The Rio de Janeiro Marathon is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 1979. ^{[3] [1] [4]} The marathon is a World Athletics Label Road Race and a member of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races. ^{[1] [2]}

During the event, a half marathon, a 10K race, and a 5K race are also offered. ^{[5] [6]} Runners are also offered the option of completing the Desafio Cidade Maravilhosa ('wonderful city challenge'), in which one runs both the half marathon on Saturday and the marathon on Sunday. ^{[7] [6]} In 2022, 1,400 runners successfully completed the challenge. ^[7]

The Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon [ pt] is a separate race that is held in August. ^{[8] [9]}

History

The inaugural marathon was held in 1979. ^{[3] [10]} It was organized by Brazilian runner Eleonora Mendonça, who later went on to run in the first Olympic women's marathon in 1984. ^{[3] [10] [11] [a]} Mendonça set up the marathon with her company, Printer. ^{[10] [11]}

Following the success of the inaugural marathon, the city ended up hosting two marathons during a few years, including in 1980 and 1981, where one was organized by Printer, and the other by Jornal do Brasil. ^{[12] [10]}

Course

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Course map of full marathon in 2019 [13]

The course for the inaugural marathon started and finished in the stadium of the Army Physical Education School [ pt]. ^[10]

In 2019, the route of the marathon was changed to begin and end in Flamengo Park. ^{[14] [13]}

Winners

Key:   Course record

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time ( min: sec)	Women's winner	Time ( h: m: s)
1st	1980	Greg Meyer ( USA)	2:16:40	Lorraine Moller ( NZL)	2:39:10
2nd	1981	Bill Rodgers ( USA)	2:14:13	Lorraine Moller ( NZL)	2:35:56
3rd	1982	Delfim Moreira ( POR)	2:15:57	Charlotte Teske ( GER)	2:38:42
4th	1983	Lawrence Whitty ( AUS)	2:18:43	Charlotte Teske ( GER)	2:40:13
5th	1984	Elói Schleder ( BRA)	2:24:35	Eleonora de Mendonça ( BRA)	2:55:54
6th	1985	Ron Tabb ( USA)	2:16:15	Patti Catalano ( USA)	2:38:44
7th	1986	Elói Schleder ( BRA)	2:22:02	Liz Miller ( USA)	2:46:54
8th	1987	Osmiro Silva ( BRA)	2:15:57	Eliana Reinert ( BRA)	2:51:10
9th	1988	Jose Carlos da Silva ( BRA)	2:23:38	Nercy da Freitas ( BRA)	2:59:56
10th	1989	Jose Carlos da Silva ( BRA)	2:18:19	Marinete Quintanilha ( BRA)	2:56:54
11th	1990	Jose Carlos da Silva ( BRA)	2:17:26	Sônia de Oliveira ( BRA)	2:49:31
12th	1991	João Pacau ( BRA)	2:18:43	Maria Gomes ( BRA)	2:49:59
–	1992	Did not held
13th	1993	João Pacau ( BRA)	2:20:01	Nercy da Freitas ( BRA)	2:54:04
–	1994	Did not held
–	1995
14th	1996	Elisvaldo de Carvalho ( BRA)	2:16:55	Márcia Narloch ( BRA)	2:44:55
15th	1997	Elisvaldo de Carvalho ( BRA)	2:19:39	Luciene Soares ( BRA)	2:49:34
16th	1998	André Luiz Ramos ( BRA)	2:13:52	Viviane de Oliveira ( BRA)	2:39:49
17th	1999	Lindemberg Gomes ( BRA)	2:24:28	Edivânia da Silva ( BRA)	2:50:15
18th	2000	Reginaldo dos Santos ( BRA)	2:18:01	Rizoneide Vanderlei ( BRA)	2:43:53
–	2001	Did not held
–	2002
19th	2003	Alex Januário ( BRA)	2:16:39	Leone Justino ( BRA)	2:46:54
20th	2004	Francisco Armendes ( BRA)	2:20:48	Raimunda Brito ( BRA)	2:57:36
21st	2005	Cláudio Sebastião Pereira ( BRA)	2:21:18	Denise Paiva ( BRA)	2:50:01
22nd	2006	José Pereira ( BRA)	2:21:14	Leone Justino ( BRA)	2:49:58
23rd	2007	Elson Gracioli ( BRA)	2:18:31	Marily dos Santos ( BRA)	2:42:18
24th	2008	Domingos Nonato ( BRA)	2:17:20	Iliane Wandscheer ( BRA)	2:49:00
25th	2009	Marcos Antônio Pereira ( BRA)	2:17:11	Marizete de Paula ( BRA)	2:42:46
26th	2010	Anderson Chirchir ( KEN)	2:19:54	Sirlene Sousa ( BRA)	2:43:15
27th	2011	Patrick Tambwé ( FRA)	2:18:17	Kim Kum-ok ( PRK)	2:35:22
28th	2012	Willy Kangogo ( KEN)	2:15:01	Tabitha Kibet ( KEN)	2:34:41
29th	2013	Giomar da Silva ( BRA)	2:18:02	Letay Negash ( ETH)	2:40:18
30th	2014	Edmílson dos Reis ( BRA)	2:17:12	Edna Mukwana ( KEN)	2:40:32
31st	2015	Willy Kangogo ( BRA)	2:14:21	Caroline Komen ( KEN)	2:37:46
32nd	2016	Elijah Kemboi ( KEN)	2:17:05	Priscilla Lorchima ( KEN)	2:41:23
33th	2017	Godfrey Kosgei ( KEN)	2:17:41	Edna Mukwana ( KEN)	2:38:30
34th	2018	Alem Niguse ( ETH)	2:18:41	Zinash Banetirga ( ETH)	2:41:40
35th	2019	Giovani dos Santos ( BRA)	2:18:48	Cristiane Alves ( BRA)	2:50:23
36th	2021	Justino Pedro da Silva ( BRA)	2:13:31	Mirela Saturnino ( BRA)	2:44:51
37th	2022	Justino Pedro da Silva ( BRA)	2:16:02	Kebebush Yisma ( ETH)	2:34:33
38th	2023	Josphat Kiprotich ( KEN)	2:13:29	Zinash Debebe ( ETH)	2:36:00
39th	2024	Josphat Kiprotich ( KEN)	2:12:35	Betelhem Moges ( ETH)	2:39:53

Wins by country

Country	Men's	Women's	Total
Brazil	26	22	48
Kenya	6	5	11
Ethiopia	1	5	6
United States	3	2	5
Germany	0	2	2
New Zealand	0	2	2
Australia	1	0	1
France	1	0	1
North Korea	0	1	1
Portugal	1	0	1

See also

• Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon
• Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
• São Paulo International Marathon
• Saint Silvester Road Race

Notes

References

External links

• Official site