Melbourne Marathon Melbourne Marathonrun over the traditional marathon distance is the main race within the annual Melbourne Marathon Festival . The race celebrated its 30th birthday in 2007 with a new course which featured the Melbourne Cricket Ground as both the starting point and finishing point. A total of 3328 competitors completed the 2008 race. Another 17,000 people participated in Half Marathon , 10 km and 5.5 km events.IMG since 2006.The course A variety of different courses have been used for the Melbourne Marathon although the most common course has begun at Frankston and concluded at either Albert Park or at The Arts Centre on St. Kilda Rd. It is normally run on the second Sunday in October.Since 2007 the event has started near the MCG and finished with a lap of the ground. The predominantly flat marathon course goes through some of the most scenic areas of Melbourne. It skirts the Botanic Gardens and Albert park Lake with several kilometres on the road parallel to the beaches of Port Phillip Bay . The other events share parts of the course but staggered starts ease congestion.Past winners Key: Edition Year Men's winner Time Women's winner Time 1st 1978 2:21:04 2:53:38 2nd 1979 2:26:44 3:12:35 3rd 1980 2:17:37 2:46:16 4th 1981 2:19:03 2:42:12 5th 1982 2:11:08 2:37:57 6th 1983 2:13:15 2:37:56 7th 1984 2:15:31 2:43:40 8th 1985 2:12:35 2:44:56 9th 1986 2:17:21 2:36:06 10th 1987 2:14:16 2:44:18 11th 1988 2:18:14 2:47:38 12th 1989 2:18:13 2:49:18 13th 1990 2:20:35 2:39:00 14th 1991 2:17:02 2:39:57 15th 1992 2:16:04 † 2:33:02 † 16th 1993 2:15:07 2:44:22 17th 1994 2:19:02 2:47:37 18th 1995 2:17:19 2:38:50 19th 1996 2:22:40 2:41:53 20th 1997 2:15:49 2:48:32 21st 1998 2:12:48 2:37:56 22nd 1999 2:25:04 2:33:27 23rd 2000 2:25:53 2:49:22 24th 2001 2:23:58 2:39:44 25th 2002 2:22:28 2:47:08 26th 2003 2:14:00 2:49:01 27th 2004 2:26:51 2:54:01 28th 2005 2:23:30 2:50:35 29th 2006 2:23:43 2:53:06 30th 2007 2:19:16 2:40:34 31st 2008 2:17:43 2:38:16 32nd 2009 2:17:32 2:34:08 33rd 2010 2:11:04 2:32:20 34th 2011 2:11:12 2:35:12 35th 2012 2:12:35 2:36:29 36th 2013 2:10:47 2:26:05 37th 2014 2:11:30 2:31:05 38th 2015 2:16:00 2:27:45 39th 2016 2:20:53 2:34:27 40th 2017 2:14:08 2:29:27 41st 2018 2:15:13 2:25:19 42nd 2019 2:16:31 2:35:34
Qualification Spartans are runners who have completed 10 or more Melbourne Marathons and are recognised today by their distinctive green, gold, red, maroon or navy running singlets. Every Spartan has their own personalised race number. The singlet is worn with pride by all Spartans as a sign of their dedication to marathon running and the Melbourne Marathon in particular. Club records reflect almost 1400 males and 150 females who have qualified as Spartans. Most come from Victoria but there are many from other states with at least two from Japan .Spartan Legends are a select group of runners who have completed every Melbourne Marathon since the beginning. After the 42nd running there were five remaining Spartan Legends. Runners who have completed at least 30 marathons are eligible for the Melbourne Marathon Hall of Fame. The runners marked with an asterisk in the following list completed the first 30 marathons.Name Completed runs Peter Battrick * 37 Frank Biviano * 40 John Dobson 42 David Foskey 42 Neville Gardner * 41 Bruce Hargreaves 42 Manual Karageorgiou * 39 Peter Ryan *37 Wayne Thompson 42 Roger Weinstein 42 Ian Campbell 40 Bryan Flegg 41 Chas Harcoan 41 Antony Martin 37 Dennis Nish 41 Richard Tann 37 Ken Bowes 40 Laurie Glover 34 Jim Hopkins 40 Conor McNeice 34 John Burt 35 John Dean *33 Brian Gawne 32 Grayson Summers 39 Carlo Iovenitti 37 Steven Lightowler 37 Jack Gubbins * 30 Keith Hunter 30 Brian Walsh 34 Clarke Whitehand 30 Shirley Young * 30 Hugh Creamer 31 Russell Harris 33 Con Zanetidis 33 Stephen Barker 32 John Kaparelis 32 Brett Thiele 31 Jim Yatomi-Clarke 33 Andy Moore 33 Peter Moore 31 Duncan Bartley 31
Wheelchair Spartans The Melbourne Marathon has always included wheelchair entrants. Two have attained Spartan status: Ian Gainey who has completed 29 races and Dean Callow who has completed 12.
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