Tiberias Marathon
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The Tiberias Marathon is an annual marathon
Marathon
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 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
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, this is the lowest course in the world.

In 2007, a Kenyan-born
Kenya
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 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
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:m
Minute
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:s
Second
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)
Women's winner Time (h
Hour
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:m
Minute
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:s
Second
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)
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

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