Dubai Marathon

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The Dubai Marathon is an annual road-based marathon hosted by the emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 1998. The marathon is categorized as a Gold Label Road Race by World Athletics.[1]

History

Initial era

The inaugural Dubai Marathon was held on Template:Dts.[2][3][4]Template:Efn The marathon started outside the Al Wasl Club, and ended inside the Al Wasl Stadium.Template:R/ref About 150 runners participated, with 48 of them finishing the race.Template:R/ref

The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) has no record of a marathon occurring in Dubai in 1999.[5]Template:Efn

The event changed management in 1999 for the second edition of the event and moved to January 2000 with no event in 1999 moving for better weather conditions when the IAAF Officially Measured route was measured by Grade A Course Measurer, Paul Hodgson and became a fully recognised edition for results from 2000 when held starting and finishing outside the Al Wasl Club in Dubai on Friday, January 14, 2000.

Current era

The 2000 edition of the marathon was held on Template:Dts; the event has usually been held on a Friday in January since.[6]Template:R/ref

In 2006, the marathon was postponed from Template:Dts to Template:Dts due to the sudden death of Sheikh Maktoum, Emir of Dubai, on Template:Dts.[7][8][9]Template:Efn The postponement meant that temperatures were higher than usual during the race, approaching Template:Cvt.Template:R/ref Winner Template:Ill was originally only meant to pace the first Template:Cvt, but broke away from the pack once race organizers gave approval.Template:R/refTemplate:Efn

In April 2007, it was announced that the prizes for the 2008 race would be one million dollars offered for a world record and $250,000 for first place for both men and women, making this the long-distance running event with the greatest cash prizes in history.[10][11]

The 2008 race was won by Haile Gebrselassie with a time of 2:04:53. This was the second fastest recorded time for a marathon at that point, not fast enough to claim a world record or the million dollar prize.[12]

The 2012 race proved to have one of the fastest finishing fields at that point: a record of four athletes finished in under two hours and five minutes. Ayele Abshero won with a course record time of 2:04:23 hours, which was the fourth fastest on the all-time lists and the fastest time ever run by an athlete running his first marathon. The other podium finishers also entered the all-time top ten: runner-up Dino Sefir became the eighth fastest man with a time of 2:04:50 hours, while Markos Geneti became the ninth fastest with a time of 2:04:54 hours. Getaneh Molla became the 13th fastest man with a time of 2:04:56 hours, and Tadese Tola became the 16th fastest with a time of 2:05:10 hours.[13]

The women's side was also fast; for the first time in history, the top three runners of a race all finished in under two hours and twenty minutes. Aselefech Mergia finished with a time of 2:19:31 hours to win, setting an both a course record and an Ethiopian record and becoming the seventh fastest recorded woman. In her first marathon, runner-up Lucy Wangui Kabuu became the eighth fastest woman with a time of 2:19:34 hours, and Mare Dibaba became the 15th fastest woman, finishing in 2:19:52 hours. Fellow Ethiopians Bezunesh Bekele and Aberu Kebede moved up to the 16th and 17th fastest women of all time.[13]

The 2013 event, run under a heavy fog, was also very fast. The Ethiopian winner Lelisa Desisa, won in a sprint finish of the last 200 meters with a time of 2:04:45, leading four other runners who also finished in under 2 hours, 5 minutes. On the women's side, Ethiopian Tirfi Tsegaye won with a time of 2:23:23, sixteen seconds ahead of fellow Ethiopian Ehitu Kiros. The top four runners on the men's side and the top six on the women's side were all Ethiopians.[14]


In 2020, the race organizers stated that they would "not be staging a marathon/mass participation event of any format in Dubai in January 2021" due to the coronavirus pandemic.[15]

The 2022 edition of the race was postponed to Template:Dts due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar, after marathon organizers realized that a shortage of accommodation in Qatar would mean that many football fans were planning to stay in Dubai during the football tournament, limiting accommodation and travel options for marathoners if the race were to be held during the tournament.Template:R/refTemplate:R/ref

Course

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Initial course

The course used in the inaugural race in 1998 started outside the Al Wasl Club and ended inside the Al Wasl Stadium.Template:R/ref

World Trade Center course

The course start and finish was moved to the Dubai World Trade Centre.[16] During the marathon, runners crossed the Dubai Creek at one point by going under it via Al Shindagha Tunnel, and at another point by going over it via Al Garhoud Bridge.Template:R/ref

Current course

The marathon starts on Umm Suqeim Street, a few blocks southeast of Madinat Jumeirah, and finishes about a few hundred metres further southeast.Template:R/ref The vast majority of the race is run entirely on D 94 road that runs a few blocks away from the coast, including on King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud Street (formerly Al Sufouh Road) and Jumeirah Beach Road.Template:R/ref

The course first heads briefly northwest before turning southwest for an out-and-back leg of roughly Template:Cvt of length each way on King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud Street, running past the entrance to the Palm Jumeirah up to around the edge of Dubai Media City, and turning around before reaching the skyscrapers immediately southwest.Template:R/ref

After returning to Umm Suqeim Street, marathoners then continue northeast for two repetitions of an out-and-back leg of roughly Template:Cvt of length each way on Jumeirah Beach Road, passing Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel, and turning around on Al Mehemal Street a few hundred metres past Sunset Mall.Template:R/ref

Afterward, the marathon turns back southeast onto Umm Suqeim Street for about Template:Cvt for the finish.[17]

As of 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the marathon course has a time limit of six hours.[18]

Management

The event is organised by Pace Events FZ LLC, Template:CnsTemplate:R/ref Template:Cns

Sponsorship

In 2001, Samsung became the title sponsor for four years.[19][20]Template:Efn

In 2005, Standard Chartered became the title sponsor, and has been since, as of 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[21][22]

Winners

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Haile Gebrselassie on his way to winning the 2010 race

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Initial era

Ed. Date Male Winner Time Female Winner Time Rf.
1 1998.11.27 Template:Flagathlete 2:23:08 Template:Flagathlete 3:50:36 Template:R/refTemplate:R/ref[23]

Current era

Ed. Date Men's winner TimeTemplate:Efn Women's winner TimeTemplate:Efn Rf.
1 2000.01.14 Template:Flagathlete 2:12:21 Template:Flagathlete 2:40:22 Template:R/ref
2 2001.01.12 Template:Flagathlete 2:13:36 Template:Flagathlete 2:37:07 Template:R/ref
3 2002.01.11 Template:Flagathlete 2:13:04 Template:Flagathlete 2:33:31 Template:R/ref
4 2003.01.10 Template:Flagathlete 2:09:33 Template:Flagathlete 2:36:26 Template:R/ref
5 2004.01.09 Template:Flagathlete 2:12:49 Template:Flagathlete 2:42:36 Template:R/refTemplate:R/ref
6 2005.01.07 Template:Flagathlete 2:10:49 Template:Flagathlete 2:39:08 Template:R/ref
7 2006.02.17 Template:Flagathlete 2:13:02 Template:Flagathlete 2:43:09 Template:R/ref[24]
8 2007.01.12 Template:Flagathlete 2:09:53 Template:Flagathlete 2:27:19 Template:R/ref
9 2008.01.18 Template:Flagathlete 2:04:53 Template:Flagathlete 2:22:42 Template:R/ref[25]
10 2009.01.16 Template:Flagathlete 2:05:29 Template:Flagathlete 2:24:02 Template:R/ref
11 2010.01.22 Template:Flagathlete 2:06:09 Template:Flagathlete 2:24:19 Template:R/ref[26]
12 2011.01.21 Template:Flagathlete 2:07:18 Template:Flagathlete 2:22:45 Template:R/ref[27]
13 2012.01.27 Template:Flagathlete 2:04:23 Template:Flagathlete 2:19:31 [28]
14 2013.01.25 Template:Flagathlete 2:04:45 Template:Flagathlete 2:23:23 [29]
15 2014.01.24 Template:Flagathlete 2:04:32 Template:Flagathlete 2:25:01 [30]
16 2015.01.23 Template:Flagathlete 2:05:28 Template:Flagathlete 2:20:02 [31]
17 2016.01.22 Template:Flagathlete 2:04:24 Template:Flagathlete 2:19:41 [32]
18 2017.01.20 Template:Flagathlete 2:04:11 Template:Flagathlete 2:22:36 [33]
19 2018.01.26 Template:Flagathlete 2:04:00 Template:Flagathlete 2:19:17 [34]
20 2019.01.25 Template:Flagathlete 2:03:34 Template:Flagathlete 2:17:08 [35]
21 2020.01.24 Template:Flagathlete 2:06:15 Template:Flagathlete 2:19:38 [36]
Template:Sdash 2021 not held due to coronavirus pandemic Template:R/refTemplate:R/ref
Template:Sdash 2022 postponed due to 2022 FIFA World Cup Template:R/refTemplate:R/ref
22 2023.02.12 Template:Flagathlete 2:05:42 Template:Flagathlete 2:21:11 [37]
23 2024.01.07 Template:Flagathlete 2:05:01 Template:Flagathlete 2:16:07
24 2025.01.12 Bute Gemechu 2:04:51 Berehanu Tsegu 2:05:14 [38]

Multiple wins

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By country

Country Total Men's Women's
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See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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