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

Marathon

Year	Men's winner	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)
2016	David Le Porho	Canada	2:29:45
2015	Bartosz Olszewski	Poland	2:29:30
2014	Matthew Pelletier	United States	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
2004	Mans Höiom	Sweden	2:26:34
2003	Peter Vail	Canada	2:41:07
2002	Piotr Uciechowski	Poland	2:45:25
2001	Bruce Kilulai	Kenya	2:28:14
2000	Charles Hubbard	USA	2:34:12
1999	Ryan Board	USA	2:48:12
1998	Daniel Rathbone	Great Britain	2:31:39
1997	Toby Tanser	Sweden	2:27:07
1996	Hugh Jones	Great Britain	2:24:16
1995	Hugh Jones	Great Britain	2:29:26
1994	Pavel Kryska	Czech Republic	2:22:41
1993	Ceslovas Kundrotas	Lithuania	2:17:06
1992	Ieuan Ellis	Great Britain	2:19:01
1991	Kevin Brown	Great Britain	2:32:32
1990	Jeremy Hall	Great Britain	2:24:07
1989	Robin Nash	Great Britain	2:25:49
1988	Borut Podgornik	Serbia	2:27:27
1987	James Doig	Great Britain	2:19:46
1986	Boudjenane Chaibi	France	2:20:30
1985	Josef Hermann	Germany	2:30:04
1984	Sigurdur-Petur Sigmundsson	Iceland	2:28:57

Half Marathon

Year	Men's winner	Time (h:m:s)
2016	Hlynur Andrésson (ISL)	1:10:04
2015	Hlynur Andrésson (ISL)	1:09:35
2014	Will Christian (USA)	1:08:44
2013	Kári Steinn Karlsson (ISL)	1:07:40
2012	Þorbergur Ingi Jónsson (ISL)	1:09:23
2011	Kári Steinn Karlsson (ISL)	1:05:35
2010	Oliver Steininger (GER)	1:16:11
2009	Károly Varga (HUN)	1:13:30
2008	John Muriithi Mwaniki (KEN)	1:07:28
2007	Benjamin Serem (KEN)	1:04:09

Past winners (women)

Key:   Course record

Marathon

Year	Women's winner	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)
2016	Betty Bohane	Great Britain	3:06:27
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
2004	Kate Davis	USA	2:59:51
2003	Sonya Anderson	USA	3:04:11
2002	Rannveig Oddsdóttir	Iceland	3:12:13
2001	Britta Homer	Great Britain	3:13:41
2000	Jackie Bale	Great Britain	3:20:37
1999	Ida Mitten	Canada	2:56:15
1998	Lorraine Masuoka	USA	2:45:45
1997	Ruth Kingsborough	Great Britain	2:51:35
1996	Angharad Mair	Great Britain	2:38:47
1995	Carolyn Hunter-Rowe	Great Britain	2:56:40
1994	Kim-Marie Goff	USA	2:47:27
1993	Elisabeth Singer	Austria	2:55:07
1992	Anna Jeeves	Iceland	3:21:28
1991	Sandra Bentley	Great Britain	2:48:38
1990	Susan Shield	Great Britain	2:59:58
1989	Wilma Rusman	Netherlands	2:47:25
1988	Connie Eriksen	Denmark	3:00:54
1987	Mae Ann Garthy	USA	3:59:37
1986	Carol Macario	Great Britain	2:58:09
1985	Leslie Watson	Great Britain	2:52:44
1984	Leslie Watson	Great Britain	2:53:47

Half Marathon

Year	Women's winner	Time (h:m:s)
2016	Helen Ólafsdóttir (ISL)	1:24:32
2015	Kara Waters (USA)	1:22:39
2014	Helen Ólafsdóttir (ISL)	1:23:36
2013	Helen Ólafsdóttir (ISL)	1:22:57
2012	Martha Ernstsdóttir (ISL)	1:23:00
2011	Rannveig Oddsdóttir (ISL)	1:24:05
2010	Íris Anna Skúladóttir (ISL)	1:26:55
2009	Martha Ernstsdóttir (ISL)	1:23:09
2008	Martha Ernstsdóttir (ISL)	1:23:19
2007	Cathy Mutwa (KEN)	1:17:30

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