Castellón Marathon
Annual race in Spain since 2010
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The Castellón Marathon (Catalan: Marató Castelló;[a] Spanish: Maratón Castellón) is an annual road-based marathon hosted by Castellón de la Plana, Spain, since 2010.[3][6][4][2] The marathon is a World Athletics Label Road Race.[1]
The marathon is held on the same day as the 10K Castellón (Catalan: 10K Castelló;[b] Spanish: 10K Castellón), a 10K race that is also a World Athletics Label Road Race.[1] Ethiopian runner Yalemzerf Yehualaw set a world record for the 10K run during this race in 2022, when she completed the course in a time of 29:14.[7][c]
Winners
Key: Course record
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (min:sec) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2010 |  Solomon Tsige (ETH) | 2:10:37 | Almaz Alemu (ETH) | 2:31:27 |
| 2nd | 2011 |  Carles Castillejo (ESP) | 2:10:09 |  Jemima Sumgong (KEN) | 2:28:32 |
| 3rd | 2012 | Simon Kamama (KEN) | 2:11:32 | Leah Jerotich (KEN) | 2:42:14 |
| 4th | 2013 | Andualem Belay (ETH) | 2:11:59 | Marta Markos (ETH) | 2:36:14 |
| 5th | 2014 | Daniel Kosgei (KEN) | 2:10:13 | Magdalene Mukunzi (KEN) | 2:35:38 |
| 6th | 2015 | Tiruneh Chalachew (ETH) | 2:12:04 | Berhan Aregawi (ETH) | 2:36:31 |
| 7th | 2017 | Abraham Girma (ETH) | 2:12:18 | Genet Getaneh (ETH) | 2:36:49 |
| 8th | 2018 | Stephen Kiplimo (KEN) | 2:11:28 | Tigist Teshome (ETH) | 2:29:57 |
| 9th | 2019 | Andualem Belay (ETH) | 2:08:16 | Lemelem Berha (ETH) | 2:28:52 |
| 10th | 2020 | Lemi Dumecha (ETH) | 2:07:43 | Webalem Bazanew (ETH) | 2:27:39 |
| 11th | 2022 | Ronald Korir (KEN) | 2:09:25 | Betty Jepleting (KEN) | 2:28:06 |
| 12th | 2023 | Dadi Yami (ETH) | 2:11:15 |  Amina Bettiche (ALG) | 2:28:30 |
| 13th | 2024 |  Kibrom Weldemicael (ERI) | 2:07:25 | Dorine Murkomen (KEN) | 2:29:39 |
Wins by country
Notes
- This world record was broken at the 2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja by Kenyan runner Agnes Ngetich, who finished with a time of 28:46.[8]