Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Not to be confused with Toronto Marathon.

Toronto Waterfront Marathon

2008 Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Date| Mid-October
Location| Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Event type| Road
Distance| Marathon
Primary sponsor| TCS
Established| 2000
Course records| Men's: 2:05:00 (2019)
Philemon Rono
Women's: 2:22:16 (2019)
Magdalyne Masai
Official site| Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Participants|

* 3,537 (2018)
* 3,835 (2019)

The Toronto Waterfront Marathon is an annual marathon held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in October. The race day also includes a half marathon and 5 km race.

The race is one of the elite label marathons in the World Athletics Label Road Races.[1] At the 2013 edition of the race, race winner Deressa Chimsa broke the men's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canadian soil.[2] In the 2011 edition of the race, race winner Koren Jelela Yal broke the women's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canadian soil. Canadian runner Ed Whitlock set multiple age group world records at the Waterfront Marathon, including a record in the 75 to 79 age group with a time of 3:08:35 in 2006,[3] and a record in the 85 to 89 age group with a time of 3:56:33 in 2016.[4]

In the 2018 race, Cam Levins broke Jerome Drayton's 43-year-old Canadian men's national record for the marathon, finishing fourth in 2:09:25, a 44-second improvement on the previous mark set by Drayton in 1975.[5]

The 2020 in-person race was cancelled due to concerns surrounding the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic (as was the case for the May 2020 Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon event), although virtual races were to be held instead from October 1 to 31, 2020 instead.[6]

In 2024, organizers announced that the marathon and half-marathon would occur on Sunday, and the 5K race will be held on the Saturday.[7]

## Winners

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Russia's Lyubov Morgunova was the women's winner in 2003.

Key: Course record

Edition  | Year  | Men's winner  | Time (h:m:s)  | Women's winner  | Time (h:m:s)

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1st  | 2000  |  Joseph Nderitu (KEN) | 2:19:41.4  |  Sue Grise (CAN) | 3:08:38.2
2nd  | 2001  |  Daniel Howat (CAN) | 2:45:20.8  |  Leslie Gold (USA) | 3:07:10.1
3rd  | 2002  |  Stephane Gamache (CAN) | 2:25:24.5  |  Nicole Stevenson (CAN) | 2:37:56.4
4th  | 2003  |  Joseph Nderitu (KEN) | 2:17:50.0  |  Lyubov Morgunova (RUS) | 2:36:19.5
5th  | 2004  |  Danny Kassap (COD) | 2:14:50.0  |  Lioudmila Kortchaguina (RUS) | 2:36:31.9
6th  | 2005  |  Simon Kipruto (KEN) | 2:11:56.5  |  Anastasia Ndereba (KEN) | 2:36:30.8
7th  | 2006  |  Daniel Rono (KEN) | 2:10:14.6  |  Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) | 2:34:31.7
8th  | 2007  |  John Kelai (KEN) | 2:09:30.0  |  Asha Gigi (ETH) | 2:33:15.7
9th  | 2008  |  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) | 2:11:00.9  |  Mulu Seboka (ETH) | 2:29:05.9
10th  | 2009  |  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) | 2:08:31.9  |  Amane Gobena (ETH) | 2:28:30.4
11th  | 2010  |  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) | 2:07:57.1  |  Sharon Cherop (KEN) | 2:22:42.8
12th  | 2011[8] |  Kenneth Mungara (KEN) | 2:09:49.0  |  Koren Jelela (ETH) | 2:22:42.5
13th  | 2012  |  Sahle Warga (ETH) | 2:10:35.8  |  Mary Davies (NZL) | 2:28:55.4
14th  | 2013[9] |  Deressa Chimsa (ETH) | 2:07:04.8  |  Flomena Cheyech (KEN) | 2:25:13.0
15th  | 2014  |  Laban Korir (KEN) | 2:08:15  |  Mulu Seboka (ETH) | 2:23:15
16th  | 2015  |  Ishhimael Chemtan (KEN) | 2:09:00  |  Shure Demise (ETH) | 2:23:37
17th  | 2016[10] |  Philemon Rono (KEN) | 2:08:26  |  Shure Demise (ETH) | 2:25:16
18th  | 2017  |  Philemon Rono (KEN) | 2:06:52  |  Marta Megra (ETH) | 2:28:20
19th  | 2018  |  Benson Kipruto (KEN) | 2:07:24  |  Mimi Belete (BHR) | 2:22:28
20th  | 2019  |  Philemon Rono (KEN) | 2:05:00 |  Magdalyne Masai (KEN) | 2:22:16
2020  | Event cancelled due to COVID-19 coronavirus concerns
21st  | 2022  |  Yihunilign Adane (ETH) | 2:07:18  |  Antonina Kwambai (KEN) | 2:23:20

### Multiple wins

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Men's  | Athlete  | Wins  | Years

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Kenneth Mungara (KEN) | 4 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Philemon Rono (KEN) | 3 | 2016, 2017, 2019
Joseph Nderitu (KEN) | 2 | 2000, 2003
Women's  | Athlete  | Wins  | Years

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Mulu Seboka (ETH) | 2 | 2008, 2014
Shure Demise (ETH) | 2 | 2015, 2016

### By country

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Country  | Total  | Men's  | Women's

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Kenya | 19 | 15 | 4
Ethiopia | 10 | 2 | 8
Canada | 4 | 2 | 2
Russia | 2 | 0 | 2
United States | 1 | 0 | 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | 1 | 0
Poland | 1 | 0 | 1
New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1
Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 1

## Charities

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The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon has successfully raised millions of dollars for charity since its inception. The largest charity attending the marathon for the past three years has been the Engineers Without Borders organization, which uses donations from the marathon for its Run to End Poverty initiative.[11]

## See also

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* List of marathon races in North America

## References

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1. ^ "World Athletics Label Road Races". World Athletics. World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
2. ^ Gains, Paul (2013-10-20). Records galore at Toronto Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
3. ^ "DANIEL RONO STORMS TO NEW RACE RECORD IN SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON". torontowaterfrontmarathon.com. September 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
4. ^ "Record-busting marathoner Ed Whitlock sets new mark at age 85". The Globe and Mail. October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
5. ^ Harrison, Doug (21 October 2018). "Cam Levins obliterates Canadian men's record in marathon debut". CBC Sports. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
6. ^ "Toronto cancels city-permitted events until October, will stage online only Nuit Blanche". 13 July 2020.
7. ^ Tahir, Nawa (18 April 2024). "Toronto Waterfront Marathon adding another race day this year". Toronto Star. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
8. ^ Gains, Paul (2011-10-16). Mungara claims fourth Toronto Marathon title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.
9. ^ Gains, Paul (2013-10-20). Records galore at Toronto Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
10. ^ "RONO OVERCOMES ACCIDENT TO WIN TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON". IAAF. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
11. ^ "There is no event at this location".

List of winners

* Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-10-18). Retrieved on 2011-10-23.

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