The 2023 Valencia Marathon was an Elite Platinum Label marathon race held in Valencia, Spain on December 3, 2023. It was the 43rd running of the race.Valencia Marathon 2023: All results and times - complete list Summer Olympic Games
There were 20 national records set in this marathon.Greatest Marathon I've Ever Seen Total Running Productions. December 4, 2023 Kenenisa Bekele, was just over 20 seconds behind the lead group at halfway and appeared to have decided not to go with the strong pace at the front.5 Takeaways from 2023 Valencia Marathon Citius Mag That proved to be a wise move with the 41-year-old Ethiopian legend passing plenty of slowing runners, including Kandie, to take fourth place in a new Masters world record of 2:04:19.Valencia Marathon 2023: Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma breaks course record as Joshua Cheptegei toils on marathon debut Olympics.com
A record-setting number of runners (5,423) finished below three hours. This is more than any other marathon, including the Berlin Marathon and the Boston Marathon. The race also produced more sub-2:45 and sub-2:30 results than any other major marathon.
Results
+ Elite men's top 30 finishers Place Athlete Nationality Time Sisay Lemma 2:01:48 Alexander Mutiso 2:03:11 Dawit Wolde 2:03:484 Kenenisa Bekele 2:04:195 Gabriel Geay 2:04:336 Kibiwott Kandie 2:04:487 Chalu Deso 2:05:148 Mohamed Esa 2:05:409 Mehdi Frere 2:05:4310 Gashau Ayale 2:05:4611 Tariku Novales 2:05:4812 Derseh Kindie 2:05:5113 Girmaw Amare 2:05:5214 Nicolas Navarro 2:05:5315 Haimro Alame 2:06:0416 Félix Bour 2:06:4617 Morhad Amdouni 2:06:5518 Shokhrukh Davlatov 2:07:0219 Richard Ringer 2:07:0520 Titus Kipruto 2:07:2221 Nekagenet Crippa 2:07:3522 Samuel Barata 2:07:3523 Khalid Choukoud 2:07:3724 Isaac Mpofu 2:07:3925 Alberto González Mindez 2:07:4026 Benjamin Choquert 2:07:4227 Getaneh Molla 2:07:4528 Yago Rojo 2:07:4729 Goitom Kifle 2:08:2230 Haftom Welday 2:08:24 Results - Valencia Marathon 2023 WatchAthletics.com
+ Elite women's top 30 finishers Place Athlete Nationality Time Worknesh Degefa 2:15:51 Almaz Ayana 2:16:22 Hiwot Gebrekidan 2:17:594 Celestine Chepchirchir 2:20:465 Majida Maayouf 2:21:276 Sultan Haydar 2:21:277 Desi Mokonin 2:22:298 Genevieve Gregson 2:23:089 Sofiia Yaremchuk 2:23:1610 Isobel Batt-Doyle 2:23:27 11 Joan Chelimo 2:24:1612 Fabienne Schlumpf 2:24:3013 Laura Hottenrott 2:24:3214 Camilla Richardsson 2:24:3815 Mekdes Woldu 2:24:4416 Silvia Patricia Ortiz Morocho 2:24:5017 Mélody Julien 2:25:0118 Clara Evans 2:25:0419 Lily Partridge 2:25:1220 Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou 2:25:3021 Laura Luengo 2:25:3522 Susana Cristina Da Silva Godinho 2:25:3523 Moira Stewartová 2:25:3624 Eloise Wellings 2:25:4725 Manon Trapp 2:25:4826 Aleksandra Lisowska 2:25:5227 Camille French 2:26:0828 Marie Perrier 2:26:1929 Angelika Mach 2:26:1930 María José Pérez 2:26:42
2023 Valencia Marathon results
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