The Barcelona 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...

 race over the classic distance of 42.195 km held in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, Spain

Spain

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. It takes place in March.

The race started as the Catalunya Marathon (Marató de Catalunya) in 1978, and the name was changed to the current one in 2005. Kenyan Jackson Kipkoech Kotut won the 2010 race in a time of 2:07:30 hours. This was a course record and also the fastest marathon ever run in Spain. Over 10,000 participants took part in the event that year.

The route starts and finishes at Plaça d'Espanya, at the foot of Montjuïc

Montjuïc

Montjuïc is a hill located in Barcelona, Catalonia.-Etymology:Montjuïc is translated as 'Jew Hill' in medieval Catalan, or is perhaps related to the Latin phrase Mons Jovicus . The name is found in several locations in the Catalan Countries: the Catalan cities of Girona and Barcelona both have a...

, in the Sants-Montjuïc

Sants-Montjuïc

Sants-Montjuïc is one of the ten districts Barcelona has been split in since 1984, numbered District 3. Comprising very different areas of the city, it covers the southern part of Barcelona, joining the two former districts II and VII , as well as the different areas comprised in the Zona Franca...

 district. It passes Camp Nou

Camp Nou

Camp Nou , sometimes called "the Nou Camp" in English, is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The stadium, located in the west of the city, has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957....

, back to Plaça d'Espanya, past Sagrada Família

Sagrada Familia

The ' , commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí...

, near the beach in northeast, around the old city, back to the shore and back to Plaça d'Espanya. It has many straight parts separated by sharp street corners. The route feels flat, but looks more hilly on a height profile diagram. It has some long slow inclines, notably around 25-27 km and 39-41 km.

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	1978		2:23:15		3:55:33
2nd	1979		2:19:37		3:18:48
3rd	1980		2:19:42		3:09:53
4th	1981		2:18:56		2:47:12
5th	1982		2:14:30		2:46:58
6th	1983		2:11:05		2:48:21
7th	1984		2:14:50		2:41:42
8th	1985		2:18:16		2:48:01
9th	1986		2:15:45		2:48:22
10th	1987		2:13:59		2:43:28
11th	1988		2:19:58		2:45:35
12th	1989		2:16:37		2:37:41
13th	1990		2:16:30		2:43:12
14th	1991		2:16:32		2:38:37
15th	1992		2:12:46		2:34:07
16th	1993		2:13:25		2:36:16
17th	1994		2:15:14		2:40:30
18th	1995		2:21:12		2:44:19
19th	1996		2:16:57		2:48:17
20th	1997		2:12:53		2:30:06
21st	1998		2:09:48		2:30:05
22nd	1999		2:16:24		2:37:56
23rd	2000		2:12:18		2:31:12
24th	2001		2:13:53		2:40:32
25th	2002		2:12:07		2:40:33
26th	2003		2:10:53		2:38:36
27th	2004		2:15:59		2:42:54
—	2005	—	—	—	—
28th	2006		2:12:36		2:41:23
29th	2007		2:12:04		2:42:03
30th	2008		2:14:42		2:42:17
31st	2009		2:14:01		2:39:43
32nd	2010		2:07:30		2:31:50
33rd	2011		2:07:31		2:45:31

• Note: Following the end of the Catalunya Marathon era in 2004, the 2005 edition of the race was cancelled