The Tiberias Marathon is an annual 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...

 road race

Road running

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 held along the Sea of Galilee

Sea of Galilee

The Sea of Galilee, also Kinneret, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias , is the largest freshwater lake in Israel, and it is approximately in circumference, about long, and wide. The lake has a total area of , and a maximum depth of approximately 43 m...

 in Israel

Israel

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 with a field in recent years of approximately 1000 competitors. The competition was first held in 1977 and also hosts the annual Israeli marathon national championship. It was Israel's first international marathon event.

The course follows an out-and-back format around the southern tip of the sea, and was run concurrently with a 10k race along an abbreviated version of the same route. In 2010 the 10k race was moved to the afternoon before the marathon. At approximately 200 metres below sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

, this is the lowest course in the world.

In 2007, a Kenyan-born

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

i athlete, Mushir Salem Jawher (Leonard Mucheru Maina), won the race and was briefly stripped of his Bahrani citizenship for competing in Israel.

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.... )
1st	1977		2:19:33		3:02:58
2nd	1978		2:14:02		3:08:18
3rd	1979		2:18:31		3:16:06
4th	1981 (Jan)		2:16:19		2:52:45
5th	1981 (Dec)		2:17:11		2:46:37
6th	1982		2:16:39		2:46:15
7th	1983		2:20:00		2:41:58
8th	1984		2:16:28		3:05:19
9th	1985		2:15:39		2:42:54
10th	1986		2:23:12		2:36:33
11th	1987		2:16:06		2:42:15
12th	1988		2:18:08		2:40:01
13th	1989		2:15:23		2:40:39
14th	1990		2:18:55		3:00:32
—	1991	Not held
15th	1992		2:17:07		2:34:17
16th	1993		2:17:30		2:39:11
17th	1994		2:14:52		2:51:36
18th	1995		2:15:10		2:56:38
19th	1996		2:19:30		2:57:19
20th	1997		2:16:41		2:52:48
21st	1998		2:12:51		2:41:21
22nd	1999		2:17:38		2:48:39
23rd	2000		2:19:45		2:42:06
24th	2001		2:17:06		2:44:57
25th	2002		2:16:13		2:36:40
26th	2003		2:12:45		2:51:06
27th	2004		2:15:39		2:38:42
28th	2005		2:18:08		2:44:50
29th	2006		2:15:43		2:54:49
30th	2007		2:13:13		2:39:25
31st	2008		2:10:32		2:39:15
32nd	2009		2:08:07		2:39:07
33rd	2010		2:11:09.5		2:36:40.3
34th	2011		2:10:02		2:44:31

External links

• Official site
• In Ancient Footsteps, an overview by Prof. Uri Goldbourt