Memorial Peppe Greco

The Memorial Peppe Greco is an annual men's 10 kilometres road race which takes place in Scicli, Italy. Also known as the Scicli 10km, the race was created in 1990 by Giovanni Voi. The course consists of ten one-kilometre laps on the streets of the city, which includes a difficult 300-metre stretch uphill over cobblestones.

History After varying distances in the first four years of the race, the course was standardised to its current format in 1994.Albo D'Oro . Peppe Greco. Retrieved 28 September 2009. A local man, Giorgio Adamo,Granata, Michelangelo. Il Memorial Peppe Greco – Storia . Peppe Greco. Retrieved 28 September 2009. won the first race but over the following years the high quality of the competition established the Memorial Peppe Greco as an elite-level meeting on the European road running circuit, with past winners including world record breakers Paul Tergat, Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele.

The race was created to honour Peppe Greco, an Italian doctor who died in a car accident. It became an international competition in 1994 and rose to prominence in 1995 after Haile Gebrselassie and Paul Tergat chose to use the race as their first "re-match" after the World Championship 10,000 metres final.

The course record is held by Haile Gebrselassie, who ran 28 minutes and 22 seconds to win the 1997 edition of the race. A women's five kilometres race was also held in 2000 and 2001, and Merima Denboba is the course record holder with 16 minutes and 32 seconds. A new women's race was introduced in 2010 and took place over a course of roughly 7 km, a day before the men's race.

Winners

+Men's raceYear Winner Nationality Time(m:s)1990 Giorgio Adamo 32:541991 Giorgio Adamo ?1992 Geri Interrante 19:24 (6.5 km)1993 Francesco Bennici 23:24 (8.3 km)1994 Paul Tergat ?1995 Haile Gebrselassie 28:391996 Haile Gebrselassie 28:421997 Haile Gebrselassie 28:22 CR1998 Haile Gebrselassie 28:591999 Paul Tergat 29:312000 Brahim Lahlafi 28:382001 Hailu Mekonnen 29:192002 Charles Kamathi 28:312003 Kenenisa Bekele 28:502004 Sileshi Sihine 28:412005 Stefano Baldini 29:362006 Martin Lel 28:45Zorzi, Alberto (2006-08-20). Lel dominates in Scicli. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.2007 Martin Lel 29:022008 Edwin Soi 28:57Zorzi, Alberto (2008-09-28). Soi defeats Wanjiru in Scicli 10Km. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-28.2009 Edwin Soi 29:012010 Edwin Soi 29:172011 Imane Merga 28:372012 Hillary Kiprono Bii 29:232013 Thomas Lokomwa 29:182014 Silas Kirwa Ngetic 29:41

+Women's raceYear Winner Nationality Time(m:s)2010 Sylvia Kibet 23:332011 Sylvia Kibet 24:35

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