The Lausanne Marathon is an annual marathon race held in the Swiss city of Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

. The first edition was held in 1993, with the inauguration of the Olympic Museum

Olympic Museum

The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 pieces, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games in the world and one of Lausanne's prime tourist draws attracting more than 250,000...

. Ethiopia's Tesfaye Eticha

Tesfaye Eticha

Tesfaye Eticha is a retired male long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the 1994 edition of Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:15:56 on September 25, 1994. He mainly competed in Switzerland during his career. Eticha is a seven-time winner of the Lausanne Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*...

 won the men's competition for a record seventh time. Parallel to the marathon, a half-marathon, a 10 km, a 10 km walking

Walking

Walking is one of the main gaits of locomotion among legged animals, and is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted pendulum' gait in which the body vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each step...

 and Nordic walking

Nordic walking

Nordic walking, originally known as ski walking, is a physical activity and a sport consisting of walking with poles similar to ski poles.-Origin:...

, and a mini-marathon race of 4 km are organised. The Lausanne Marathon is one of the rare Swiss races that organises a half-marathon for wheelchairs

Wheelchair racing

Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, amputees, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and partially sighted . Athletes are classified in accordance with the nature and severity of their...

 and handcycles.

The Lausanne Marathon is one of the largest annual sporting events of the Canton de Vaud, and attracts up to 2500 tourists each year. In 2009, a record 10,658 runners participated.

The race starts in Lausanne, Place de Milan, and then follows the road along Geneva Lake until La Tour de Peilz, before returning to Lausanne via the same route. The arrival is located in front of the Olympic Museum fountain. The half-marathon (21 km) starts from La Tour de Peilz (since 2000) and ends in Lausanne.

Past winners

Key:

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )	Women's winner	Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
19th	30-10-2011		2:19:37		2:47:36
18th	31-10-2010		2:20:02.4		2:54:10.0
17th	25-10-2009		2:21:00,2		2:54:59,0
16th	26-10-2008		2:16:04,9		2:46:22,6
15th	21-10-2007		2:12:17.9		2:47:10.8
14th	22-10-2006		2:14:39.0		2:39:42.8
13th	23-10-2005		2:12:41.0		3:01:02.8
12th	24-10-2004		2:13:37.8		2:37:25.3
11th	26-10-2003		2:10:04.7		2:34:39.7
10th	20-10-2002		2:11:22.8		2:29:03.2
9th	21-10-2001		2:12:38.6		2:39:42.7
8th	22-10-2000		2:16:25		2:38:42
7th	24-10-1999		2:12:48		2:37:35
6th	18-10-1998		2:16:34		2:38:08
5th	19-10-1997		2:16:04		2:42:39
4th	13-10-1996		2:15:40		2:37:32
3rd	15-10-1995		2:18:37		2:33:35
2nd	16-10-1994		2:16:10		2:41:38
1st	26-06-1993		2:19:51		2:42:06