2012 Virgin London Marathon results and tracking

More than 37,500 runners will compete at  the 2012 edition of the London Marathon, which will start at 9.45am (local time) on April 22th 2012. In the following links you can read the tracking of the 2012 London Marathon results. 


This year in London the returning champions Emmanuel Mutai, who won last year in 2h04 40 seconds, has kept the London course record but he was beaten by Kenian Wilson Kipsang (the second fastest marathoner in the world).

 In the second position there was the 3 times London champion Martin Lel, ahead of the Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede in a sprint finish. Mutai arrived 7th today with a "deceiving time" of 2h08 01 seconds.


Also the world record holder Patrick Makau (made last year in Berlin in 2h03 and 38 seconds) dropped off before 11 miles. The double world champion Abel Kirui finished at the sixth position and the Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa (third at the WC in Daegu) who passed at the half marathon in 1h02 and 12 seconds, did not survive to Kipsang's pace, arriving at the finish line on the 10th position.


On the women competion, Mary Keitany retained her Virgin London Marathon title as Kenyan women enjoyed three winning on the streets of the capital.
Keitany produced a storming finish to win in an unofficial time of two hours 18 minutes 36 seconds, a new personal best and more than a minute ahead of world champion Edna Kiplagat. World silver medallist Priscah Jeptoo was 24 seconds further behind in third.


The 2012 London Marathon Live on TV was available on BBC and other TVs worldwide. 

2012 Boston Marathon Results and tracking - 116th edition

In the following links you can read the tracking of the 116th edition of the Boston Marathon, which will start at 9.32am (top female) and 10:00am (top male) on April 16th 2012: 116th 2012 Boston Marathon searchable results. 


In the following link, you can also find the 2012 Boston Marathon top finishers ranking. 
Moreover, this link provides 2012 Boston Marathon athlete tracking. 
Finally, at the end of this article we have provided the list of the whole intermediate splits for men and women.


This year at the marathon in Boston we saw  a very competitive elite, with 8 men under 2h07 minutes as well as 10 women below 2h24 minutes. But a year after Geoffrey Mutai run the fastest marathon ever, another Kenian, Wesley Korir was the first to cross the finish line. Due to very high temperature (as temperatures rose to around 30 degrees Celsius), it was the second-slowest Boston race since 1985. Korir was the 19th Kenians winning in the last 22 years. Mutai dropped out after 18 miles with cramps.  Also the female competition was "slow", with Sharon Cherop winning in 2 hours, 31 minutes, 50 seconds. Cherop won at sprint with her compatriote Jemima Jelagat Sumgong.


The 2012 Boston Live on the Internet was available on UniversalSport. 


Below you can find the links for intermediate splits of all athletes:
(*) = info already available, top runners have reached the split point.
Leading Men at 5k (*)
Leading Men at 10k (*)
Leading Men at 15k (*)
Leading Men at 20k (*)
Leading Men at half (*)
Leading Men at 25k (*)
Leading Men at 30k (*)
Leading Men at 35k (*)
Leading Men at 40k (*)

Final ranking for top 10 Men (*)

Leading Women at 5k (*)

Leading Women at 10k (*)

Leading Women at 15k (*)

Leading Women at 20k (*)

Leading Women at half (*)

Leading Women at 25k (*)

Leading Women at 30k (*)

Leading Women at 35k (*)

Leading Women at 40k (*)

Final ranking for top 10 Women (*)

New records and results at the 2012 Paris Marathon

The 2012 Paris Marathon has started at 9:30am local time, you can track the results below. 

The 26-year old Kenyan runner Stanley Biwott won the men’s Paris marathon in a record time of 2hrs 05 min 12 seconds, after his March victory in the Paris half-marathon. Biwott was able to improve the Paris record, by beating his compatriot Kipruto who won the 2009 edition in 2hr 05:47 set by compatriot Vincent Kipruto. Biwott attacked at the 30km mark and reached the finished line more than a minute ahead of Ethiopian duo Raji Assefa and Sisay Jisa. On the women competiton, the Ethiopian Tirfi Beyene came first in the new record time for the Paris renewal of 2h 21min 39sec. The women podium was completed by the Turkishs Sultan Haydar (2h25:09) and Ethiopian Makda Harun (2h26:46).



See at the following link the ranking for the 2012 Paris Marathon ranking.

Results at the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon

The Rotterdam Marathon has started at 10:30am local time, you can track the results below. Yemane Tsegay (Ethiopia) won the competition, Getu Feleke and Moses Mosop round out podium. In particular Mosop was chasing the World Marathon Record, but failed to achieve it in the last 12 km.



The Ethiopian Yemane Adhane passed in the last the compatriot Getu Feleke crossing the finish line in 02.04.48, twenty seconds off the course record of Duncan Kibet.
Feleke pressed on the last meter still a final sprint, but was short on two counts Adhane. The top favorite Kenyan Moses Mosop, who had come to Rotterdam for an attack on the world, finished third in 02.05.03.


On the women competition, Tiki Gelana beat the Rotterdam record. The Ethiopian athlete finished in the Coolsingel in 2.18.58, the fastest worldwide time this year so far. The old Rotterdam record was held by the Kenyan Tegla Loroupe, who in 1998 completed the marathon on 2.20.47. Gelana had standing as a personal record 2.22.01.
At the second position at the finish line in 2h23:44, Valeria Straneo, 36-year-old Italian mother of two, who improved spectacularly after the removal of her spleen in 2010. She achieved the Italian Marathon record and qualifies for the Olympic Games.



For the full results, see the following link the ranking for the 2012 Rotterdam ranking.

Milan City Marathon on the Internet and results

More than 13,000 runners (30% more than last year) are  participating to the 12th edition of the Milan City Marathon. The big chunk of runners are taking part to the relay marathon. Unfortunately this year is not possible to see it live on the internet, since it has been broadcasted by Sportitalia 2, which did not provide internet live transmission (only Sportitalia 24, the news channel, is available on the internet). 


However, at this link you can find the results at the 12th edition of the Milan Marathon, as well as the intermediate timing after 5k, 10k, 13.5k, 21k, 23.5k, 30k, 34.2k and 35k: 2012 Milan City Marathon Ranking.

2012 Stramilano Results

During last week of March 2011, two major running events took place in Italy.

First of all, the second largest half marathon in the country, Stramilano, takes place this morning at 10:45am from Piazza Duomo. This is the 41st edition and more than 5,200 runners expected to participate to the competitive race. On the other side, around 50,000 took part to the non competitive one.

Moreover, the Ferrara Marathon started back with a different route, inside the city that has been declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. The athletes had the chance to run inside the Castello Estense, very closed to the finish line in the center of the city. 

Since few readers are interested to see the full results, you can find below this morning results:

Stramilano 2012 Ranking

Ferrara Marathon 2012 ranking

Results and statistics at the 18th edition of Rome Marathon 2012

It was supposed to be a good day to break the 2009 Rome Marathon record, which was achieved by Benjamin Kiptoo in 2h07'17. But wind in the final part of the marathon did not allow the Kenian Luka Kanda to complete it below 2h08 (2h08'04' was the final timing). Kanda was followed by compatriot Samson Barmao (2:08:52) and Ethiopian Abebe Demssew Tsega (2:10:47). The first Italian was Carmine Buccilli with a time of 2:25:03. For women, as predicted, the favorite Hellen Kimutai won, with a finish time of 2:31:09. After the Kenyan, Ethiopian Bekele Ashete (2:31:22) and Russia's Marina Kovalyova (2:31:51). It was a very good edition with 80'000 participants on all events, and 12'685 finishers (+0.3% against last year) completing the marathon (12'614 runners arrived at the finish line in 2011). This represents a compounded growth average rate of 1.3% over the last 5 years. 


Ironically, the route was changed this year, to eliminate few windy avenues. After passing along the Tiber, the  marathoners reached the Parioli hill and Piazza del Popolo and finally jump to the finish banner in Via dei Fori Imperiali. The new 8.5 km route passes through the Olympic Village, Acqua Acetosa, Auditorium Music Park Avenue, before heading for Julius Caesar avenue and Via Cola di Rienzo. 


You can find below the ranking for the 18th edition of the Rome Marathon: 2012 Rome Marathon Ranking.