Stramilano
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The Stramilano is an annual athletics event which takes place in Milan
, Italy
in spring
. The event comprises three parts: the Stramilano International Half Marathon (a professional road running
competition over 21.0975 km), the La Stramilano dei 50.000 (Stramilano of the 50,000; a 10 km non-competitive run/walk open to the general public) and the Stramilanina – a 5 km event for younger people.
The event was conceived in 1972 by the Italian Renato Cepparo. The idea took shape after the unexpected success of the Milan-Proserpio walk, a 43-km, "non-competitive" walk which Cepparo organized at the beginning with a handful of friends and then in an "open" format for anyone who wanted to take part starting from 18 September 1971.
The first Stramilano took place on 14 March 1972, as a nocturnal walk which ran along the entire outer ring road (about 22 km) and saw over 4,000 participants. Subsequently organisation was taken up by the sports group Fior di Roccia, and participation rose steadily until it settled at an average of 50,000 participants: for this reason the non-competitive race is called "Stramilano of the 50,000".
Over time, the event changed: the route was shortened (in 2008 it was cut down to 12 km and in 2009 it was further reduced to 10 km) and the non-competitive race was complemented, from 1976 by the "Stramilano Agonistica", reserved to professional athletes, run on the same distance as the "half marathon" (21 km and 97 m). Moreover, besides the main event the "Stramilanina" is also organised for children, with a route of only 6 km (reduced to 5 km in 2009).
In the last few years this event has been taken up as a model and similar events take place in foreign cities, for example the Stralugano in Lugano
, Switzerland
.
Key:
Milan
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, Italy
Italy
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in spring
Spring (season)
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. The event comprises three parts: the Stramilano International Half Marathon (a professional road running
Road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...
competition over 21.0975 km), the La Stramilano dei 50.000 (Stramilano of the 50,000; a 10 km non-competitive run/walk open to the general public) and the Stramilanina – a 5 km event for younger people.
The event was conceived in 1972 by the Italian Renato Cepparo. The idea took shape after the unexpected success of the Milan-Proserpio walk, a 43-km, "non-competitive" walk which Cepparo organized at the beginning with a handful of friends and then in an "open" format for anyone who wanted to take part starting from 18 September 1971.
The first Stramilano took place on 14 March 1972, as a nocturnal walk which ran along the entire outer ring road (about 22 km) and saw over 4,000 participants. Subsequently organisation was taken up by the sports group Fior di Roccia, and participation rose steadily until it settled at an average of 50,000 participants: for this reason the non-competitive race is called "Stramilano of the 50,000".
Over time, the event changed: the route was shortened (in 2008 it was cut down to 12 km and in 2009 it was further reduced to 10 km) and the non-competitive race was complemented, from 1976 by the "Stramilano Agonistica", reserved to professional athletes, run on the same distance as the "half marathon" (21 km and 97 m). Moreover, besides the main event the "Stramilanina" is also organised for children, with a route of only 6 km (reduced to 5 km in 2009).
In the last few years this event has been taken up as a model and similar events take place in foreign cities, for example the Stralugano in Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
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.
Half marathon winners
| 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.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1972 | ? | Not held | ||
| 2nd | 1973 | ? | |||
| 3rd | 1974 | ? | |||
| 4th | 1975 | Sig. Pigatello | |||
| 5th | 1976 | 1:01:42 | 1:15:27 | ||
| 6th | 1977 | 1:03:26 | 1:22:05 | ||
| 7th | 1978 | 1:04:31 | 1:18:44 | ||
| 8th | 1979 | 1:07:05 | 1:18:30 | ||
| 9th | 1980 | 1:06:04 | Not held | ||
| 10th | 1981 | 1:04:52 | 1:17:39 | ||
| 11th | 1982 | 1:01:02 | 1:09:19 | ||
| 12th | 1983 | 1:03:28 | 1:13:22 | ||
| 13th | 1984 | 1:01:52 | 1:14:10 | ||
| 14th | 1985 | 1:07:14 | 1:12:30 | ||
| 15th | 1986 | 1:02:04 | Not held | ||
| 16th | 1987 | 1:03:16 | |||
| 17th | 1988 | 1:02:51 | |||
| 18th | 1989 † | 1:01:24 | |||
| 19th | 1990 | 1:01:43 | |||
| 20th | 1991 | 1:00:51 | |||
| 21st | 1992 | 1:01:06 | |||
| 22nd | 1993 | 59:47 | 1:11:07 | ||
| 23rd | 1994 | 1:00:13 | 1:10:19 | ||
| 24th | 1995 | 59:56 | Not held | ||
| 25th | 1996 | 58:51 | |||
| 26th | 1997 | 1:00:23 | |||
| 27th | 1998 | 59:17 | |||
| 28th | 1999 | 59:22 | |||
| 29th | 2000 | 1:00:49 | |||
| 30th | 2001 | 1:00:42 | |||
| 31st | 2002 | 1:00:20 | |||
| 32nd | 2003 | 1:00:25 | |||
| 33rd | 2004 | 1:00:21 | 1:13:21 | ||
| 34th | 2005 | 1:00:11 | 1:11:57 | ||
| 35th | 2006 | 1:00:49 | 1:10:55 | ||
| 36th | 2007 | 1:00:55 | 1:08:58 | ||
| 37th | 2008 | 1:02:14 | 1:13:50 | ||
| 38th | 2009 | 1:01:03 | 1:08:43 | ||
| 39th | 2010 | 59:20 | 1:09:52 | ||
| 40th | 2011 | 60:03 | 1:09:54 | ||
- † = The 1989 event featured a women's 10 km race which was won by New Zealand's Mary O'ConnorMary O'ConnorMary Theresa O'Connor is a retired female long-distance runner from New Zealand. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 27th place in the women's marathon. O'Connor set her personal best in the classic distance in...
in a time of 34:16 minutes.
External links
- Official Stramilano website with English version