 Stuart Hawkes Script error: No such module "flag". 2:22:33 Dan Nash Script error: No such module "flag". 2:22:55 Kevin Rojas Script error: No such module "flag". 2:23:54
2019 Peter Le Grice Script error: No such module "flag". 2:16:23 Paul Navesey Script error: No such module "flag". 2:18:17 Ian Leitch Script error: No such module "flag". 2:18:34
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2021 Neil McClements Script error: No such module "flag". 2:33:45 Ollie Garrod Script error: No such module "flag". 2:34:02 Mark Innocenti Script error: No such module "flag". 2:35:49 Course 568m too long.[12]
2022 Alix Ramsier Script error: No such module "flag". 2:29:08 Ben Holmes Script error: No such module "flag". 2:29:26 Will Green Script error: No such module "flag". 2:30:02
2023 Marshall Smith Script error: No such module "flag". 2:24:07 Barney Reed Script error: No such module "flag". 2:36:16 Axel Finke Script error: No such module "flag". 2:36:44
2024 Oliver Knowles Script error: No such module "flag". 2:32:27 Matthew Alderson Script error: No such module "flag". 2:32:45 James Cook Script error: No such module "flag". 2:36:19

Women

Year Winner Runner-Up Third Place Notes
2010 Joanna Bryce Script error: No such module "flag". 3:05:20 Cathy Ulliott Script error: No such module "flag". 3:05:42 Louisa Ruderman Script error: No such module "flag". 3:13:50 Course record
2011 Alyson Dixon Script error: No such module "flag". 2:34:51 Lucy MacAlister Script error: No such module "flag". 2:40:35 Julie Briscoe Script error: No such module "flag". 2:41:09 Course record
2012 Sviatlana Kouhan Script error: No such module "flag". 2:29:37 Irene Chepkirui Script error: No such module "flag". 2:33:55 Holly Rush Script error: No such module "flag". 2:41:22 Course record
2013 Eunice Kales Script error: No such module "flag". 2:28:50 Alyson Dixon Script error: No such module "flag". 2:31:10 Frashiah Waithaka Script error: No such module "flag". 2:33:31 Course record
2014 Alice Milgo Script error: No such module "flag". 2:35:33 Selam Abere Script error: No such module "flag". 2:36:37 Rebecca Robinson Script error: No such module "flag". 2:37:41
2015 Pennina Wanjiru Script error: No such module "flag". 2:34:25 Lishan Dula Script error: No such module "flag". 2:34:55 Eunice Kales Script error: No such module "flag". 2:53:50
2016 Grace Momanyi Script error: No such module "flag". 2:34:11 Asnakech Mengistu Script error: No such module "flag". 2:35:37 Pennina Wanjiru Script error: No such module "flag". 2:43:32
2017 Helen Davies Script error: No such module "flag". 2:42:40 Hayley Munn Script error: No such module "flag". 2:46:00 Helen Buller Script error: No such module "flag". 2:51:22
2018 Helen Davies Script error: No such module "flag". 2:38:41 Sarah Webster Script error: No such module "flag". 2:49:02 Sara Bird Script error: No such module "flag". 2:52:21
2019 Helen Davies Script error: No such module "flag". 2:34:08 Jill Collett Script error: No such module "flag". 2:48:16 Johanna O'Regan Script error: No such module "flag". 2:49:41
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2021 Verity Hopkins Script error: No such module "flag". 2:52:12 Amy Harris Script error: No such module "flag". 3:04:28 Lauren Reid Script error: No such module "flag". 3:09:32 Course 568m too long.[12]
2022 Melissah Gibson Script error: No such module "flag". 2:51:07 Ania Gabb Script error: No such module "flag". 2:52:44 Sarah Hanley Script error: No such module "flag". 2:56:01
2023 Helen Reid Script error: No such module "flag". 2:55:11 Lucy Barnes Script error: No such module "flag". 2:56:10 Fay Hughes Script error: No such module "flag". 2:56:42
2023 Hannah McGowan-Jones Script error: No such module "flag". 2:54:43 Victoria Cartmell Script error: No such module "flag". 3:03:55 Annie Soper Script error: No such module "flag". 3:04:59

Incidents

23-year-old Sam Harper Brighouse died during the 2013 race after collapsing in Grand Avenue and being taken to hospital.[17][18] The inquest ruled he died of bowel ischemia and a gastro-intestinal haemorrhage, brought on by an idiosyncratic reaction to hyperthermia, dehydration, endurance exertion, hyperosmolar sports supplements and ibuprofen.[19][20] The coroner stated Harper Brighouse's preparations for the race were appropriate.[21]

Notes

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References

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  4. ↑ Steve Hollis "Olympian wins inaugural Brighton Marathon", http://www.theargus.co.uk, 18 April 2010
  5. ↑ D.D. Guttenplan "Brighton marathon a match for Boston", The Guardian (Comment is Free), 20 April 2010
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External links

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