Florence Marathon
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The Florence Marathon is an annual full-length marathon
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

 race which takes place in late November in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, Italy
Italy
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. Established in 1984, the international competition has significantly grown in size since its inaugural edition of 462 runners – a total of 10,211 runners started the 2010 edition, making it the second largest Italian marathon after the Rome City Marathon
Rome City Marathon
The Rome Marathon is an annual marathon competition hosted by the city of Rome, Italy on a Sunday of March.The competition has also doubled as the Italian Marathon championships on two occasions; in 1983 and 1986. The race date was shifted from the traditional March schedule to 1 January in 2000...

.

Orlando Pizzolato
Orlando Pizzolato
Orlando Pizzolato is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 16th place...

, a two-time New York Marathon winner, was present to inaugurate the race in 1984. The competition's first course was about a kilometre short of the true marathon distance, and it was increased for all subsequent editions. The course, which was created in 2011, starts at the Lungarno Pecori Giraldi  and finishes in Piazza Santa Croce
Piazza Santa Croce
Piazza Santa Croce is one of the main squares of the centre of Florence, Italy.It is located near piazza della Signoria and the National Central Library, and takes its name by the Basilica of Santa Croce that overlook the square.-Basilica of Santa Croce:...

. It passes through much of Florence's historical town centre, with architecture dating from the 13th century, including: Piazza della Signoria
Piazza della Signoria
Piazza della Signoria is an L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio....

, Ponte Vecchio
Ponte Vecchio
The Ponte Vecchio is a Medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewellers, art dealers and souvenir sellers...

, and the Basilica of Santa Croce.

From 2001 through 2010, the course began at Piazzale Michelangelo
Piazzale Michelangelo
Piazzale Michelangelo is a famous square with a magnificent panoramic view of Florence, Italy, and is a popular tourist destination in the Oltrarno district of the city...

 and had a zigzagging path through the centre The bends and cobblestone roads made for a particularly difficult marathon and this led to the change in 2011 for an easier, faster race.The Course of XXVI Firenze Marathon. Firenze Marathon (2009). Retrieved on 2009-12-02. An AIMS
Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, also known as AIMS, is an association of long-distance running races. Originally founded in 1982 at a meeting in London of marathon race directors, its membership was extended in 1986 to include all road races...

-certified course, it was ineligible for world records due to an overall net drop of 75 m from 2001 to 2009, but the current course is now eligible.

Italians form the bulk of the runners, while France
France
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, Germany
Germany
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 and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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 are usually the next most represented nationalities in the field. From 2005 to 2009, the competition was annually broadcast live for three hours on the state-owned Rai Tre
Rai Tre
Rai 3 is part of RAI, the Italian government broadcasting agency, which owns other channels, such as Rai 1 and Rai 2 . Rai 3 first started transmissions on December 15, 1979. In the eighties it was under the predominant political influence of the Italian Communist Party...

 channel. The race is among Italy's most prominent – it was selected to be the national championship marathon race for the first time in 2003. The current course record holders are James Kutto, who set the men's record of 2:08:41 in 2006, and Helena Javornik
Helena Javornik
Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....

, who ran 2:28:15 in 2002 to set the women's record.

Past winners

Key:
Edition Year Men's winner Time (h
Hour
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:m
Minute
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:s
Second
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)
Women's winner Time (h
Hour
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:m
Minute
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:s
Second
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)
I 1984 2:15:23 2:32:53
II 1985 2:17:44 2:44:32
III 1986 2:15:37 2:39:35
IV 1987 2:16:33 2:33:23
V 1988 2:15:51 2:43:14
VI 1989 2:16:48 2:39:45
VII 1990 2:18:57 2:44:23
VIII 1991 2:16:33 2:35:37
IX 1992 2:19:12 2:50:34
X 1993 2:16:39 2:42:24
XI 1994 2:14:03 2:41:34
XII 1995 2:15:36 2:40:08
XIII 1996 2:15:04 2:33:51
XIV 1997 2:14:27 2:47:00
XV 1998 2:16:39 2:44:16
XVI 1999 2:11:51 2:38:28
XVII 2000 2:14:11 2:32:18
XVIII 2001 2:10:38 2:32:26
XIX 2002 2:11:15 2:28:15
XX 2003 2:15:54 2:34:40
XXI 2004 2:11:34 2:29:11
XXII 2005 2:11:27 2:30:46
XXIII 2006 2:08:41 2:34:52
XXIV 2007 2:12:50 2:33:14
XXV 2008 2:12:37 2:34:13
XXVI 2009 2:11:21 2:35:41
XXVII 2010 2:12:41 2:28:58
XXVIII 2011 2:09:52 2:31:36

By country

Country Men's race Women's race Total
9 11 20
10 2 12
2 4 6
2 2 4
2 0 2
0 2 2
1 1 2
1 1 2
1 0 1
0 1 1
0 1 1
0 1 1
0 1 1
0 1 1

Participation

Number of race finishers
Year Men Women Total
2011 5924 1004 6928
2010 6611 1179 7790
2009 7025 1182 8207
2008 6181 1022 7203
2007 5356 931 6287
2006 5289 981 6270
2005 4201 679 4880
2004 3486 520 4006
2003 3428 561 3989
2002 2851 404 3255
2001 2351 291 2642
2000 2242 239 2481
1999 2055 186 2241
1998 2116 161 2277
1997 2170 194 2364
1996 2292 181 2473
1995 2166 145 2311
1994 1955 129 2084
1993 1470 78 1548
1992 1233 52 1285
1991 1022 45 1067
1990 1018 39 1057
1989 1127 43 1170
1988 1119 38 1157
1987 1247 50 1297
1986 1180 45 1225
1985 822 37 859
1984 448 14 462
  • All statistics taken from the Association of Road Racing Statisticians
    Association of Road Racing Statisticians
    The Association of Road Racing Statisticians is an independent, non-profit organization that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics regarding road running races. The primary purpose of the ARRS is to maintain a valid list of world road records for standard race distances and to establish...

    .

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