Košice Peace Marathon

Košice Peace Marathon
Runners at the 2006 edition
Date	October
Location	Košice, Slovakia
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Established	1924
Official site	www.kosicemarathon.com

The Košice Peace Marathon is the oldest marathon in Europe and the second-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon ).

The first course was held in 1924. The marathon takes place each year on the first October Sunday. The first women's race was held in 1980.

It received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status in 2016, it is an AIMS-certified race. and it has also been certified as a 5-Star Quality Road Race by European Athletics Running for All in 2015

The course is flat, completely asphalted and traffic free, two laps in the historic city center of Košice, Slovakia. The course records are 2:27:47 for women (set by Ashete Dido in 2013) and 2:07:01 hours for men (set by Lawrence Kimaiyo in 2012).

Note: winners are listed below for five of the seven war years (1938-44), five war winners are listed at official homepage too, although the history provided by the Košice Peace Marathon states: "The Slovakian Marathon suffered a cleft seven years wide. To some extent this was patched up with five marathons organized under the Hungarian flag during the Horthy occupation of Košice – without a single foreign runner..." Its status as the oldest marathon in Europe, and third-oldest in the world, remains undiminished by this break.

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