Reykjavík Marathon

Finish line of the Reykjavík Marathon 2011

The Reykjavík Marathon (Icelandic: Reykjavíkurmaraþon) is an annual marathon set in Reykjavík, Iceland, held to coincide with the city's Cultural Night Festival in mid-August. It has taken place every year since 1984.^[1] Along with the full marathon a half marathon and several races of shorter distances are arranged. In 2011 a total of 12,481 people competed in the various events that were held,^[2] 595 solely in the full marathon.^[3]

Since 2006 the marathon has been sponsored by the Icelandic bank Íslandsbanki, known as Glitnir between 2006 and 2009.

Past winners (men)

Key:       Course record

2015	Bartosz Olszewski	Poland		2:29:30
2014	Matthew Pelletier	USA		2:18:00
2013	James Buis	Great Britain		2:33:49
2012	Arnar Pétursson	Iceland		2:41:06
2011	Arnar Pétursson	Iceland		2:44:18
2010	Björn Margeirsson	Iceland		2:33:57
2009	David Kirkland	Great Britain		2:28:48
2008	David Kirkland	Great Britain		2:32:52
2007	Simon Tanui	Kenya		2:24:00
2006	Jiri Wallenfels	Czech Republic		2:33:27
2005	Mans Höiom	Sweden		2:29:10
1995	Hugh Jones	Great Britain		2:29:26

Past winners (women)

Key:       Course record

2015	Kaisa Kukk	Estonia		2:53:09
2014	Sarah Brown	Great Britain		3:01:47
2013	Melanie Staley	Great Britain		2:55:14
2012	Mary Brown	USA		3:04:03
2011	Veronika S. Bjarnardóttir	Iceland		3:02:42
2010	Rannveig Oddsdóttir	Iceland		2:57:33
2009	Veronika S. Bjarnadóttir	Iceland		3:08:18
2008	Rozalyn Alexander	Great Britain		3:01:01
2007	Sarah Kathryn Knudson	Canada		3:21:19
2006	Nathalie Freyling	France		3:34:31
2005	Bryndís Ernstsdóttir	Iceland		2:55:39
1995	Caroline Hunter-Rowe	Great Britain		2:56:40

Homepage

• Official Site

References

1. "About us" (in Icelandic), Reykjavik Marathon site
2. Blog post on the official web site
3. List of results from the 2011 full marathon