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Race news Salzburg Marathon

21 May 2019, 2pm

New participation record – 8,501 from 80 countries

Temperatures defeat Kipchirchir’s Salzburg hopes

Salzburg Marathon
Sun 19 May 2019

Kipchirchir

Victor Kipchirchir of Kenya in 2:17:03 and Ethiopian Gadise Gudisa Negese in 2:46:37 are the winners of the 16th Salzburg Marathon which was held in sunny and warm conditions on Sunday 19th May.

Organisers were pleased with a new participation record of 8,501 registered runners from 80 countries in eight different races over the weekend, 1,014 of them in the marathon race, 2,537 in the Sparkasse half marathon race.

Kipchirchir lived up to expectations and claimed a clear victory at the running festival in Mozart’s hometown. Temperatures from 19 to 22°C on a day of full sunshine made it an almost impossible task to achieve top times. Kipchirchir set the fastest time at the event since 2013 despite missing the course record of 2:14:16 by a considerable margin. “This was a hard race today. It is a great event to run but the temperatures made it really tough. I felt okay and could have run 2:10 here but not in these conditions,” Kipchirchir said.

“We experienced a festival of joy today. Salzburg welcomed the runners and the marathon in an extraordinary way. We had hoped for a better result for the winner, but the positive atmosphere and the motivation for everyone involved or watching is the overwhelming message of the marathon event,” says race director Johannes Langer.

Result

marathon
Men
1 Victor KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 2:17:03
2 Antony Karinga MAINA KEN 2:22:38
3 Philip KIRUI KEN 2:28:21
4 Thomas PUNZ AUT 2:44:09
5 Christian DOPPLER AUT 2:44:53
Women
1 Gadise Gudisa NEGESE ETH 2:46:37
2 Julia BRUGGER GER 2:56:23
3 Irmine SCHATZ AUT 3:23:36
4 Eva STAUBER AUT 3:25:55
5 Dora SZEPNE-JAVORSZKY HUN 3:25:57

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