The Chennai Marathon is an annual marathon held in Chennai, India. The event is organised by the Chennai Runners, and is one of the few events in the state to be endorsed by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT).
Starting at the Napier Bridge in Marina Beach (for Full Marathon, Twenty Miler & 10k) & Elliot's Beach (for Half Marathon) and terminating at the Indian Maritime University, East Coast Road (for Full Marathon, Twenty Miler & Half Marathon) & at CPT Ground, Tharamani (for 10k). It is considered South India's largest city marathon, in which over 1,000 athletes and more than 20,000 amateurs participate. The event has four categories: full Marathon, Twenty Miler, Half marathon, and the most popular, the 10 km race.[1][2][3]
The 2024 edition will be held on Saturday 06 Jan 2024 and an expected 20,000 competitors would be participating. The event is sponsored by Freshworks.[4]
^"Mugu Antony Ngudu wins Chennai Marathon". The Hindu. Chennai. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
^"Hundreds hit the road in aid of poor children". The Times of India. Chennai. 13 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
chennai, marathon, annual, marathon, held, chennai, india, event, organised, chennai, runners, events, state, endorsed, sports, development, authority, tamil, nadu, sdat, starting, napier, bridge, marina, beach, full, marathon, twenty, miler, elliot, beach, ha. The Chennai Marathon is an annual marathon held in Chennai India The event is organised by the Chennai Runners and is one of the few events in the state to be endorsed by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu SDAT Starting at the Napier Bridge in Marina Beach for Full Marathon Twenty Miler amp 10k amp Elliot s Beach for Half Marathon and terminating at the Indian Maritime University East Coast Road for Full Marathon Twenty Miler amp Half Marathon amp at CPT Ground Tharamani for 10k It is considered South India s largest city marathon in which over 1 000 athletes and more than 20 000 amateurs participate The event has four categories full Marathon Twenty Miler Half marathon and the most popular the 10 km race 1 2 3 The 2024 edition will be held on Saturday 06 Jan 2024 and an expected 20 000 competitors would be participating The event is sponsored by Freshworks 4 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Full Marathon Men 1 2 Full Marathon Women 1 3 Half Marathon Men 1 4 Half Marathon Women 2 Victories by nationality 3 References 4 External linksResults editFull Marathon Men edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items March 2017 Year Participants Start point Finish point ResultFirst Second Third2016 16 000 Kasturba Nagar MRTS station CPT IP ground nbsp JegadheesanTime 2 35 20 nbsp VairavanathanTime 2 41 49 nbsp Nagesh PawarTime 2 44 112017 25000 Kasturba Nagar MRTS station CPT IP ground Yet to be heldTime Yet to be heldTime Yet to be heldTime 2023 20 000 Vinoth Kumar Srinivasan 02 37 28 5 Gyan Babu 02 48 46 Jegadheesan Munusamy 02 57 39 Full Marathon Women edit Year Participants Start point Finish point ResultFirst Second Third2016 16 000 Kasturba Nagar MRTS station CPT IP ground nbsp Shailaja SridharTime 3 49 36 nbsp HelenaTime 3 54 45 nbsp SnekaTime 4 20 002017 25000 Kasturba Nagar MRTS station CPT IP ground Yet to be heldTime Yet to be heldTime Yet to be heldTime 2023 20 000 Brigid Jerono Kimitwai 03 31 36 5 Sandya Shanker 03 33 57 Mamta Rawat 03 53 41 Half Marathon Men edit Year Participants Start point Finish point ResultFirst Second Third2016 16 000 Napier Bridge CPT IP ground nbsp Soji MathewTime 1 11 26 nbsp B C TilakTime 1 13 56 nbsp Vinod KumarTime 1 14 452017 Unknown Napier Bridge CPT IP ground Yet to be heldTime Yet to be heldTime Yet to be heldTime 2023 20 000 Monu Kumar Mallikarjuna P Asokan ShanmugamHalf Marathon Women edit Year Participants Start point Finish point ResultFirst Second Third2016 16 000 Napier Bridge CPT IP ground nbsp PadmavathyTime 1 31 21 nbsp PoongodiTime 1 40 39 nbsp Vasantha ManiTime 1 42 112017 Unknown Napier Bridge CPT IP ground Yet to be heldTime Yet to be heldTime Yet to be heldTime 2023 20 000 Vrushali Uttekar Jagadeeswari J J Thraranidivya PalanisamyVictories by nationality editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items March 2017 Country Men sOpen Women sOpen Men sHalf Marathon Women sHalf Marathon Total nbsp India 3 3 3 3 12 nbsp Kenya 1 1References edit Mugu Antony Ngudu wins Chennai Marathon The Hindu Chennai 13 February 2011 Retrieved 13 October 2011 Hundreds hit the road in aid of poor children The Times of India Chennai 13 July 2008 Archived from the original on 3 January 2013 Retrieved 13 October 2011 Freshworks Chennai Marathon 29 December 2023 Freshworks Chennai Marathon thechennaimarathon com 29 December 2023 Retrieved 29 December 2023 a b India s Vinod Kumar and Kenyan Kimitwai win titles at Chennai Marathon The Times of India 8 January 2023 Retrieved 2 February 2023 External links editRunning Races in India Official website Snapshots from the Chennai Marathon 2005 nbsp This article about marathons or long distance running is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chennai Marathon amp oldid 1192982534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
